Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-12-11
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i or cousoiasiou as its sabieet matter sass
sasord. IL bins sssn received With man
ifssa fssling Of blank disspseinssnsDt On
the rara OF those who had been made to
believe, or worked themselves into the
balise, that il Assumes LasceISsss bad
"a sseos6 ,J4exsoSYs lpytAsR rssiaeasial
&ASls .aa wssh increased QSn Mingled
- ) sskznsa senss 49, llsgra-
aasisny In shsss swso have ssainly hoped
y. thai hs weald Esse aboye party and sh9w
himself 10 be the President Of the PEorLs,
by boldly coafrontiag the tide of Insane
fanasleism which has plugged our eouE--
Try into ruin. se~& 8
In the existing emergency Anomalous
and upexampEed az it il desructise to
liberty and the hopes of the American
people, wshad right to expecs from him
not only . vigorous ase Of all the eOnssi.
susional means at his Disposal - suppress
the rebellion and maintain the Union, bat
that he would prssens bold, ara and IN
wagering FROM 10 thai sectional fsaatt-
sss,s, that asme6 u hass, ~ sDcial dis-
cord and dissolution, which has been the
pxinsary cause Of all the distress aud voc
IL and despair to which car unhappy cOan-
4 Try Is nov q prey. This, in our judg-
ment, be has utterly failed 20 do; and our
rexres as the failure is more keen from
the disappointment Of ihs hope we had
Cherished, that the President woaId, D.
showing himself worthy Of the confidence
of all, without respect to party, enlist the
united and cordial support OF ali the con
servativs masses, in maintaining the Gov
eminent through this eriSis, and SO JUST
fy the zeal with which our patriotic hosts,
aiaapasses, bet norr espsAll these
ranssa ander shs baanes "a Democracy,
have responded 10 his cali 70 enforce the
laws and maintain the Supremacy Of the
Constitutes Weregret this, and cannot
say how deeply we regret it, ih view Of our
arm eonxietion that, to decide in the last
emergency, whether We haUs d gOrsrn-
tnssrs, free, constitutional government,
or not, wawili be called upon, in common
.wish theeoassrsatiEs people of the whole
esansry, 10 rally around che President Is
vail of adam ant against that same de-
mon Of fanaticism, grown to the frightful
dimensions Of social revolution, opsn VI
Isnae and Wild anarchy. Actnated, doubt
less, BIZ q pure lore Of country, eonserva-
tive in his feelings and desires, yet aiming
at nom commitalism-trying TO steer be-
tween SciIIa and Charibdis--we fear the
Prestaeas has placed himself hopeiessly
in the power Of that dangerous class rep
rsssated by sHeh men as the visionary sg-
itator, Horace Greeley, BY Wendell Phil
lips, J. r. Gidiings st al, eonsemners OF
the Constitution aud open enemies Of the
Unioa, and by Chas. Sumner the Robes
pierre of America, oil now under the lead
of that most dangerous because the most
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agogues, Simon Cameron.
Unless Mr.. Lincoln, BY sammonfpg
courage, Independence, frames and sen
reliance, shall extrieale himSelf fEoRrthis
dilaaIrua, ID all prove all vain that he
tells US of his anxiety and care ''that the
inevitable conflict to suppress the insured
ton shall not degenerate into riOteHt
and rsmorseLsss revolutionary struggle
in vain that hs assures us that be has
'sthought it proper to keep the infsgri-
Ey ofthe Onion prominent as the primo
~ (why not the solo?) object OF the con-
test on our part" If, in pretending to
'sleave all questions which are not Of Vi
tai importancs to the more deliberate q
action Of Cangress,D be should really
lsavs shs mossg aal qassspaa T. Tie aels
discretion Of legislative body guided
bs she cOassels Of peiisaeai janto which
is the evil gsnins Of this country, eompos-
ed Of such rabid dsssEnctsyes As owfn
Lovejoy, Chas. Sumner, b. z. Wade and
Heary Wilson--msn who have denounced
the Consultation rs g covenant with Death
and the onion as leage with Hell-imen
whose boast ii il, that in their oath 70
support the Constitution, they make a
''meafai reservation against portion
of tiff, We say, the most vital questions
affecting the integrity Of the Union and
ths Constitution are 70 10 left eatireiy to
the unrestricted action Of Congress with
such counssIs prevailing, whTrs is our
hops for the Uaien and sos Pease~ ehassst''
our hops for the Constitution, for the lib
erty is guarantees US, for the return OF
that national and individual prosperity
wherewith, till late, we have ever been
blessed2 had no piainiy pointed OUT the
land marks Of the Constitution, which be
has sworn to defend, and armiy declared
bis dissemination that It should not, while
he vas clothed with the veto power, be
violated by ma accidental or q temporary
majority 10 0osgsess, nstead 81 indiesa-
ina q readiness TO approve whatever meas
uFss that body, In ito eapriCs might choose
TO devise, thus encouraging that fanatieal
spirit whicA nae from shs srst, hafaed ev-
cry effort Of earnsss patriots 70 sert the
I-nnsz,d,nus Falasnikx. thar eoUuSyy would