Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-08-20

appeared and said in substance thas thsRs
waa no ssataas Of the URiaea States andss
whish shs Gsraoas eouId be held meseiy
fss sSpsassioAs Of Aossilisg 10 ths Govern
Aeat, % fos ssssisiag iasslligsass fFosA
shs sossA thea ssch tAiaga ssss not &C.
saAIiy trsAsos, there being ne ovsss Aca
wsevsd tkas shs ilas R1ss be Asewa some
whssa, and sAaa, AItAoash tbs esaasss u
the Gordons Gas pretty slass ap 10 ID, he
mass s2sss . aosIs psossssa in shs ease
III. h. PA&gzR, Esq., rspliss sAss a1ses
what Asa bssn saia By the Attorney, II
ssa bis dsty to pFsasss against any dispo-
siaion Of shs ssss, axesps By . AsaFiag saa
d~ssrmin ssiea hy iAs magistrate Ha ssis
thaa 20 sae III shs I've Gssaoaa aad essa
guilty even Of iaproysr taik, sgesps Hsa-
~, shs youugsss. Ne wssDed sAoss seif-
eoastitsAsd coamitssss sksa shs coam ani-
sT could aot toIaRaas sucA iAssyfsscRss a
tAsg had bssm gwiiss Of. Hs saosghs tha
essaaeI far tAs defeadaAss esgks 10 have
90 oppogsaaity 10 viadieaas khe shsg&etsa
Of ahass msu. He had not himseR prefer
red 10 aggue ths case, having srsm the De-
ginHia4 left sAaa 10 the junios counsel
Mr. Seasett.
Mr. dana said Ghsa ga argument in shs
case sfsss she GoFexnment had sbsadon'
ed ia wouid be aaeisss, bus, IL aAythins
aoula DO said in Vindieasion ss the Cor
doas, 10 wosla Be Qaiss fair 70 allow it
Ar. ssskoTr wss obliged to the Distrie,
Attorney Ger ahst. Ne said sAsa, aftsa
what the Gordcns had suffered, ID woult
bs no Advantage for shszn 10 srgss shsil
uase. What thsy wanted their counsel e
| de waa 30 vinfsissae thsig character, snt
show the mssnness Of their prosecutors
This be proposed 10 do new. He thss
sadxsssed tie Commissioner ss follows
| Charles 2. Gordon 10 sixty years Of age
| He hes four soas. Thsy are all NATIVES
Of New EngIana, and aFs siivsEsmiahs b.
zsde. Thsy reside in the suburbs and d.
basiasss acre, in shs bailSing or DeasoT
Palmer, in Washington street.. They ss'
nsa Of respectable standing, and, ss Il
sAsiY political sentiments, they voted ta'
Douglas ticket. These are the parties
pgo&ssassd.
Ms. Peter Hobars, JY., il hogss huild
ar and deacon Of Para strsss church
DIR. Hayes is Superintendent Of the Ire
usoaa Tsmpls, and was member Of ia
shursh Of Mr.. KAlloch- Mr.. Thrsahsr j
| an scauasnsanss and aasseista Of sAsiss
Mr., PaImsg is anssheg deacon, in whos
buiding Q committee nea 10 aEy the 10y
slty Of the suspected citizens. Mr. VII
liam washburn 10 an architect, foTmsrl.
q nembar Of the City Council. Thss
pefsons age Of Republican politics, an'
are the real prosecutors.
Mr.. Thrashes complained 70 Nj. Hobaz
that the aordons were disaneet ed peopl
Who sympathised with the South. Mr
Hobart. acting On thasinfosnation wkot
them q letter, which, with It's answer froE
the Gordona, 10 in the case. The mex
day, By the insilasioa Of Deacon Palmer
the above named persons met by eoneer
| ia hig basement, With number Of Others
elected De~eon Palmer chairman of th
meeting and called the Gordons befor
shern. The eldest son, being asked D
MIR. Hobart, the letter writer, il be woui
satisfy them of his loyalty, by putting OF
a aag. replied in an outbugss Of passIo
that be would not be eosrced, espeeiail
| by men who were bis enemies. hIr. VAST
barn having attempted to interfere va
interrupted By Gordon to whom, for son
reason or other, Mr. Washburn is pecr
liarIy offensive--and was informed ths
from him nothing would be heard. Frol
this violent scane the son waa drawn avs
| by the father, and the strange commits
dissolved and disappeared through Deace
Palmer's back door. The Assistsns Di
trict Attorney was then informed that q
aordsns had given aid and comfort to q
snsmy. This information be says ups
his oath that he believes. In oonsequeu
they were arrested. Their whole life Al
conversation COR year has been sifs,
and prisd into. Their friends and ueig
bors have been summoned TO testify abo
then, and on the testimony so obtain
u we ara to hold tkela il IL offers pyo6al
cause. Now, does il !?
| And here. how simple and bow easy
tse task Of the aaeSs lawysr-of the aas
- Commissioned Bat II ] regarded suel
case a. this 10, or if voa did, with the 9
Of q mere lawyer, should dsspise myse
and, sir, would hs assonished Mt yoa.
What would be- the use, sir, OF q Hhsl
education outside OF cur profession,
sr well ~ q severe training within is--#f
the benefit Of acsaal exegtion In me pol
ikal aaaags Of Qnr seuusgy, beginning