Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-03-30


e0Adescendsd 10 notice such a ramoar. a.
erom q long acquaintance with you both,
and IN Intimate knowledge os Efs trausae+
ton IN question, ! cannot buG think il II
without q shadow Of Foundation ii trukf
! ara equally certain goa are tneapa-
bic Of having ever ineinafsd that there was
eoliukien or any Improper e0asuet on the
part Of Judge Douglas liz the matter refer
red sos which, stsaags to say, equally ia-
Euipases yolEself-.toE there are Certainly
few things mora Improper than for one 60
u,aks an GTEaageasa1 with q representa-
ttys Of tho people, 70 sacrifice their intsr-
eats. cannot doubt that the uEsounded
and silly accusation was either made out Of
Whole cloth, OF had lee origiR ia a total APP
pfshension or psFveFsipa OF semsthiaE you
may have said, sad that If applied to in a
proper manner yoa would have cenlr&dle-
ted 1t. ... -.4
Few thiags Coasd be more uapI eas&at to
ms, than to wFits upon this topic, anI il Ia
rendered doubly 50 by tie fact, but loo pain.
fully apparent fTsfn tae language Of Jadge
Douglas lsttRT as well as your own, t1aE
this FnmgF which can only regard aa pal
try slssti0aesTiAg story, has been tue cause
Of existing snnity betwsen two long char
Hshsd personal and palitteal friends Of
mine--both Of whom know 70 have acted !
part alike hUhorabie 70 thsmseIvs, and ben.
eictAt 10 thsiF respective States In the p4s
sage Of the great nassare which has CIV
ca rise to this unhappy controversy. &
No mah cut % Illinois was more the
friend Of the CsAEral Railroad Bill than ]
was, from the day IT its introduction TO il
passage, and bare not the slightest re,
membranes Of any dtspAts or unpleasant
language with either of thaSenators from
that State during the pending d the mea.
sare before Congress.
Ii Is tTas We felt intensely anxious thai
the Road shoald be extended, believing, az
We RiEcereiy did, that the extension was
right In Itself and NO lid promote the besi
Interests Of the whole country, eapseiakl-
thoso Of DGba4aas ana 80 feeling, / DO ma
doubt taak our language was warm I'd d.
eided. aeFef, however, used any thr~,fs
nor do remembaF to have heard vo,, -,
any, It Is perfectly certain tia thar IA,
no understanding between Yea and nvasI
or between our soiieagueg. Of Ehs Hons,
and oursaivs, to defeat or to 20 against IA,
bill, had the aoad not gone 10 Dnbpsgs
and not aying ever s0uversed with Won d
adopt IN the consiaEaRcy alluded to. can
noe nowF Ia booking backward, undertake
70 peRetgata the veil, and say posttiwelr
what wt would have done or attempted D
do If tne Illinois Senator's had opuo4s,
your arsendmsat. | am sage, however, TIA
we shouid have pressed Il 20 q vote. and
then thought, and still think. that major
iIy OF die Senate would have sustained Il
a. e i
mGgh have BE- en- made u the Distinguish
senators from Illinois. &c however, ",
bad failed in all eur efforts; the thought q
defeating The bill, was neYer for a momsot
sateriainsa BIZ me- It waa 4 aught with toe
much good Tor mY cSEn STATE and section 81
the Unlou, was too friendly 10 It's author
and too confidently expected his ala
(Which wa always had) In affecting The
'assaga Of ike bill for Iowa, for me Ia
have dreamed Of 80 unjust go rash az
act.
| always regarded the proioagation 81
the Road TO ''Johdan,s FaErys tnow Dan.
leith) 50 being fixed fast, frena shs day
upon whirh the senate sadopted without 4
dissenting Soaes the amaudment drawn b,
yaa aRd offered By me at the previous sas-
sion ane which provided that Il should "a
tbilhsr. as you we'll remember, Judge
Brsese then had charge Of ths Central Rail-
road Biii and had aKed upon Galsaa As the
terminus Of the Northefnhganch, bsls ahs q
il came ap Cor consideration, he yielded At
once % the appeal which | made to hin
from HiY seat ia the Senate~--EhaE Ehe road
shDald bs sssxtsaasd 10 the Misalsssnsi Riy.
En- opposite Dabuqns,n both he aad Ju,sre
Dougiiis allowing Ihs motion Ia be made 81
me Ga that occasion, to be agreed to unshi-
noussp~~she former indicating the aputor.
pirate place Ia the bin for It's insertion.
Ny amendment " a. offered natwithgSan.
ding you bad q conversation with ] dve
Brssss, aud - had positively declined ID
scceae 10 cur wish as expressed Big you FOR
The sxlsusisn. It was persisted Ia 6ecas.ns
we believed II 10 be Fsghi IN itself, ani =,
ohvispsly ezpedieHt On The part of Coagress
sh2t tie Illinois nlembers e0ald rot snake
any serious opposition TO it--ab3ve all, &c.
Gauge Il vas duty we owed 10 those whsap
ssTxaflss we were. I fhkerehangs2 nnz !
word either directly or fpaireesfy, wiz. a.
Senator's from iIssress befsre Enakssa the
nt0fi0a referred tos a0s aasag ards. esreUk
to thahk ghsm fog khe very kind and hes.a
8ca1s aanaes in which Ehay had acted Ii
tbs matter, Jaaga RFsesess hilE aia re
pass, but what slegs3ded 81 TIE Followlssa
seasseu by that Judge Deagias, whlrk
NEST fortunately gcs Illinois and tha North
west. became Law. ard Although dssssIaw
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