Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-11-19

~ draws shsa ooxApasiSsa besweeul aas
praAiasns and shair monasca. hszs thsne
Ia the loyal Sl@ssa Of ths NeE.As aAsrs
there has bean no sei Or thoaghe of op-
position I'd fbs Constisution og Laws
here, whsrs all the Courts Of the uaised
States and Of shn raspsstTvs Hates saEs
ia full sxessiss of ell their peEars j Asgs
in this land sfof the 4frss's men are ~
rested f5r what Mr.. Lincoln terms ssSiis-
ioy III practices, - er1Maa 10 where dsnacd,
aasi totally sihknown TO che Cons stisasaosl
and the laws, aad hsiag 90 kapsisaasd
they are Fithoat senasdys for ahst Kgis
shieh Mr.. Hallam ssyEss aIAs psanctpai
bufwark of British liberty,V 10 saapend-
ed iby Il President proelarnatiori. Now,
sfr, fsis any wcnder that we view these
aurraachaimss Of pswss with slsrma =
it nos oaE right. sye, aaE data 10 lsaik
against these inyaaiona Of rights be-
Ifeye, sir, with Mt. HAlisn, the English
histsSiasa. ehss SO suspseieus people afe
maas nkaly ca rssain shair lihegti .. = ~
believe sith Aaarsw Jsaksoq tAss asssE--
nal vigilance il the pgice ct iifsrfy, r =.
And am sarprised that you, an ola wfig,
ssasaaa 90 far aspaxs fforfs tEe seaeAan
Eos y.lmr gzess Ieazasrss Who saaxs tas-
tsrfy denounced aay asssGnps pn The psEt
of The Military sE Executiye authority TO
trafbpie apon the law, than Henry Clay,
whoaI yoti styled SsembodinsBt oa whig
prineipiss.n And listen 70 the language
Of Hauisi VI phstsr, fathe great expeaa~
der of the Constitution" and one Of your
greatest leaders 'tconstitutionA liberty
mast sssser permit power, and least oF al
exeaaGivs poser, to egeratep its preaeriesd
limits, either IN peace or war, though be-
nevolent motives and patriotic intent
come along with 1t. The spirit Of iioer-
ty 10 isafouB Of escroashmeass, Jealous
Of peWer, Jealous of fnsa. A. all times
it demands checks it insists opy seenEl.
ties il entrenehes itself behind Jdefen-
ces, and fortifes itself against the as
aauits Of ambition ana passion" HSw,
sir,-- .. . s#t ..s, .. ..,~
Rep.-Stap, Jim, ,yoa need argRa shat
point 40 lAngsr. ace clearly thai goa
we're right and was wrong, | see that
the exercise Of such arbitrary powers By
the president is q grand stride toward
despotisn, whether 90 intended or not.
see, too. that We should speak and act
In such manner as to show shAt sswe
know our rights, and knowing viii main
tain them" 81 -... '-
Well, John, | have changed my
opinion about the war.
Rep.--Se have /, Jim. We hoAh
shought at first that We could easily cen
quer the South, and that therefore we
ought to Do it, butl suppose we are both
satisfied By sAis tiue that the conquest of
the South is an Impossibility, and bsing
40 impossibiliY the, fartlsr prosecution
Of the war is useless, and being useless is
wrong, for 1t 10 sacrificing men and
money for no purpose. Bat, John, you
know that a. shs time of the Revolution,
treat Britain could not make peace sitb
Us until there was change ia the min
fstry. SO now our present rulers are so
obsunatelg wsddsd 10 war policy, and
we must hate change Of man bafors We
can have a change Of measures, AM
With you heart and hand TO effect that
change, and Il We are successful,
our land may ag~in be presperous and
happy undsE q benign inGnsnoe Of liberty
and peace. ..., 500.