Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-12-10

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essssumsa& Assas inssance, the Des
Moines correspondent Of the Chicago
nwa mmsisnssAs nllossng T2
aMs. Hamilton, CLERK Of Marion ooun-
ty, who was aaoisK@d dsGaasaa fOs za-aasc-
sion, by the State Board of canvassera,
BY 5Ovoses, has been here, investigating
sbs ssturns. Il seems = mistake was
zaalas In fSo4ing sap she oslumn, which
being corrected, elected Ms, Hamilsan by
one majority, aside from he fraudulent
soldssrss vosss be fotsad osts kaong
sheas was apseurds IF iacsnfy nasaofs,
one man who was killed al tbs battle Of
Shiloh, months ago, and one who waa
discharged. fsem the hospital az So LOUIS
and ha6 beea al honss ha 6fuYSo7s eoaaty
OYER itco month";
The TINES correspondent very appro-
pEistaly adds, in eonmens, that ssconns-
ing dead zaeassyote is a new business. I"
But besides the mans vote, we have both
sha example Of crimez SGT D. the sworn
sGsnmissioosss appointed 70 take the vote
and the initiation Of hoys inso the som-
mission of crime at. the comaencenent
of their. career In lifsl What q COM
nsntary is this upon the morals of the
paxty5in powssg egaas ill-tbey not do,
10 attain their selfish ends, when they
shamelessly, though bound BY the obli-
CATIONS of an oath, commit such deeds
IN the face Of Hsagan!
In further illustration, sm permitted
TO take the following extract from a let
tar received in this city from Volun-
teer in the 23d Iowa-who would not
object to his name being appended to it,
as be is ans who, like thousands Of other
Democratic soldies in the army of the
West. The letter isdatsd "Goaspi Pat
tsrson," Missouri, Nov. 18th 1862. In
il aha brave soldier says -
"When ! gss shrsagh fighting rebels in
arms against the government, am going
hsms 20 fght Abolisioatats fer soasia-
o. Sd sga and seeesa twfH brosheTs . .
When our slectioo came of, through the
rsssality of the Abolitionists, there was
MOI siagIs Democratic rots to be found;
and syssy vote thai you rcoeived, was By
tiekess changed by Tno from other coun-
ties and your name written on them
You lost several votes by some OF the
boys taking Dallas county tickets and
putting your name on them, supposing ii
ali right. and we're aos counted. They
forced me on as one Of the judges OF
election against my Will, 10 order to keep
me quiet. They made . biz fight against
you and Finch, branded every Democrat
as Mahoasi!s, AAhony then in prison
branded as traitor) and really abused
and frightened Gerry Nanny honest Dem
ocr&s into voting ths trool!sy ticket"
In your article upon she 'shouorsble
aoquisal" Of nsnnls A. Aahony and Da-
rid Steward, yoa svidsntly disturbed tbs
equaainity OF the supporters Of despot'
ism. Ths Repahiisaa organ al this city
copisd tbs entire arsiclss aad IN eomneut.
ling upon Ii, said ssIs ID ths easoasage,
ment ag sorcipIs resistaTss WHEN Dir
Hoxig may attempt to make arrests. Tht
] qualification without legal authority
was probably eowardIy after thought o.
tbs editor. We can tell the edito
of the Btsgis and bis tory friends thai ID,
| Government acouid assume Dir. Hoxie
acts in making these arrests as its own
bat that is has. Let no man be tempted
to resist Dir. Hoxie By accepting As sruti
the falsehood thai be acted illegally il
any of the political arrests he has made
ETC., ETC."
Now, if Sir. HoKie did no! act illegal
IL in making said arrests, why did tn
government officials require Mr. Shswar
and Mr.. Mahony take an oath that the
would not prosecute Mr.. Hoxie or thos
who caused their arrest, as the condiEio
of their release? The Register seems t
think that because the Government IT'D
Administrations assumed MIR. Hoxie
acts as its own, therefore those acts ar
Legal. This is adireet assumption ths
legality consists solely in the viii Of th
, Executive or his subordinates, and doe
not depend in the slightest degree up
on Law. What more could the most ali
l solate dictator or despos ask. Once cor
ceda tf1is To tba executive aud all libeYt
is gone, as efEsctually is il we lived III
= der an absolute, unlimited monarchy.
. The pear approach of the hour for clio:
r ing the mail admbuishas me to deter u
} observations had intended upon ''tE
, situation" Of affairs at the present time
7 upon the Pre&idens's message I'll
{ schemes Of the radicals for peTpetEi
] ting their power and overthrowfng OF
; republican form of government, by pr
. venting the next Congress from asseu
! bling and upon the general aspect I
? things touching the war and the desigl
: of the Abolitiouists in that behalf.
3 will only here remark. that the syide
: tendency of the acts and aims OF th
. faction IL TO establish the asgagioe Of t
r question which they raised in the bsgi
- ming OF their reign of terror, "s0hssh
o srs hare goteraueas or n IT."
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