Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-03-26

Prssidsnt Iissa1 - less q
0ongrsss, md ~ g. 1na~ll ~
surprise u 10 ssens1 = r - -
70 Ceagrssa, rsi1tfag RI y ~ a.
emancipation. InxEssss y skses I'D
eoaeise, and Ne rsesnnssanaisa saa-
a.issd y Il w q issla 4 ~ fslia~ias
1A~siss, Thai ~ Unissd ssaass
oQghf q. ea-eperass with any State which
~ adoqt Agradnai abolishmens al slA-
III rimH ~ nn9A Stn6e psrsniaya1f.
! III III o. 80 q i its dirrrstion
mpsnsste for M inconveniensia,
psblle asd pFivAsss produced By such
change Of syssem. =
The rssolution ssenss 10 b. fair and
opsa, and oapahls of bat ona intsrpresa-
ton, jet the most dissimilar and ansaxo-
aissio poiisssians nd sparsss spdorse
Azd approve q 4, giving % il asssrly d.
verse meanings, and wrapping and shaping
i Is > conservative or radical iasiiaasioa
rseis md undsrssxads ii. areeIsy. With
aAaiag capitals, and douhle-lsaissa lead.
ssss annoaBcss II as . ssprogresslvs''
nsve; looks upon II ~ the daxning Of q
determination Oh she part Of the admin
issrasiOn 10 roas oas slavery; and In the
hsighs of his emulation and rejoicing,
49,
heartily seconds Herald suggestion for
the REORGANIZATION of Lincoln for Prssi-
dent in 1864. We give some extracts
from tbs Tribune Of tbs 7sAaad ssh iasss- :
ssThe Message constitutes In itaeif an
epoch in the history of our country. Ii
has no precedent, we trust il may hare
many conseqaents. IL Is she day.asar of
new National dawn. Even Il IL were
no more than barren avowed By the
Chief Magistrate OF the Nation chat RI Is
HIGHLY DzszxAsEx THAT rKx UsIaS m rras-
ED or SLASxsY, Il would be q great fass,
of far weightsr import than many bat
sles.o
ssThe warning Of tie President 10 she
Rebels that il the war goes on, call the
incidents Of var are 70 be anpaeyed, syen
IL they oaase ruin.9 will be understood aE
ones 30 mean that slavery mas& eease 70
exist when Ii stands la the way of huaaa.
ity and the Republic. The friends OF
Freedom are much eisssa, and all antiei-
pate that the good oaass viii be qaieksn-
ed shroughous the eoanEry.1
@Is 1.-THE Msssagej 10 not merely yigos-
GUS State paper, hoaess, wise, farcibla /:
bat one Of those few crest scriptures that
live In history and make "a epoch In the
lives of nations and OF races The hrss
era Of the supremacy Of the rights of man
In this eoaakgy aatea fran she Declaxation
Of Endepsndsnee; sAe second began on the
9th Of March, I662, with the EEaaacipa-
ton Message Of President Liaeoln.s
The more moderate papers, On the con
srary, look upon ID as fair and candid
offer, having for les object nc sudden and
violent renoval Of the institution from
the interested States, bat leaving ID TO
thsm alone to decide Watcher slavery shall
longer exist within their borders letting
il remain, in ths language of the Message,
ga matter of psrfeesly free choice with
them" Whore there has, - yet, bsan
the manifestation Of a desirs ca thu psxs
Of any one OF tbs Border States 10 ssinit-
late emancipation however, we have
failed to learn. Delaware, the leass
sinesared with slavery Of any Of the Bos-
der States, refused Ia lis recent legislative
assembly TO hare any discussion 90 tbs
subject Of emancipation, ard during the
present disturbed condition. If che various
States 1t seems utterly out OF the question
that any one Of the nunber will agitate .
subject fraughs with so much that will
have tendency to still further divide
their present inhasmonioas eounsels.
The interpretation giyen by such men
as Greeley viii be the one most readily
received and credited By shose i'm hostility
to the government; the insroaaetion Of
the subject OF emancipation will be look
ed upon as in the nature Of threat for
the Tribune oracle says thas the Border
States are requested TO initiate smanoipa-
ton, bat, IN certain GREAT, slavery nssssI
cease 10 sxias, even though ruin shossld
&assss. This view Of the scheme will be
used with powerful effect upon tAs wavsE-
ing in the Border States viii unite -
one nan, the people Of the cotton and
sugar States 10 determined and sesrnal
opposition; and will, we fear, furnish
shousads Of additional recruits TO the Con.
fedsrate army.
If the question could be set at rest b.
the fair and ousspoken wishes Of the pso-
pie interested, Il would be glorious shins
for the COUNTRY woald settle for all sims
the agitation Of this subject bat whsz
the scheme 10 80 sxalssd over and sxtel.
led by thess fanatical asoiisioa dema-
goguss, We shink there must be just res,
son 90 look upon IL with suspicion. I
will seen be discasssd la I'll its bearings
and We shall shan BE- sbls - judge whssh
e. radical or conservative i right In 81
Estimation Of the purpors 81 tha Message
/ There are some saa4tsFs which wouls
seam 10 hare been overlooked in eonnss
tion with This subjees. Pfvs hundrsd mil
lions OF dollars would hare - be raised
10 pay the working OF shis asnsncipsslol
bill In bat fve States, valaing cash slas
ss ~ average Of 500. Where il hi
money 10 come fromy Are the burden
OF taxation 10 20 ssill farsAsr increases
BY this Wholesale slave purchase d
the way. what will oux aholision kriend
say 70 this gOvsrumsaa spsealation -shi