Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1860-10-24

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two years sgo, Mr.. Seward, in his sseel
In this cievs quotes he dae1nration of In
dspMdsuess thAa ad raan were tfeatef
sqnM and aadowed by slsir Creator viii
certain inalieanhie siahks, sraong which
are nlife, liberty and "a pussNit of hap.
pfness.o He makes that qu0t&fIon ia or
der 70 shew that The Declaration OF Inde-
psndsnse pnks snseross ON IN sqaal foosifz
with white man. He insistsy as Aix. Eia-
coin does, and 90 Ear as know the whols
Republican party do, that In the Deciara.
ton negroes are asserted 10 have beer
placed BY the Creator on equal footing
with white men. ! deny that pro position
fGries Of fssodo Isn1 The denlsrgsson ol
Iniepeaaenee had no references to negroes
whsai ID spoke of all men being created
equal. Ii had references tu the white snas
---ths man of Eur6psan blood and Eare.
pssn asseaass II was spexking Of tbs
Ammioaa oolanists sni respect to Aei,
oasnpasAfiys sixhas villa fhS Dxilish sab.
jscts IN Easfana, when Il DECLARED thal
I'll man were erented equsl. 4py ee1
wAs assts1 80 ( - - II
set oexsnine n II ss fFSsa hesoss
whe aknsa n haa nls6s so znelade ne
Kvoss ina6k ny YeE1 bs3pd u honasB
Snn - ksSs dnass n svMy sIsss skss
kad s4usymy 81. fUxfn ii Afcods xsd
s1nnfengs.r ~ 6finoe - sinenatpAfe.
dssses Ws1AiAS Ss0n had ~ b ths dsy d
III 111A, sndse Afd Thsuaas Js9ssssn,
mi sash Il tAe4 etksk slkuerS of the
Dsaluskicn Of Indspsnd@oe. so fsx as We
knew 1ton history. Eksss fhc4s show
that thS& Declaration n6ssr intended 10
asssRs thAa negro slaves were the equal Of
white NEE. 1oad sn long eontfnhed ap-
Bot DE Rspablicsn party nov plgnts
itself immovabIs upon this doetrine. Nh.
Seward, iA his speech, declares thas this
is the grszads central idea OF tAe Repabli-
c&n party. The rights of the negro; the
equality Of the negro with the willie man,
universal saffkage extending 10 negroes Is
wall - 20 whiss anefs, 10 shs grand cenrfai
idea OF the Republican organisation. He
alss asserts that the old Demoe4aaic par
W ID uasQund on this question, and THAI
the old Wing party was tFsachercua 10
principle, Elaaghsar, thus shwing that he
rspudiates the doctrine ofthe Democratic
party and the doctrine Of the Whig party
+-she doctrine of Clay and Webster sad
jackson and Cass, and raises In its stead
q new creed Of modern creation.
Hxving put forth this grand central idea
upon which the Republicans party is based,
he states that every great and vfrtuous
principle necessarily has its direct antag-
ozism, and direct opposition to the Re-
publican creed stands the principle of cur
government, OF inequality of rights, in
equality of representation and inequality
of the right of suffrage. Now, what does
Mr.. Seward mean by the charge of inequal-
ity Of rights, and Inequality Of represen-
tation, and inequality Of the right Of saf
fraZe? We all know his meaning. Il ID,
frsa, that there now axists an inequality
between the white man aud the negro in
nearly every State In this Union, and sec-
ond, that there is an inequality of repre-
geatationin the fast that Ave slaves o0aus.
only equal 70 shrse free negroes.
= The fve slaves are only equal 70 three
free negroes, laugterl for if the aye slsSes
shonid be smaucipatsd they would then
Ave persons, and be equal to
ave fresmen. =
Mr. Seward tells az that this inequality
between the white man and the negro, this
inequality In the representation of the
Sta5os, this inequality in the rights Of suf-
frage, are directly hostile to the Rspubli-
can creed. Where did be fnd tho ayi~
dences of these inequalities ? They are
all found in the Constitption of the Uni
ted States. fssHear, hear, - and loud APP
plaase.l Every one OF them Is eonsti-
tusioual provision, which every hanegt
man Ia bound toscarry out. When Mf.
Seward and myself entered the Senate of
ths United States, We each Of as wehtato
thu Clerks desk and put our hands upon
the Bible, and there, appealed 60 Alnsi ghsy
God fer the sincerity of our purpose, in
the prssenee OF the Senate, took al oath
10 sustain the Conssatusion of she United
States, kneiudsng she tneqality fr3ghts
hssws1nwkises and negroes, including the
Inequality Of representation, and ineiad-
ing che inequality 81 Suffrage, Igseas ape
plsase,j ] and yss, after saking thai oath,
10, ~ ths lsadsr vi his party, now informs
~ spsspas Il ulipois HAT ne Rspahliean
paftg = tsFesd ~ j haeie n efysct an.
tanca3eW 10 pSfNos1a4S ~ lie Rs4ssai
CS.a1llsfless lssHh hin agsin, and
f 1id hot rsassrs sAs sysesA efAt,
8sssfd 70 eesyfncs ma of thas great truth,
baa 3 ny mn wnsts any further evidence
al shs fact, let them re&d II. II q the
sAsse aeesxsns pfocassmsd by Mr., Lincoln
tso years agn ss dteept Isuguzgs. Elm
u5ln t0id us that this Union Aonid mot
permanently endure divided into frse ansi
slsve States; that shess Etsses rzuss all be
come free or all becoras saase, uthaEwiss
this Union coald not endure. Thaswss she
fundsmsHtai pr5ncipls On shich Mr. Linz
eola presieassd his oauyass for ths sesa.
ate. and now Mr. Seward anrlca aaoss the
same doctrine 10 yu0 and assures you and
the world shat II Il the grand pivot, ths
esusral idea Of the whole Hepabiican Faith
Hsw san either Ms. Seward or Dir. I.in-
coin eayry b cut xishoas ssyoiptiopi1iss
this government. Remember Shat the
goyeguasns vas made by our fsthsrs On
the principle "a . portion Of she States
being free aad . pafsiea Df fhem ala
Ressamber that We hare liyed under this
Coastieution for seyeHsy-thfee Tcars, d.
vided into frss asd aIsys, inst ID the peo-
ple chose. And nov Mr.. Lineeln and Mr.
Seward inform you that this government
cannot endare on the basis On which i "
made, why can Ii not thas endure 2--
Because rod sag u i contrary b the Dee
larasion al IpdapendenSe sna the lsHs Of
Epd, 70 alloy sAah State tohase slsEery
% long ~ Il chooses and abolish I when
IL pleases. Lasghtes.l | balisTe that all
tiaese preachers who take their text from
Greelsyas almanac instead of the Bible,
are In the habit sf sfinfogming yoa stas the