Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-05-21

were ore % r n passports for srassl
no sscre bolIS no pies, no informars
No BastiIs ~ RID 10 assemble psees.
ablT, Tho rigM 10 5tision; fresdoN d
religion, frssdotn Ut speesh, 9 free baIIos
and fres press; and all this time sh,
Constitution maintained and the Union oil
The States preserved.
Such we're the choica fruita n1 democxat
tic principles and policy, carried out throi
ths whale period during which ahs dsac-
Grade party hald the power and adrninia-
saTed sha Fadazal g0yaxnmsna. saah haa
been The history Of that party. IL il i
Union pssty, bfis preserved dis Union
BY wisdom, peace and compromise, foa
more shan half q century.
Then, democrats, neither ths gneiens
psiacapiea, she policy, nor the past history
81 ste democratic party require nor would
jusIify iss lisbandmens. a
Ia gMxag AaTTasG IN THE RREsRNr caIszs
WHICH DxaAxn rr2
The more immediate Issue Ii, 70 xArs.
TAIN THE CONSTITUTION As n u, AID 70 an
yToaE she UEIox as RI WAS. 5
Te maintain the Constitution is 10 re-
specs the rights Of the States and abe lib
artiss Of the citizens. Il ID 10 adheE
faithfully to tho very principles and pol
iey which the democratic party has pro-
fessed for more than hall cerituYv. Let
les history and the results, from the DO.
ginning, prove whsthss il has psaesieed
sham. We appeal broadly TO the record.
e The hTst step towards q restoration of
the Union as it was, lis 20 maintain the
Constitution a. it Is. So long Is il was
maintained in fact, and not threatened
With infraotion in spirit and In letter, &C.
taal or iminent, the Union was anbroksn,
To restore the Union, it 10 essential,
hrss, to give assurance 70 every State and
10 the people OF every section that their
rights and liberties and property will be
secure within the Union under the Con-
ssitution. What assurance 80 doublv
saEe as the restoration to power Of that
ancienty organised, consolidated demo-
cratic party, which for sixsy years did
secure the property, rights and liberties
of the States and of the people; and thus
dad mlintaln the Constitution and pre-
serve tbs Union, and with them the mall
tiplied blessings which distinguish I'd
AboVs all other nations. 80. ID
To restore the Union ID to crush out
sectsonalism North and South. To begin
the great work of restoration through the
ballos box Is to KILL AgoLrTEoa. The Bit
ter waters Of secession lowed first, and
are fed still from the unclean fountain OF
abolisioniam. That fountain must be
dried up. Armies may break down shs
poWer Of the GonfedaEass government in
The South, bat the work Of restoration
can only be carried on through political
and the ballot il the North
and West In this great work we cordi-
ally invite the CO. operation of all men of
every party who ara opposed 70 the fell
spirit Of abolition, and who, i'm sincerity,
desire the Constitution AZ il ID and the
Union As ID was. Let the dead past bury
ia dead. Rally, lovers of the Onion, the
Constitution, and OF liberty, 10 the stand
ard Of the democratic party, already i'm
he hsId And confident at victory. That
party is the natural and persistent enemy
of abolition. Upon this QUESTION its rec
1rd as a national organization, however
t may have been al times With particular
men or in particular States, IL clear and
From the beginning Of
he anti slavery agitation to the perion of
he last democratic national convention,
{ has Aeld ont bot one language In regard
10 1t. Let the record SPEAK.
RssDsVed, That Congress has no Dow.
a under the Constitution to interfere with
" eonsE0l the domestic institutions of the
several States, and that sach States are
ne sole and proper judges Of everything
to their own affairs not pro-
lihited by the Constitution, that all efforts
IT the aeolitionists or others made to IN
luce Congress to interfere with questions
i slavery, or to take incapisnt steps Ia |
elasion thereto, are calculated to lead to |
he most alarming and dangerous conse- |
Laences; and that all such efforts have "a |
tendency to diminish the bar
'iness Of the people and endanger tie
liability and parmaneney Of the Union, |
nd ought not to be coantenanced By any |
riend Of our political institutions.
Upon these principals alone, 30 fa- as |
elafes 10 slavery. can the Union AZ il wins |
e restored; and no other Union, except |
DO unity OF despotism, can be maintained |
0 this country; and this we vii! resist,
3 our fathers did, with our lives, our /
ottanes, and our sacred honor.
But il Is said that you must disband the
party "so support the govern
lent. " We answer that the Democratic
arty has always supported the Govern
iens; and while it was In power preserv-
d the government In all its rigor and in /
gritty, not by force and arms, bat by
'isdoln, sound policy and peace. But il /
ever did adnais, and never will. that this
administration, or any administration, is
the government" Ii holds, and evee
rs held, that the Federal Government Ia
lie agent Of the people OF the several
tatss composing the Union that ii con-
SITS Of shres distinct dspartm ents-the
'gislative, ths executive, and the iudiei-
equally part Of the govern
ent, and equally entitled to the conf
ence and support Of the States and the
soplo; and that it la the duty Of every
atriot to sastain the several departments
the government Ia ahs exercise Of all
Ie constitutional poaOers Of each sSkich
ay be accessory and proper for the pras-
e0sioH ef kas government IN is prsacs-
ss oad IN It's pigor aad integrity, aad
Sisad By and defend TO the almost The
~ tDhsfh Teprassats the government, ths
Intos and he country. |,
In this sense the Democratic PARTY has
ways sustained, and will now sustain
. government against all foes, at home
abroad, In the North Or the South,
'en on concealed, In ofics Or out of Of Il
e, in peace or in war.
Ii this 10 what the Republican, party + I
can by supporting the government. il l. /
idle thing TO abandon the old and tried /
smoerasic party, which for 20 unanv 7
srs and through 50 many trials support
preserved and maintained the govern
mt Of tbs Union. But II their ryal
rpose be 70 aid tbs ancient enesnies OF