Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-06-19

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yoar conduct BE- coca vea shall consider
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be with the people Of the Confederate
States. II they succeed in establishing
ther independesice, they viii attain to an
honorable position among the nations Of
the EaEths IL they fail, history viii tell
the tale of their defeat ard consign the
principal actors In tbs rebellion, TO that
iaiamy which awaits ) convicsed traitor /
but should shey suooeea. shas saEne hisso.
~ will plaes them beside tbs patriots and
Rsvolutionists of 1TT6.
IL Is true than the people Of the Cenfed.
fedsrate srates, siezed property beiongr
ing in common to all the States. This
in our opinion was wrong but they ms
tify the act on the ground Of self-preser.
Eation and the necessities imposed upon
them by the almost universal OPINION ex-
pressed at tho North, adverse to their
peaeeable withdrawal. The colonies In
lTI6, did tha same thing they seized the
arms and Ammunition belonging to the
Grown, long before the Declarations Of
Independence was made and govern.
mens de faeto was established BY them,
and made no proposition whatever to set
tie the matter With the British Govern
mez,s. Not 80 with the South. Even
after tia parpetration Of such deeds of
lawlessness and violence, tley sent Com
missioaers to Washington to settle with
our Government upon a Just basis, offer
Ing to pay to the fall 5xtent of the value of
the property seized and to purchase all
other property belonging TO the United
States that remained within the limits Of
the seeded States. President Lincoln
could not C5nstitutionally accept this
proposition: but he could have taken a
course to prevent further seizure and
sgili have maintained the peace Of the
county. Ne sailed 70 take such course
as would secure peace ana now we have
the prospect. If his policy prevails, of a
long ANA bloody var before Us.
We have believed for years that the
South were in earnest in their demands
for the recognition of their rights, and
without such recognition, they would
never consent to remain in Ehe uion un-
der an Administration decidedly hostile
10 thcir rights, To prevent the election
Of man holding principles adverse TO
giving the South their rights under the
Constitution, We have always labored
with our utmost zeal and ability. When
it was ascertAined that Mr.. Lincoln was
elected, we prophasied that unless the Re-
publican party setimmehately about she
work Of repeating the Unconstitutional
Personal Liberty bills then upon the
Statute books of several States, that a
division Of the Union was ineritable.---
We said the Republican party had il in
their power 10 save the Laton. CkITTE>.
DEN, DoUGL4s, BELL anu other Statesmen,
proposed n easares for r. uniting tlla peo-
pie Of the Union in friendship, peace and
fraternity; but the Republicans opposed
all the proposed measures for peace and
reconciliation. They scofed at these no.
bic men aud in dzrision\ called them
s.I-aion savprs.,, Mr.. Seward said the
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