Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-01-15
unKnKI ra1Ax IN IOWA,


Ihe Iowa State RsgatslsA ssnssside ar
ziele, which is evidsatly intended secre-
ate false impres.sOn ahrpads and " M |
q spirit Of retaliation on she
part Of our eitiaens against secessiozfssts
ip MissQai, ephspil The eisissns along The
line in q border war. In times like The
brother is arrayed against
brother ard father against son, facts Only
should be stated, and oil should aygid
creating unnecessary excitement By nis-
representations which lead TO difficulty
and blood shed. The Register zays -
sHon. H.. w. ESsLEsH, Senator from re-
Roas sountys briags us she iptslligsSee
that band Of Secession Maraaders, some
thirty In number, headed BY q rufhan nam
I'D WA2zxN PRIcx, made foray into
alsK issssk' q Grovs In tbs Soushssn para Of
Frsmont county, Ga Tuesday morning Of
last week" The facts stated upon the
above information are probably correct,
but the point where the error occurs and
which is likely ts mialead thspsopls along
the boundary line, is as to the character
of the Marauders, The Register says that
MIR. English stated that they were . band
Of sseszsiossisas. Now we do nos believe
thai Mr. English made such statement,
and If he did he Was mistaken reIatiTs TO
the character of the guihans. Shines ar.
English left Fremont sosaasy, legal In
vestigatioa has taken place, and the sss-
simony shows that Warren Price, the lead
er of the gang, is q JoyhateksT from Kan
sas--a man who rohs and plumbers Union
men in the name of Seeessienists, and in
the name Of the Union he plumbers sesss-
sionisss, and in this instance be was rep
resenting himself to be UaioH HaGF.--
The proof shows that this party wera 10
the house Of one WrLLIAM LEWIS, Union
man, in Missouri, where they got their
supper, had their horses fed and INDUCED
pretty freely in the use Of tfghting whis-
key" That after supper, they, accom-
panied by Lewis aud other Union naens
repaired to the residence OF Baptist
Preacher who was al out~spoksn Seess-
sionist. That they made him get ouE Of
bed-that they tied up one OF his legs and
drew his foot up so that be could only use
one leg, and then compelled him to danse
to the tune of Yankee Doodle, and other
airs which they whistled. From thence
they proposed TO "spring the line" (go
over into Iowa) and pay the citizens Of
McKissiek's Grove visit. To this prop
osition Lewis and neighbors objected and
returned home, but Price and his gang of
JayhswkeFs went on, and committed the
depredations nearly as described BY the
Register. Ii is fact which cannot be
successfully eontroyerted, that large
portion If not a majority Of the people of
Missouri are Secessionists-that Sepes-
si0nists are quite numerous along the line
dividing the States of Missouri and Iowa.
Now, if it Was generally believed by the
people of Iowa, that these depredationa
have been and still are being commikted
by secsssionisEs, in a spirit of retaliation
like dspredations will be committed by
our people upon the property and against
the lives of the citizens of Missouri, and
as natural consequence the people Of the
two States will become engaged in q Dor
der war. Bat If the true state of the ease
is repccsented-if it is understood that
these and other depredations of like char
acter, have been committed by al unau-
thorized band Of thieves and robbers, all
will unite in Kidding the country of the
thieFiEg outlaws. who take advantage
Of the distracted state of the country to
kill aud. plumber their neighbors.
Taking this view Of the case, We bold
tito be every mans duty to represent
things truiy--tO do nothing to create un-
necessary prejudice between citizens re-
siding on either side of the State lineg By
means of which, we may be embroilei in
a border war, rendering life and property
insecure, and tendiag TO drive honest and
peaeeable citizens from their hresides and
homes. We repeat that We do not be-
Iieye that Mr.. ENGLISH, made the state
ment imputed to him by the Register IS to
the character Of the individuals engaged
in the outrage. But if be did make il, he
was mistaken relative to the character oil
| the Jayhawking villains. The persons
arrested residing in Missouri have all been
discharged from custody BY the exalnin'
ing court in Fremont county.
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