Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-04-10
LArRsT NEWS
sPgRcK or
HENRY CLAY DEAN

HENnf LILA i LEAN
h at.AT sxxuMwA. Fzsss ssA, 1891,
fel1oa6 Cs4a$e#s :r-I am for peace ans
the Union; for peace bacause It win saw,
the union--fus shs Ufien because it vii
give rs perpetual peace. It Is 10 this spir
1t THAI came IN obedience 10 your invi.
satioHse watsahssM u aag gsSaak way to SC.
cure 1t your hands response to tines,
sentiments. It ID TOO late to stop by tbs
way aide to discuss questions Of partixar
conslsteasy os pgpprietY. A. the friend
o& azy ss<aassB wisosvss sevas lsss eouslsry
10 my friend no difference by what name
be Ia called, or with what party he holds
cou@akisM 4 Ekin Aa sssiaseu9affe Mhal
nay be . juss csaseof dissolution of the
L unioR at shsss States. Ne smaa should
be held responsible Tor what has beea done
\ prior to the eleetioa al Ag. lincoln. No
words Of accusation shall be bronghs
against any man who in the heat Of party
/ zsai may hare contributed &c this unfar.
/ tanate condition Of things. -E1
This 10 no time for srimination and re-
criminasian. II viii be sAa asasy of the
historian to determine the criminals who
have disturbed the public peace, and that
OF Posterity to pass sentence Of eoudern-
nation upon them. As In the midst OF q
greas spn&agBtisu thB 2DHf pageas seeks
1 to feseae his child from the flames. and
save what may be preserved from the
| wreck and punish sAe fAesndiary after the
6res have been quenehed, 50 let this be the
spirit in whiah Ne gwhOls country shall
| now come TO the rescue Of our liberties
from the hands of ccnspirasors. Let par
y lines be obliserated-let party ngmea
be forgotten.
The peorzs saaaaa E,s asasamsnneled bv
the dictation Of party leaders. They sho'd
unite Ia ons yoios 20 farss preserve the
country, and then determine the pofieiy
BIZ which il should be, hagaaftsw gsgarnad.
How becoming Ii would have bean FOR car
Senator'S to have giEen the paople an ex-
ample Of magnanimity in meeting the fear
ful crisis. Never could the slive branch
been 80 gracefully tsndersd BY the viasors
| as now, when the whole country IL demaaA
ing peace. Instead Of making oyersnrea
shaeh woald bring peace, oaT delegation
10 Ceagvess is engaged ia stirring 20 asgiSe
and appealing 20 the people to asssss them
in the overthrow Of the Guy eminent. In
lstt@ addressed 10 hia Exsetleucy, Gov.
Kirkwood, your Hon. SesasoY, Griaaes,
has assumsd most extraogdinary attitude
OF dictation quite IN eenaios with the
ancient and haaoEable doctrines Of the
rights OF Instruction. 90 sacr@dly re-
garded by the Republican Fathers. he
doss mot hesitate TO declare thapeople un-
fs 70 tfeberrnine thess questions, who will
nos wifh him oppose all compremise and
assist an the destruction of the last hope
Of reconciliation. =
Wask Jas w. Grismss or Sase. J, Kirk-
wood, We ean haye no pegsonal controFer.
sy; bat pronuneiamento, puhiished ehros
she Governor Of a State by q Senator Of
the United Ssates Tor the pnrTose ofs ma
ti6nal strife Ia not unworthy D -four copssid-
erati0n. The public mind muss be triaed
With no longer. Threata have .ossasd 20
address our fears. Wehaye tb Io0k tacas
in fhe face ,SAcession has been oonaazaa-
ted In AK sovereign States of the the IN
ion, embracing vast extent I ssabogrd,
and involving the eomlnerea and nasiRa-
tian Of the Mississippi river. These States
have an available lnilisaxy force, In rlafn-
baRsI Hsalsh and powsF, greater than that
which secured supreme soyereleasy 10 our
fathsfs ID the reyo olnlionaxy war. faust
comproasise be eAeeted they nav turn TO
aiiegience and psace bacome anal. III the.
advice u your Ssnalor pgsvails, we must
grams % these sessas eisher q apeaeefal sep-
asation on resers ID eoereson. The di&
Guilty mast sssminale by au immesiats
srcasy of peace and their recognition as q
sovereign people or preospiaase upen ID
bieoay. aTuei, Aeivii war, sact5 as has r,ct
been witnessed within the meaery q
maa- sss 8
4 Unless the compromise ID made the
great beraae States South af Alaaon asd
Dixsa's line will unite Ia the action of The
extreus South. These States ara an ss,s.
pirs 10 sxssnt, wealth. and inGasnca. Their
people are highly cultivated, sath asssr-
inination thak knows NO fear, rastiva ssadswI
provooation, unparalleled Id the hsstosy
6f cnnfedaraeias; they have asaasaned
themselves with o forbaaranos thai ID uss
eo1anand the admiration Of aankfna.
Nat In sba spirit at exsitemaat bzs with
ths calm aslihsrssion Wsich ever cssarncs-
aFfxes aus courase, fhdsa peepls have sak4
On their position based upon their rights.
II we yieid 30 the mad dfosatioTl oil Saaa-
ssrs, within one hrie6 manth thsse great
State ~ \ Y ] sara isl l a q. y ia1ps sisoss
asss,si .s;;s Y - IT, fa1Ijec
tionT = &ar. We are 8I
ksrras6 Dnr lands are mort sfof
rkivaxk ts-we are crushed ont III &x-
y, Sk1l3 1Ih asSpdft Ells
sktr nd ur ass sefnaseni,
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administered fof tho cppsesSicn of shsl
people. j xay fsw had msss may asuire]
sisa war, hus ta1s people do nor
! TIA following great sxattza lie :
feundakioH sf eur nmtsonai dlseuItis r
no ssstiassns sazs either BID khaI 0r Z Io-
taal whiah doas ask saafsnM Ice astissa 10
fheir axis&aaSN
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togE aliosa a tlessas These razssas
tlssxsws en- ey srs N
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ID OF their skins, siefr kabfss uf Iifa. IA
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M thesr intelIeeta >xissenss md Ill fh9a
rnins = zHnAse4 a1si ace1ef lits md
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