The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-02-13

h relation thersso. n Prs,iaas sDnmea-
css with he asssrsioa that Is ilsds II very
dihealt to nats tAs psopls q ~ United
States believe that Ne people q Kansas ars
in estate Of rebellion sgainst the Govern
nsnt under which they live" This i very
candid admission, but be labors very hard,
and indulge in vast amount Of special
pleading, to impress spon Congress the be-
Lief that the free State party Of Kansas
shave done al in their power to overthrow
the Territorial Government established BY
Congress" This may Be true, to some de-
gree, bat the President forgets to state the
reasons for this alleged rebellion. He has
not word Of condemnation for the usurpa-
tions which rendered this course imperative.
Not word Of condemnation is visited upon
the heads Of the Border Rufdans, for their
many overt acts Of treason and outrage
No! the Free State party Of Kansas, comes
in for oil the gibes, budetings and denan-
Citations Of the Chief Magistrate OF this
Union, while the ssBorder Ruf6ans," and
friends Of the peculiar institution bask in
the smiles, and receive the aid, and encoar-
agement Of, this Same dlgnitary. All the
power and influence Of the Administration
is sxcrtcd in favor Of the peculiar institu-
ton, and the dominant party sustains tho
administration in its efforts to crush out
freedom and extend the limits Of Slavery.
After three several asseverations, that the
ssrebellious' people Of Kansas refused, at
two several times to taks part in the cleo
tions, that might have resulted in prohibit
ing Slavery in Kansas, the President says
that these defaults in no way affect the Va
lidity of the Constitution framed at Lecomp-
ton-that it is republican in its form, and
that he 10 decidedly in favor of admitting
Kansas into the Union under it, "thus ter
minating this Kansas question:" and ban
ishing the subject Of Slavery from the halls
Of Congress, "wherc il has always exerted
baneful influence to the country" But,
he says:
On the other hand should Congress reject the Consti-
tuition under the idea Of sbrding the disadected in
sg % n
majority, no man can foretcl the consequences. II
Congress- for the sake Of these who refused
excluded slavery from their Constitution and who a.
refused to vote the 2fst Of when
they might, they caim have stricken slavery from
lavery remains in the Constitution II manifest that
the objection upon this subject will be renewed in
more alarming form than it has ever before assumed
There, gentlemen, the issue is made up
admit Kansas a. Slave State, else s'no
mon can foretell the consequences Let
the ground and lofty tumbling commence.
Let the result be what it may, the effect
must be disastrous to the Administration. It
will be the old game "heads, they lose; tails,
ue whip Our latest advices, are to the ef-
feet, that it is tho determination of the
Administration to put the Lecompton swim
die through at an carly day. Therefore,
the country will soon know the pliable
tools
"who bend the pregnant hinges Of the knee
That thrift may follow fawuinsW
The Milk in the Cecsa-Nut Accounted for.
"Our mail matter present reach u a. soon
should owing to the derelicton Of the postmaster
Bluffs should be made distributing once We might be
deprived Of mails for weeks at present
several days. "-OmahG Times.
Not quite SO fast, neighbor. Allow US to
suggest that you are not deprived of mails
''for several days" at time, sowing to the
dereliction of the Post Master at Council
Bluffs" We have the best of reasons for
believing that assertion false in every par
ticular. The mails for Omaha are made up
regularly, and every nightby twelve O'Clock,
are ready for delivery to the contractor
Upon the delivery Of the mail to the con-
tractor, the responsibility Of the Post-Mas-
ter of this city ceases. He cannot be held
responsible for the delivery of the same at
Omaha on time. Dye mind that?
1t may be as we'll here, to state the real
cause of this attack upon our Post Master.
The following extract will furnish clue to
the whole transaction:
| can effort is being made at Council Bluff, to make
the once at that place the Distributing Once for all
mail matter going west Of that place. To this object
II
o,ces in Nebrasks, and there nc place appro
pirate than Omaha especially for ali matter which
does not go south Of the Platte River"
Thus, it will be seen thatthe s'green- eyed
monster," jealousy, is at the bottom of the
whole affair. The truth Of the matter il
here-our neighbors at Omaha, have no
just cause of complaint in regard to their
mails-but, in their morbid desire to secure
all the Government favors that may be be-
slowed upon the West, it becomes necessary,
in order to carry out their designs, to mis-
represent others, and hence the uncalled for
attack upon our worthy postmaster. The
application of Council Bluffs, for Distrib-
utins Office, is IN objectionable offence in
the eyes of our neighbors on the other side
of the "Big Muddy" The people Of this
city ought to have known better--thsy ought
to have known that ali such favors be, nr
to Omaha, of right! Our neighbor of the
Times objects to the Office here being made
a Distributing Office. Why9 Because, for
sooth, there are seven mail routes having
their starting point at Omaha, ergo, Omaha
should have the Distributing Office. The
reason is not sufficient, and if 50, it would
not vit,ate the necessity of Distributing
Office in this city. The mails arriving from
the East, North, South and West, averaging
daily, twenty sacks at least, have to be
distributed here. It would be folly to trans
port them to Omaha, and then back here
again, As would be the case, were Omaha
the Distributing Office. The Post Office
Department will be guilty OF no such folly,
whatever other short com,ngs may be attrib-
uted to it. Pull that through your teeth.
What's Up!
Greatly to our surprise, We this week re-
ceived through the post-ofice, copy Of the
Florence Courier. There was nothing in
the appearance Of the aforesaid sheet calcu.
lated to excite surprise inths beholder, but
nevertheless, we confess to emotions Of sur
prise, and for this reason: Early last spring,
We had occasion to notice very pointedly,
some statements made BY the Courier, in