Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-04-17

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The ADORE aaaszioR 10 no which apuld1 n
70 carefully soasiaassa, saa - sisa1s sor |
y answered, byevery one befde hs
hall give his consent for It's destruction. i,
The great question upon which our people
ira divided, and about which they have ,
.lrasliyy' commenced q civil var, which
auss svsusn1l1y nd IN Tho assrussion Of
the bess xovernrnant ever By devised By
man, ID, whether negro IL state o
slavery u property fsks horse o M OK,
and II psopsrsy, whether he nag Se s2ksn !
and heId In shs Territories belonging %
"a The IJnited ssatea, This Il The qnes-
ton upon which oaz psopis ere divided
and 10 dseids which, they are about 70 /
appeal 20 the God Of battles.
The Black Republican party, contends |
thai, there cen b no property In black
man; but are viking % allow, taa thsy
say) the person holding black man 20
servant in the States where slavery l. par
nitssd, 10 hold such pazson and ms Pos
teritv for all time 10 come; but he must
not h nsrmittsd to snigruta with him OF
his postsrity, from the State where ne -
legally held under the Laws thereof TO .
Terrisogy Of the United States and there
hald hin, or them, until the people Of
such Territory shall ass me State soveE-
signisy and in their Constitution aeoaae
whether suah persons shall DO Asid In sh@
State a. shares or not. Upon thss qaes-
lt;sn--upon this abstraction thsy are viii
ling 10 see the country delaged IN blood
IL the Republican party admits the
fright to hold black persons - slaves, we
ask does it make any difference arfaeTe
they are held2 II the right to hold slaves
| were admitted TO exist In every Ssata and
Territory OF the Uaitsd States, woaaa IL
add oae 70 The numbex now in bondage
liz that right Is restricted to fourteen
lstasae Will ii make kha number one less
We think mot. Then why shoaia we qaaz'
Irsl about the inssoduc4ioaof slavery inss
the Territories Of the United ssa&ss--th'
common property Of a. the States ana
b whaxs the citizen Of RlaEehoiding skasa
! elairas the right to snaiRr&se and take hi
> slave with him, just as sitisen OF q non
+ slave holding State takes with him al
Ihorss or OK? >-. ."
But, says eur BLACK Republican fraend
- lsssse das't admit thai a black man isprop
r. ersy like horse or an OF, and therefos
= We WON'T Las them be taken inta the Ter
"a ritories."
II Here we have the reason Why this Gov
~ eminent is to be destroyed. The peopI
"a Of the South say that black man who
a slave is property-~juBs as mach 90 %
III horse or an OK, and the Black Republican
\ say that he is not, and to settle this 81
A. straction they are willing TO destroy Il
ct best government that b 3 existed since u
ls world began.
There is about as mReh sense In qua
reling about this question, IS there woul
be In two persons beating and mainniE
re each other, because one contends that ii
OF Moon is made of "grssn cheese" and Il
d other that it is nothing but "EouE
piece of foxare."
:" In short, this government is to be d
P stroyed-the country rnlned-the laE
10 delayed in blood, and twenty-five miLlioi
10 of enlightened free tohits persons, are
70 be subjected to all the horrors OF Gil
e. was--to anarchy and degposis8a, in ord
at some future day to give freedom
'n four millions of poor, ignorant and degr
81 ded negroes. No, we said too much,
nn Black Republican professions may Be
~ lied upon, when We said ''giTe freedom
ON for they assure as thas they do not pr
fso pose to NEEDLE with slavery where it
al and we should hare said in order TO pl
aa5 rent the masters of few hundred po'
Es ignorant negro slaves. from esnigrasl
INT With. them from the States 10 the Ter
Oh tories of the United States.
Ve' Ii the question abe4t which the eou
'ns try is about to be involved in a bloody O
Oh ii war, is merely as to ths night Of mast
re- to take their slaves into the Territori
ore We ask the people of Ehe North, syan
hitting that they haE no sach right,
the the maintainauce Of that position wo;
Al more than this Govern ent and the fr
o. don and happiness Of its people, ]
ask the people Of the South, admiFtl
'"' that you have the right 10 take your sia'
into the Territories Of the United Stat
r. il the mainsainanee Of thai right wo
s. more than the happiness of our PEG
III and the pSrpstuity Of the 6overnne
t Ne under which both sections OF the I'm
az have advanced 10 rapidly in wealth
Fu- responsibility amoug the nations Of
de- earth. ~
1h6 Cannot q compromise Of this quest
-. ba made If no ooFnpronsse can
,his made. eaanot psacsAble dissolution &
less place Gan anything be gained by G
- is r. =
IN war? Wethink not. -s
~ We ssk the people Of Iowa, what !
IN If@suce 10 makes 10 tsazn whether slaT
Eis admitted into, or axdlnded from
pty Territories? lisa question in which
''s'A have no interests i question WI
nee does NOT eject Us eitEar one way or
les. other, and We ask them if they are will
2 y to 60 to war about il !?
an We hope the friends Of the Union
o. mite all over the Uni on-7thas They