Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-08-20
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MR. sENsorTs &PEECHs
We call attention TO the speech Of Ma.
SxxxorF, made in defsnss II the Gerdons,
who ware seixed By n self-eonstisutsd tTi-
bunai, composed Of Black Republicans,
and were tried and imprisoned for tres-
son. After reading statement OF the
case and the argument of Ma. SENSoTr,
our readers, no doubt, will bsgrsatly sur
prised and Disguised at the acts of those
loyal Republicans with hypoerst'ca!
Dsaeoa al their head. But they must
remember that the Yankees commenced
their career By burning tcitehes, hanging
QAaksrs, and the enactment of the eele-
brated Blue Laaos. They must also re-
member that they are the originators Of
reasonable Blue Lights, and the supper
tiers of Hartford Conventions, which as
asmbled for the ayowsd purpose Of pro-
viding for the Secession of the New Eng
land States from the Union. They must
never forget, that the Yankees are the
supporters of the 80 Higher Law" doctrine
TO enforce which, they sent Shazp's Rides
TO Kansas-that thsy sseedsd from the Old
Bible and rebeHed against the " COP OF
ABRAHAM, IGAAC AND JACOB" and pro-
claimed in favor OF San ANTI-SLA-
VERY BIBLE AND AN AETI-SLA-
VERY GOD" When our readers re-
msnber all these things, they will not
be surprised, we think, at the base at
tempt on the part Of these base hypocrites
and degenerate sons of secession sires, TO
TO force their pecalisr dognas and views
down the throats of their neigbbors.
If I'VE are correctly informed there are
few Deaeons on the Missouri Slope, who
have already commenced laying the foun-
dation for the establishment Of self-con
stituted court, which 10 to, decide upon the
loyalty of the people. Wherever these
Hyends fAsten themselves, they soon batch
out brood of heartless yea lots, in church,
and out Of tin schools and seminaries
liz every place of condding resort--in
families and neighborhoods, until they
distort virtue, bewilder piety, and lead
society into the ceSspooI of disorder, and
the innal result is, yioleace mobs and muir
der. Such has been the case in all ages
of the world, when the people have lis
tened to the sophissry Of praying fanatics,
who teach that there is ''HighsE law"
for the temporal Government of the PEG
pie, than the "Constitution and the laws
made in pursuance thereof"
The Speech MR. SKNNoTT brings wildly
to view What would be the conditions Of
the people, If there we're not some in the
land, who, in spite Of threats Of personal
violence, and who, overlooking thu danger
of the destruction Of their pr 1perty by ia
natical mobs, still assert the supremacy
of the Constitution over all claims of
estate necessity" which in the hour Of
our sountEy's peril, wsuld override it with
a military dsspotism.
How strange Ii is, that the followers of
sUxxER should be the advocates for the
suppression of free sps~ah, be, their idol
and law -giver, was once the advocate for
free speech and In the exercise Of which,
(if we can believe him) be "came within
hairs breadth of becoming a martyr to
the cause" Yet it is still more strange
that the martyr, after travelling ell over
Europe giving free exhibitions Of bis
s'bEuised head" should come home and
become the advocate for violent pro-
esedings against free speech. But 80 it
is. Free speech means talk Abolition
Republicanism freely-hurrah for cold
Aba and endorse all of bis uneonstisu-
fional and dsspotis acts Ia lengthy articles
by the press and then we grant you free
speech and q free press. But denouncs
the unconstitutional and despotic acts of
the powers that be, and you viii be pro-
nouneed traitor, your mouth will be bro
ksm and yonr press tumbled into the river
By faaatical and hearlsess mob. Such
Ia tho Abolition Republican intsrpreta- |
ton OF the Constitutional guarantee of
free speech and free press and such In
80 Do tia fate Of those who dare dispute
the correctness of their Interpretation
provided Alloys, that the fanasical hyeaas
havs the power to carry out their hallish
purpose.
The opinion Of the Commissioner, In
ths Gordon case, clearly sets forth what
constitutes treason, and declares that
nsikhsx al the Gordsn4 we're gusity Of
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