The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-08-29

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a Historical Comparison = Who
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a BY EU0EKE LAwRRNCR.
Within the brief period Of four years
Wa psEssoted the most important mill
itafy triumph Of modern timso, and
the utter overthrow 81 the psesensions
Of chivalry, Of slavery, and u tyranny
ID the New World. 4occupie.l compare
lively small spacs In the duration Of
nation; the victory q freedom was
a swim - Il was complete. nor was
there ever % widespread IN insurreO-
ton, reaching over 20 extensive .
territory. - rapidly subdued. Yet In
that brief period vas condensed the
decision of the future Of the human
race; every hour psssed on burdened
with the hopes snd Fears Of the OPP
pressed Of every land the starving
Lancashire operative, the tOlline Ger.
man, tire working men Of Europe and
America. watched with rising interest
the steady progress Of Grant aud the
Union armies, felt that their hour OF
triumph was at hand. and from their
present woes looked patiently forward
to = happier future. Germany never
lost its trust In the success Of the cause
Of union, and Lancashire heroically
starved that America might be free
Yet never were the enemies Of labor
and Of industry more sctive or more
hopeful. The English oligarchy
showed vivid sympathy for their
natural alice in Virginia or the Car
olinas, pierced the blockade, invested
in the Confederate loan. aud foretold
In ceaeeless articles In reviews and
newspapers the ruin Of republicanism;
the corrupt court Of Imperial France,
now swept away like . baseless vision,
surrounded itself with rebel emissaries,
and oddly planned to profit from our
misfOstunes. Nor were the uncultl-
vated class or Romish vcterA idle Ia
our Northern cities, or ever permitted
by their Democratic leaders 10 rest
from their efforts to embarrass the
Union armies, and rivet the chains Of
the colored race In the South.
But the victories Of Grsnt had once
more revived the vigor Of the Repub-
lican party. Vicksburg had swept the
opposition leaders from ONCE In almost
every Northern State; Chattanooga
completed their downfall. The people
had risen with singular unsnimity to
crush the dying rebellion. and when,
ip the summer Of 1854. Grant and his
resolute soldiers threw themselves In
to the heart Of the hostile country 10 |
begin the siege Of Richmond, the |
whole nation gave itself to the rigor-
Gus duties of war, and poured forth Its |
wealth and in manhood Ia its last |
great struggie for existence. Every
patriot felt that the hour Of triumph |
drew near every generous intellect
cheefed on Its countrymen with hope
full words; nor WAS there coward or
. traitor In all that mighty league Of
freemen who from Maine to California,
rallied 10 the aid OF Lincoln and Of
Grant. and proclaimed death 10 slav-
cry, and universal freedom. The
summer, laden with the fate OF gen.
erations, passed sternly on. The great
commander, who had alone foreseen
the intrinsic weakness Of the Con fed
eracy, drew his lines closer around the
rebellious city, besieged IN army 10
its own stronghold, and baffied the
desperate energy OF Lee. OverwheiE,-
ed then as now by the vain calumnies
OF the treacherous and the cowardly,
denounced by al who hated frssaon,,
assailed by the Democratic press end
tissis aaseiea ~sSiee, 1s~aA, ~oss BY
three years OF ceaseless labor. Of end
less marches, battles, triumphs, stood
with his usual constancy In the front
Of bis army. never for moment
wavered in his purpose, and through
the long and dinicult siege gave al the
vigor Of his genius to the preservation
Of his country. Had he faltered. the
Republican party must have been
shaken and divided had he failed,
the Union would have been lost nor
did the destiny Of . nation or the hopes
OF mankind ever more plainly rest
upon the vigor Of single arm than
when our patient hero. never doubtful
or discouraged, animated his country
men with his own fortitude before the
lines OF Richmond.
Meanwhile the slave-holdtrs, des-
perate, or conscious Of their dangerous
weakness, were not without their re-
sources and their hopes. They had
sent their most subtle and most guilty
agents to the Canadian frontier They
had supplied them with an immense
fund, to be used In corruptiDg North
ern politicians, In spreading terror and
doubt through the Northern States, /
in burning cities and harborr, hotels
and theatres, In murders and assassina-
SiOues ~ OohcCssnG 80 Vie CIlMIuA
classes OF the North In secret associa- I
tons ripe for sudden rebellion and
pillage, and In assembling vast meet I
lngs Of the discontented Irish, eager
for revolution under the sacred name !
Df peace. Recent revelations have l
shown that every peace meeting held
during this eventful wear was 4 Pebel
gathering. and Of . Mcclellan meet {
Ing in New York In August an
observer relates that "from the chief ]
stand he saw only Irish faces" The {
rebel agents In Canada were full Of :
hope. Their mission had been attend
ed by no common success. It IL true
Thompson was forced TO lament that
The "Greek fire" prepared for tho ruin
Df New York had failed TO destroy the
hotels, theatres, and churches Of that .
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