Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-04-24

authoritatively annpuassd By lcadingRa-
pabliean organs in all o. Northern md |
Western cities, inclsdiag shs Eineinaasi
Gazette, Louisville JoaTnai, &C. Louis
Dsaoeras and Chicago TfsbKas, that this
step had undoubtedly been determined
upon By the sdninfstraaion, and ali, save
q Few rabid journals Of the Grseley school,
gaze IL shaix decided approval, qualified
only BY s8aa miner considerations Of
f,anesiiso ana Aanifiasioa 70 party psida,
sshacA shsy oOald, they sasa, well anssa1
70 overlook, IN view of thair reesns polit-
zeal triumph. They hafslded this &C car,
Asdva - the decision at the Cabines ~
sOansai, and approved IL both - ssmills
itary nscessiyn snd Tor the best good Of
the country, 10 every essential aspect.
TAs effect Of this vas manifest in ma
jeEity of the Virginia and Missouri Con.
ventions firmly in favor Of adhering 70
the Union, while the eshsss #azs wait
Ing Tor their assien as guido.
But under OH these fair professions Of
peace, the Administration was making
most formidable preparations for war.
While ca5oling the Souiharn Commission
szs with paniae professions, and pre-
tended disposition 10 evacaats HI. sum-
ter, they were preparing to reinfnsas il.
Var being regarded BY the Oonfsdsrste
States as unsuitable, they determined 10
prepare for defense By all neans in their
power, and upon the appearance Of IN
armed best Id Charleston harb0E, they
stormed and pok III. Sumter.
While il . literally true, therefore,
that the Confederate States struck the
frst blow, il is equally true that LiasOla's
administrator, intended to, and did pro-
yoke the astadk--else why was the feet
sent to Charleston, without an attempt
after all to reinforce Mai. Anderson,
nor even TO 90 TO his relief when attack
ed? Would 1t have been considered An
advantage cheaply gained, 10 have il to
say that the South had struck the first
blow, had MAJ. Anderson and his gallant
band been slaughtered in the sight OF
our government war vessels, lying quiet
y at anchor I? They were miraoously
preserved jet the object of the Admins
tration was g aimed, in exciting, for the
moment, an intense war feeling in the
North. .
1t is not i'm probable that the rumoEs Of
intended attacks upon Washington City,
Chambsrsburg ana other places, have
been put forth With the same motive, and
the telegrapAie sensation systen haa
worked wonders al setting the whole eouu-
try in blaze
We are not writing to justify the South,
nor is it our special aim to condemn the
Administration ;-would to God. rather,
that we could praise it. Our only obieci
Is 10 present q faithful record Of actions
and events lie aiding to the dsplorable state
Of things nov existing and the infinitely
worse that is likely to follow. The pub-
lie judgement az to the onus Of the war
will be daibd rateIy formed, upon the &C.
tual facts hete presented, biased to some
extent, it may be, by political differences
Of opinion; tet the general verdict viii,
in the end, b4 TeEy nearly correct.
We had iu tended to present some ex,
tracts from the \. Y. Tribune and st.
Louis DsnioeF rat, which clearly show that
it was the de termination Of that wing Of
the Republics n party, from the first, to
defeat all cog pEomise, to oppose any rec
OSCILLATION I'D bring on a civil war to in,
sure certain and irretEiegable dissolu.
ton Of the Union. The expressions Of
those journal Is are 90 diaboliealiy treason,
able, that mo- thing short offull quotations
can give our readers any adequate idea d
the deVilish craft and malignity by which
we have been pFeeipitated into civil war
We therefore defer their consideration
until next waek. 4HE