Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-06-04
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he witness ssand By that Asty ainaA Mia
ieath, to give testimony againss those
Democrats who refuse 70 support the
Reconsideration In adj Of lsa asuEpations /
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Tbs Burlington Hassksye, and other
Abolition shests, have paraded time and
sims a&ala bsfsss sksis rsaAass the ssa-
Iowisg sxt<aes Tres, pae II bis sppseAas i
ssThe eonspirsny 10 break up stis ua-
ion 10 . faet knewn b al. .Armisa are |
bsing raised and gar levied 10 secom-
plish 1t. There can be but two aides 10 |
the controversy. Every man must be on
the side of ssths United Statesn Or
against IL. There can be no neusrals in
this war. There can be none but patriots
and traitors" .%
When the Aholikionists have finished
this quosation, they exalaim, sFaow sxy
the Democracy By this Standard" To
this proposition We hare no objection
but We wish TO have il distinctly under
stood, thai the pSssans Administration Ii
not the United State, and hence that OPP
position TO its policy and measures, il
not opposition to the United States. We
wish it also understood, that q man may
be opposed 10 the policy Of the Admins
tration-opposed to its usurpssions of
power, and al the same time be On the
sRde Of the United States. There Ia not
one Democrat in thousand in the north,
who is against the United States g u sOas,
and the Constitution az il Is, while large
majority Of the Rspublieaa-Abolition
party are against both. The assertion of
Mr.. Douglas, that ''thers can be none
but patriots and traitors" is unaouhted-
Iy true. But the question is who are the
traitors and who the pasriotsP To settle
this question we produce the testimony Of
their Own witness Mr.. Douglas. On the
Sd of January, 1861, On the measure of
compromise and Cancellation which he
had introduced, Mr.. Douglas said:
81 believe this to be a fair basis of
amieahle adjustment. If you Of the Re-
publican side are not willing 70 accept
this, nor the proposition Of the Senator
from Kentucky, (Ar. CrittendeR,) pray
tell ~ what you are willing to do ?
address ths inquiry to Republicans
| alone, for the rsasoa that "a the Commit
tee Of Thirteen, q fes0 days ago, erry
| gasnbey froRs the South, aaclsSdaas khos&
troua the Eettom SEagS, (A4essrs- Toosnbs
and Dsyis,I sxpressed their readiness TO
accept ths proposition Of my esnerabls
| fYisHd from Kentatekg, Dir. CriEeenden,
as FIaAL sKTTLEkKST Of the eosstrouerss,
If iatssdsd and stastasasd By RspubIseGra
members.
HENCE, THE SOLE RESPONSIBLE
TTY OF OUR DISAGREEMENT, AND
THE ONLY DIFFICULTY IN THE
WAY OF AN AMICABLE ADJUST
MENT, Is WITH THE REPUBLICAN
| PARTY"
| MIR. Douglas saw that there was emf
nent danger Of q dissolution of tbs
Union, and being son the side Of sh'
United States" he proposed measures tc
perpetua&e the Union, which the Repub-
Iican members opposed. When they re.
fused the adjustment proposed BY hiH
and also the one proposed by Mr.. CIR
rESDES, he said, ''Pray tell US what yot
are willing to do" Thy made no re,
| ply, nor did they submit any proposition
to allay the excitement and misunder.
standing" that was daily gaining strength
in the South. They were told that th'
measures proposed would be satisfaetor.
to the South and final settlement Of tn
controversy, if sustained BY the Republi'
can members; bat they turned . deaf ca
to the questions and enEreaties Of thos'
who were 'on the side of the Unitet
States" and suffered the 'sexcitement ant
misunderstanding" to eliminate in TIL
bombaEdment Of Fors Sampler. The
did nothing to prevent the war-they il
no act showed that they were "oa tn
sids Of the Uaitsd States !" but had oftel
declared their willingness to set the I'm
ion slids," and by their own acts and ag
gressions brought on the war, and heno,
We say in the language Of Mr.. Douglas
"Ths sole responsibility Of our disagree
ment, and the emily difficulty in the wa,
of an amicabIe adjustment, is With tn
Republican party"
If this be so, then We ask who are I'd
patriots and who the sraitora2 Who ar
on the side of the United States and VII
against it, The answer is a plain one
Those are on the side Of the United States
who have heretofore and still are support
ing the Constitution and the laws legal
enacted under its authority. Those ar
against the United States, who have ex
pressed willingness to "iet the Unio
slide" who have advocated the paasag
of laws In conflict with the Constitutio
with the intent of nulhfying the laws 9
the United States, and who now adyo
cate the suspension Of the Oonstitutio
and justify the srampling under foot th
writ of habeas corpus, and who advoeat
and support the war As measure
emancipase the slaves Of the South. Sue
men ere not son the side Of the Unite
States as they we're when Mf. Dougla
said, "Eyery man must be on the side {
= the United States or against H." Sue
nsn ARE not patriots, and according
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