Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-03-12

JEFF. DAyxs' INAUGURAL An0mK4k
kz4taw Curzgsk: On this sha hizgh.
day Of Eha uan napst idenfiGed wfIh III
establishment Of American iEsdeeazsd deuos,
aad beaealh tAa anosssagneus erected q
eommasaoxass ais hsgois viwsass aasl those
sf bis sssapassiasss We hasa assSzshlaa ID
ashss aqsa existsnea Tie psraaaasss gag
sramsns % she confederate s&akes.g--
Throagh tlsis instratnensazil Andax fiis
favor Of Disine Rsosiasnoas We hope so
Epsrpetuase the pFSnaiplea ef ous savsla-
tionsFy fathers, The dag, tbs memory
and The purpose seem fitly associated.
| II Il with naingEad feelings Of hngilisy
and priae that ] appear 10 saka, in the
pgssanep af the paapie and before high
heaTens tba oath prescribed as anglik-
cation for the exalted station Id which
The unanimous voice u tha people haa
called me. Deeply ssasihle Of ali shsa In
implied By tAis manifestation Of the pee-
Pies eonadenee, ] am yet more pFoloand-
II Impressed By the vast responsibility OF
the once, and humhly feel my uwn IN
wosthinsss. s.fEE 5a aas
10 Fssasn foE theis kindness. / can only
afer assurances Of the gratitude with
which il Is received, and can but pledge
Jealous desotion of every faculty 60 the
service of those who haye chosen me as
their Chief Magistrate.
When long course of class isgislation,
directed not to the general welfare, but
to the aggrandlzement Of The Northern
sectioa OF the Union, eliminated int .
warfare on the domestic institutions of
the Soashern States when the dogmas
OF sectional party, substituted for the
provisions Of the constitutional compact,
threatened to destroy the sovereign rights
Of the States, ak OF these stases With
drawing from the ualon, eonfederated
together TO exercise the right and perform
the duty Of iustituting d government
which would better secure the liberties
for the preservation of which that Union
was established.
Whatever Of hope some may have en-
teEtained that returning sense of justice
woald reEaove the danger with which our
rights we're threatened, and render it pos
sible 30 save the Union Of the Coustika-
lion, must bsEe kesu dispelied by the
maiignity and baSbaEity Of the Northern
States IN the prosecution Of the existing
waF. The oo6dence OF she most hopeful
among as must have been destroyed by
the disregard they have recently exhibit
ed for all the tims -honored baIwarks Of
civil and religious liberty.
Bastilea slled With prisoners arrested
without civil process or indictment daiy
bound; the writ Of Haheas Corpus sus-
pended by ExeeutiTe mandate; State
Legislature controlled by the imprissn-
ment of members whose aEowed nrinci-
plca suggested to the Federal Executive
that there might be anosaer added to the
list Of seeded States elections held ua-
der threats Of military power; civil
officers, peaceful oitixene aud gentle We
mea inearcerated for opinions sake, pro-
claim the incapaclty Of our late associ-
ates TO administer a government rs free,
liberal sad hanaaue as that established by
our comtaen cause
For proof Of the sinearity of our pur-
pose 10 maintain our ancient institutions,
we may point 70 the consideration Of the
Confsderacy and the laws enaetbd under
it, as well as to the fact thai through all
the necessities Of an unequal struggle
there has bSen no act On our part to i'm
pair personal liberty, or the Freedom of
speech, of thought or of the press. The
courts have been opened, the Judicial
functions fully eKeeaied, and every right
fthe peaceful cisisen maintained rs Sc
eurely as If war Of invasion had not
disturbed the land.
THE people of the confederate States
now become convinced that tne govern
ment of the United States had fallen into
the hands Of q sectional majority, who
would peryert that most sacred of all
trusts % the destruction OF the rights IL
was pledged to protect. They believed
that 20 remain longer in The Union would
subject them to continuance of dispar-
aging discrimination, submission to which
would be Inconsistent with their welfare,
and intolerable 10 proud people. They
| therefore determined to sever its bonds
and establish new eonfederaey for them
selves.
The experiment instituted by our Rev
olaiionary fathers, of voluntary Union
of sovereign States for purposes speoiEitl
10 solemn compact, has beea psrvaTted
By those who, feeling power ana forget
ting right, were determined 70 respect no
law but their own will. The aoY ernment
had ceased to answer the snds for which
| il was ordained sadestablished. To save
ourselves from reFolntion in which,
in its silent bat rapid progress, was
about to place us under the dsBpousm Of
numbers, and to preserve in spirit as we'll
as In form, system OF government we
believed to be peculiarly fitted TO our
condition, AMI full of promise TO man
kind, we determined TO nuke q ncw as
| sociation, composed of States homo
geneous in interest, in policy, and in
| feeling. .... .-.f....s
True to oar traditions OF peace and
our love Qf justice, we sent commission
ers to the United States to propose fair
and amicable settlement Of all questions
of public debt or property which might
be in dispute. But the government al
Washington, denying our night 20 self
| government, refused even 70 listen to
| any proposal for peaceful saparation.--
Nothing was then lsft 10 Us bat to pre-
pare fog war.
The hrst year in eur histor has been the
most eventful in the annals of this ennti-
nens. A new government has been estab.
iished, and its machinery put in opera
tiou over nm area extending seven hadTed
thousand square miles. The great pfin-
eiples on which we have been willing to
hazard everything tifat il dear to nlaf
have MAIDS eaBquests for US which could
never havs been aehieved by the sword =
Our Confederacy has grown from six Il
thirteen States, and Maryland, already
united to rs BY hailowed memories aud
material interests viii, believe, when
i able tospeak wiaisunetilied vaice, connec
j her destiny with tbs souths
Il 0ur people Eiaye rallied with anexampl.
s ed unaaiastsy 70 siasssarpag Of khs xrea