Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-05-01

Sss@ u ssassag ssas M fFss ssasss xss'
,ovsrsun with an African pepalalion -un-
~ nssrpss not oslb n AM ningls with
IS a. guals, bass ss asjarUrS judges and
Jaw mixers in asr mist. Alas for the
destiny Of . nation, when she chart Of
political economy 10 thrown sway, and
narrow, purblind and nslignans fanasi-
cism rules the eeunsels Of iss government.
Ths n. 7. Indpsndsai, snothsr leading
Republican journal, conducted BY DO R<vs
Beeehsr, speaks ia still palmer terms o.
ths main great ANA. We sab5ofn few
btief extracts from that sheet, ssid VIII
only ask OR readers 10 mark well its Ian.
guage, and consider the pregnant signia-
canoe Of every sentence, bearing in mind
that in each expression and estimate Of
results, the wish II father to the thought,
while the Rev. politician takes no pains
10 conceal that exuitation at the climax Of
our national troubles which peeps out in
the Tribune and Democrat from under
the cover Of cunning, though shallow
Isophissry. Indeed, the independent bold.
ly proelaims that it Is not the purpose TO
maintain the Union by force, any more
than 70 preserve It by peaceful means !
bat rather to insure lie speedy, compile
and ifretfisyable dissolution by means Of
'war-s6 HnarA and estublish Gsgts boun-
ddry between us Of the United States and
those who have gone cut from US because
they srsrs not eIsss y sand as many mOre
tall the border ssasss1 as the Providence
tef God controlling tas fortunes Of sraT
shah annex 10 theEn.'s s-sH ,s+.@--.-.'.s
s-l FFsom tbs H. n Ts4spsaseas, April 18th
| THE BkaIsxasa or TEE Exps-The exps4lkIon
for the relief Of Fort Sumter has snsSeEsd It's mast
luasFsaRz purpose fs) ms PreSie@nt is DO lsMkeF
| emhAEEssKna By seemingly eqaiyOcsl position Of
aAirs, OF % any dosos ssaGns the people As 70 tne
sxtsnts 81 his pswsrs. TaeEe Ia nc longer Fsou fsF
queStloa in the mokt irTnsdluts ntnd whether the
eaadi tssz Of tbs aszntEy 10 waE a. pescR. =
A safe boundary Is % b mrrked and sstAelishe ed
between as Of The United states sad tie Hho have
gOne ent from becsass they wers got VI u Thsae
and NOT tbs conquest and sahiaszsiaa Of the new
seesdea StatesGAssa, sAd not tbs exiicftaD Of the
nsw nationality now coming into existeaee, are the
Legitimate objects az the raF ear part. And the
more vigorously lie war Is prosecuted b. the Gov
eEament and by de people The naore speedily Assa
| szeetusiis viii fAsss oeJsets pc secured.
oae question was anish cd BY the bombardmslt
4 of q q an
by the tricky eompFenlissF Of siding naiIticians
LhA daT az cSmpznEi Sc has EQa b. Isuoafastk the
cotton states are osf e tas Uses AspcefoFtA
eea ear separation, and hsld then, AS ne bold the
rest o. naRnkind seuss Ia wrT pezee, friends -
Aer Ls fAsra TO Be ass reccRatFwstf0A By forte
/ Those seeded States, and uaany more tbs
pzoyaasnce Of God coatEOlng *ths foFrane OF war
| sAal annex 70 them. are 10 rSz fAetT ezH course
| apsSf Press ~, ead ss fssaI0H tAsir ssA sesffHy
apart fTaEa 0eFS. ,,.. IT,.
| suck crisis as that tbsoash phieh we are pas
sing Tarsas comes IN tbs history ss astiets &c,
| The last remark 10 very true; sush =
crisis never came but once in the histnr-
les Of Greece and Rome. The soul sick
ems aud the heart dies within US, at such
expressions and such aVowRl of aims from
a class Of political Journals who oannSn-
lied the felon, John Brown as Saint and
martyr, and would have shielded him from
justice had it been within their power
Is it not q mournful spsCtaels, TO see :
free, prosperous and happy people ready
to throE away their liberties and become
slaves Of a military despotism, victims of
future Gnarchy and revolutions and eoun-
ter-revolutions, merely to give freedom
to the negroes? True, those journals
svow, in addition, smother purpose, TO-
wit: the preservation Of so mach Of the
Union as may be left after the 6ual sep
Grafton between the Northern and South
ern States, by establishing as a precedent
the iroa hand Of military power tos uppresl
any future attempt al secession, instead
of rely ing for thai object upon the attach
ment and voluntary assent Of the people,
secured BY public Justice, hberality, mod
Grafton and the promotion of the general
welfare. We do not believe that end car
be accomplished by the means proposed
At best, isis an uncertain and desperate
experiment, and in this terrible encounter
the people of the United States are called
upon to stake everything upon tho hASard
Of die. "When the wicked rule, tbs
nation mourns."