Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-05-22

q voEcE yaoz OLD KENTUCKY.
We are aimoss daily In receipt, from
every portion u sha Union, Of letters aad
81 ssmmuniesssOna from tho fzisasas pssss
and tbs Unioas approving the course Of
the Busls, in its advocacy Of psaee maas-
ures TO save the Union from dissolution.
. Ths people almost everywhere are beeom-
: ing cansiaesa sAat the Unlna saaa1s b.
preserved By forcs-by war and blood
ahsd; bat politicians-msn who are az
pecting to get their arms shoulder deep
into the public crib, are forcing the coun-
try into = civil war, We believe, hows4I
es, II things remain IN slasu guo-if no
great battle takes place before The assem-
bling Of Congress, thaA something will b.
done 10 save the Union and spare the e.
fusion Of hapsd. q7- go -
No doubt q large majority Of the people
of Keusueky and shs other border slave
holding States, Ass strongly attached TO
tho Uaioa, aad viii never be driven from
that position, except through the Aggrss-
sion Of the people of the North upon their
constissssonal Eish&s. s~ PSI !.
The following communication from
Kentucky, and the one from "a FszEss'' |
in this county, which will be found upon
the first page Of se-day's Busie, are two
among the many letters received endors-
ing the course Of the k4Sla: #sa.1@
KENTUCKY, May 10, 1861. |
DKAR S4Rs The weakly receipt of your
paper is source of real pleasure; for
you alone, of all the politicians whose
"dumb moaths" speak around our fire.
sids, dare to say the true word and adTO-
cate the tue deed. In this ags II broken
vows and wagering principles, it is COM
forsiag to find one who does not fear to
give inference TO his good impulses nor
can we forbear extending to such the hand
of welcome, and hailiag i'm - triad
and brother.
have no wish to mutiny against the
fate which confines the polemics of our
sax to the hons eirele, when l respond 20 {
year Ensit&ioRAo correspondents. l.
Kentucky has played no mean part in
the Great Drama, and IL ia but fair. shat '
We, behind the scenes, should enlighten .
the audience ~ 10 bow we "gesup our c
Linsoln, Davis, CEittsnden, Breckenridge
Guthrie, Holt and Anderson; from whence
they stole thar Are, and from what mate
ri2l manufactured their thunder Tha II
gentlemen are too much absorbed In talk !,
ing, benoaniRg, canvaasing, to think of
chronicling the changes in the political a
barometer; the daty therefore dsyolye& n
upon thai slass who, anxious and suffer i
ing, cannot put forth hand TO stay the d
dangerous food. 10
The election fer the border State Con-
vention took place on the 4th day Of this 8
month. The contest lost Its excitement il
upon the withdrawal of the States Rights u
Ticket, for the sssessioaista having fslt :
the pulse of the people and found it too
calm and even for their purposes, with. o.
drew aGHs cevsmoBie. Before They left 81
the aeld the conflict was srduoas though "
mot dubious, and even when oil oppoai- b
ton was removed the heart of the popu- f
lace was too deeply stirred to settle down II
without an expression; and though this =
is the season when tims ia usoaay, the ii
''historic moment" in agriculture; jet the g
sturdy farmers desert their plow and come e'
in on foot to every Union rally. Ths wild =
burst of excitement which swept like a 81
wave over the land, has spent its fury al
yrief and indignation have been supplans- az
"a by firm resolve. While the instincts q
If our people sill bid tham eiing 70 their m
irss lover, the Southern States; reason M
the order, and drsgs before tn
he eye their imprudens haste, and selfish p
less. The disunion sentiment is an in
ectious disease, in the cities and villages, at
die men, with debilitatsd eaergiea Aad Gil
irtue, find no difficulty In inoculating ~
inbred natures; bu! in the country where No
here is plenty Of work 10 do, and great In
aucisy Of newspapers, kilograms and sic
,afsrs, constancy to the old government p
loons fsEth ia greatest Perfection Bat n,
be superior patriotism Of these msn is q.
OF entirely the fault Of circumstances it au
in politics a. in religion, the ansusorsd ~ ~
lind san grasp trwshs upon whish cha q,
,ftiess inssliecss, have bean wrecked 30 To-
be statesman finds himself syrn beside
10 Euds working man, who free tsOn Ab- -
traction, unbiased by history, bears with ri
! his breast and upon his lip, seasimsnss thE
loEthy Of the exalted patriot. Nature 10
ill doubtless vindicate her influence In
.ensucky, as she has done elsewhere; va
rmnsss and independence are trails ehAR- 10,
ths pioneer and the mountain =.
or; difficulties 10 overcome; grasiss to Il,
nnihilass, torrents 10 stem, sombined S3
NIB the sassa, anahAnging features Of shsj !
aadseAps, have made the swiss, The High ~ ~
ssaaass ths Western Vixginians. Ksnsueky !
bounds IN saeh scenes, and II il Jet 70 be Co
sovsn thas she viii eounsssacs disposi- W
ION, or ovsrlssp hoaor and psmaencs. a.,
he willsxy your assssd ssz..l's policy WI 1 a
CELEBRATE, and bold council with the past
nd the future. Unborn events. in the WI
ays - coma, aay hasssnhas azCdass her ~
uisrs in their madness, mar plunge her
ato civil ear, yes will thers aiwsys be