Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1857-07-28
a Eraua and Eaasshooa.


show any good reason of his own, wby
the negro should nos be placed on 81
equality With the white man, or Why
Congress shoald legislate for the Terri
| tories, attempts in his last number to
practice fraud upon the public, by pub
fishing the following preamble and res,
oluti0n which he asserts was adopted b.
the Democratic Legislature of Iowa, ii
lS48-9.
ssPREAMBLE AND JOINT RESOLU-
TION.
Adoptsd By he Democratic Legislature
Of I0tca in 1859.
Pream ble and joint Resolution relative
to heTerritoEies belonging to the T.
nited States.
Whereas, the General Assembly Of the
State of Iowa recognize in Congress The
KxCLUsEFg Rf8HT Of LEGISLATToS oreF ALL
Territories Hotc belonging TO, or hsyeat-
ter to be acquired by the Genera! Cor
eggagleas; and whereas, ths said General
Assembly fully accord TO each State re-
spocGIvly a eomplste seTerslgnfy in the
regulation Of It's own lnssllutions, as re-
eogniEed by the Constitution Of tn
United States.
And whereas; il is also The sense If
this General Assembly that The itssti!a-
iion Of slarery cana0! Eegihmalsig erlsi
ga G1sy Territory belonging 10 the ta'sea
States, (unIess recognized by the Law
regulating such territory st the ttme u
its Cession to the United SJates) Z1CEPT
81 TEE SANCTION "a POSITIVE LAW.
And whereas the subject herein refer
I'd 70 IS likely 10 become one upon which
Congress may feed required to acI, Thur
fore,
RssoEUsd, That WHENEVER Congress
shall De required to act upon the ques-
tioa Of slavery in any Of the territories
NOW gRER and belonging to the United
States our Senators be instructed and
our Representative requested to ersrt
their influence il fapor Of a iaa5 PRoHIR-
TING tie tatrod&esi0a Of he isastittttson
Of 4GcsFy s0tthin aBy gueh territory"
To whas an extremity must man
who processes 10 be an honorable and
upright man b. driven, when to
bolster up a sinking eause, he resorts to
falsehood 10 sustain the same, We say
that no such Preamble and Resolu-
ton was adopted by the Legislature Of
1889. We had the honor Of seal in
that body and claim to know what was
adopted by that Legislature. Seoh a
Preamble and such Resolution YVES in
troduced and upon its second reading,
John P. Cook, then called q whig, bat
now q rabid Republican, offered the fol-
lowing amendment:
"ResoIped, that our Senators and Rep
rasentatives are hereby further instruct
ed to preventby their votes and inauence
the admission Of any new State int the
Union as Slave State"
Upon this amendment the yeas and
nays were ordered, and we're as follows.
Cook, jay, Sanford, Springer, spratt,
Wheeler and Wright, all at that time
good Wings; and at this time Black Re
publicans. Those who voted in the neg-
alive being nine in number were all
Democrats except Mr., Espy, who was q
pretended democrat, bat was elected on
q ticket like the one Mr. Nye running
upon at this time, which was then dcpom-
mated the 'tPossuB1" ticket, q ticket
made up and supported by the Rag, Tag
and Bobtails, Of al partiess and Ar.Sell-
man who was at that time denominAted
q free Sell Democrat. Mr.. Espyi we
believe died few years since, and Mr..
sellman has done worse-he has joined
the Black Republican party. This Pre-
anble and Resolution came into the
House and upon our motion wss laid on
the table, where 1t slept the long sleep OF
de&4h. Als HoodFiiI, then Wing rEhsrn-
Der from Washington county, and now
one Of the ring leaders If she Black
Republican party, moved TO take the
resolution from the table. sambo was
not there--lais motion was defeated.
Now W hat can be more contemplate or
exhibit greater moral sieprvity on the part
of an etlitor--a personto whom the people
Look for srae stassaents; than for iiin
to attempt 70 foist upon tham, as the
sentiments ofhis opponents, pfeaahies
and resolutions voted for by bis aEsn
party, and voted dorm by his opponesats,
We hope our nsighboT stated that the
preamble and resolution was adoplsd By
Damocraaie Legislators, from infoFlna-
si0a whish he supposedt 70 b reliahle; D.
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