Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1860-04-18


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a Gammce ag C@mses j aFaeafng
o. PeaaaacR Ceaaa Asasms
Ths llssag e was ssn fer
p0SEssasien TT wssks Bat wsll e read
with acme she less interest," COW. Thsaeh
We differ with he writer upon sAs sab
Jest ii slaver1 u the Territories, -
cordially endorse ias ssatmsSssSss With
saaa axosption- u has shs ring "a abe
srue metal the IRE Of The ains 81 JACK.
souisa Dsaosta and id sihsly IL
ascsiona, coming from Go0e thoroughly
|aanwaEaAna szlsh ahs pslsaisas lAiasvry e.
Iowa, ahoald be wsli weighed By every
Democrat wac desires fhs ancosss Of his
party sd principles;
0egnca Blzrsas aeeu 1850
E.ssasra 6Aa Kngiss
GnaTlKMsN:-Thsrs arsmany rsasons
Why rsgsse the secession for agAin aa-
dressing the Democracy upon subjects
AAseting their harmony and ia
sure success. After 20 long . struggle
% regain tbs asesndeney, In which, 10 :.
year, ws eams 80 nsar saessedinx t.,saa
gain u she Eaasssn sOunsiss, corr sspon.
aaSS VIVA sas' achieved By ~. in she
"ss's aid have given "a tb.s State by
cry dseidsd majority, it is indeed
4 humiliating to sea the evidence Of such
. reckless and intolesant spirit on the
part Of men 10 WHOM aeeidsna hAs given
the advantage Of numbers in sempora-
~ aim, ~ 30 threaten destruction to all
sieesiYs organisation and serdial con.
cert Of action for the future. Had bssn
an idle or indifferent spectator in past
contests with the enemy, no word from
me should hare disturbed ahs sguAnimi-
~ Of shsss 10 whom belongs Toe glory 90
Of having, through shs mAshinsry Of >
partisan oabal. completely torestalisd
all elaboration upon matters Of som-
mon interest TO every Democrat in the
State.
1t is time TO inquire into the causes
which hare sOaspiveI 90 kscp Us SO long
in the minority, with the prospect of in
definite vassalage to a most tyrannieai,
pEO6igsts and rutAless dynasty. But
arsa ara called upon 10 notice the per
sistsns misrepresentation of the Du-
bpaas Herald, which would do credits to
tie most unsCEupuloas oppOslsien print.
Ny Communication Of she 2Ist ult.,
vas certainly eouehed in courteous terms,
with eandoE in stating facts and the
position Of the minority ia our State
Convention, which should have insured
a reciprocal disposition in the editor Of
that sheet; bat, instead Of frankly ma.
king the correction which aveTy delegate
knows 10 be due to truth, he has resor-
ted TO sueh a garbling Of extracts from
nay letter a., by unwarraatAbls dsd ue.
tions, to make me tsi!nszS agaiaas nay
sell. ...
Prom the middle Of aparagraph in my
letter, the Herald extracts one sentence,
TO salt its purpose, szeitsdiag those i'm
Rsaiasaly proceeding and following il,
watch state the Facts With reference to
the vote upon The adoption Of the report
ca Resolutions, to-wIt; "that less thaa
halfof the delegates yoaed 'ays;' " that
it Twas srsA kaotga that large number
would have voted agGiasl Two Of the res
sIutions," but for reasons stated, haE-
ing no FsfeTenc to their merits; SRd that
certainly "oBsr one hundred delegates, if
not a majority would have voted 70 ssr.ks
0u! the clause requiring the Cincinnati
platform to be 'IArERPaATEB iss decor
dance 9Th ths opiaioHs Of Ho". Stephen
4. DougEss,' had the proposition been
made, With fair chance for discussion
Yet, in the face of this distinct dec
laration, the Herald, by the following
very logical C) deduction, ooRvicts ms
and every other delegate Of having voted
for those resolutions:
"a half dozen words viii set Mr.. Pal
mer st rest He in tact fully iusti6ug
the statement that the resolutions were
adopted staasi sgousIV, in saying thaG
I'thass opposed TO Ghsm did sOs UOgs
upon the proposition.S' w
Had the Hsgald quoted thsabOvs state
ment Of facts, the truth of which is SO
| we'll known 10 large number Of dele
/ gates in the North aud East of the State,
it could not have persisted in 50 falSify-
| ing the record, --. ,..... 49,.
/ Equally uaoandid Aad diEingeaaaas il
that paper's alluaion to my remarks in
relation to Gsy. Dooes; upon which IL
says: 81. ..... .a-.-. ....
| Unfortunately for the peaes Of mind
l0f some Of the Generals oVeF-devoled
and indiscreet friends, Hon Ben, M.
iSamuels, of this city, rseeivtd larger
number Of votes in Ihe Convention than
Gen. Dodge, and they have net yet eeas-
ed - grumble and complain of the fact"
This, together With its sontext, shOw-
| ing 'sabUndast reason Why Mfr. samusls
should receive larger vote than Gen.
| Dodge to-wit: ~on account Of This
'fyouassr biood,,' his having been tho
candidate for Governor in 1857, ''aslen-
ded ali The State Conventions" sts.--is
ali E4s- haap.u---,,..~4as "a tne north
and East, where few could see the Busis,
to know what did, and what did nos
say.
Without questioning the force Of ar
guHaeai above presented, or it's bsueRe-
Isl effect upan Mr. Samusls' "popuiar-
ity,'' it il SUFFICIENT to state that / did not
complain, (grumble,) but l showed, as
the BuoIs had done before, that there
was no oceassos ESE complaint on behalf
Of Gen. Dodge, This was merely an In
| aidental aiiusion 70 the ebullitieus Of
spite against Gen. Dodge, in oaFtain Re.
publican prints. Neither did 1 even
mention the mans Of Mr. samaeIs much
isss make, or By ramsrks warrant, any
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