Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-02-19

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dorssd the doesrsaa q q separation
o& the Saasss, a. y remedy Tor nm
wsaeons action b. sAa Rsdasal Gcvsfn-
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after the aanaxalsoa Of Taxas had become
an issue hegsrs shs psoplas JeAa Qaiaey
Adams, Seth n. Gates, WIN. Shade, Wm.
B. Calhoun, JOSHUA h. GlDDISGs,
Sherlock J. Andrews, Nathaniel 3, Dor
aoa, Thea. G. orisssndass Joha Aassesks,
ChrissepAsr Morgan, JasAas D. Howard
viesosy Bssdssys, and Highland Hall
thsa memhers Of Congress, aad aoss, lsil
who axe living Of the naabeF1 Rlaok Be-
paAlieans, issued an address dlreossd %
the peoplsof the Frss Saia Of ms Uaion,
In whieh they said; a.
ave hesitate aot 10 say shaa the annex
alton, effected by any act or proeesdiag
Of the Government, or Of It's departments,
waald b idsnsieal with dissolution. Is
woald be avi0lasioa OF sar Asaisnal eoaa-
past, - objscss, dssisns, and shs great
slsmsssary principles which entered into
its formasioa, Of character 20 deep and
funsasmsnsals and woald BE- an asaemps 70
aashoYigs ia institution and q power Of
9 nature 90 uniass in themselves, 30 in]u-
rioas 10 ths intaressss and abharrsns %
the feelings Of the people Of tbs free Mates
a., In our opinion, mos oaly Inevitably 70
result in dissolution Of the Union, BUT
FULLY TO JUSTIFY IT; and we nos
only assert thai ths psopls Of tbs frss
States ought not TO sasbmif % q; but we
say With confidence, they would nos sub
NIT 10 It,"
Here was q sectional issue Eaiaea--an
issue which would BE- decided upon the
happening Of certain contingency, and
was to Justify the free Ssssss in seeding
from the Unions This il dissines deoiaEa-
tisn, thai the admissioa If Texas int sha
Union would produce dissolution, and q
deliberate avowaI, that is admission wo'd
justify secession. It also carries with IL
the doctrine of secession, by asserting that
"ths people Of the fires States oSSh1 not
to ssbmis'' to tbs annexation Of Texas to
the Union. These men, JcsHgA B. GlD-
DrxGs, whs is one " tbs appointses OF
the present Administrations. among their
number, occupy precisely she same ground
upon the right Of aeesssions that 10 head
by JEET. DAVIS, and the soashern rsbslay
and the only difference between them is,
that they, upon the happening Of the con-
tingsney which, IN thar opinion, Justified
the secession of the free States, dad not
possess the courage 70 attempt 10 car
~ thsir threats into execution. The Alb
Observation-Disclosures Of the NeEth, snd the
Soushegn Sscessionists oesupy the same
platform, and sapposiug both TO be boa
est In the opinions oppressed, which OF
the two, in shs estimation of an enlighs-
ensd world, occupies the MOST anenvAable
position at tia present tiaae?