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

AsPnesnxAxx AND ENCOURAGING,
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tTist - assSIy ps1ssn rho has iabofsd 70
Araag abaas zunissssl acknowledgements
and respsCs Ton the iaws Of our country,
TO witness the rssurning ssuss Of duty and
love for our country, iss Constitution and
It's laws, no svidmosd BY the sFlags Of
our Union, y which are hsing displayed
over ofices, Hotels, Foundries, Stores,
Work shops and private residences,
throughout the entire Northern portion
Of the United States. I, ss1ssas gid .s a.es /.
Had the same zeal far the reinforcement
of the laws'' been naanif years ago,
By those Who are now sSshowing where
they stand" BY hosting car national
emblem, the people Of this country would
not now be engaged in civil war. We
say it is encouraging, even a. this late
day, to see those who have ia times past
treated the laws with eoatempt-sbosa
who have been looking up TO 'shigher
Law" for guidance in temporal matters,
than the laws Of our country, ncw coming
down from their high position, heretofore
occupied, and acknowledging the bind
ing force of our laws, and declaring their
WILLINGNESS to aid in their enforcement.
Would to God, that they had taken this
stand years age. Had they done so, war
with all it's horrors would not now De
upon Us. .-..
1t ia exceedingly appropriate, that those
whose patriotism has been, to say the
least, w8aees cloud, should now come
oma and ssahaw where etAsy stand" For
them II Is necessary, that they should
hang out their eolors, thai there may be
no mistake about their positions. But
for those who have been eoatendiug for
che supremacy of the Consultation and
laws of our Countrywide have been eoan-
sailing obedience and respect for both,
from their earliest days of accountability
up to the pressnt-who have axhorted all
10 support the. Constitution and uphold
tbs Laws a. Interpreted. By the Supreme
Court--who have denounced State enact
meuts and mob force to prevent the en-
ecution Of the laws Of he United States;
there exists no. recassity fos their ''show-
ing where they stand'i by throwing TO the
breeze ssThe Flag Of our Union" Such
parsons stand upon the righs ground
Their position is knowingly have re-
cord that needs NO bolssering up By dis
play Of aAga.
OF such persons is the Democracy OF
the North composed, and like the old and
long estabhShed-in-ths-f& faith members Of
the church, II gives them great pleasure
TO witness the zeal manifested By the
vouas converts to the doctrine, that the
Constitution and laws Of the Union are
the ''Sapreme law Of the land" and
should be enforced.
To the honest convert 70 this doctrine
we cordially extend the right hand Of fell
iowship, and thank God for their CONVEX
sion. But We have no faith in thu pre-
ssnasa conversion Of the Bankes who have
bean infayor Of 'Hetting the Union slid" "
nor Of the CorsFins who opposed the Mex
lean war, nor Of the Beeohers and Others,
vino have decIared cur Constitution a
sEIeague With Hell !" nor Of the Kfrkwoods,
one Of whom, our present Governor, de-
elared whils eaayassing the State for the
ofscs which be aow holds, that, Re could
suffer his right arm TO be segsred from
his body before he could assist TIA The e.
seaahss Of he Fugitive Stare bato, nor
of Lincoln who, while the Mexican war
was pending, instead Of voting supplies
wiEh alacrity, as be should have done,
was bafiing legislation and wilfully
spending tbs time OF Congress and the
peoples money, in Introducing resoiu-
Eions, with the view, as he said to aseer-
tain the precise spot where tia fsst blood
of . United States citizen was spilled in
that war; Ror Of the Coddings, and
other Republican stumpers, who trailed
the alag Of our uatoa1" in the dust in
the canvass Of 1856.
These men, who heretofore have set the
Laws at defiance who have eounseled re-
sistanse to thsir execution b. mob force
who within ths Last Ave years have de-
graded the EFFlag Of our Union BY drag
ging it for miles in the dust at the tail
ead of one Of their Republican process
sions, are nov the pretended champions
for the enforcement OF the laws. These
men and their supporters, nos0 hoist the
ssFlag OF our Union," and pronounce ali
traitors 10 thsir country who do not fol-
low their examples, Have they been son-
vertsd from thsas Nd hereaias and sshs
both Of omission and commission Are
they In favor &C 6nEozeing at the laws OF
the United States II they are, then 1t
is quits proper for the1n and sheir sup
portera TO hoist the sfFIag Of our Union, 2
- ~ acknowledgement of their CONVEX
sion, and an smblem Of their oationality.
II they hare really changed their views
If they are really in favor Of enforcing
al ths laws Of the United State, thea
shsrs is still soms hope for the preserva-
zion Of the Union, and for that noble pur-
pose we would be willing to consent to
follow their lead; but we must first be
satisfied that they have not stolen the