Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-07-17

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wlich thsye eeuld mot b. selected Presi-
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late friends. now advsxsaries, in the cen
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snn xlsy tbs dossrnmsIt, which hAs cdn-
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AM secksoh, proposes 20 abandon saon D
Eaevernme1t, would do well 10 consider,
| in defssanee 60 shas prinaipla = Ia that
Il fisss IL, whaa better he 10 hkaly 70 get
a il stead whether he sahssituts viii
fkiva or be intended 10 give 20 much OF
| socdi 20 shs psoples Thswe are sams fore
shadowings On this sahjsck. Quz adssr-
saries have adopsd soaas declaration Ut
Iindwsndanca, i'm which, unlike the good
| old sns penned by Jefferson, they omit
/ The worda, 1AlI men ara created equal. !"
They hare adopted o temporary National
IOonstisusion, ia the preamble OF which,
funlEka our good old ona, signed BY WASH.
ington, they print We, che people, ana
Sub stifuie we, the depatiea OF The sossr-
sisn and independent States. Why this
i deliberate pressing ont Of Tiew the rights
al laen and The authority Of the people,
shis is essentially peoples contest on
the aide of the world thas form sub
ssaIica OF government whose leading OBJ
4 iset lie to elevate the coalition of men, 20
lift artificial weights from ali shoulders,
I 10 ear the paths of laaaable pursuit for
4 I'll TO asEDrd an anfsksarcd start and fair
4 ehaaee in the raes OF lie, yielding TO the
9lpastial and temporary departures from
l necsssitY. Thia il the leading object OF
the GovsrBmeas for whose existanoa We
contend.
Il So far a. knewn, thsy have successfully
, resisted sraitarous efforts OF those whose
commands bat Al hour bsfeTs they abeyed
a. absolata iaw. This IL the PATRIOTS in
sslncs Of plain people; they understand
!. without anY argument that the destroying
, the Government which was made by
Washington, means no good TO theEa.---
Our papnlax Government has often been
, called an experiment. Two points IN II
our people have already ssttlad, the sae-
eessful establishing and the Successful adj
min isterfng Of IL One still remains, its
|, successful maintenance against . for
nidabis internal attempt to overthrow it.
I IL l. now for them TO demonstrate to the
|, world thai those who can fairly carry az
election, can also suppress > rebellion
thai hbaAAiots ars the sighsfal aaa psacsEal
: Successors OF bullets, and that when bal
, EIots have fairly and eoBstitationanya eei-
! ded theEe can be no successful appeal back
| 20 bullets thai there can be no success
/. Efal appeal except 20 ballots themselves
at succeeding eiecsiens. Such will be .
! great lesson Of peace, teaching msn wha'
they cannoa take By al election, nsishea
can they take ithy war, teaching all Sheil
D folly Of being the beginners OF war. Lssi
there be s0me uneaaiResa In the minds oi
1 candid men a. what Ii 20 be the course Of
| the GoEsrnment towards the Southern
: States after the rebellion shall hare beer
!. suppressed, the Executive deems it props
: 20 sag shas ID viii be guided by the con
: stisution and the lava, and that be prOba'
: bly, will have no diffsEens understanding
Of the power and duties of the rights o.
the States and the people under the con
a ssitution than sxpTesssd in the insaguFa
{ address.
: He desires 10 preserve the Government
) that ii may be administered for all as 1
' was administered By the men who mad
! il. Loyal citizens everywhere have thc
!. right TO claim this Of their Government
n and the Government has no right to With
q hold or neglect; 1t 10 not pTeceived cha
a In giving il, there Ii any coercion, an,
d conquering or any sabjagatien In an.
" lust sense Of these terms, The Constisu
: tion prYldes, and all the States have &C.
b eepted the provision, thai the Unise'
Il States shall gaaxaRtee 60 every State Il
Il this Unioa republican form Of Govern
d ment but II ssase may lawfully 20 on
j OF the Union, having done so it mag ala
: discard the republican fcrm of goveEn
i meni 30 thas 70 preysnt It's going ont
It all Indispensable means 70 the end O
+ maintaining the guaranty mentione'
ID where an end Ia lawful and obligatory th
le Indispensable aeans necessary 70 Is ar
J, also lawful and obligatory. Ii il wit
u the deepest regret THAI the E1eoutiF
; found the duty Of ezaplsyiug the wa
ID power In defence of tho Gusarnmant for
d ced upon him He ooald has pagforE
st this duty or surrender the government
Il Compromise would Ia this case be
}. crime. Not that compromises are no
II often proper, bat that no popular Coz
>. egnmsnt can long Survives marked pEs
I'd eeisnt that those who carry aa aleesio
d ean only save he Goyernaant from I'm
Il mesiiais dsclinasisn by giving mp "a
6 main point upon which the people CAV
- the election, The peapls themselves
or and not their servants, can safely revers
III their own deliberate decisions. AS Or
"a vase citisen, the Executive could not has
- lconselised that these Institutions aha
nj perish. Mach less could he in betrays
ey OF 90 vast and 90 sacred . tsust as thsl
cd free psople had con6dsd 70 him. He fe
l. | that be had no moral right 20 shrink, nc
i evenfo count the chances OF hia own Lii
IA IN what might foilow. In full view /
II shis great responsibility, be has so 4
G. dare what he has dealaed ais daty. Yc
70 will asw, according TO yoaF owa judi
ne mens, perform yours. He sincerely hop
be that your viewa and yoaR actions May !
d, accord with hls a. 70 assure aa faishfl
B. citizens WHO hare hsen disturbed ID the
NJ rights, of certain and speedy ressox,
nit ton Of the Law aud having thus nhas'
car course wieh pare purpose, lei a. 9
,st nsw our trust In bed, and 20 forth witt
he ont fear and with manly hearts. ..
az fSignsal ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
~ Jaly 9TH, 1851.
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