The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-08-03


Reso;red, That a. wears taught and adj
monishsd BY the experiences OF every Tree
people whose political existence vas exiln-
guishsd By the assumption OF arbitrary pow
er and the violation Of fundamenial pr'nei-
pies, 20 resist the enc,oaehmsns OF Exacu-
tire Preroga,ive.. we there ore. emphdfieally
and unsG,s;uocaiiy condemn the assumption
Of unauaaersSet porer by the Ereeuffre Of
iae United ssal<s, or By any otaeef 81 the
Government.
The object and design Of this resolution
caEnos be mistaken. The President is .en-
pbasieally and ussquivoealiy condemned"
by the Iowa Democracy, for levying troops
to protecs the Capital from the threatened
assaults Of those Who sought, and are still
seeking to overthrow the Government.
According to the Iowa Democracy, the pre-
serva;ion Of the Government 10 "uneoasri-
tu,ional." OF course, We viii not question
the pare pa,noiim Of the men who passed
this resolution, but We propose to offer in
contrast to their position, the teachings OF
tina, eminent patriot and Statesman, THohAs
JEFFERSON. In letter to L. b. Colburn,
on the l0.h Of September, 1901, Mr.. JEr-
, rERsoS, 10 answer TO the question, 8 Wheth-
er circumstance do not somefimss occur
rhich make IL DUTY IN OFFICERS OF
HIGH TRUST, TO assume authorities be-
Yond The iau," ssid: "a strict observ-
ance Of the written Law is, doubtless, one Of
the high duties Of good citizen, but, (mark
, the language, now ,Msssieurs. Democrats OF
Iowa. IT /. NOT the HIGHEST! The
laws of necessity, Of self preserrofion, of
sarirg orr country trhen in danger, ARE
OF HIGHER OBLIGATION. To lose our
country, by d scrupulous adherence TO urit
ten LAW, would be to LOSE THE Law ITSELF,
with life, liberty, property, and all those
who are enjoying them with US; thus ABB
SURDLY sacrificing The end TO the means..'
Reader, and especially Democrats Of West
ern Iowa, which exhibition of patriotism do
YOU like the best-ihat OF JEFFERSON, or
| that Of the Iowa Democratic State Convex
ton? You are all with JEFFERSON, We
| firmly believe, il we excepta small coterie
| of "seceshers," who hibernate hereabouts.
In regard to the unlawful assumption of
powers, by the President, and which the
Iowa Democracs ''empha,icaliy and une-
quirocaIly condemn We will submit some
extracts from the Chicago Posi-a paper
conducted by john w. sHEAuAN, for many
years the confidential friend Of Mr.. DouoLAs,
his biographer, and long tho editor Of the
Chicago Times, his home organ. Probably
no man occupied a closer relation OF friend
ship to Mr.. DoUoLAs, than be. Referring
TO the objection that the President exceeded
his authority in defending the Union, Mr..
SuEAHAS says: ''Mr. LINCOLN did exceed
his authority when he called for troops,
when he yensured large expenditures, when
! he blochaded the ports, and when he made
| armies and brigades, in number and power,
such as had never before been known in this
land. We say he did do all this, and what
Of it i? Il was unconstitutional for him to
| do this without The authority Of Congress.
| His act was unconstitutional and illegal
| But what Of it? Was Mr.. Lincoln to stand
still and see the house burn over his head,
without an effort to save it, because he had
| not the previous permission Of m absent
neighbor to draw water from his we'll p
Was Mr.. Lincoln to allow the rebels to take
Washington city, to burn the Federal Cap
ital and exile the Government Do these
men who call upon the Democracy to mark
out and rebuke the Administration for IN
constitutional acts, wish the Democracy to
understand that it was criminal in Mr..
Liacola 10 deftnd The capital BY an uncon-
stitutional iery oflroops? 1t they do not
mean that, then let the blatan. demagogues
close their lips, and spare the printers
ink. Unless these men think that Mr.. Lin.
coin should have permitted the rebels to
rise 10 al parts Of the country, and seize
Upon the public property, seize the Gorern-
mcnf and dictate terms Of submission 10 The
north, then let them keep siieu: upon the
subject of unconstitutional acts acts made
necessary TO preserve the Government. Had
Mr.. Lincoln not done what he has done,
there would have been no government ri
this tins, unless Me-. Lincoln, flying before
the rebel hosts, seeking for Congress to
pass an act allowing him to enroll COM
pany Of militia, might be called govern
mens. Are these men sorry that the Cor
erameni, eren by resort 10 uaconsflfu-
iionai measures, sared the nation from the
rebel iraitors2 Are they sorry that Cairo
vas garrisoned By troops unconstiiutioually
mustered? Would they have preferred that
the Constitution should have been observed,
even il by so doing Pillow had been able
10 oyerrun Illinois, and made his headauar-
tiers 10 the State house at Sprips6eld9
"Bu. the acts of Mr.. Lincoln are no Ion.
ger unconstitutional. Congress has already
iegalized the act, aud they are now as con-
.'isasicnal a. if they bad been originally
authorized by Congress"
" We look upon these men aho eomplaia
Of the Presidnss, trith less respect than upon
the rebels in arBas. The latter are open IN
their treason, and hare had the honesty TO
stake their iess upon the issue. The Jos-
mer skak ct hense, afraid 10 speak out IN
denaneiasion Of the rar. and YET eorardiy
Mcb the naea they are afraid to naeef.'
This last paragraph j. ''sestles''uron the
members 81 the Iowa Democratic State
Convention, they are not considered emit
lied to more respect than the rebels IN asnas,
That's 80.
GOOD.
We are glad 70 learn that Gov. y. 3.
B.xsx has been appointed By The Governor.
Adjssans Gsaesal Of the State, in the place