Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1860-10-31


Fs b 70 thoaghs ii best 10 aapand an az /
fact rom bis remarks, In order 10 show i
shsa barbarian thoughs II Col. Curtis
.-r-s-a-s hobby:
sson parusing the Bill, | bad discover !
ID these, "a u seemed 90 nae, extsssraiaA- |
y prosisaous aad, asI read thea, axssio- |
pating % / did the passage OF tbs Bill, |
vas eomforted and copsoled nyself under |
he predictions and forebodings Of my col
Iaaeae from Virginia Mr.. Saith asd the
gentlsnan from Texas, mir. Haznilton, !
wha sndeasored 10 depict The iniuseace of
the Bill TO the South, and ths extent of the
disasters consequent upon It's passage. /
cay | was consofed; because, when ex~
amiaed the provisions at the Bill, | sasis-
fed myself that the approximations of these
geusasmaen had exaggerated its evil eonse-
Quszeess and that No practical result what
ever eoaIa follow from the aanpsian Of
this Measure. Nay, air, nnlass 1 misin+
terprstsd the provisions OF the Bill. and
laisealcuiased its practical operation, |
might almost be justified In drawing the
conclusion that the gentleman from lows,
In exanlning the nature OF this scheEne,
was 10 impressed with it's magniEuda and
diihsulEy, that he had prpars o BM for
chs usrS pasrpose Of preventing the c0s-
ssTssesScn offs Paesec RasIroad 20 ssg.o
A9sas further debate, Cursia himsslf
seemed convinced ofshs fatal degecs In his
reported Bill. and made The following mo-
lion b re-eomEais. As he aakis daaisd
this VI Leon, we quote directly from shs
Cong Globe, page 24sI: biz
saGanslemsn hare raised two oblsctions
10 this Bill md therefore meve 20 re-
eemEnit the Nki 20 the Cosumssssas 2
Tbs yote ON Caxsisa Own mousoa II rs-
eommis was about % Be taken, when 4
new iasa, borna by the aEadisDa miad .
flashed upon his mind. lis was opposed
70 ra4eoIamItting, because he found ths
Commietee could not u any time report.
he therefore made an appeal to all who
| cssinsed 10 he afriends Of PasfAr Rail
road to vote dowo his own melton; which
appeal was entirely unsuccessful, as the
Bill vas redsrred back by d Tete of i0I
TO 81.
On the I4sh of June, the Ball came az
agains not upon its passage, bas upon !
notion OF Col. Curtis, deliberately made,
TO postpone TO the next session
Rssotesd, That the matter Of q pasikS
RaiirSad be postponed until the third
Tuesday ii December next; and that af-
teen thousand copies of the Bill, prepared
by the Committee, and the report, Be
prinHsd and saveioped for distsiba tion By
ehe Haszabers of the House" -.-#
| When, as the New York Tssbans says.
SFthe moving Of the previous question
would have put the Bill through TIE
House, while recognised majority stood
ready ID the Senate 70 receive il, {" When,
as Col. Curtis himself will not deny, sue.
cess was in his grasp, he deliberately
made the following motion, which MI
copy from page 1853 of the Compression.
al Globe:
| Bas Col. Curtis endeavers TO excass
himself by ssytng that il was NOT cogr-
teous TO move the previous question, BY
whieh tie New York 1Tsbasss SAYS tbs
Bill Hnighs have been passed, and thai BIZ
10 exeas&ble ca that ground. 8
| La ID posaibly true that she sspreyioul
question: ID summary Insshod of clos.
ing debstes but ii mot. soarssoas 10 mov,
| tlre ssprevious question: to pass The Bill
Il so desirable q mersnre ~ was this-
bow decidedly insulting it MUS have been
when hs moved the stpreEioas question
On his xesolution TO postpone And yei
| he did II, IS will be seen BY reference tG
page zsS2 of the GIo6e. So the furtheE
consideration of the bill was pSgtponsd
Qntal b third Tuesday Of December.
Now voters of the LIST Congressional
districk this Is the record Of the man
Samuel X. Curtis, who ASKS your support
on the plea Of Pacific Hail Road. TIT
national organ Of his party aays he Nigh
have passed the bill--yet be moved Il
. postpone What eouid it hare been don
for, except 10 make capital Ia this cam
paigns After giving the history of each
/ OF his ssages- after quoting his recon-
On him which he himself aade--ean yoI
excuse him on any other hypothesis p
Has he shswn amy talent in the eondae-
tson Of the measuref Has he rather moi
shown himself thoroughly insskeients
II lake kas history down from ls4s ID
the preseat time, and point out Ia has 20.
ilticsi life one practicable measure oEigi.
nased, os ons practicable measure earrsSee
on4- TIE Dss aioinss Improvement lie
wreck andes his fosssrixv hand. III,
. Air Line RAD Roaass a. bruushs !.
those whe naeddled with naoshIee bu
rusn. tbs pacife Kali Rasa fsilsd oz,C
under hid auspices, and i mare thaa ike
| IL % arak.. r -. e..
his sd lrm by which j. ar radsesa hin
self. ifss 10 IL his power 70 secure IA
passage sna sessaen viii aaslcs y mol
- - go. - y - ssoaS ~.
bin, he Gould oesapy No posasioa, a. Il
4 lass elections IL ohas, feunssi ssaia an
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