Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-06-11

1f AM0S KENDALL ON GENERAL HIN
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d DkNT TO DECREE EMkNCfPATHoN.
I WashiBgson, May 10.
| To the Editor Of the National IsstsgIi-
geaseT My attegtsen hss bssp ssaiisa 70
washington lsaes nehe 3d.
Fress, in whissf sab wrissa, aftek 1assiag
| passage from one of my letters pabliahed
IN your paper, says:
"Ihas il wihrbe seen thaA even the vet
efaa AsaaeegNS AuspE aksaaalt, while OBJ
lestiag to the course OF the abolitionists,
| = entitled 10 the credit Of having made
the proposition which General Hunter has
thus pnassscaAa casried al. ~ c. % %
NOW, should consider myself traitor
to my country If / were to approve the late
4 order Of Gen. Hunter puFporting to set
| Tree ali the slaves within his military dis
trief' While exposing TO southern rebels
sae guiT which is yawning before them,
Us saNaF9koa sasTsg engesed my bEala
thas adJ military c6iash asidsr or tao Pres
ident himself could eoustitutionalIy, By |
general order or proclamation, confscase |
their property and emaneipase their Slaves |
Or that such al objses ooulda be affsessa
otherwise than by conviction for treason |
by due course of law in the courts Of JUS
fiee. La the order OF Gen. Hunters / ses /
The essence Of military dspotisrn, utterly |
subTeFsaye Of the Constitution wa are fight
Ing 10 naintaini and it deplorahle that
t1~ Psssedent aoas not sby aho safoxca-
ment ora General policy, repfess tiesG as
sumptions Of power by his suburdinaEes.
Every such assumption unrebuked BY him
exposes him aud Congress itself fustbstl
charge of hypeeracy and perfdy id their |
announcements Of the purposes for which
fhe war Is waged \ it disc0uragos the 10y
a aaaaasanT MI sshe ssgsxa ksldinx States.
and III an equal degree, encourages the
leading rebels; it will cost the north
thousands of lives and millions Of money;
1t alarms conservative fnen everywhere
and makes them begin 10 think their own
liberties In danger; it strengthens dialoy-
al ma ia loyal States aad enables them
to euIbmga@ the pyerngn dsae inits hgit. ,
innate operations. In fne, there is but !
one safe course for the government to :
pursue, and that is TO disregard all party
affiliations and adhere 6raaD To the prof.
CRANE originally announced, viz: The |
prosecution of the war for the sole object c
of preserving the Constitution ami the ]
Uniua WITH the rights Of the STATES intact, t
10 be followed by peace a. SOON as those
objects can be attained. Ii there be not
hrmness enough in the administration to
do this, we are on & sea Of revolution, :
and scarcely hope Of ever again reach
ing the heaven Of unity ami peace.
e ..E.~..,g& -. AMOS kzSDALL.s
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Has HE DONE n ?-The Chicago Post, an e
Independent, no-paEty paper, in relation )
to General Hunters proclamation, says +
"Itis intimated, aud wehApe truly, 4hat II
this proclamation viii force the President I
to u whas he Qaght 70 haze done long
ago, and that is to Communicate TO C0n- Id
gress and 20 the people the exact policy
Of the war. When that is done, the PEG. F
pie will understand at once, what they Il
have to expect. They will understand y
how far Mr.. Lincoln proposes to 60, and Il
how far be will not 60. They will under A
stand nt once whether Mr.. Lincoln intends g
10 Feyolutionize the GOV crrrneftt, Or wtfeth RI
II he intends to preserve it intact and 81
rigorous"
Now, that was reasonable intimation, ST
lus the question is, has President Lincoln r,
''to Congress and The peo-f il
IL EAe exact paaiSy Of the war a. Talk ri
# Van Buren's non eommittalism. He n
vas a tyro in the business to "honest old
be."--P eoria Union. s: asst@t d.