Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-04-24
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rental wsxniags By Washington, Jsasrson
and Jsckson, = the insvisahle result Of
heated aypsals 10 sectional prejadisa and
passion, ID now upon us. eiYa waF has
commenced; the soil Of freedom has been
aasined with fraIsEnal blood ia 9 frasriGi-
aal war, 20 the overthrow Of those cher
ished institutions and the destruction Of
shai civil and religious liberty purchased
with Ahe blood ofoar revolutionary faith
sss. Is 10 with heavy heart thas we APP
proAch subject % painful 70 dwell upon,
. apecsaele 30 revolving TO humanity. fet,
painfully conscious Is we are, thai nosa-
ing which we can say viii belikely TO do
any good towards turning away The tide
Of devastation and ruin, our duty as
chronieisx Of eventa forhids HAT We sho'd
emit or conceal the record of those 80
saons, expressions and evident aims where
IN the var policy Of the present railing Dr.
nasty had It's ineepsion. ..
Our readers need not be told that Con-
gress, at It's late session, turned deaf ear
to the earnest petitions which came up
from hundreds Of thousands OF AMERICAN
eisixeus bosA North and Soush--thonga
chiefly from the Sorth--to save the Un-
ion, 10 preserve the peace and restore
prosperity to the sounazy, BY adopting the
Gristenden propositions. With the craft
and cunning & Satan, with stony hearts
and a fell purpose, the majority in both
houses addressed themselves to the work
Of bafiing all efforts to refer the subject
to the people Of the United States for ad-
iustment, In like manner they succeeded
Ia oonfeanding thscounsels Of the fEPeaee
Conference which they affected to favor
under the pretense of a disposition to
compromise, while their real motive " as,
BY deceiTing the peopls, to Illustrate the
aims Of true patriots For fear that
the viii Of the people might be embodied
in the action Of the Peace Conference,
they summoned as delegates 20 that body
the most rabid and ruthless paEtisans from
Northern States, appointed by partizaf
Governors or Legislatures, whom they en-
Joined TO see that none were appointed
but strict partizans Of stiff ''back BONG
and plenty of "nerrs." While that vene-
rahls statesman, JoHS J. CRrTKSDES, the
eompatEiot Of HkSRY CtAT, ~as earnestly
and eloquently appealing to the Senate 10
behalf Of peaeo and the Union, mandates
were being sent from the Sen he Chamber
20 partiGan Governors, with the diabolical
declaration that ''fhs Union - 5Eot sooTlA
sasi,io Without a little blood letting"
IL is not, therefore, to be wondered at
that the peace conference proved total
failure. Throughout the who.e, shass de-
signing damagoges who dictate the policy
Of, and do the thinking for the Republi-
can party, were true to their Instructive
fear Of the people-a dread Of the peo-
Pies voice, if heard, and determination
THAI they shoaid not be consulted, even in
the appointment Of delegates 10 Peace
Conference.
Next in the programme Of that polid-
cal farce through which th nation has
been led On to the dance OF death, came
the triumphal march Of the Pr sidcRt elect,
through the Northern STATES, to the Ma
tional Metropolis, in which, amid pro-
fusion Of funny jests and pleasant cpl
sodes, of kissing girls and fonG!ing babies,
the ''conqueEing hero" assure the people
that thsre was '.Eo real crists' nothing
going wrong'a-shat it was only an artiS-
ciaI crisis, !" and "nobody t0as hstrt," etc,
until, upon his ever memorable eatrse at
Washington, he seemed TO become mo
msnsarily conscious that there were grave
questions and fearful crisis to meet.
Then came the inaugural Address, part
ly original and partly dictated BY Mr.
Seward little of one thing and little
Of smother, and nos much of anything,
when sifted down 70 single plank from
his Chicago party platform. 1t was not
essentially a war Message nor essentially
q peace Message, but either peace or war
either reconciliation and reunion or CO.
sreion aad eonaiss, to complete the disso-
luton of the Union and destroy al aa&aee
Of future adjustment--aceordinE to the
medium through which il might be viewed
by politicians. To shaxaeterizs it a. q
cheat and delusion 10 the people would
bat feebly indicate the criminality 81 such
triaing with nations destiny ia such .
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The Greeley school Of politicians view
I'D 1t as meaning coercion ard (conse-
quently) war. The conservative Repub-
Leans assured the people taa4 it meant
peace, and peace would be the result |;
which declaration was hailed with joy by
anxious millions Of all parties, eager to
be convinced Of its truth. Senator
Douglas conceded with this view, and
paEriosieaIly declared his intention to
Atand BY Ar. LincoLn's administration in
afI that would contribute 10 tho peace
and prosperity Of the country; bus Ssna-
Tor Breckenridge differing with him upon
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