Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1860-07-25
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that city. Some of tie hast min9a 4
Congress had considered the question
| and Ii had been, as II was thaugha. shoR,
Ioughly 1isensaed. The bin had never hs.
Ioumsa Law. Il vas eontended hy The old
Ihar0's enemies that his declaration d
! martial Law was . violation of tha Cen
lstisHtiaa. His friends, whale not dsny.
Ing this, excused i On the groRnd OF ne-
IeeaAity. The frienaa OF the BID suppors.
ed Il - messure Of gratieade- a boa
due By grateful country 10 her patxiosis
and successful defender. On this gxeunS
Il was mainly supported, On the Ia al
/ January Judge Douglas obtained the
In0er. BE wRs then unknown 10 Congress;
his waa . new face and strange voice Il
4 khose halla, He did moi foilow the beat
Tsn path In his advocacy of the bin. Ha
1t once took high and strong ground Ia
dafenas of Generai Jsekson's eondues.--
he dsnisd the Legality Of Judge HaII's
/ jndgmenk. The position waa Bold one
i tha speaker &ttrAessd attention, and - be
waEmed With hiz subject he soon obtained
the ear Of tbs House. his speech was 9
/ success IL sssahliahed his character "a a
lawyer and aeb4ter. From that time 70
the present day be has never been com
pslled to address empty henehes OF an
/ Impatient, inatteukiye audience This bill
passed the House and subsequently, the
/ Senate. . -..
/ After the adionrnmsns Of Congress,
Aesazs. polk sza Clay kavzaS A@em nom-
| mated for the Preaiden9y, a monster Dam-
oegatie Convention vac held a2 Nashville,
Tsanesses, to which dslegasions and dis
tinguished men from all the Western
States wera invited. A large delegation
from Illinois, including Mr.. Douglaa,
wHt to Nashville. The attendance vas
iIambnss. The accounts describe it a. q
monstrF gathering forty acres wers
aeaFsly able to afford standing room for
the yast nssOmhiaga If man Rnd women.
SS2e O4 ths naosk brilliant orators Of the
| day w4rs lhsre, aad far several days ad-
dressed ths maitisade. M&ay had come
from a gFaaG distance, nos oaIy 20 attead
shs convention, bus also to see tho great
| m&n who had for % long . period and
50 prominently occupied the hearts Of his
eoHntEyman. They could not leave wikh-
cut the loag-wishsd for pleasure Of sse-
| ing AR sEGw jackson. The mament the
| speaking had closed the immense thFoag
turned theiE steps towards the Ha1mitzgs.
A witness says:
81 remember well the vast procession,
the coaHtlass muitifuds, rs it caas surg.
ing down the main road leading 10 the
home Of jackson. AS the people enEsred
the AysRn= leading from th3 high road 10
the plain bat sapaeio0s dw alling, the old
4sssz u
himself onee more to rsesixs the sinesze,
and unboaght homage Of his grateful and
con6ting eountFym n He took saak on
q sofa ia ths large hall opposite to shs
perch and sgssENAss- ThA zssaiti4ssaa kLE.A
every stan ling point in front Ut the man
sion. Aa5ctiOnake friends surrounded
him the throng asked bat for the pFiyil-
age Of seeing and taking him By the hand
once more.
They approached him In Eles, shook
hands with him, aRd then passed on thzo'
| the hall. Thousands passed thas before
the old hsro--at last our friend Judge
Douglas, Of Illinois, approached. / re-
membeE vel how pale he looked, and
bow small and plain he seeasd beside ths
hundreds Of robast and gallant specimens
OF Tennessee manhood. Cor. Clamauk @.
Clay, Of Alabama, Senator Of the UNI
led States, had been for some time acting
"a the madinm od intrndnnainn 10 stzan-
gers. Tbs scene that gAsaed was ons nev-
q to be forgotten.H ... -.
One Of the Hlinois delegation whs As-
eompanied Judge Douglas was WA. Wal
tegs, Esq., editor gf the Illinois Gsa1s
Register, tha most inanenEial 30 well as
the abiest conducted paper in the State.
Mr.. Walters was With Judga Douglas ST
/ the tims Of his intrDdactian 20 GeReral
Jackson, and On his retRrn 20 spEiHgaeld
; few days theFsafteE, be Published ths
following description Of what took place
Everything shat relates 20 Andrsw
Jackson, tia Hero of New Orleans, and
the friend - Ais country, Is Of dsep in-
sersst to fhe American people, and atlas
Gha ineidgns wa are about 30 relate 10 In
itself Of 10 great interest, Il becSAnes %
TO %, in consequence Of those connected
with Is. At the Nashville ConYsntioa, ID
II August last, we visited the Nashville her
\ miEage, sniy twelve miles distant, la com.
pany with Judge Douglas and SONS 9th
srs Of our fellow-eitiEena.
The Hermitage was crowded with pa0-
: pie from almost every State, who had beaE
invited thithsF By the venerable paario
on the dag succeeding the aonxention<--
Gov. Clay, of AlabAzna, was nsar Gemara
jackson, wh0 was himself sitting oa
! sofa in the ball, and as each person en
: lered, the Governor intTodaeed him 70 III
) hsru, and be passed along. Whea Jnlg
. Douglas was iRsredHesd, Gen. jackson
I raised has still brilliant eye, and gaze,
; for moment Oh th eounsenAuee of III
Judge, still resaiaing his hand. ear
r goa the AF. Doaklas, Of Illinois, who DO
J kyered a spsech last ssssion oa the sub
+ ct Of ia 6ne imposed on me for deolar
:. lag marsial law ii New 0rleaEs ~ asks
} kHaH. jackson.
4 81 hSvs dsllvsged q spseeh ia che Hona
; Of Representatives GA that subieCt, p 80
> the modest reply.
Y "Then stop D said the General; sssi
q down here beside me, Idesire TO resur
/, yoa my thanks for thAt speech. You AZ
Z sh3 first msn that has eysE relieved n
7 laaind On . aabieet which has rested apo
y II Tor shirsy years. NV enemies hays u
] ways charged ms With vioiasing the Con
9 stitusion Of my country, BIZ deelarin
y martial law as Nsw Orleans, and m
lsI friends Asse aimays admitted shs yiols
+ fium, baa have eohsend q that eircaM
: stances iystiasd ms In thaE Tiolssion.
= neysg e1nld undsrstand how Ii was, III
= the psgfoFIasnes of & sciemn auty 70 a
o e0untry--a duty which, IL had negisci
: ed, would hass mads M traitor "a q
81 sighs Of God and u mafs--could properly
: pronounced violation 8f the uonstiss
=. iioa.
ss 81 ksat e0nyfnasd In Say own mina "a
asl I waa Mt gWiity og sash hsineas oasaas
" hRe / e0aId Hsgar mako cut y legal Inaa
g aoation Of my course, nor has is eyaF hel
Y done, sag, unsil yoa, On ske aoor Of Coz
y gEeaas 81 the last session. established
= bey0md she possibility sa aasii o. a0ah
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