Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-12-31

,aoas. thai We have daaoaneed and con. I
canned, not only the taieviag and rob
.srsss oommis.ed by the soldiers OF tbs
'aaaral Array upon loyal oisissas Of :
gorshasa Slasss, bal also the deprsda-
ions al Maraadsrs, JayhAwksrs and Sol
here Ia the Array, upon the private prop
sxsy Of cisizsna Of Southern States,
Shelter loyal or moi, and thai ws never /,
,eased to urge upon tbs officers 10 eona-
tnand, tho necessity Of the ssriossst rules
Of sailisary discipline and the strict OBJ
sssvaaee In every particular, OF the re-
sognixsd rules of Oivilized warfare 49,
Arraigasd by the Republican presss for
these expressed views, We placed tAsir
necessity upon tao grounds; the first was
the preservation Of the Army itself from
the demoraIixing affects OF the dishonest
practices, which If continued wsuld |
eventually lead to its sntiEs destruction,
and secondly; the absolute necessity OF
preserving tho hsnor of the Northsrn
seetion, which claimed TO be lighting for
the ssConssitation, the Union and the en-
forcement of the laws" We contend
that those who were entrusted with power
10 enforce the laws, should themselves
be rsspsetors Of the lava, that they we're
| attempting to saforca.
As much IS we dssestsd and adhered
the war-notwishstahding eur bslisf that
il might have been avartsd, and pesos
honorable peace maintained, had the Ad-
ministrasion only willsd It, or the Aboli-
ton Congressman abandoned their crude
ideas Of ''blood- lssting," yet, inasnuch
a. we we're into 1t, ne sontsnded that 1t
should be conducted upon the long es-
tablished and well recognised principles
of civilization. Fer this reasons more
than any other, We denounced the practice
Of allowing and encouraging negroes,
men, women and children, to foilow in
the rear Of the army, demoralizing the
soldiers, eating the provisions intended
for the use Of thu Army, or subsisting by
plundsring the inhabitants under the
sanction and protection Of the oshcer'
Of the Array. For these things the Aeo-
lition- RspubIican-Disanio press shro''
out tbs State, and the h&irbrainsd and
cowardly fanatics "hsreabouts." began
to howl at us "Secesh," "Traitor,'
"Southern sympathissr," "JEER DAVIS
too" &C., &c. Not oaly did the o?eE
aad avowed Abolition-Republican- Dis
uaion shssss, raise this howl against Us
bat their volunteer ally, under the garE
Of Democracy, the Omaha Nebraskiaa
, joined in the cry and as is usual in al
new converts, its howl was louder an
more feEoeious than that of the dyed-in
the wool Abolitinnists.
So far We have withstood and outlive
ali the base calumny of the lying Adolf
ton press, the whining, gnivhng, hypo
critical fanaticaI Abolition Disunion- Re
publicaus "hereabouts," with their aid
ers and abestors on the other side OF ID
, river, and nov what do we behold
Let the Disanion- AboIiEionisss Fea
t one Of their own organs and see what
has to say about the practices whie
y we condemned nearly eighteen month
q ago, and for such condemnation Wi
: branded by fanatics as a "Traitor,"
y The truth of " hat we then said has b,
! come so apparent, and the practices ths
condemned, and By the Abolisionists d
MED, have become so enormous, that
deny them and the effect they are prodl
: cling in the Army would be the heig BIT
folly, and enEitle any one who would a
tempt their denial to rank in the eassg'
~ of knaves and fools. 1t 10 30 app
:, rent that the army has become denora
lied, that the eitixsnss Of the aistric
from whieh the soldiers enlisted, inste;
Of preparing for bon6rss and saiutss
artillery TO welcome their return, are
horrible dread Of their coming, SO mu'
SO, that leading Black Republican on
~ grand jury in one of the counties
Il Ohio, proposed in q written address
>, the court, to build ass0 jGii, and "a
- as one of the reasons why q new j
4 should be constructed, the probable r
:. turn of the soldiers TO their homes, vh.
D. ii could be aseded.
Il, Not only have the soldiers been pc
Il, nitted by the officers in command
L steal, but they have been encouraged
Id evil doing and in baroerous warfare,
., the Iaxar1si army of saints who und
be the garb of PREAcAERs have followed Il
E. army and urged the soldiers on to dee
Id of theft, robbery and murder in {
name of God, whom they daily blasphen
or Not long ago We read IA account given
es d. N. SIXTH, Ohaplain to the 18th Re-
I'D ment Of volunteers, Of &sermon preao
nd ed By himself, In which he ssroVe to %
is vince the officers and men that Ii "
til THAR duty to kill sill the rebels that shoU
o" fall into their hans, and as proof Il
Ill such was their duty, be referred TO th
in .shigheE lax" governing war, that il N
70, recognized BY civilized nations-ths Il
e~ nndsr which David fought when be 10
q, Rabbah, sand he brought ous
nd people that sosye in it, and cut tn,
he With saws, and With harrows Of ire
$ and with axes. Even so dealt Dai
70, with all the cities of tha CHILDREN
Amman This Rev. Devil inearua