Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-09-18

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TIE Eewburypors HeraIa, asarm re-
pablioan paper, saasses 70 90 wssh thoss
who say "eegfoasad your constitution I,
and declare for var against slavery IN
stead ofewas 70 maintain the constitution |
al aashesisy Of the govesnnant. Hers In |
the Hsralds article -
tsla sansaoa Be denied shAk party IN |
ahs NORTH sra alamoeaus fe# sassaeipa-
tion, and they sustain sha war only in tia
ballet shat twill end la aBeilsion. We
know that some Of them are not contend
ing for the Union, for some Of them have
denounced the Union and with their own
hands burned the consultation. These
are original aholitionisss. othsrs who
never worked with them befora, say thss
slavery 10 the cause of the trouble, and
must be removed for permanent peacs.--
Although they constitute a power that
presses the administration, and which
mast inevitably grow saxongeF as tbs was
goes on. We enter the struggle for the
nation a. We 20 forward and man die,
property wastes, aud business ceases, II
becomes personal and ssa come sa hate
the men opposed to Is and all their in
situations. Nov when this party becomes
strong enough, If il eyer shall, to change
the issue so that ii will BE- ths North
against the south, and fEss institutions
against slave institutions, we change the
position of affairs in two wnys-ws make
the south unis, and We fill the North
with factions We change var for tia
support Of constitution to war Of sub
Ijggation; and if anybody can see the end
of such contest, We ara sure that We saa
/ not. IL would be war as vexntious III
q war could be, bloody beyond history
records, and exael without parallel. Il
would set State against State, section
against section, race against race, and
would end in the destruction Of govern
ment that rests only upon the voluntary
assent Of the governed Suppose the wal
should be such as TO make the people Of
the South united against us-as It Ger.
tainly viii be if ii ever becomes war up.
on their institutions-How long les u
ask would ii take to subject that peoplei
Spread out the map and look over TIA
, million Of miles territory with two thou.
sand miles of s9a coast, three quarters Of
it mountains and woods, and swamps anC
waters, and upon the whole twelve mil
: lions Of inhabitants-and sall US at wha
period Of time the conquest will be com
3 plete. Then next, tell US what We shall
} do with it at the end Of that tims9 How
3 we should hold it, and what would be tn
cost Of the holding And finally, sup
pose we did conquer it and hold and di'
t hold it, how would that restore union o
8 coequal States7 The whole thing is a
( absurdity.
9 live are ever 10 see peace, and abov
all, If we eyer want TO see a restoration
of thu Union of these States, the first Ct
fort Of every good citizen should be to re
press and crush out the radical mad head
ness that is willing to risx the destrucsio
Of thirty millions Of whites for the libeg
alton of four millions of blacks, whic
blacks, set free with no more preparatio
than they now have, would be worse o
than ever before"
The Editor of the Herald, notwitb
standing he is Republican does not ia
to see where his party 10 drifting and rais
: es his warning voice against its beeomin
s totally abolitioniaed; bat his warnin
it came too late and will nat be needed
: Already have the leaders Of the Republi
= can party changed the issne SO that il
= the Forth against the South, and free ia
8 ssatations against slave institutions"
q the Herald and the balance Of mankind
e wants proof OF this assertion We refsE hi
and them 10 the following which We eli
from the 0skaloosa Hereld, disRDip
Abolition pupor edited by Chas. Beardl
> ley and JoHs 4. NKEpHAg. The f0rmt
, Iineoln's Postmaster at Oskaloosa, 40
the latter the Disunion, Abolition, RIAr
Republican nominee for Lieutenant Coz
" ernor Of this State. Let che editor Of q
. Nswburyport Herald read it, and then II
: swer us, if the issue has not been change
- and if all thut be has predicted will ii
take when such change takes place, 10 a
1t fast being accomplished. Here is VITA
J. the republican candidate for Lieut.. Cos
+ ernor says: .......
) ssPabiin sentiment Is fast reaching Ii
"a conclusion, that, amid the thunder |
cannon and the roar Of artillery, our pt
! litical atmosphere Is 70 be purified fro
lie the foul miasma Of slavery. Tho gran
principles OF the Declaration Of Ind,
pendenoe ara to be practically illustrates
u The hidsous barbarisTn OF slavery, whfc
t. has so long disgraeed the country and /,
# tarded its progress, IS to be overthro4cf
AND THIS r. rs THAT uiRTs TIE CONTEST II
g TO REGIONS FAB ABegE TEE PLAEx OF sgEy
l. rsHgKssy AND RAKEE n WORTHY OF TINE Al
= AIRATIos AND SYMPATHY OF THx cIFnzK
Il WORLD ASD or nIGHER fSTELIlCEscEs.-
1t Is noble and patriotic 70 sighs for pei
aonal freedom and for oat's nativs lane
- But TO FIGHT FOB THE GREA
" PRINCIPLE OF HUMAN LIBERTY
+ FOR EQUAL RIGHTS AND UNIVEH
4 SAL EMANCIPATION ---THTS
II FIGHTING FOR HUMANITY An
/. FOR GOD, AND Is suBLMEl >
The war was commenced for the osser
sible purpose Of 'slnaintsining the Unio
!, and enforcing the laws = bur this purpos