Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-01-30
NO III.

y ahu acknowledged ntE bekfM Tint
u soafhsrsa people wers Isborink uasdey
.. esayietion that they we're Welt foundes
Y ne was kind enough 10 add sbas hs l
. net blame the southern people much
= what they were doing under thfa faa
4 fnisapp prehension; but cast the whole blas
d apon fhs northern Den,cerxcy; an1 refe
!, rsd especially 10 his eoiisagas nd nsyss1
! Tor having misrsprssemfsd arsd fslslIs
2 ms purposes and poiiey of the nepubl
ean party, md for having made the sog Il
sfn people believe our MISREPRESENTATION
III hs does nSt blame the southern ueoul
for seting ON their honest eslryiefions !
resoRtsng 10 revoiution 10 avert IA ian.,ens,,
lag bat imaginary calaaussy. No; be doe
not Dfams them, because they believe 4
tae exsstsnee of che danger: yss he vii
90 no scs 70 an deceive them viii tai,
no step to relieve their painful anurehen
| slons; AMI will furnisi, 10 g,.ararfees :.
security against tbs dangers whieh the,
esiasse 20 exist, and tie sxistsnee u
wascA he denies; but, on the contrary. hs
demands unconditional sabn ission. tkrea-
tens war, aad talks about agmies. uayias.
ana military force, for the purposs of pra-
serving tue Union and erxfofcfngf the lava
l submit whether this mode Oh treating
shs question 10 net calculated 10 eos,drm
she weTst apprehensions os the southern
people, aad force shem Into the noss en-
trema measures of resissanoeI
! regret chat the Senatur frosn Ohio. o~
aaT other Senator, should have deemed Il
consistent With his duty, under present
circumstances, TO introsacs partisan noI-
ities, and stteEnpt to rnaaufacaure parti-
san capital oat of a question involving the
peaos and safety Of she eaunsrv, frsneat
@nas hsve said ON another hoeaaSon,
that, Il know mysef, my acsion will b
snnasnesd by no partisan considerations.
untal we shali have rescued the ct,untry
fern the pefias which euyiroa Il. Bnt
since the Senator has attempted 10 throw
sas Whole responsibility Of she present
di1ealties upon the northern Denocrasy,
azsd nas charged as with misrspressntine
and fsisifying the purposes and policy al
sae hepublasaa party, and thereby tasssiv-
lsg the southerfi people, feel called upon
70 rspesl the charge, and show shas n A.
wtshous shadw Of Foundation. No man |
living weald rejoice more than uyself b |
ne conviction, If 1 eoald only be soavinc- |
ID sf shs fact, thAs have nsasuz, derstood. /
snd consequently Eaisreprssented. shepoI-
oy and designs Of the RegabEicsa t,arxv.-
Produces the evidence and convsuos iras Of t
NJ sfrers ana j will take raore pleasure In
making the correction and repairing fhe
nsasiiee, than ever have takes, III de-
losnsang whms believed to'be "a, unislss /
nd ruinoas policy. t
With the view of ascersairing whether
Save misappreheaded or nisrspseseuted II
30 policy and purposes Of the Repabli- n
40 party, wflI now inquire Of the Sens-
Or, and yield the door for nm ssuswe,r /,
Fhathar il is mot the poliey Of his Darty 10 {
onAae slavery washfn iss present limit !
Z ths action OF the Federal Government J | |
Whether sAey do not intend 10 abolish !
avery ey oct OF Congress, ne4witastand-
g the decisiou of the Supreme Court to | I
he contrary, In all the Territories we now | G
ossess. or may hereafter acquire - '
fAesheT be and his party are In favor of | 1
starnang 70 their master sha fugitive q
ares that may eseapea In short, I will | c
We the Senator an opportunity nov to Il
i: s#' d
Aar. WADE. Mfr. President.
Mr. Dogaf4As. One other question. and '
viii give wAys
Dir. VANS. Very Well. e go n
Mr.. DogaI.As. will give TIE Senator Q
opportunity of saying now whsshsr il a
not the policy Of his party TO exert all Ii
9 powers OF the Federal Government Il
aaar the Constitution, according 10 their q
depreciation OF the instrument. 10 re. IL
rain and cripple the institution Of sla- O
~ with view to its ultimate exticsion a,
ali the States, old as well AZ new. south in
well ~ north. liz,
Are not these the views and purposes uf b.
Q party, as proclaimed by their ieadsra. el
q understood BY the people, Ia speeches, a,
dresses, sermons, newspapers, and pub pl
aaeetings2 Now, I will bear his an q
'eg. io
Mr.. WABG. sir. prssident, all sheae Ii
estions are most pertinenfiy answered ia
the speech ths Senator Is processing 10 th
aWsr. have nothing 20 add 10 il. II 81
will read my speech, be will ind my m
asiments upon all these questions. vi
sir. DouaI4As. Mr. President did not th
peet an unequivocal answer. | know pc
, well that TIE Senator viii not deny "a
1t each Of these interrogxtoriss 40 81. 81
- bis individual policy and the policy 81
tha Republican party as be uuderssaads be
should not have prupoanded she IN 10
rogaaories 10 him IL he had net accused | ih
and the northern DeEnocracy oil hay. dc
rnisrepsesented the policy of the Re- vi
biican party, and with having deceived Sc
southern people By aach misrerfEsen- hi
ions. The rnoss obnoxious santimanss su
yer atssibuted TO the Repuhiicaa party. | III
! thas NOS In the South. bat In nofthssn AI
n0is and in the strongholas cf Aboii. 40
sisza, was that they Intended 10 sxer- az
. che powers oE the Fedaral 6oYarn- ts,
~ siah view 70 the ultimate extina. III,
d Of slavery In the southern States. / al
- oppressed my belief, and would be Ia
i ao be corrected IL am In error thas hil
: lhe policy of chat psxty 10 sxnfade tie
very from Ali the TerritorIez We now th,
'sess o. may acquire, with view OF ha
rounding The slave States with d cor a.
of sbelitiou States, and shus uonkne tnl
institution within such narrow iiuaits oil
1, wheu the number increases beYsna an
capacity Of the SOD 10 raise gnod for I'll
n subsistssace, the insfitutlon rnhss end
colonixation, pr servi.e In %.
Fsstion. 4 have often axposed shs -
'sznieies Of this poficy, and appsased so sol
peepse of Ilinois 10 know wk6shar shis IA
d. "a gstting rid ofthe evils of fslavpry tb1
ID be justified m the nazna on gisslita- asI
j, haazsnity, and ghristinnits Thaye I ruI
- used thexe axxUmrfxfs 81 fhe zfrtsno- af