Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-09-04

4 erperiusSus e bsn tried by other
untrisa. Hnglapd IT, II upon Ireland
@d - rsated u rsGesd oil II in bur
sdss u. yss1s al AtsstaIs war. And shssi
Il III nasnral peodues. Thase penal Laws
will prova 70 be the seed grouad from
which VIII spring up new rabellions.
Gsnsaeman, Tor slae sake OF CUR coanfgy, /
ask yasa not % autsx upou anah N ax-
pertinent. Your Laws already declare
what il treason theY define what shall be- |
The penalties dc khas crime. They are
safkaisns, xud hopa there viii b 10 fur
tier action, such a. the bill contanplaaes, /
You know, a. well a. do, the peculiar I
speciss of property 20 which the bill es-
psciaIl applies. | staEa now, as have |
stated more than once In the other snd OF |
the Capitol, that do not appear here to
nlead the eauaa Of the STAKEHOLDER. / am
| here 20 plead for nay country; and with
an honess sincere heart, With all the earn
sssnass Of my nature, do implore you TO
f0rago the passage OF this bill, and TO
dismiss it from your deliberations. The
eyes Of the world ass apon yen. You are
| Ia the presence Of events that will be of
deeper interest in history than any that
have oeearred in hundred years; Of as
great importance, Ii seems to me, 81 can
oecur 10 the human race. Then let as
NOS be hege employing cur time and in-
gunnisy In finding ont penal laws that
can only have their effect after the war Is
over. Whom that war shall be over, |
want to see it succeeded by the blessings
Of peace. If We ara 10 provide, and pro-
vide beforehand, for code of peaai Laws,
4 which 10 to visit the citizens Of the rebel
lious States when they shall hare laid
down their arals, In their property, in
their persons, and in every say, we shall
have no peace.
DIR. Speaker, great scenes SIRE before Us,
and hope we shall so act our part that
no disoFedis shall fall upon Us, for all
thesa events viii be recorded in the his-
, ksoEie page. The acts Of which We are
nov the active agents In this greatest
. scene ever presented TO the world, will be
: wr!ttan with an impartial hand. The in
: serests OF mankind were never SO deeply
inyolvsds rs In this strife that is now 20
: ing on aud repeat that the pen of the
historian wiz lay all these things before
D the world. Lei Us, then, act our part like
: men; les us look above these means of
penal lass which, give me lsave to say,
win furnish those In &rms against tie
: Government pretext for misrenresent-
ing tbs parpose and obisots Of shls war.
We have declared that this war is not for
, tbs sabiugation Of the South, not for the
i overthrow OF slavery, nor for the over
J thFoR OF their social Institutions, but
simply for the noble purpose Of restoring
, our country and preserving the Union
That is Our object. L,es the neaas With
0 which we pursue that object be IS noble
0 and elevated as the object itself. Let IA
0 raise ourselves to that high leyeI. But
: what will DO tia effect Of shase penal lawss
z Does any man suppose they will assist
z you in gaining single battle? When we
e have before Us the noble purpose uniting
z our eoantrymen under common Govern
q mont and OF restoring the supremacy oil
: the Constitution, Is it necessary TO rake
9 in the dust for these small, petty means Of
e annoyance, the eRhct Of which will only
o be to render those now in arms against
:. the Government more bitter ag8inst us
! DO you promote your cause BY rssorting
8 TO such means? If all the ends we aim a
d meet IN the good Of our country, and
n nothing but our country's good, let IL be
J so, and let tee means we efRploy show it,
d Yoa must sueoedd, if yoa saccaad at all
. by EaeaAas OF power and magnanImity.
J We are not hero band of lawyers, TO b.
d getting up prosecutions against a man,
n because bis servant followed him to tht
II war. Of what moment - thata VIVA
Ie do you or care? Does it weigh singi,
re grain OF sand in this great scale of war
e Not grain OF sand. 1t il aa4ong tbs
II smaller matters, that arc not necessary e
be looked after here at ALI. Z
81 do not intend to trouble the House
% particularly after the indulgence whiel
: has been granted ne to occupy the foo
= at this times There il much mare In thi
. connection thai | would sag under otha
h circumstances. | have spoken of wha
2 seemed to me to he Of eminent imporsano
DO in this eFiaia. ] have said that this bill
violates the Constitution, if In nothin,
Is else, In making the forfeiture Of propert
g complete, when the Constitution, say
= that for traason--~aven for treason. th
d highest Of cFimes-thero snail be mo for
Y FIXTURE beyond the life Of the oasnder.- -
'n And II not even for treason, certainly 70
10 no crime OF less magnitude can the for
ae feitare be- made perpetual. This bill
10 then, IL violation OF the plain terms o
80 that provision of the Constitution: an,
O. Mr.. Speaker, il it is passed, Ii viii b
OF miseonssraed. IL will be miseonssrues
d, To the country as intending TO carry "a
Of an object which believe 10 not really in
tended. We shall be charged With max
10 ing an anti-slareFy war. / know IL /
10 not so intended; bat this bill will be con
Is sidared as giYing al aasi-slavsry eharao
10 ter anu application TO the war. IL will b
I'd oonsid sred "a specially aimed nj that oar
10 siculaE description Of property suppose
re to be endangered. Bat IL there any goo
70 70 come from the passage Of such . Iax
a. il il were not for shas suspicious You
III eonsoionces are free, know form ali snez
= purposes of vengeance. In shis nations
L conflict let as do no ace that shall degrad
this ssrugg lie from iss national chasacse,
IL No; depend upoa il whsn this war
DO over the whole nation will be conssns !
bear no sanse SQUAD or cutlery Of angui j
% in tbs laads In will desira paxfses an
~ uninterrupted peace and Ne ougselve.
vi IL we aaeoeed Id bringing She struggle i
40 that termination, will have ssaare rsaso
2 for rejoicing than any nation an sarth, :
] want to see that graaa, giorioaa oonsara
~ nation afseteds 1 want 10 sae this wa
q prosecuted In that spirit, LII i spsris !
" hrm determination 20 aecomplish you
us purpose In such manner % 10 show eve
ehosa with wham you Rss new obliged /
O. be enemies, lhas q Ii in 20 spirit Oh has
" thai you are eagryiag on tbs war. Their
ID when shis struggle shall have closed, W
er may have peace and harmony.
9, Mr. Cox-Is IL In order to more tbs
ID this bill BIO laid upon the tablet
"a Tbs Spaaksr--ls Ia.
A. Dir. Cox Thsn | make that Enosion