Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-11-19


Seward who, il bad bssa announced, was
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prvyar 70 say hare, ~ haEs said on 9th
81 saeawisus, chat be pledged his sacred
hoaer that there should be no collision
between the North and the South. =
(HeAs, hsaz. "say,n said he, "Gor-
eznor Aosshesd'', laying hs hand on my
shoulder 60 make it more emphatic, stlet
Hss ones hold &he reins OF power firmly
in nay hands, and If | don't settle this
matter 20 the entire gatisfsetion Of the
South In sixsy days, viii give you my
hsad sor foothalI.n Although [ con-
faas shas I bad bat iitte confidence In Mr..
Seward, I thought IL utterly impossible
that an honorable man could make piedg
% of that kiBd and 90 shortly afterwards
violate them an the most shameless man
mar. -"'
'-' wH4T JUDGE LOGAN DID,
Shortly after Ar. Lineoln came to
W aahington city in the nanasr thai Joa
have al. read of, and bis particular and
intimate friend Judge Logan, called to
see me before breakfast one morning
before | bad got cut of ny bed, aRd an
uounced to me as secret the fact and
manner Of bis arrival in the city OF Wash
ington, speaking In terms Of indignation
against those who bad advised . course
Of that sort, and stated At the same time
that Mr. Lincola-with whom I had serv-
cd In Congress, and with whom was apoR
very intimate terms-meRtioned my name
first Of all after be had met hin, and de.
sired an interview with nae. | said TO
Judge Logan that would prefer thai
other gentlemen should be wilh me, and
aut have the interview alone, and be stat
ed that Mr.. LineoIn had also named other
gentlemen. ... -. :.
The gentlemen Invited to the interview,
besides Gov. Morehead, weEs W. G. RiEes
and Judge Sumner of Va, Gen, Doni-
piran Of Mo-, and MFR. Guthrie Of Ky
The interview did not taks plaes until
several days afterwards, about nine
o'clock as night.
how Nh. LrScoLx cor TO BE PRESIDENT,
Mr.. Lincln commenced the oouYsrsa-
ton. after receiving US very kindly, By
stating that he vas accidentally elected
President Of the United STATES that be
had never aspirsd to q position of that
kind that it had never entered bis head /;
but that from the fact his having made a
race for the Senate of the United States
With Judge Douglas, in the State Of Ilii-
nois, bis name became prominent, and he
was accidentally selected and elected af-
serwards as President Of the United
States; that running that race in local
election, bis speeches had been published,
and that any one might examine his
speeches, and they would find that he had
said nothing against the interests of the
South.
WHAT liz xEAET BY ga HOUSE DIVIDED
AGAINST TTsELF."
lie ds6ed them to point out any one
sentence in all the various addresses that
be had made in that canvass thai oould
be tortured into enmity against tbe South,
except, he remarked, one expression,
namely, that ''a house divided against
itself must fall; they mast either Be al
sixvs or all free states J" and be said thai
be explained afterwards thai Was 50 sb-
| stract opinion, and never intended 10 be
made the basis Of bis political action
He remarked at the game time that tbs
clause in the Constitution of the United
States requiring fugitive slaves to be
| dsliEsrea up, VI a. constitutional proTis.
ieB, vas part of the organic law Of the
land, and that be would execute that witt
more adeilsy than any Southern man thal
they could posioiy aud, aad be could no
imagine whAs was the cause OF the deeE
anu apparently settled snmity that exist.
ed towards hin throughout the South
looking al me 81 the time as il TO insit'
an answer from me.
Governor M0Eehead says he replied tha
it Was noe oH account of any persona
enmItY 50 bfr.i Lincoln shat the Souti
wants to seceda, bat the secsionalism ca
bis party and its platform. He then ap
pealsd to him 10 give the guarantees lie
nanded By the peace conversion.
| WHAT M. LINCOLN Was WILLING TO DO
He SAID he vas willing TO give con
stitutional guarantee that aLayary shoal'
not be moIested in any way, directly o
Indirectly, in the States but that he va
| WillIng TO 20 furthes, and gaze a gnaran
lee that it Should not be mJlested in th
Disesios of Uolnm bia that he would &
stil fusshsE, and say that 1t should nc
be disturbed 10 the docks, aESenals, forta
and other places within the slaveholdin
States; bat Is for slavery in the Terrific
ries, that his whole life ~as dsdisased
4 opposition TO its extension there; that
vas elected by party that hai MAJ
Il thas q poraios OF it's platform, and 4
ahaaid oonsidar sbat ne was bssTayin
sass party If be ever agreed, under %
state OF the case, TO ALLOW slavery 20
: extended into the Territories.
Il Ts which Gov. Morehsad replied Cd
I lIhe laws of nature were stronger prob
Ibaions Of slavery In the Territories ths
| any Law Congrssa could make; Why, sh'
. insist upon 40 empty form. Govern.
/ Morehad also alluded 80 the fact that
q yes = naissgiEv sPresiaaas, and aaggesa'
1 thai bsing the President Of The who
Union, be should have some respect {
. the opinion Of the majority.
Nh. LlscoLs lrfTLx sgxsrTTYE.
ell He at once rather briskly said If
vas q minority President be was not I
. hrss. and that a all svenss be bad sbsai
ed more votss than We could master ]
- any other man" / think, ~ near ~
b can ressllses, these are abeas bis iden
oal wsfiss
Gov. Morshead said ha did mes ms
= 10 recall TO him that be was minor
- prssideats but simply thai hswas prs
: dent Of the whole people. Gea. Do
" phar shen tnSerpcsed and presented 10
- alssssAsive pf0posisions frss char
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