Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-12-11

: Of ths, ,stssss WI psss similar eHaetlaaaj
for their own haasRk respectively, and
!, fshs bpasasioa of which parsoas oil ii
8 same 5eiass viii be fhyown anon hera ID
: daapOsal. In sanli eases, rscunam "a
thai goagEass Ssos ida fos aeasgsing sao
persons from speh Sls8as a@earaiag /
fs0fne mode Oh valuation In lien pyo fafass
. &C aiFecs taxes, Or upon sorfaa other pla
tO bs agEeed ON with such States fuspaes
iFsly / thai saeh persons on suck aossps
ancsi by the Ieneral GoTsFameRt hea
once deemed free, and that in aay eKe,
steps be thaken for coIonising win elsa
ses, ,lof the one Gxss msatiensd, If the oah
er ,shaM not Do bgougAs into sxpsaiansy
IN sozae place Or places ina Olimass con
| genial to them. ~, s.Ek,el
/ ft might be well to consider. too
i whathsx siae free eolered pe0ped alreaa,
| in Ehs United States could not, 20 Gar q
lndlEidaala may dasire, be iachaisi Ii
such eolaalzaion. To carry cat the plss
| o4 eolonization, may involve the aeaair,
ing OF Territory, mud also the approptia.
tioRs Of ~ onay beyend that co lie sxbsaa.
ed in the Tsxritorial seauisstion. Hasisas
protected the scquisitian Of Tsxrisosy foi
'aearly hfty years, the question of leassl,
sasAS1zss N@8aK II IN III u III
L open one with Hs. The pUwer wS8 Mil
| Questioned, BY Dir, Jeffsgson, whs, howey-
er, 10 the purchase of Lonisisna,. Welded
ats seruples on the plea Of great expe-
disney. lf II be said that the only fegfti-
mate ohject OF acquiring Territory & 70
furnish homes tor white mea, this meas
ure effects that object for the emigratiss
or coiored men, leaving additional room
fer white mea reuaining or coming here.
AF. Jsferson, howsyug, placed the frtpor-
tance of purchasing Louiaiaaa .mnrs On
political and commercial grounds, thar,
! aa prayaii0g Rooaa Tor population. On
| this wole proposition, including tho an
propSiati6n of money with tbs aeqhisi-
Eioa Of Territory, does not the exp eiisnav
amount to absolute necessity, without
which the Government cannot Be perpet-
uated (? alF 20 ata}1 zlz @5%s
La considering the policy TO be adopted
tor suppressing the insuffecsion, / have
beea auxious and careful that this ineyis-
able conflict for this parpose shall not de-
generate into violent and reuoEseless
revolutionary struggle. If1aTe, therefore.
in every case, Thought II proper to keen
the integrity Of the Onion prominent Is
the primary object Of the contest On oar
part, leaving all questions which are not
Of vital military impostance to the more
deliberate action OF tho Legislature, In
the exercise of nav best direction. 4 have
adhered TO tbs blockade uf tlie F Farsa held
BY the insurgents, instead of paassiag In
force, By proclamation, the law OF Goa
gress enacted at the last session for clos
ing those povsa. Also, ebaying the die
tates OF prudence, as veil as the obliga-
tions Of law Instead of transeendiaz,
hare adhered to the act of Congress 10
ooR6scate property used for insurrection
AIRY purposes. If new law upon the
same subject shall be proposed, its pro-
pristy will be duly considered. The In.
ion must be preserved, and hence all in
dispeasable means must be employed, -
We sheald not be 10 haste to determine
what radical and extreme measures, which
may reach the loyal IS well as the diSlassl,
are indispensable. The Inaugural Aa.
dress AT the beginning Of the Administrs-
ton, and the message 20 Congress at the
Late special session, were both mainly de-
voted to the domestic eontrQYsrsY out of
war sprung. Nothing uep occurs to add
to or sabstE4cs from the principles or gen
eral purposes stated and expressed in
those documents. The Iast ray Of hous
for preserving the Union peaceably ex-
pired at the assault Of Fort Sumter, and
q general review Of what has. occurred
since may not be uapro6table. What was
painfully uncertain then, is much better
defined and more distinct now, and the
prograss Of events is plainly in the rigAt
direction. The insurgents confdeotly
claimed strong support from north Of
Mason and Dfxen's line, and the friends
Of the Union were not free from appre-
hsasion on this point. This, however,
wSs soon settled definitely, and on the
right side. 5 @"
South of the line, noble little Deleware
led efFight from the first MARYLAND was
made 20 seem against the Union our
soldiers were assaulted bridges were
burnt, a.sd railroads sere torn up within
her hTnits, and we we're many days Al
one time without the ability to bring
single regiment over her soil TO the Can
itol. Now her bridges aud railroads are
repaired and opened TO the Government.
She already gives seven regiments 10 the
cause of the Union, and none to the enc
my and her people at a regular election
have sustained the Union by large mA.
jority, and larger aggregate tote than
they ever before gave to any candidate on
any question. Kentucky, 100, for some
time IN doabs, il now decidedly, and,
think anehaageahly, ranksd on che side
0f the Union. Missouri is comparatively
quiet, and | believe cannot again be oveg-
run by the Insurgents. These three
States, OF Maryland, Kentucky, and Mis-
souri,, neither Of which would promise q
single soldier mt first, have now an agRre-
gate Of not less Ehan 40, 900 In the hsld
for the Union; while of their citizans,
not more than third in numbE are
among the insurgents, and they Of doaht-
ful whereabouts and existance.
Altar somewhat bloody struggle of
months, winter closes ca shs unioa pao.
pie Of Western Virginia, leaving them
| masters Of their own country. f..
Ar insurgent force Of about / 500, for
months dominsering shs narrow peninsa-
lar regioa constituting the eoansiss uf Ae4
| comaG and Northampton, and kmowa. a.
the eastern shoFa Of Virginia, togotAer
! with sesae contidious paris Of Marylaad,
have laid down their sFas, aEd sha pas-
pie thers hars renewed their allagiasce 70
| and accepted tue protection ef the flag. -
This leaves no armed insurrection north
Of sha pot0mae Or sas Of Ghesapeak. Al
90, We have obtained 3 footing at each oi
the insulated polnls OF the Southern eoast
Of Hatssraas Port Royal, Tybee Island
| near savaashs aud Ship Island; and We
likewise had soms general acconass al
popular movements ia behalf of the I'M
| iun In North Carolina and Tennessea. =
/ Thess lhings dszaoasssasa that the eaaasa
| Of the Uniou Is adyaaing steadily sszath.