Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-06-19

u bsse n16nns y q sagye ths Union.
w have - az " found that va
1otsen ssafsx wses dsssxminsd 70 30 sst
II the Unioa, sslst them 20 in psass,1
'ss j ssesexamsas which dspsads apsn
q sssd will Of the peopas soz IN main
,ainsnns cam nsssr be- haad togsshsr by
soros. The psass poiisy advocated ey
j. wsaIa hass saved usrsinia sad hara
asixabssing sssass from Ssssasaoas BOB
shs wss pellcy- good and sound when
foseiks fos trsspassss spsu oar righz, /
i not sound policy whsn applied TO our
own people and among the ssssas Of the
unioa. This govssnmsns a. We said be-
fore must be aaintairsd by the good will |
81 The people sIt derives all o. its4 just |
powers fEom the ooassas OF tbs goysrn-
I'd r and whom > Large portion Of Its peo-
pla refuse 70 be govsznsd By ID, 90 Tar ~
shsy are concerned, in jass powers osass.
IA there il misunderstanding between
the government and the psopls--n The
people bslisse that she gcysrnnsnt does
not oonduce 10 their prosperity and hap
piness, and through their State Legisla-
surss or shF0agh delegates manifest thsir
dissemination NO loagsx 10 EanAin in the
Uuion, q peace policy towards shsm we
think the best policy to be pursued. Wax
drives them to sspasation-is alieaatss
ali lhsir kind fesliags ssOm shsix old az
socisses-it makes the division permas
nsns and semenls i By ansxsingaishabaa
i'll feeling and hatred.
We can find no authority conferred
upon thu Federal Goysrnmsnt 20 cseroe
seeding Stasss back into the Unioni and
il the power existed, wAas good would IT
do 10 oseres them back, wben large
standing army would have 70 b. kept mp
in order 30 keep them from seesding
again We say then, and We think .
majority Of eur readers viii agree With
VI, that the true policy was 70 Lee the cot
ton States 20 peseeably and work ous
their own aalvation and dsssiny, II they
could not be induced TO remain. Had
this been done, or had no attempt been
made to sosres them, the eight border slavs
States vita NIL thair power and iaansnee
would hare remained In she Union, and
this nation would have progressed In
wsalth and greatness and y the same
time way would have been left open BY
which re- union Of the Cotton States with
US might have taken place. But the wss
policy haa blasted all cur hopes, and q
cur mind has made the dissolution OF the
Union inevitable. This policy will in the
end drive out of the Union every slave
State. In fact VS. NAV date the estab-
lishmeat Of two eonfsdeEacias, the oae
composed of the Northern Free States,
and the other of the Southern Slave
States, from the day that Congress shat
approve of the war policy insagurssed
by President Lincoln. -- --
| There now remains bat one chance q
save the Union from dissolution upon tbs
line above indicated, and that chance lie
in the forbearance Of Congress. IL th'
Congress when assembled in extra Sea
sion shall command cessation of hos
tilities, and authorize the eleetion OF del,
egates to a National Convention, which
ghaIl calmly take into consideration al
the existing difficulties and misundsE'
standings between our people, and shai
strive TO preserve the Union upon th
principle Of doing sfequal and exact jus
tice TO all'--every section and portion
Of our country, then shere viii be pos
sibiIty Of saving the Union; but IL Con
gresa endorses the var policy there 10 n
chance loft by which is can be preserved
II IL not only just, bua humane, that
/ cessation of hostilitiss should take plac
and the people be allowed o chance :
ssstle their difsealsies shroagh the inssra
mentality Of Nations. Convention. Tn
statesmen Of the past hare always bee
! able to settle our internal difficulties b
i peaceful concessions, and we bold that
/ is not wisdom 10 depart from She oil
| track and adopt new policy now, an
: baptise it In the blood Of eur brsthaen.
This kind Of talk, Hot-spurs call sssxeas
on j" but we ask the people calmly 20 n
> aecs. What have We to gain by holdin
any State in subsection by EOrce, adzni'
ting thai We have the power TO do IL
Count the difficulties, the lo<s Of pr.
: cious lives, and the cost of marching :
! army into the Soath 10 combat not oal
: with Armies, bat with climate, when thel
is no prospect Of attaining amy practic'
advantage which will enaare TO the hal
> pinsss or prosperity Of the people Or
the hanor Of The Nation. II the peop
Of the South are our enemies, can y
. make thesn friends b whipping them, n
hitting cur power 10 do col We shin
: not. Then let them go IN psaee--les .
!, separate nos If We cannot agree TO II,
together under oas government, for afs'
terrible battles hare been foaghs, zoe -
sspasass .forsvev. These are CUR spil
Ions. We place them upon record ~
the future muas deeds wkesAer thsy .
!, correct or nos. Ara these sstreasoaab
+; views f'' Let every friend 70 his eoautl
y eonsider well Che part DO i acting, u
!, iook ahead 10 tho gaui to which be M
. Be zaadly speeding.
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