Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-01-19

ssatssasa, and tried and trusted leaders
Of both the old parties, are opposed 80
The Republican organisati9as u 10 man
ifest that this new party has the benshl
Of the counseIs and Iabors OF many Ut
tue most stiruft and snsrg gskae po!sss.se@zss
OF both the cid parties. BlaiE Rad Gam
eFoa, Of tbs Dsmoorasys end Weed sud
Greeley, of the Whig Oaxap, are she re-
spectiVa representatives Oh 3 large class.
1he labors, aud stirring and startling
agpsals of these politicians hsve been
eaiHently successful. Their syatsmati
operations pegyade States, eoRnties and
townships, and their party makes up in
novelty what IL lacks Id age. Their
mode Of warfare is vehsmsas attack
They charged that two Presidents the
Supreme Judges, and ons u. y. Senator
had entered into . eorrnpt conspiracy 70
snslave Kansas, and spread slavery all
over the country they made an on
slaught on Buchanan, in jefferson soan.
sy, Pennsylvania for signiag bill ma
king smooth quarters only worth TWEEN
II cents, aud insisted that Mrs. Douglas
attended Catholic church st Peoria
when tha Bishop was pre&sDt-~foF poll
ticai effect. Ii Is also part Of thair sys-
TEN TO have the local politicians see to
IL, in advance, that every Republican
votar will attend the election. But
whilst the Republicans triunphed az the
polls, their representative men have
shown less capacity than was expected,
for ruling the State. The truth is, che
Legislative Halls and Executive cham
bers Of many Of the northern States,
hare been fGled With mere politicians,
who sesk 10 retain power By ths means
they gained it, Thsy therefore dssote
much time to the consideration of iErel-
esaut subjects. Kansas, slavery, and
the Supreme Court Of the United States,
occupy their attention, to ths neglect
Of thar legislative duties, Vague an
constitutional, and inconsistent laws
have been enacted ia other States be-
sEtes our own.
The race Of mere politicians Is not
confined to the republican party, bat the
axI geuciss Of the times have, we think,
Driven tha msjority Of them into that
dominant organisation. BIZ mere poll
clans, we mean those who decide every
question thai ariaas By the effect it will
have Gu the party whose ASTON, as rep.
resensatives, are stEictly governed by
the party caucus whether men Or meas
urcs are concerned, and who seek to
posIpcae and held ovar questions need"
Ing settlement, which eaa be probably
used in the next campaign. There we're
auitc a number Oh sensible and praeti~
eal members in the iaat Iowa Legislature
Of both parties, who desired 90 be use
fai, bat they coaid not control ths fas~
iorisy. The fluent takers weremaFe nu-
mer0us than the men who bad the nsoes-
saEy skill and industry 90 matara aad
and arrange the principle and details of
legislation. ...-..
T'ne history Of legislation 10 Iowa, for
the last four years, shows that almost
any change viii ba aa improvement
The best temperance Law Be ever had
was repealed, and psohihitory liquor
Law enacted III its stead, mainly by the
votes Of those who are nsw republicans,
which, il its essential features, Jet re-
mains a dead letter on the statute book.
4 license law, sabIecs to the approval
Of TIE people Of the people OK the eoun-
tiss, enacted 10 get around the question,
was set aside By the Supreme Oourt as
unconstitutional. The lest Legislature
knowing that ths prohibitory law was
unpopular Aad impracsicabte, either
laeked the time or the nerve to provide
& remedy. ThesehsoI law, enacted last
wiuters IL also unconstitutional, aud it
ii doubted by many whether the system
adopted BIZ the Board Of Education can
be carried into cfecs, for want Of the
power to appropriate money.
: We respectfully submit 70 the DeEaoc-
raey, that the blandering isgislaaon
which has marked the history of Iowa
for few years past, viii justify Ilnde-
pendgnE Of political eonsidegatiousl sE.
| cry honorable axertion 70 oEerthrow ths
/ tsp5weFs thas be,n
The opinions of the writer Of the com.
municaiion signed &C. p &Ee eatitlsd "a
much weight, bat whilst an saFiy Statt
Convention is desirable on some &C.
counts we think that il i'd hardly right Il
| require the western aud remote o0unsiel
j OF the State 10 send theiF delegates il
I the midst Of winter, 20 Iowa City, uadet
| the penalty Of not being represented Il
/ the coanciis OF tha party Daring th
/ winter the roads are often bad, aud tht
weather ehangnahle, and Iowa City /
ts not the aentsE Of the State. We sug
gest that the convention be keld at De
MONIES, ia April or May Fasrfeld Jsl
Il fsrsoaiaA.