Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1860-10-03

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/ Hs made Ais hxss poaisiasl spseah d
g.sdieasioa Of TIE Bank policy q Gan.
ne maas his first poaiticsa ssnvass d
aavoesay Of sDamosTasy In trinmpl
sATppgh tbs contesss sfsa
He Was scsiyely sngagad ia the greal
Rolitica struggle that engaged The aEsen-
sson OF the country from 1885 se 1913, a.
ways maafnily aslending the gxanciples Of
thai great party 70 which he bah ss@ be-
longed.
He mada his first speech In Congress. q
speech which gave him national raputa-
ton, In vindicssion Of Gen. Jsakson for
daclaFang martial law III Meg Orleans.
For this speech be received the diving
thanks Of the Hero oil the Hermitage.
He bassled Aroughous me confass Of
ls40 for the elecaion nf Jamss K. Polk.
He Eisilsd Tenasssse daring tbs great 500
sest, and made speeches In ssTasl pow-
items OF the State, nobly bsaYfns the 6aa-
aaf Of the Democracy, whlat bad Polk
md Dallas sHzblax0nsd upon iEs folds.
: de Was u faEoz ef the aaasxasian Of |
Texas T |
he was IN favor Of shs Democratic
Tariff OF 1875. aa VI n
no was ans h.ss hofthsRn aasss mon the i
soor OF Congress who denounced ths vii
not Proviso.
In the great crisis of 1850, be stood
With Clay, Cass aad Websssr. aaSocaxiug
hs compromise measure 0g shsa rear.
IN 1882 be m&ds an axdaous oanEsae
OF Pierce and King. .1 II
In 1854 he reported and supported the
sansas bill, o measure whidh rscsivsd The
app0rt of ssary soakhAgn Ssnasor. az
spt Ball and Hoaston.
In 1856 he made speeches ID various
oftiosas or the Hnion In adyosaey of ths
lection OF James Bucharan. /.
In 1865 h. opposed thu aaznisaion of
Asasas undar the Leeampsou Goastisu
lon, becsnse he knew il was not she viii of
10 people OF Kansas TO be admitted nm
OF the constitution. In this posstioz he ]
'as Sustained by tbs people ae Kansss. !
y vote of eight TO four.
In 1858 be made ona ofshe uaoss xaeua- !
fabls canvassss thak5 5lIusErassdxke his-
'zy OF the country. Having Ill III eonnr
sasseg abraham lincoln, the present. Black :
epublioan candidate for the Prsaidaney, .
nek the issues OF tha Rladk RepuhlF {
"a champion with boldneas that gained
Z him the admiration OF even his poi;t- .
al cpponenss, On swsry ssaaap in Hli- Q
'lss during sAa great eaasasss he asnnszns o
d the treasensble doesEinas of ths Black Q
spublican party and carried the banner .
the Constitution In tgiuinph through b
Q straggls. The result was thas be wss In
turned TO tho Senate, ayex the soznlaaed Ia
position OF the Black Republicans and y
9 Federal Administration. w
He stands now where he has fog the a
= ten years, the unfalseging a&vpssss OF al
. great dectxine az non. insswy ysu1ion---a m
dsrine which at one time received the n
most unanimous approbation af the D
sashern Danocraey ID
lIe stands to-dxy, aaizHittea By foe a.
II rs friend, TO be the ggea&ess lsaag r.
lte&rasa in America -
Born Democrat, reared Democrat, ri
has lived D6aaocrat, bassIing for q :,
nod Of tweEty-fss ysars fss she susess r
his PRINCIPLES. .
When shose who are nov his hlsseregt th
ponenss were ranged under the banner
. hostile party, he stood unsianntediy 90
the standard Of Dsmoorasy, unwaver- %
In bis fidelity TO those gress furda- h,
nial principles that received the sane- Al,
. OF Jefferson, jackson, and o Polk. hi,
springing from the bosom of sAe peo- be
and having 10 overcome the adverse syt
saulstances OF life, he is still the Rable or,
zapion OF the peoples rights, standing an
ID as the vindicator Of their saase. las
y ith . mind of gigantic proportions I'd
b o will and dsssrminakion akin to Jack fo,
!; With IN integrity thas 10 unloading ut,
b an Independence that dares 10 do "a,
u Is right, By whomsceves opgosed. he IN
alphabetically the man for the siEnes, the ma,
who should be the staadard- bearer Ea,
hat great party Of which he has essr of
nnged. 80 s..t tE.te Ia,
he friend Of the Conssitutian--the ~, -,
nd OF The Union-tha frisnd Of the Ia
Die eoantry-she friend Of the peopie--- ros
sau be carried into khs Presidential aa,
ir amid ths plaadits Of two millions bui
foters. f-E .,I
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