Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-02-12

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POLITICAL HYpocRacY. |
Thaddeus Stephens, Of pennsyIvana, In
his speech in tha house the other days psad
President Iancoln what might De termed |
q baek-haaded compliment. Said he,
ts0h for ak months resurrection In the
gesh Of stern old Joekson; in three mouths
With one hundred shopsand soldiers, he
would put down the rebeihon." de Woo
put il down, no dobt, and a. the same
time he would sxhort the people OF the
North. "a be exhorted them in bis fare
well address, to pat down the spirit OF
unIiihcazion and rebellion In their midst
xhieh has heen so instrumental In pro
.iaeing the seathern rebellion.
Mr.. Steyensp allusion viii recall 10 |
thousands, whose memory runs 30 lar back
the fact that Gen, jackson had not . more
riudieEve reykler than this same Ste
yens, and many Of his revilsrs were Eery,
very bitter. s-....a.5 ..
Ii was an abolition speech Mr. stevens
was making. He should have stopped TO
think, before pressing Gen. jackson into
his services fof any purpose, that il there
was anything the old hero hatsd more
than u southern secsssionist, il vas q
nprshern ablitzonist.-- ChibGgo TiEsGs.
Many of our readers will remember that
| DURING the lifetime of GENERAL JAcKsoN,
be had not more bitter opponent than
shis same Tha ldeus Stevens; bat nov,
this Black Republican negro worshiper,
for the purpose of giving the administra-
ton "lick backwards" becomes The Gu
IIogist of the departed hero and statesman.
There is also q wonderful disposition man
Iifested on the part of the Black Republi-
can press and speakers 70 eulogise the
memories Of General jackson and other
distinguished Democrats. These presses
and speakers gate frequently aAuds to the
laIaented DouaLAs, and express regret
thai be is not In the Senate, to inspire the
country By his patriotism, fervid and
convincing elpguence" 10 o saighty effort
70 nut down the rebellion. Are they sim
csre In the regrets they expresse Mr.
Douglas was in the Senate and made d
noble and patriatie effort to save tina I'm
ion. He proposed a series OF measures
which would have given Satisfaction TO tt'
South and peaoe to the country. He sup
ported those measures in as fsryid, con
vincing and eloquent speech a. Was eva
, made by man. Was he listened to or wa
his counsel hssdedP When he urged a.
measure Of pseiROation, tia adoptioE
, of the Resolutions offered by Ar, CgrrTEs
pKs, and assured Senators that they wo't
be satisfactory to the South and would re
store peace and fraternity betwen the tw'
!, sections of the Union, what attention dill
: the Black Republicans pay to bic urgen
I | entreaties, When be warned the senat
and the coGntfy, of the impending dange
= which hung over our country, what atteu
n tioa was paid TO bis warningsS None d
!. all Mr. Seward said the secession ten,
= pest would blow over In thirty days, an
MIR. Lneoln said that s'nobody WA hurt.
But be was hardly cold in his grave, b
: fore Republican speakers commenced
J. pronounce ealogies upon his pssriotisI
~ and craftsmanship.
J. When we reeoIlect with how much bi
= terness Gen. jackson and Senator Dont
Ia las, in their lifetime, were Denounced
= demagog CUES and traitors 70 their ooantr
vi by these same men, we cannot baiie'
4 them sincere In their laudations of the
ar after they have been deposited in the ton
3. There la somsthing hypoxieical IN thf
IL manifestations. They are made, not b
I'd cause of any genuine respecs On the pa
In Of these men for the opinions, patriotisl
craftsmanship and integrity, Of the d
- parted heroes aRd statesman whom ID
:, praise, nor because their maids hare a
- dergune any change with regard 60 !
!, / principles upon which the Government
u founded or should be administered In
: are hypocrisisally raads for Q double pu
- posa. First, ~ we said before, 70 q
- / the President slick back p and secon
II ! II, To gain the inauenca and confidence
i, the thousands ssill living, who were
- ardens and uneompfouising supporters
A. GEE. Jackson, whose measures and p'
tox riotio devotion to has country are d
- fresh Ia their menories, and to prodi
-
: favorable impression and win the inf
! enee Of the sens Of thousands, wAa lana
! and mourn the death oil Ms. DoUaaAs.
~ These ebullisions of praise, coane fri
Abolisionisas of the sTxvxas, GaSkIa
=. dARarsoS stripe, of the apper-teadom
: Black Repahlicanism, and Of the Bloc
:, sra, Streetas Maynards, Pred Dougla
- and Lockwoods, OF The lower order of p
:. iticians, who prefer the successes of the
!, bellion 10 the restoration Of the aovsg
] aent apon iss original basis. ataoves
n msnt without slavsry, or slavery wlshe
Government, II 3hsis ann and end.
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