Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-02-20

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LETTgR RRoag sEsAToR D0UGLAs.
The posision Of Ssaa1 ,r Douglas has-
ing hsea miassaaed by the Memphis Ap-
peal, In a Iass issue Of shat journal, she
following letter Of correction wss address
ed tOits editors, showiag ~ Il does, shs
position 81 MIR. Douglas 90 natioaal disK-
eulsies, we eomraendis IL 10 the careful per-
sual Of every one 80 go.
WAsHrSaTos, Feb, 3, 1861.
MesaTs. Editors: ] have this moment
raad With afaazenaas AZ editorial III ysas
paper Of the 30Fh ult,, in which Jon AZ
sumo that am t'fsYoEing the immediate
withdrawal OF the remaining States IRON
the eoutsderaey, IS q peace measure, 20
avert the horrors OF civil War and With the
view of reconstruct N On . constitution
al basis" inaplore yoa By AL those
kind relations which haze so long existed
between Us, and which Istill cherish With
so much pleasure and gratitude, to de- nae
the Justice promptly to oorreet The unae-
eaangabls error into which you.haSs besn
led, In regarl TO secession, whether
viewed as a governmental theory or as q
matter Of political expediency, have
never had buaoue opinion, nor usassga bat
oae Iangaage--that OF unqusliRed oppo-
sition. Nothing can be SO fatal to the
peace Of the country, so desEFuosigs Of
the UnioR, and Of all the hopes of recon
stxaekiaa, Sc the secession Of Tennessee
and The border States under existing eiE-
cuuastanGes- Aou mast remember thai
there are DisuaioRists among the party
leaders at the North as we'll rs at the
Sonth-pen whose hostility TO slavery is
stronger thar their fdslisy To- the GonsIi-
tuition, and who btlieve that the iisSup-
tion Of tbs Union would draw after it, ~
an inevitable e0aseq u@ncs, civil War, ses-
vile insarrection, and hnaily, the utter
determination Of slavery ia all the South
eru States They are beld, daring, deter
miued aeR aRd believing as they do,
THAI the Constitution Of the Unised States
is the greaE buiwark Of slavery sh Ehis
eonsineni, aid that tins disruption of the
American Unioa involves thl inevitable
destruction Of slavery, and Ia an iRdis-
peasabls necessity TO tbs attainment Of
thai end, they are determined TO accom-
plish their paramount object by any
Tneans within their power, For these Fesa-
sons Eha AuEthera GisuniOuiStS, like the
disuuionists of the South, are violently
opposed to all compromises or eonstita-
tianal amendments, OF efforts Rl eoneili.
alton, whereby psaOe should be restored
and the Unien preserved. They are stri-
wing to break up the Union under the pre-
teaee Of anboanded devotion to it, They
are struSglins TO vefthrow the Coassi
tuition while profssSiag uaayiag attach
ment to 1t, aad Willingness TO make any
sacrifice ia maintain it. They are trying
to plunge the country into eiyn war az
the saress EnsaRs af destroy ing The Union,
upon the plea Of enforcing the Laws and
protesting tho public property, Ii they
can defeat every kind Of adjustment or
compromise by which che points at issue
may be satisfactorily settled, and keep ap
the irritation, SO As to induce the Border
States to follow the Cottoa States, they
will feel certain OF the accomplishment OF
their ultimate designs. -a. a .ai
Nothing will gFaafy them 60 much, OK
contribute so effeetually 30 their SUCCESS,
as the secession Of Tennessee and the
Border States. EveEy State thss wlh.-
draws from the Union increases the rela-
tive power of Northern Abolitionists TO
defeat satisfactorily adjustment, and to
bring on war which sooner or later must
end in q inal separation and recognition
of the Independence Of the two contend
ing sections. II, on the contrary, Ten.
nesee, North Oarolina, and che Border
States will remain in tire Union, and will
unite with the conssrv atiye. and Union-
loving men of all parties Ia the North In
the adoption of such Q compromise as
viii be daike honorable, safe and just TO
the people Of all the States, peace and
fraternal feeling viii soon return and the
Cotton States come back, and the Union
be rendered perpetual.
Pardon ths repetition, bas>it cannot be
strongly impressed upon all who love our
country, that secession and war win be
the destruction nos only Of the hapresent Un-
ion, bat will blastall hopes Of reconstruc-
tion upon constitutional basis. trust
you will do me the justice to publish this
note 10 yonr next issue.
I am, very truly, your friend,
=. A. DoUsLAs.
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