Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1860-07-25

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Hon. HRnscaxx v, Joa0sos Ia his laEs
powerful speech ~ Macon, passed the
following Just ealOgy upon tho Democxa-
eysse tie es great rep
rssls.ia 81 M. 17HT
While would have chs South 10 cher
ish the alliance At aoand. newo@ats
everywhere, yet there u peculiar propri-
eGy under present circumstances, In stand
ia aznly hygshe nam4cracy Of the great
asid SfOSins West. That section Is des-
tined, at no distant day, TO give lava to
ihe Hnion. The csnaus, R0w Asang saaaan
viii doubtless apportion to it Rfty addi-
tional Representatives in Congress, Is b
pot wise fOr bhe South TO- pQrsus saeh B
course as viii secure their alIfanceS An
other decade will add 81 many more
States 30 the Union from the great West /;
is it not the policy Of the South that they
chould be Democratic States R0t how
can We expect he reta5an heir axia dship,
when We turn our backs upon them, and
strike down their great representative
man, on whom their pride, asEnzGs 800 and
affection are conesnaraasdF Ah0 Sssake
him down, too, upon M ibape of no prac-
tical valne whatgvss upon : point which
We have agreed should not be made . test
Of party fealtyapon . demand which
violates our pifghted fatth
There 10 no man Of any free labor State
who has higher claims to the admiration
and confidence Of the South than Mr.,
| Douglas. He hes struck more effeCtaal
blows In her behalf, and sndared more
abuse and prosecution from the anti-slaYe-
ny hosts Of the North for his 6delity to
| the Constitution, than any other living
| statesman. His public career Is oharac-
| terised by brilliancy and boldness, eonsis-
kRmey and caaFage, aoAzssts aEsaalsibty.-
He entered Congress in l84S and his name
and fame are intimately associated with
all the great measures at policy waaeh
have engaged public attention down 70 the
present time. He was so abloehanapion
In the cause of Texas annsxstien +; he has
always battled manfully against the Vii
mot proviso, in Congress and at homss be
was one of the most able and SealouR cup
porters of the late Mexican war he was
q leading spirit in the passage of the kag-
tive Slave Law; he IL the author OF the
Kansas. NehraakA set, and tho repeal Of
the Missouri Compromise restriction,
whereby the principle of non-intevention
was fully esta olished as the settled policy
Of the country. ~s ss.zzsFfag4 NnEs
| True 10 the honor OF our dag, and to the
progressive spirit of the age, he has ever
maintained that ssthe bearing of this
country should be saeh Is 20 demonstrate
to all mankind thaa America sympathlses
with every popular movement against de-
spotism." His life has been devoted TO
the country. He has labored for its ex-
ansion, for the stability of It's institutions,
the parpetuity Of the Union, the equality
of the States, and the integrity Of the
Constitution. As q Democrat his zeal
has known no abatement. To his won
derful ability, his unainehing courage,
his fervid enthusiasm and his untiring de-
Yosiou, we are mainly indebted for the
Democratic ascendeney which obtains in
the Northwestern States. He has always
been true TO the constitutional rights OF
the South and even where his theoretiC
opinions upon. territorial questions are
4 regaz ded az erroneous, ys8, in action, he
has generally stood By the side Of the most
faithful of her sous; or if not, his honest
difference has wrought no lasting injury
to her cause. He is indeed great Dem"
ocrat, true patriot, and distinguished
statesman. IL the South refuses to sup
pert him, when and where Kiu she lad 4
| Noxshen Democrat whom she can tsastfz
Her true policy is to give generous sup
port, and thereby appropriate him, a. tht
instram eataHty Of Rrms perpetual, and
cordial alliance with che great North
West, now SO potent, and destined en-
.ong 10 WELD controlling power over tbs
action Of the Federal Congress. e. -..