The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-04-13
4 rraglcal Del0sl0n.

s'!ss.om four years ago, that they
| r,n'd over.,,.cyv q i.;ss. nation as easily
q, ,beg ,oe@ Gs "ron a provision
it-ir 5ri.pon \ @,..e isr TED garrison,
il Y.Yittl" i str'.'ee i}y tae w. f,'fpw
isae eftreats. ..s gre. IA from 'hc
!, !. har atpa 'yerca.v If toe 10 or Jrn
iuarv, es' aad lis sefsa 'f~a,n a lei'e-
'ta..s ~ ss.. .Jea 'n"s'ss,,eaion. IN
thn 2a.l rabrnsaY, lss5:
r.. oynuisinn OF the steamer Si"r
IT the West from Ia. Chari--.on harl, =
yes'erdav morning. was she opening q:
the ball Of he Revelations. !. We wen'd
not exchanga o, recall that blow fnr
alillionA. The naughty echo If h"r
cannon has ere this reverb.rated from
Maine I" Texs, ,hrcngh every hamlet of
the North, and down along the g,ea'
waters Of the South Gs~t. And though
greasy and ireacherous rnfiians, may cry
on the daga OF war, and trai,orous poll
.io;ans may lenL,heir aih in deceptions,
South Carolina will stand under her now
palmetto tree, nnterriiied by the anarl
ing growls or the assaults ot the one,
undeceivsd or deferred by the wily
Vaccinations Of the othor. And il
that red sea Of blood tse stN lacking IA
the parchmertof our l;bcriies, anl blood
enough to stamp it all in red. For. l'e
the God oi our fathers. the soil .,f South
Carolina shall BE- freq"
So wrote men who were ready and
eager to smoker in blood Govern
mcnt which they did not pretend had
ever harmed them and which they had
absolutely controlled. Fonr years
pass. One BY one their hopes disar.
per. And nov Awidst the dcsertion
according to Governor Vance, Of halt
their armv. amidst the imprecatIons
and ores Of the Richmond journals
that their leaders b ii not See, by the
mere w.nd Of Sherman's laundering
march Charkastsa falls without blow,
and the crazy city that cau'elessly de
fled Government as strong as it is be
nign, is thus described:
"The w.harxes looked as If they had
been de.erted for bart cen,ury-bro.
ken down dilspida.ed, graz. and moss
Peepiny mp between the pavemen,s
where once the busy feet Of commerce
trod necessarily. The warehouses near
the rive:; the .sssee!s rs We euter them:
the Eassss aud the stores and the pub
lie bul,iings-xe look ., them aad hold
o.r lEeaths III astoni>hneN. No pen
no pencil, 40 tongue can do Justice 70
sle sces.e. No imagination can con
ceir@,i ..,p a.tar wreck, thr universal
r5ist' '.' .ttl ..ai,as eieso.aunn Ruin
tts#f. ~ft,n--,a,n --sv.fy where ant. n
~ -; VI ring n w trntn every naneless
window; .,ea,se gu. a. rs frpm every
,f..s' fara raii; elassi. 4. v lr.., eve',
battered ;aoe ava rttssr aa,l scr md,
esaHshln. beae,.th GU fs.. ~ e,s-r
s'tle wax n, i'o'nnt nor ltereseD
ean n9r fhehes. nor tt.a NJ, hses
tiii.S - se.ffftte, a. sa.i .e5.stls. s iian
lively e'oencr.; for 'hes sneak = us or
A. are ~. nnrs, and long so dean,
with whose reopia and i'ieas He ''1sye
~ sympathy whatcver Rui bore, on
these shattered wrecks, bnilt il. err t,rn
s'yle many Of them doius credit to the
arch,,ec'nre Of our epech We read
~ smcs familiar tons all telling ,ls of
trades and professions and commercial
institutions which every modern city
reckons up by tho hundred; yet dead
dead, dead; - silent af the grake Of
the Pharaohs; - the ,b~aa<c Of the
merchant ,prinoas Of Old Tyre
per's Weekly.