Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-07-02
SENATOR SUMMERS LETTER.

The following private letter from Sen
aGor SUHNKR to friend, who had been
oEitieising and finding fault with the acts
Of the President, in regard to the ap-
pointment Of STANLEY - Military Cover
nor Of North Carolina, and his procla-
mssiea declaring Gen HuSTxR's procla-
matien nullity, we End in the Boston
Journal of late date. WspubliEh it in
order TO show that Senator SCxvER looks
upon the President as true Aboiitiouiss,
and that We have not been far from the
mark in pronouneiRg all of his pretended
conservatism as base hypocrisy, intended
to deceive the people:
SKEArR CHAMBER, June 5th, 1852.
Dir. Dear Sir Your criticism of the
President is hassy. | Gn confident that,
il you knew him As I do, you would not
make it. 1H
OF course the President cannot be
held responsible for the misfesances Of
Bubordinates, unless adapted or at least
tolerated by him. And am sure thai
nothing unjust or ungeneEous viii be toll
Grated, much less adopted by him.
/ am happy to let yoa know that he
has no sympathy with Stanley in his alb
snrd wicksdness, closing the schools, nor
again In his other ass& "a taFaiag e4.r
camps into hunting ground for slaves.
he repudistes both--positiVely. The
latter point has occupied much of his
thought and the newspapers have noS
gone too far in recording his repeated
declarations, which have often heard
from bis own lips, that slaves finding
their way within the national lines are
never TO be re-snalaved. This ID his
conviction, expressed without reserve.
Could You hare seen the President ~
it was my privilege often, while be was
considering the great question on which
be has already acted-the invitation ID
emancipation in the District of Column
bia, and the acknowledgement Of the In
dependence Of Hayti and Liberia, even
your Eeal would have been satisfied, for
you would have felt tha ainesrity Of his
purpose to do what be could 20 carry
forward the principles of the Declaration
Of Independence. His whole soul was
occupied, especially By the first PROPOSE
ton, which was peculiarly his own In
familiar insercourses with him, / remem-
Der nothing mora touching than the ear
nestness and completeness with which he
embraced this idea. 70 his mind it vas
just and benehcent whiIa it promised the.
sure end Of sIarsrg. OF course, to ne,
who already proposed . Bridge of Gold
for the retreating hend, ID was most well
come. Proceeding from the Pxesidenk,
il must take its place among the grsaaE
events Of history.
II you are disposed to be impatient -
any seeming shortcomings, think, pray
yoa, of what has been done in Bird
peElod, and from the past discern Elna sure
promise Of the future. Knowing some
thing of my convictions and Of the ardor
with which 4 aiaintain them, You snay,
perhaps, derive some assurance from mg
confidence. ! say TO you, therefore, slana
By the Administration. Il need be, hsIp |
It by word and act, bat stand BIZ il and |
have faith In it.
i wish that you really knew the presi-
dent, and had heard tie artiess express |
SION Oh LIS DonVlcsaona Oh those questions
which c0ncern you 30 deeply. YEA
might, perhaps, wish that be were lesa
cautious, bat you would be greatfnl thas
he Is 30 true TO al That you Ravs al hsass. /
Believe me, therefore, ron are wrona.
and I regret IL Che more because Of nv
desire 70 soc all our friends stand Arm to. /
gesher. /
IL write stsongiy, X "a because I fed
strongly, for my constant and intimate
intercourse with the President Begin
ming with the 4th Of March, not only
binds me peculiarly TO his Administratioa.
bat gives Inasa personal ~ we'll a. pot
iasal interest ID sasing thaa jassies IL
Ions kim. 4 II. - -. H I I,
Believe HRe, my dear sif, Il
ssi8 With much regard, L
ass q Kser 1aishfafiy yours, Il
.ksatassa03 yes eaAsxss Suszzxas II