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

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g aid and suppoxE 10 ths Federai Gov.
Mnnasn4 In mar III ii III safety. integ.
Ety ard corastl.A .s8a.al sdpreuacy, and (.
|, faver OF disbanding eur araaiss aud sac.
cumbing TO the South. The charge ID
| iibsious and false. No man has adVoca.
ted any such proposition. Democrats
recognise 10 as thsiE aasy as patriots 10
support the Government ia all Constisu-
taonaas necessary, and proper efforts TO
maintain its safety Integrity and eonsti-
tussoaaa authority |; but, ut the sAna time,
| they are inaaxihly opposed 10 waginz war
against any OF ths States on people q this
| Union IL any spiris Of oppression, or Oh
ovmshFoRing or interfering gith the
rights OF established institutions of any
State. Adore all, Che Democratic par4y
viii not sa2poTs the administration ia
anything which looks or tands 10 the loss
OF orr political or personal rights and
liberties, or change Of our present Dsm-
ocEatieai form Of Govsrnmens.
But no, Democrats, il 10 not the sup
port OF the government IN restoring the
Union which The party in power require
Ut Jon. You are asked to give up your
principles, youx policy, and yoag party,
and TO stand By the administration Of the
party in power in ali It's acts. ,.r.E
| Above all IL 10 demanded of you that
you yield ut least silent support to their
whole policy, and withhold all scrutiny
into their public conduct OF every lind,
lest you should "emhaxrass the admins
| tration." You are thus asked to re-
nennee one Of the avst principles and .
chief security Of Democratic government
tbs right TO hold pgbiie ssrvants re-
| spo1ssibIe TO Usir master, the psopie to
render The representatives aeeosaatdbls to
he eOsassitusesss the aacssas and psYooa-
tue Of AmeTieans, to canvass g&6lie
measures aad public naea.
1t ID shis Singh constitutional privilege
| which Daniel Webster declared be would
"defend AID exercise within &hs House
| and out OF the House, and in all places,
| in time Of peace, In time of war, and Ia
all times %. Il IL right sacred by che
constitutions right inestimabla 90 shs
people, and formidable TO tyrants only,
Ii ever thsre was tins when the ex-
isteuee and consolidation Of the Demo-
crstie party upon les principles and poll.
cy was vital necessity TO public and pri-
vate liberty, it il DOW. I'D. So. -
Uuquestionably the constitution gives
aznpIs power to the several departments
Of the government 70 carry On var, strict
IL subjeet 70 It's provisions, aad, in case
Of civil War with perfect security 70 cit
izens Of the loyal States. Every act nee.
essary for the safety and efficiency of the
government, and for O complete and most
vigorous trial of Its strength, is yet WHEEL
u consistent with the observance Of evs
cry provision Of that instrument, and OF
the lava in pursuance of it, IL tbs sole
motives Of thoss in power were the sap
preston Of the rebellion, and no more
And Jet the history Of the administration
for the last twelve months past has been
and continues to be history Of repeated
usurpgtions OF power, and violations OF
the constitution, and Of the public and
private rights OF the citizens For the
proof we appeal to facts TOO recent to need
recital here, aud toe fragrant and heineous
for the ealm narrative which We propose.
Similar acts were done and like policy
pursued in the threatened war with France |
in the time of John Adams and With the |
same ultimate purpose. Bot in two or |
three years the people forced them into al !
honorable peace With France, rehuked she |
excuses and abuses Of power-yindieated |
The constitution, and turned over the fed
eral government to the principles and |
policy Of the Democratic party. To the |
sober second thought Of the people, there |
fore, and 70 the ballot-box, We now APP
peal, whea again In like peril with oar |
fathers.
But If every Democrat coneurred In the |
policy Of prosecuting the war TO the utter
snbjugation of the South, and for the sub
version Of her State governments with her
institutions, without convention of the /
States, and without any overture to peace,
We should just o. resolutely resist the dis
banding Of the Democratic party. IL In |
the only party capable Of carrying on the
war 1t is tho only party which has ever
conducted war to successful Issue, and
the only party which has done il without
abuse of power, without molestation TO
the rights Of any class of citizens, and
with due regard to economy. All this it
has done all this, if need be, it 10 able
to do again. IL success, then, in mill
tary point Of view be required, the Dem
ocratio party alone can command ii.
To conclude: Inviting all men without
distinction of State, section, or party, who
are for the constitution as it Is, and the
Union rs it was, TO unite with as in this
great work upon terms Of perfect equali-
ty, we insist that |,
The restoration Of the Union, whather
through peace or war, demands the con-
tinasd organization and success Of the
DenHocrmaic party. |
The preservation OF the constitution de-
mAnds it.
The maintenance Of liberty and the free
Demoeratical government demands il.
The restoration Of sound system OF in
ternal policy demands il.
ECONOMY and honesty in public expsnd-
.tures, now a. the rate Of four millions q |
lay, demand it. |
The rapid accumulation Of an enoxmous
md permanent public debt demands it,
} public debt already enc thousand mil- |
ions Of dollars, and equally at the pres
sat rate, IN three years, 20 highlands debt
'f century and o half in growth.
The heavy taxation, direct and indirect
State and federal, already more than two
hundred millions Of dollars year, eating
'ut the substances of the people, angmAas-
ny every rear demands it. Ii
Reduced wages, low prices, depression. !
II trade decay of business, scarcity Of 1 j
york, and impending ruin on every side, Il
lemand it. Ii
And, finally, the restoration OF the con i
ord, good feeling, and prosperity Ct :
ormsr years dem ands thai the Democxat- y
6 party shall be maintained and made q
ictorioas. q