Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-12-24

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eoarIy Vim 6y ny, nor sasfhias . shsu
shas hs nd nos qaistay walksd Away from
his hozns pnzaolsstsd BY any one; which al
tsswards proves obe the fast. xss this
aeaa inbamAa form nes oniy thus saeoss
lnneosns mans bat finding, after shs
arsa6fal Yollay, that LIE was act sxtinos
Ia I'll, diEscss another discharge with the
muxxles nf tbs gnns a. thar heads Tina
brusally, aandishiy, axtinguishss the last
spark Of life 10 bis poor victims shsn
s#aggass psoadly sway, anticipating ths
plsudiss u his fanatioal masters aad Ia
not sssn rebaksd by . CoaRs Martial r.
though u 10 grasifying 20 learn that truly |
brave olhcsrs refuse 20 take the murder
On BY the hand.
Can we wondes thai sueh al Adminis- |
ssakasn looks eomplAssasly upon the
wholesale massacre of dsfenseless, unof-
fsuding men, women and children upon
such deeds OF horror - scalping, eaksang
tho tksoats, choppiag on the handa and
fest saa cutting out the hearts of de-
fsncslsss settlers, yavishing maids and
masxous, shooting, atabhing and ripping
ap the bodies of pregnant women, dash-
ing out the brains Of children and burn
ing than in their own dwellings!
Iadeei, is this anything more than
whas thsy propose TO lnaagurass through
: out half Of our own Union, in order to
destroy any chance for its restoration
and to complete the destruction OF our
liberties2 Is it any wonder that they are
so isaiens towards the ssvHges, VITO pr
!, pstratsd sash atroeities7 Instead OF
shirsy-edd, every asvAgs guilty of par
tisip&sion Ia them should be sxaxeated
and their bodies hung mp On svsEy cross
. sEail and ford ovsr the whole frontier, "a
- q warning and agaaEanty Of the swift
vengeance which 10 surs to oVsrsaks al
- perpetrators Of similar deeds.
>, Yea have doubtless seen a notice Of
u the dozen political prisoners recently re
- leased at Davenport and Estarssd to thsi
/" homes in this. Madison and CLARK eoan
VI ties. Space will not permit q descrip
u ten of the barbaEities 10 which the,
~ have been sabjeetsd bat your patriotic
u" liberty loving readers will be glad /
learn that they have instituted, OF ar
VI about to institute suita against Hoxis 10
x false imprisonment. Finch, CLARK "a
ef Riea, of this city, With Parker from Ds
20 venport, have Desu retained as their al
nc toEniss.
10 Intelligent Republicans hsrsabout
~ hang their heads In shame at any aiIu
< sion 10 the Presidents Message; and We
Ne thsy may; while the more faaasieal All
'@a olitionists look blaak and dumb founde
" on failing 10 axtert from sheir nsighbol
ne an admission thai the Utopian theory c
ne Emancipation, to save the Union, is Il
" acme of excellence and statesmsnship.-
ny Thsy cannot comprehend why others d
'af not appreciate the great axiom ussere
70 by Mr.. Lincoln, viz: s'As our sass
oy new, 50 We must learn to tkiHk and O
tbs anste. We must dassHthrau oussssvss &
mo and then we shall save our county,
me They are amazed to learn thai 9th
TN folks "can't see it," What mixture
MS lanasic, fool and knaEs have We for
Jus President
Well. we are at length in possession
ter the news from fredericksburg, oaly
nv grows blacksr and blaaker every day,
40 the tails leak out; another Espulsa
ckr Is, 900 slain, without affecting anything
&C. our szmy on this side Of the Rappshanot
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