Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-07-30
@ COUNCIL BLUFFS, "WEDNESDAY. July 80, 1862

tN @e%@ssSS pSSxg 1o1csl
saloon evarg other plaee ef srasasaansmi
from the highest to Ehe Iowest---fEeaa sh
spacioas theatre in which Forest exhih
It's 10 an suraptared audience his graphi
saadarings of tbs iaaaaoxsal creations b
shakspeares aoHn 10 sAa basssa dem %
Tevalry and drankenesss are Oman ssiu
- Ia the Iafsrno OF tie great Italia
poet 1NG aa ~ ha2h.s5-A~ as5 5-'s'8
'fAs gates or E1sil ssand opsn nigat ana dag
Sir, If these places of amusement
ahneeens soaae of them, but not hofy
certainly-hMd first been seEzea "a hos
pltalss fgE the semfsrs and curu OF th,
thousands Of bgaye and honest maa, whs
went forth believing ID their hearts tina
sAey were 10 battle for the Consultation
and the Unisn, but who now lie wastfus
Away ugoa than laaslg pmlless. With as
wife OF sister, or msthsr there to sookhs
groaning ia agony s11 With syery aescripsior
81 woand which The Sss7fish ingenuity q
Ea&n can iRaist by WEAPONS. whose inyan-
4pn MAS iaspired by the sszy aashax ID
ali human woe and saHegiagy-woa woaads
100, ranking and fostering for the want
ef aaaFgssai aid~zif khase places, | say,
lad axas bean ssigad, and then 1T he'd
become necessary foE khs eomfart Of life
or the thousands Of ether sick and waun-
ded who are borne into tie city every 81
ass, 70 oooupy the churches Of Washing
ton l knnw of no better or boiler paf~
pose 70 whieh thsy ooald have beea de-
voted. And nov, sir, not far from the
stately capitol, within whose marble walls
abolition treason now runs riot, Ia a
ballding, 9Gzeen's Row. by nanAe. in
which ll00 fagitiys sicsnlrx-
bands" ~ the Preeioug slang Of infamous
BuEier-daily receive the rations OF the
soldier, which are paid for out of the
sa1es .lssisd upon ths people. One hun-
dged thousand dollszs day are taknn
from the public treasury for the support
OF these fugitive slaves, while the army
Of Shields, and other Union armies Ia
the hield exeEs 90 lately IS six weeks ago,
marched bare footed, bare headed, and
IN their drawegss for many weary miles
without so much as erakes or q crust Of
bread with w'Aieh 10 AFiay their hunger.
Aye, sir, while ssany . gaIsAat yeonx
soldier Of Uhipg just blooming into man.
hood, who heard the ary thai went up
6ftsen months ago, sFrally I'd defend the
sag and fer the rescue u the capital
md went faxEhsso battle, %ieh huaesty
10 his hsart, his life ia his haaad. with
courage in every 6ber, aad patriotism in
svery vein, lies wan and sad on his pal
let In the hospital, Jour surgeons are
forced TO diSias there time and care be-
tween the wounded soldiers and theae
5agsboud fugitive slaves, who haxs BEEN
seduced or forced from the service of
heir masters. These things and much
nore-I have told you not a tithe of ALL
are dohe in Washington. We know il
here, though il is withheld from the peo.
pie; and while every falsehpod that the
ingenuity Of man can invent 70 deIude
ana deceive. is transmitted or allowed bv
he telegraphie oensoTs of sha Aduinis-
Fation-themselves usnrpers unkunWn
% the Constitution and laws-these facts
Ire not permitted to reach the people of
ms United States. Your newspapers,
be natural watch dogs of liberty, are
threatened With suppression If but the
laff or the hundredth part of the truth
Je te8d. And now, too, when bat one
saher.me&na remainea for shs redress of
his aad the handred other political griev.
1nces, under which the land groans---
,arty organization and public assem-
,lages Of the people-even these, too, are
hreatened with suppression BY armed
'orcs- Aye, sir, thaa very party, which
lot many years ago, bore upon sEery
banner, the motto 'sPree Speech and q
free Press" now day BY day forbida the
through your mails Of the
,apsrs fron which you derive your
of public events and which
Idsoeate the principles you cherish.
And Democratic editors, too, are seiz-
d, @kiduappedH in the midnight hour
srn frsm their fRnilies--gagged--
siYes Eith ofaesFs over shsm rnaaaciag
TiolsRes II they bat AJAX one farewell grasp
II the hand, one parting .kiss--thrnss in
o eiose carriage In che fslonss hour Of
pidnighs, and with vioisnss dragged to
his Capitol aad here forced npaa sa sx-
,Tess train and hurried Of to . military
'orsress OF the United States. Yes, men
II Ohio, to fortress that bears the hon
Rudnazns df that firss martyr to Ameri-
saa absrty--ths Warren OF Bunker Hid !;
i Is mar be that other baatila deseera-
ing that other name sacred In American
hytbry, ,and honored throughout the earth
%the name Of that man who fofsook home
and gave up raak and title, and in the
irss flush Of yoath and manhood sams 70
,ur shores ani linked his fortunes with
he American cause.-the prisoner Of OIL
nuts, the brave and gallant Lafayette
Ayss fresaen Of the West, forkresses,
bearing these honogsd names, and msan
FOR she defense Of the country against for
sigh fees, AID out of whose classmates
arIstls csAnnu planted to huff death azsd
as armed invaasrsy echo nos
Kish the groans and are watered By the
Il ars-not Of men only from the secaded
States and in rebellion, or captured in
war, but fTosa the loyal States Of the
North and West, and from that party
Which has contributed aearlY three fosrshs
Of the soldiers in the faid-to-day. Are
Gkese thingsto BIZ borne 7 Never no
noveg) Ii eco have tue spirit Of free
man in yous beax them aos fGreas ap.
plause, and cries of that's it, that's the
taxi What Is life worth What are
property and personal liberty and poiisi-
cal liberty wursh 2 Of wbAs value are
nj these shiagas IL wes bora Of an aseos*
sry of freemen, hoaatiRg, la tha very
tlrss hours of our boybood, Of more sx-
se4.dsd liberty than was ever vouchsafed
10 nay other people, are to fail now Id
this she hour of sore trial !, % demand and
defend them st everY sazara Z Fresdom
Of Che Presal Il the man who sits in the
White House at Washington, and who
owes ell his power TO sae PRESS and she
ballot, Ii. be new 10 play tbs sysant ovez
"a no | never, neysz. Shall the maa
who sits al one end OF feIeggaphic wiEs
in the Waf Department Or The Depart.
nsaa Of State d mere clegk IL raay be, q
servant oil SERVANTS siG ldawn and By ons
singa&ciek of ths inssynment. erdsf sesas
minion of his thousand mlIss CD. to or,
n.