Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-12-18

0nnMU sun1xe s.ssasss'sss'ss
II ID with siacsxs piseeFaEe, and aet al
together without kops dbasssr shil for8
he future, that wspa>e the foil Eiagl
passage In the late Mss kgsel ddent
LrscoIs. In sagsssssns soais nodsaca-
lion In the functions and powers of the
Court Of Glaima, in order 10 faciiiate the
pspsr aajastsasas Of efssas Of citizens
against tbs Ger@nmsns, she PresEleas
said: f,~r
= silt ii As mnch the duty of the GoyeFn-
usaal. aaa ssaass psszapa sassios against 1
itself In favor Of eitixens, - u - TO adj |
minister the same besweea private insi-
Ftuas1ssse4 - sss t
To the hoaor Of AiE. LzsseoGs De is said,
be j. the ssst Psesiasas for many yesss
past, who hss dsszasd Il worth while to
urge upon Congress the impcrsanse Of
rendering prOmps and strict justice 70
private citizens Or Subordinate ofhcers
having equitable claims against she Gov.
ernmsnt the frs 70 reoognize, I'D distinct
terms, so far a. relates 10 aaians Of its
citizems, poweFiess TO redress their own
wrongs, the obligasioa Of that "strist re-
gard for Public Jsassics,H which WASH
lSaroS urged upon Congress and the
country a. main pillar essential to the
- ~ gE . ID. !
prosperity and permaneney Of our reppe-
| lieaa institutions. oisszeus Of othex
countries hasiag eqailabla claims against
our Government, have oaly to make APP
plieatiou to their own Government, By
whoa the demand Is proapsiy made upon
| ours, which As promptly provides for
their adjustment, under the penalty Of -
war in case Of refusal; while our citizens
can not even sue the Government In its
own courts, without FIRST obtaining a
special act oil Congress therefor, which is
never granted to any but such as baye very
large purses Mt command, with the pecu-
liar faculty Of using them la Gdiptsss
ar a la Matassom- However equitable the
claim of an individual, unless OF SUN
ciens magnitude to afford q hnadsoms dot-
essrs to Oougrsssmea OF Government Of
fioiais, be Is firmly held at bay By the
former and Gsroely fought BY the latter,
who, except when profits are to be real
lied by some body else than the claimant
either themselves or those having the
power TO affect their official positions are
1 assiduoas in recommending themselves TO
thefaTor of government by playing the part
of 81 Treasury But dogs;;" and the poor
claimant impoverished By being deprived
Of his just dues, depleted almost 70 death
bv expenses incurred in trying to get 3
hsaring, is al last sent to the - Ciroaias-
location ad5os,a with scarcely any better
prospect than TO see the remnant Of his
claim absorbed in attorneys fees and
other expenses, or to die in poverty AMI
want before final adjustment can be Oh,
tanned, broken hearted under crushing
sense Of the iuiquity Of bis own govern
ment, which he had been Taught in youth
to regard as modol republic, to whos'
institutions be could look for the fountaii
of justice
We hope that MIR. LrxqoLS will not stol
With the simple enanciaEaon of this gFea
principle, but, with arm resolve tia
, even handed justice shall be dealt out {
all citizens, high or low, rich or poor, vii
enfores the spirit of his recommendation
By removing all obstacles and sources
' delay to puhlis justice, and by promptI
rebuking all officials who psrveEt thei
y public fnnctions to defeating the ends
Justice, either 10 wronging honest claim
ants or Oorruptly pondering to the cupid
: ity of those SPECTATORS SKILLED in thefat
e rieaIion Of unjust clsima.
n Ii has became proverbiaI. that success
b in prosecuting claims Of the latter eia'
d Is in proportion TO their magnitude
+ while in those Of the for1aef, the claim&n
IS being unable u uawillipg to S'shell cut
e or share literally with those whose dui
: ii il, by virtue of their trust and the
: oaths, to dispense justice to all freely an
is alike, are driven from the balls Of Con
a gress and from the Departments vii
a crooked quibbies abouk laws or form
If with the hollow can't of public ecoHoHs
d and mock seruples in regard to the int
lie est Of the Treasury Thus, on one han
the national revenue Is exhausted by al
told millions layished upon class
spectators Who may be promptly demon
1S mated professional swindiers, and on q
. other, the ends OF justice towards aprigh
= useful and patriotic citizens, ara deiea
- ed the confidence of such in the integri
10 of their government is destroyed; poTe
tn and distress are entailed on those VINO
~ 1t should be the especial care Of Cover
} meut 10 vgosscs shs Government itself
lie bronght into disrepute, and has come
IL be regarded Al little, If anything, bett
- than an immense swindiing machine.
- OPPOSED. "a we have been and still 81
TO the doctrines upon which Mr.. Lrycg
was elected. wa have not been without
ne hone thai the country might be sompcn
DC ateti. in some degree, Tor the disastro
al. consequences o. their presiouinanee, &
ee the single miadsd purpose OF tae Pre-
dent and his trusted advisers TO resta