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

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sAow ~ aadMsss Il shasz "a, saassains
10 be N Dam sag i sassalssscsl
asasi shnEa ne popasaaslg
q : Western man 10 ride aawn Eli who
dars stand ap DO mainssim me insaeslsy
q shs Nasioaai Dsmserasls psssy i rs
North .F,afEs Oh
UnfoFtunatsly for thcse sgadnoars Of
ne ADMINISTRATORS, shs figures Alow
tAas sAsIarssss p<epsrtiussss Demosras.
y gaias sot lfwa o. sAfsa gears pass.
havs been n those counties whore TIA
Damsssaas havs formally 81 i slsstinsliy
sxpfesssd tlaaas unqualified spprcbstion
o. the policy and ksssarss 81 Mr.. By
oaAsAk'a Admiais, rssiea. PotsOwa.ta.
mis eounsy and ais judicial dissries ara
Instances in pains. Al dlssraas times,
prior 70 . : last State slsesians such ses-
0lusions base been adopted ~ sss De
mocf 4sy u ibis sountY il Convention;
aU / do not hesitats to say nat, had the
opposite policy prevailed here, oar ma.
Jointly would not havo bean 80 large By
at least one third.
Its 70 customary Cor certain Demo-
cratic journals, b. way 81 diOtasing both
the nominee and platform Of the Nation
al Democracy, 10 attribute all our pc.
litieal rsTsrsss il the North to these Just
and equitable PRINCIPLES which euaran.
~ alike sbs ssAssasasi saai rigAas 81 ali
The States As sovereign manbsgs Of ths
eOnfsdsFasy, and . cali upoa eur fsisnaa
In the South 20 'sssrsaothss oar A0nds''
By yielding up rights vhieh they sonaid.
~ essential TO thsir veil being, il nag
net be amiss 70 call shair Attsation
ksas aaa Esmina shsz ii szs daay "a
strengthen smT sspm ,hAmda, by Fsssisving
those sxrogs hoEh In 9asas ana Nasaunal
Poliay, Which ara thsFs4l sssxsa ef eur
mistoEtamss. In rssrOspsss of Eve o.
six years, ssysEsl instances sould be- cis-
ed, bat ens or EwO will saf6es to show
tie correctness of this position.
When the proposition was submitted
By the Republican party 70 smsnd The
Constitution Of this State the main os-
tsnsibls objeet bang TO remove the IN
ssEdietion against B&nks-some Of shs
Democratic lsadaks and presses eonssdsd
lhss necessity fer banning facilities;
others thought itimpoiisie 70 oppose tAs
measure, and willis dssl lining to taxa
the initiative for such changes as were
desirable, ths party refrssd TO oppose
the proposition. Ii wa consequently
carried; for, though soms 20,001 OF up
wards voted against Is, ths people, anai.
dsd by party organization or the press,
we're powerless against she money indu.
snee of banking and stock jobbIngs Ia.
Ierssss in alliance With the party IN
power.
The aeg Constitution provided not
only ample facilities for banking and
other means Of asscfng the people, but
also broad foundation for " L.beris
bilEs' With all the paraphernalia Of IA
natical Legislation that could b desired
by a Giddings, a Chase or 4 Sumner
Again the Democratic party was rscre.
ant TO duty. Strange 20 say, notwtth,
standing the infamous Sehedale, peypss
uating the Republican power in th'
Legislature, the Democracy, as Il party
refused 10 make distinct issue againsi
this new Constitution, although many
Democratic editorS-to thc.r homer be il
said-battled manfuIIy against il. Bu'
on one side was arrsysi the political OF
ganiEat;on ofa dominant party, vlth all
the appliances Of party drill, aided By
powerful local interests, and on the
other side the people, quaided even b.
a party organization. The latter went
under, though only by few hundrod
yotes; the new Constitution was adopted,
and at once the shaekIes were upon The
Democracy for an indefinite period
DespotisEa rules without LET or bindEanoe,
The noble pafrsmoBy Of our State lie
Isquandersd in her youth. Crippled in
resources, cur public improvements ara
lhopalassly pEoRastiaatsd. The tax pay.
ers groaR undsE oppression; . sallsa
gloom broods Ger town snd hamlet All
country. Emigration has eeasad to Hox
in, aud our State is : public highway
for runaway negroes, an asyIam fer fell
oUs and fagitives EFo1a iastioe, who pos-
sass the warmesa sympAshiss snd engage
she especial care Of our raiega. Pros
Fsrisy is 3 word Of The pAss--a tale thai
Is told. Far aud vide o'aE fertile psAf-
mes, inviting abe rtoE, a sparse popu-
lation is moodiiy waiting IN bypa de-
ferred, locking Eorsqsd INTO the dim IA
tuEs for that ''gOod time coming which
is indefinitely postponed.
Is II any wonder that all our Efforts to
redeem the State ara unavaiIing2 The
Democratic masses Rght for PRINCIPLES
moi fasa; for the protection Of thsir
equal rights, and'to promote tho gsnsr-
a veifaTei to maintain the integrity ef
the federal compact, and guard the Con-
ssitution against shft eaafoseArasats ug
seetionaiity and fahatieism-not Tor a
mere party triumph, barren Of OahsF re-
suits lhaa placing certain men IN power.
If tbs party fails 10 its duty, abandon
ing one Democratic Landmark after an
other, still rolrsating before the snsmyj
If at the frat cry Of alarm from expedl-
eney politicians, tbs leaders throw down
shsis sEmS sad desert, how Saa ws az
peet g retain that perfsSs oaga5sass sf
she people whieh 10 necessary 20 saaaaess
Thssa nasastaats apply ID well - o.
ESrs IN regard e national pol ~, sspse.
tally 10 that Of Democrats VINO saecumk
to she fres-aoA hebbg, appalled, By the
shFiA fEesasm shEisE&ug seaeeeisnsl FasH
males. Tais srrar proestds upon tie
admission thai slavery l. essentially 80