Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-09-25

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Below We pabli6 a apoans Al d
e fracaz d the Railroa .hieh il d isir
specimen Of the usaspaaiaA nainfrisIse-
msnss uppn privasesssasss sais ps@ssis-
ed By the petty military daspats who, un-
der the pFeseAs Administration have been
ensrasesd With o little brssf aushority.
Bus why should NE complain Of the
captains and colonies, for usarping pow
szs end sestiagat defiance civil Law and
szsmpaaAe andas Esss psiEaas rsgAaa, whss
they Aaws snsh i hieh sxample and pree-
sdent gsvbn thsa By the President u the
United States
II the Presidels may suspend the writ
OF haheas corpuss II ha may cssase tia
axrsst OF privasescitisens without warrants
If hs May order the search Of private res.
licences and the seizure Of private prop
erty without @warrans describing the
place 10 be searched or the property 10 be
seiaed,a shy We ask, may not che captain
OF squad Of cavalry siezs railroad Lo-.
comotiye, or any other property thaa ne
csssaty OF personal piqae may promps him
70 seize ? How long will issbe before the
whole country will be under . asilitary
desposisEh, if such outragss against private
Tights, sad such barefaaea violations of
the Constitution are persnisted TO pass
without , rebuke from fhe men of the
country who would preserve their hber~
ties and psrpetuate Constitutional liber-
|g2
A Pa cas- Ar rue RAltRoAp.-Ysst,r.
day morning q train arrived from New
YORK, containing three companies Of cav
airy destined for Yashington. Some de-
lay occurring at the depot In eonsaonencs
OF there being no North Central Iocomo-
tive on this side Of the river, some of tie
ofheers undertook the somewhat hazard
GUS feat OF making civil war subseryient
to miiitary despotism. They sent four of
their soiniers-no doubt locomotive en-
gineers--to the round house of the Penn |
syivania Railroad TO FIRE up and bring
down az engine. Mr.. Young, the Super- |
intendent OF the road, got wind of the af- |
fair and fastened up just in time. He
got upon the locomotive they had select
ed aud After due warning knocked down
the first man Who undertook to take mill
tary possession Of private property. The
Tour wer e upon the point Of pitching into
Mr.. Young, when he was reinforced BY
some of the railroad men.
The calyalry men returned to the depot
for reenf orements, and went back with
ten men, determined to take an engiue.-l
In the uaeantime the railroad forces had
rallied, and the squad had to give up the
undertaking. Mr.. Young, on his return.
met the ofhceS who had given the order.
and asked him BY whose authority he at
tempted to take possession of one Of their
engines 20 run over another road. The
officer rdplied-''By military authority. -
MIR. Young intimated that be recognized
hat auth ority in its proper place. Bat he
could not permit such high handed pro-
,eedinga where civil law ID yet recognized,
The officer replied that If be had to fight
traitors, it would be just rs well to com
nence here; that be had put steamboat
captain 10 irons, and would not hesitate
% put the superintendent and his employ
res In the same fix, and take them to
Washington.
Hhiie this pomPoas man was letting of !
as surperfgous gas, his men seized the
hitting engine Ontario, belonging to the
lebanon Valley Railroad, With the inten-
ion Of funning it through to Baltimore
Fhieh, In all probability, they would
lave dope had not q locomotive belonging
9 the Northern Central just arrived
When, Rnally, the train was ready to |
move, the Colonel-we regret We did not !
earn mp name-tried another usurpation s
I power BY placing four Of his men upon
be engine. The engineer refused to move
nd Mr. }. ID. Cameron, the Vice Presi-
ent OF the North Central, OPPORTUNITY
IRVING on the ground, ordered the men I
a the angine which order they obeyed, b
nd the train left.
Dir. Dung discharged his duty to his {
mploydrs fearlessiy, and here, where be {
known and esteemed by the entire COM
lunity, it would be hazardous under
king for man vested With little brief
1thorfTy, by virtue of his military posi- t
on, to deter him from such duty, or en- {
eavor TO injure him for doing what he [
early believed to be right. n
1t is needless to say that all who Wit
sssed The affair we're most heartily dis I
1sted WITH the asFoganes aud assumption &
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