Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-03-23

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TIE part az i esaskiEaaasY, lsa - eEsay.
msak Of rendering seFnpai1sss AAa exaEl
justice TO szlm puaale aasNssss ~ pSksss
and pubIia character, IS ka & ENpEaasnta
tive Or ministerial eisseagas
The peopls hare an unsa oEs xsflsl
Ii duo form d isvr, III tlseZs easn gNssa d aas
saEss e aslalps ~ oss kllEsss
BAD sappsy ~ riAss - - #Rssh.
o. a better az woEss aae e1
faR saAaaaa aANs aapm@s
But they hsye DO msssh 81 aaAee al
character, 10 syaeBsrlr bic laAsess. nE t0 far.
gsk his Rdslaky. his ssess MsieH Il
al mueh bis pxepegty n ~ sanasa 80
lssxsonAl askxEs6 ct a. Gems sta8nGY W.
fneirs. Ts wAnEenIy diasgeT u b IL III.
FFehanatblzs eTInaa as - keaaNY II AZ.
saxUyaag bic sr kfeiF property. aiA ~ aasssh
tie greater as "a good nasna IL hsstar thaz
great riehsa.
me stass of Iowa yin, ii d. sxpsratios
az the present seRaiea e4 Congress. recall
fSom her ssrvies II ia Uai1sd stakss Ssa.
ste ens 0& the moM sNa1klaaN. faithful
and eGacisas pAhiie ssFN &ats Efsai have es,
eg repTesentea say genpAa Ia any govern.
Asns-- Gen. GEeMgg w 3aMDm.
AdEiRsibn w6nad NJ IN an1ustaee to saeA
d naaa, asd krua frisndshIp woald seeTa
20 employ eaisoae tFaiss b apsahdng q
him.
General Jones IL aos = high sounding
orator. de has made bat few apesehaa II
the senata, ard never hes be apOksn unlesi
lnpeIisd By q political necessity; but hi
spesehss have been asw8ys ssFse, able, and
aBpsonFiEAa. No man hsttsF thAn be M
deFstandh the tEaa Puspass az language, tn
sxaet Import % woAas, aad tie happlss
modes a sxpFassifa, aiahaT Ia pnhiIi
speech OF IN pgiyats s9mfsKsatioa.
Esnersl Jonaz ID noe great wFitsxg b.
has never bngdensd the ahsfvs of the beck
asllsr with aaseld pallaieal ssash. be ha,
never hissd i1imsaif sas by the sight Is
star lecturer. Hemakas no prsteasiona X
that extraordinary power which sntTaa,
sex the galleries he ID as unohtrasiy,
urea the sttshtiUn Of the seaate as honest
Nathaniel Mteoh
But G6orgsW Jonas, az q senator, may
Justly EEnx q q great man. Hs has tina
essential eIesen& Of real manhood, wIshou
which 30 maa eaa be great. He IL mar
Of unqueasiSsahls and inearTuptibie iatRg
Fity. This be has well pFogsn himself 4
his party, 70 biz country, and 30 hil
friends.
he has always bssn a party nam, asvst
trimmer He has compounded with III
faction against the democratic party q
secure peBonal sEBolument ca private ad
yantagss. In 1910 be opposed the eaectlol
Of GGB. Harrison, tie early friend oF 81,
father, AID supported Mr.. Van Harsn
though hs political preferences Wers d
the time tnown 10 b. at the expense az ons
Of the most honoFahis, lucrative, and tail3
entail poationa wtthia the gift of the Exc
eutivs Ia she Northwests and tbs pathway
% success for the sutnre seemed 70 lie Il
the support Of Geo. Harrison. This Gen
Jones Kew well, but chose so sngEendes
ofEiee ana retire IN poverty srom his post
ton. rxiaed In parse by The payment 81 se
Guilty dsbts, rather than bskray the aaerks
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The thai IL his fdelity IL 1874 was eysi
greater thar Ia 1870. The two candidate
were 81 the whig party, the llRskTieas Her
~ Claf, q Kentucky, and Ianass 8 Palk
OF TeanesHes, OF the democratic party.
