Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-01-08
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. WEDNESDAY,, JANUARY 3, 1869

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| not suppose that such an appeal al thar
" 1uiA BE- nada 10 TIE Senate ol the uail-
| sd States. EeL sE# r.
| yMg eolIsgue further says that thfs is q
baI time " affer such resolution. Why,
| SIR, Il is the only time when there would
bs any occasion for such an inquiry. 1t
in 81 just aIch times 10 these that this
power IL exercised. Ii is onsy on sHsch
occasions as this, know, that be wanId
| attempt to justify it. 10 time of quiet
aaa psssse ia the eoaatFy, be @aald noa
agTea that men should be- arrested With
VAL charge, without complaint, without
opportunity TO answer. From necessity,
II yoa ever make the Inquiry, you must
| ats il now. @@@ @~
But he says this will damoraiise and
geaksn Lha hoverHment. Les as see the
position of my colleague. Hs says thai
| be has obtained from the Senator from
Maine, when he admits thar he would
arrest certain persons under eiFeam ssan.
ccs which nc mentioas, all that ha wanna
and thea THAI Ekassgeak ID conslltaESsasas,
is there any h1rra, air, In inquiring Oh the
Secretary of State By what Law he made
| arrests, when my colleague says they are
perfectly CONSTITUTIONAL ..'..~. T.
| Again be wants to know who has been
wrongly arrested. Has that anything to
do with Fhs question? Are we to inquire
here as 10 whether a party WAS rightly or
wrongly arrested This IL simple Fes-
olutiou OF inquiry as 10 whether arrests
have been made. have not even asked
for the cause, and if 80, by What aushor.
ity. My colleague says she authority is
ample Then will any harm he done2
lie woald pas some of us in the posi-
tion Of charging the Government with
nsuFpation. Why, sir, ahe resolution.
does not even assume thai 30 arrest has
been made. II asks if my haEaaSMn
made, and no one that am awaFss "
charged Lie Government with asufS b
We were discussing q principle 80
sae making Of arrests, If any such wase
made, without authority, without chargs,
"iEhout opportunity to answer, wouid
not be despotism, and he chooses t.
charge upon some of Us having said that
che Executive was an usurper. No Ian
gaage that has fallen from rns will just.
~ any such impatatioa.
de says, moreover, We give aid and
comfort TO the enemy by this resolution.
SIR, | Disagree with him totally. IL you
will have united people, if you will
bring up the twenty millions og loyal
people in this country as one man 10
crush out this wicked rebellion, you must
bring them ap believing they are kghting
for constitutional liberty; g0u must bring |
them up believing they are fighting for
Law and to maintain the institutions which |
are Established by the Constitution 4 and |
you viii waakeD yoar Government. YOU
weaken its hands when you do anything |
that creates the impression I'm any poF- |
tton Of the coaairy that we are not fighs- |
lng for this regulated liberty.
Now, s3F, 'hi#k shat What have said
and | am not disposed to proIoag this
de5ate-is il complete answer 10 ali that |
fell from my colleague. The prlneipIe |
with which be eummeBced and ended, | |
confess l am unable to answer because,
If hr. BreGk iHridgo was here he would |
vote a certain way, therefore SENATOR
Foa must yOto din r, atly uns sRauf |
naFc Iastancrd wnat The rebels were d0ing; |
that they RnFFis0nei men that they ar
rested people; that they violated the Coa- |
"uEuti0H, AS it Ehat Wis any reason thai |
~ shUulI do it. Nby, SIR, claim that |
We are better than theg. e;aim that VT
will pat down rebellion and preserve the !
Constitution we will not violate the |
Constitution nor attemptto overthrow it /: |
nor do say that that has been done. / |
have supposed case which might amount
to usurpatiou, brt charge no usarpasioH;
and tins attempt which is made here to
array parsons against the administration,
1t seems to me j. Il most singular one.
What ~ 10 be gained by it? Has any.
body who has been in favor Of this reso- |
lutEon said they were against the admin
lstTatlon? LIS not every one diss.aiaed |
itT Does my colleague want the country
TO believe that Il portion 0! this Senate
the friends Of the Observation-Disclosures its |
enemies? Does my colleague want The |
country TO believe that Congress Is max |
ing war upon the President? Why as
sert il In the face of tbs declaration Of
every one that be has no such intentions<