Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-12-03

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IL msss be sxesedlnss hsniliai1ag %
shs massss Of shs Black B shliesn psrsy h
10 witness the utter failure Of their lead
sra 10 siFsr any sound asgamaats, o. plaza
sibls resscnss Tar making sbe thousands
Of arrests which have hssn made daring
the last eighteen noashs By order Of the
prssidsnt, The great mass of the Rs
publieAa party are hoaesa and patriotic
men, aad tksy sxpsss their ls&dars aad
the prsens placed Ii powss by their
vsssss "a be govsrnsd in THAR aaheiAl aess |
BIZ Una Constisasion and Laws. OF the |
States and tho United States. Whenever
arrests hare been nsds shsy have expect
I'd. that In dee sime the officers aaking the
sazas, aud those under whoss direction
they ware mads, would be able TO show
constitutional and Lawful authority FOR
all of shair asia.
They have aosiesd that net q siagls
man arrested has hssn tried and convict
Cd Of any crime, and that In uoss cases
they were arrested and impEisoasd upon
warrants issaed by persons having 40 fs~
gal aasherisy TO issue . warrant, or IL the
authority 10 issue 9 warrant be admitted,
that their issuance we're not authorized
by the Coasaisasian which declares that,
.sno warrant SHALL issus sxosps upon
probable cause, supported BY oath or AFR
mation." Having Witnessed these things
fer she lsss eighteen months, and seeing
that neither the ofiears of the Govern
meut, or the Leaders Of the party, are
abls 20 point to the clause Ia the Conssisu-
ton, which aatAoriHss or iustikss sach
aesa, the honest portion Of the party are
beginning 70 believe thai the Democrats
are not far wrong, when they pronounce
the Gossrnmsat - sxesassd by the pres
sas administration dsapotism.
La New York, New Jsrssy, Psnnsyiva-
MIA, Ohio and Indiana, where political
arrests have been msas Numerous, the
people have pronounced verdisss Of con
domination agaihat the administration, and
those vsrdicss will be confirmed by the
people OF Iowa NJ the next election
The people are not % blinded By party,
% nos TO discover, that IL the President
violates tbs Constellation in q single cas-
With iapunity, be may violate ID in oshsl
S&sss-shat il he may violate the free
aom Of spssah and Of the Press, b
fmay also violate khas prsvi~iem s'rssPsct.
ing GA establishment Of Fsligion," ana
hs may ssprshihis the free exercise" o.
religious worship, or no may abolish F'sh'
right Of the people psaseably to Aasem'
bic, and to petition the governmsns foR .
redress of grievances" La short, thai il
be may with impaaity override one claas'
in the Constitution, be msy abolish an'
overthrow the whole Of it, and thereby de
strOy our free gOvsramant- La the sxeiss
msns which tbs rebellion has prodaesd
the people did not stop TO seEutinizs tn
aeta Of the President very closely, bu
took it for granted that he was actin
, within the scope Of his Constitutions
authority. They have waited pssisntl..
for him OF his political frisnds to point &
the clause in ths Consultation which al
thorizss him 70 issue 8 warrant, or t.
cause an arrest to be made, or for
plausible argument in favor Of his exsE
eising thdsE powers, and they havs wais
ed in vain. Hence thsy have conclude
that he is q despot, and have rsbaksd hit
through the ballot box.
The people hsvs been assonished .
witnessing the fear that ia entertained b
D the President and his nsnials, Of the pow
ar of toe EGaC whsa called into requisiEioE
through the Judicial tribunals Of sh
country. Notwithstanding their know
e edge, that no one can be tried for grim
o inal ofEenss or be mulesed ia damages to
greater amount than 90, except by sb
q vsrdies Of Jury Of bis country, sti
they are afraid to trust their case to u
o people, without Al effort to forsstall puk
lie opinion and to reader the nan infa
I NOUS, who would prosecute them fe
y their illegal acts and violations Of b
u constitutional rights. Hence, they hav
: required the subjects Of their despoti
o malics-ths man whom they have lille
gally arrested and imprisoned, to pledg
y themselves under oath not TO prosscai
e them for shsir admitssd illegal acts.
i Ii ID we'll established principle {
law, THAI when the Government assumt
/ the &ea Of citizen to be she act Of Ii
+ Government, that ths citizen 10 rslsass
from all responsibility, aud tbs iniurs
- party mast look to the Government IL
;, redress. The Government in the cases Z
U illegal arrests and Imprisonment ID afrai
to assume publicly the responsibility q
the illegal acts OF iss Pimps and Mar
shals, and hence il adopts course t
prevent Judicial Investigation of hi
acts, by requiring a. condition prset
dent to the release of the prisoner, tia
be shall obLigass himself not to pfost
!, Icuss the Marshal or other officer, for 81
resting and inpsisoning him without Il
Igal authority.
Il We are however, informed BY the sab
: sidissd press, that tho Government ha
assumed ali tbs responsibility Incident