Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-12-25

ms whole aasien WILDE stkrslsd at sl6 |
state Of shings exassing At Nsahing san.r&
We had no reason to expect much, but vt I
were not prepared to witness as this Ho-
msat, open rebellion against the presi-
dent from bis owR Gsbknsk Ministers ss 1
Coansellors; yet saeh l. the fast-and
Congress ssanda ready TO follow. TAia
sews will b aass for eur snssaies ard barss
soF eafselves. : s IL q II
j. Wa pahliaA % smr sssena pare ssss H.
port OF Secretary Cameron, "a altered by
the President, an give below thu para
graphs stricken ons BY presi lensial order.
TIE almighty negro seems TO divide .sll
councils, religious, political and execa-
1.-Two, but what the Secretary Of War meant
by sending out such STUFF in bis report, be-
forh Submitting II to the presideat, Ia left
for conjecture. II the Secretary suppos-
ed BY this course 70 appropriate TO his
own use the followers of Fremont, whose
aritipathy be acquired by bis trip TO Sc.
Louis, We think he has made grand fail
iure. He will never acquire Presidential
ihonors by such course, ii 10 we're aos
'saerilege for any one at this momens to
think OF that which may never again occur
10 living man, and especially TO any Of
the race OF present actors In the anheard
Of scenes thHt surround rs.
II Mr.. Cameron expects to rise to fAlns
by the aEming Of negroes to destroy white
men, be has calculated without his host,
aud has stadied to fiisla effect the characs-
or Of this war on the disposition Of the
American people. And right or wrong,
what right had he, mere appointee Of che
President TO set up his ipss DIRT against
che bead OF the natioa? We admit that
We have no elevated opinion OF Preaident
Lincolh's ability or judgment. That be
has failed to establish character foE Ell
ther, 10 too melancholy fact 10 dispnte
bat did bis failure constitute any one OF
bis Cabinet Ministers the legal and CON
stitutionai President In bis place IfMr.
Lincoln is failure, be ctn only b got
rid of in two wars one, hy impeachment
for eEime-the other, to beproven iaeom-
pescnt from idiocy, by jury of his cpua-
trymen. And then the Vice President
takes bis plaee-not the Secretary Of
War.
The following is the part Of the report
stricken out by the President, and the .ass
paragraph in the report as Published In
our paper, substituted
tOf the suppressed portion of The re-
port, comprising lengthy, lahowaa and
sophissieai argument, false in It's beariRg
upon she main question, we append emily
that portion wherein the Secretary'g REQ
ommandation 10 pointedly and diaInesri-
cally opposed to the Presidents views
The policy recommended By the ferner,
il adopted and successfully carried cut to
its inevitable results, would be equivalent
to universal emancipation and armed ser
vile instruction throughout the Southern
States because, in the seeded States,
whatever the sentiments or feeling Of any
portion of the people, supposed to be al
heart devoted TO The Union, oil are Of Sas~
cessity disloyal to this goveFnmest, except
in tho INN ediate presence Of An overpow-
ering force Of the federal army; for even
those who do not take up arms in the reb-
| eli cause contribute their means, either
willingly or by virtue of their submission,
10 the support of the rebellion. With the
exceptional cases above alluded TO. which
are merely accidental, they are all aetu-
ally in rebellion against the United States;
and should Cameron's policy be adopted,
| who can doubt that the same would soon
| be the case in those border slavt States
still adharing To the Union The pres-
ent difference between the President and
the Cameron faction, upon this question,
may be briefly stated, thus Phe Pres
ident aims to SAFE The Union, by restor-
ing loyalty where rebellion now prevails
| Mr.. Cameron, to give force and pcFpetaity
TO rebellion, and 70 either destroy the I'm
ion or destroy the country which the Pres
ident aims to save from the consequences
Of rebellion, and in pursuance Of this aim
would certainly destroy both.-ED. "a
BUGLK.l
What to do with that species Of prop
erty, is a question which time ard eirau:n'
stances will solve and need not BE- antici,
pased, further than to repeat that theg
cannot be held by the Government d,
| slaves. Ii would be useless 10 keep them
as prisoners Of war; and self-preservatiof
the highest duty OF Governments, or oI
individuals, demands that they should b.
| disposed of or employed in the most sf.
fe1tiye manner THAI will tend most speed.
lily to suppress tha insurrection and re
store the authority Of the Government
IL it shall be found that the men who haF'
been held by the rebels as slaves are ca.
pabIe of bearing arms aad performing eli.
hcieut military service, it IS the right, ana
may become the duty Of the Government
TO arm and equip them, and employ thai
services against the rebels. under propel
military regulation, discipline and com
mand. ..-sr .s.,'
But in whatever manner they nay b
used by the Government, it IL plain that
ones liberated by the rabelliaus act o.
their masters, they should never again b
restored to bondage. By the MASTER
/ treason anu RebEkt1uA uE AUT6&4Aw saAA eAl
to the labor and service of bis slaves ans
the slave of the rebellious master, by hi
service to the government, becomes jassll
entitled to freedom and protection.
The disposition to be made Of the slaval
of the rebels, after the close of the war
eau safely be lefs to tho wisdom and pat
riosism OF Congress. The representative
Of the people will unquestiabiy secare h
the loyal shareholders every right to whicl
i they ara entitled under the 0oaatiensias
! Of the country. H.
i SIMON CAaERog, Sec,'y Of War.
/ To the President
i The following paragraph was sabstitut
cd by the President for the suppresse,
portion Of Camsrpn's report.
Il 1t il already a grave question what slaRI