Mr., Clay had been ths Frfsad oe his a.
thar, and after the death oG his father, aat
during biz stay ss tAe Lsxingtca Trans. i
ysnia UniFsrsiiys vas The guardian d
young IgRea Their acquaintance bad rip
sned iasn Friendship 30 warn aud sIacsrs
that ID the decline q Mr.. Clayta health hi
got Goa Toues TO accompany hina to Cuba.
There was even q tenderness Ia thar ma
tuaI affection. But the democratic pastY
had chosen Mr.. Polk az Its standard bear.
sEs ard with Gen. Jonea principles we're
emiaenkiy above say mere men. Fidelity
had been the eeat og arms inscribed on the
seal ofhis whole life.
In 1913, wilsA Mr.. Van Harsn chose, ID
violation Of hia involved honor, 30 repaid.
ate the action Of his own convention, Gen
Jones as fssFiesaiY opposed him a. he, has
ehssFfally given him bis support IN 1885,
and 1870. Though many Of Bis old party
eonfedsFates supported Mr. Van Barren,
Mr.. Jones stood By bis party nomiaatioF
and did bis full share to carry his own Seatl
for the democratic party.
When In 1854 the national men OF all par.
ties determined to hreak down an invidiouI
dtSCfaetiYs line, which was drawn ~ land.
mark Of humbied southern pride and pow
ct; when the democratic party volunteered
to tha eonfs letation Of the States al equal.
ity, the true basis and permanent Union
they were asSailed By the pulpit Of the prasl
and by Esass meetings all over the North
aat Northwest.
Tue pulpit hurled its auathemas aad
dealt ca wrath with deadly fury agalnsi
che whole democratic party. TIA opposi,
ton press waEed war OF determination
against every man who bad dared to asslsi
Ia the sFasurs OF this wanto1 Insult q
southern honor, this unkind trespags npoa
sectional weakness, this bullying down d,
fEategnal pride
In this furious eoaa ct, whez Justice de-
handed TIE repeal ct the eompromlaa Of
80 80, end the submission Of tie question
involved ~ sls compromises Of The eoassi-
tuition 70 ths adjudication of ths courts,
bravs EaeA tell ID the bsstis ard strong nea
were sweps before The storm.
Lnthis afraRgEs Of the Rsckicns for power
General Jonas, with hiS colleague stoad By
hts party sud assisted to redeem the eoaa-
try from the dominica Of a aileat bat sub
&c foe that was szpplng che very foaniatios.
Of aati1nai strength aaa nztloasl hon u
mlialghk spies that wers aaioosiag ths
bonds Of federal justice sd kfRssTnaE peace.
lie 1858, when Mr.. HuciRnaa had recon
ended The admnIa@loa az Ka.4sas aader
thn Leeonpson Constitution measure
which most earnestly opposed. and ret
most heartily condemn, q eneral Jonass q
view of what be hsld 4 eae iptsssits N
bis part, voted witt. sEls main bssag AZ a.
to sastaia the President. Az
whether tn this makaar be MAS right az
wroag, Ii Ia but als aet es aimpie iustiea rsa-
defed 70 q faithful .nablie servant to sav
that there never has hsan one act Of party
srsaehery evinesa IN his long public lite and
political history.
With very much less 81 ahlIity ths with.
dEawai Of such maa from public Lie d 4
most serious loss TO ths party with which
he mas aiways aetsd aad from the pFinci-
pies OF whish be has never swgryeds
hSE has this aaeIisy 90 hEa party bsefl
more clearly aatksd than the falthfainess
Of bis personals krtsuaship se bis whele
constituency, and Bis manly integrity tshls
country.
When but very ySlang man be lett oaies
ln the skaea Of Missouri, and went TO "a
lead MINES OF WEsc0nsin, fthan MsehIgaa
TeFFitogy. sson aftsg ais sestlsmeug IN
his new home, Tie Slack Hawk var broks
oHk. Coionel 4anea, ii eomnany with bis
Old friend, Geasgal Henry Dodgs. threw
himself inf0 ths midst OF ths dma9aFs 81
taas last tsrFfbie struggle with lhs spaesss4
sayagas, In whiEh BE iapsgFiIlsa hiu life
and property, ed laid che angs foaadasion
of his future nsaeaiasss and success.
When the var wiah Msxseo had been ae-
elaEed, Gea. Ianan was iakamsalF anxioas
Ia ahsalm IN khA antffta aanniaa Il -