Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-09-03
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SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT.
A great deal il said and has beeu said
about supporting the Government bat
We are led to believe from what we have
heard and read Of late IN relAtioa to sup
porting the government, that bat few per
cons know and com prehsnd the meaning
of the word Government If We were
20 give definition of the word Govern
Eaansy end wsrs tshassitapon the mathor-
~ az repablican pswspapsrs, We sasnld
da&as $ks word Government, 70 mean
AB&AaAx LrxcoLS; for If person OBJ
jects to aAa soxrss hesis taking or the
measures xaS0aszA saded BY him, he is de-
nouncsd ~ IA sgpansna Of the Govern
mena, CA 4 be calls ans President usurp-
er, becanss no axUssised the unconsEitu-
tional pswer or sasps0ding the writ Of
habeas c0rpass be Is not only pronounced
~ azpeneat 90 the Govsrnmeak, bat
! tsaSsos also. If shs psssiaeat oxasrs the
arrest of persons and releases them q spec
dy thai In the District or Stale where the
crime i'd sllsgsa 30 have bean committed,
and al sdisoE denounsss such an ass ~ an
act Of despotism, the repablieaa press
throughout the length and breadth OF the
lad, set up tie usai howl, ~traitor, Sc
cessidinist, rebel sympathiser and opps-
nsz4t of the GovernmsRi."
Having given several texts from which
Republicans attempt to prove thai men
whO do not sadorse everything that the
PresidsDt says ana dosss are sppsaents of
tha Government, We will give WxBsTxR's
definition Of the word government, as ap-
piled to nations: ..-.....~
GOVERNMENT, =. ne system Of policy Ia
StAEej thai form Of FRAS mental rules and pRLna-
plea hy watch 8 azttan state Is ssysTnsd, or 81
whieh individual EezabeEs ct Ssey polite are 10
regulate their social action rsHsfff9sSoa, either
written o. RswTls&sa, By whizA The TS9Afs and d.
FteS Of eiftssas and paAlse ssse@s are dsnnsd-' -
1t would appear from Webstsg's dsfni-
ton of the word government, thai the
Constitution and not the President, is the
Government Of the United States That
Government which defines "ths rights and
duties of citizens and public officers of
the Uuis<SsStates, We give odr most cor
dial and unwaVering support. Diaerent
nations have different Governments, but
all regard The Government as the ''su-
prems Law of she land" The supreme
Law Of any land must be its Government.
Our Government is vested in President,
. Congress, and Judges Of the Supreme
Court, who are elected or appointed in she
manner prescribed By the Constitution,
which 10 DECLARED to be the "suprems law
Of the land" and they do not constitute
the Government, bus ara the &dministra-
tors of ii. .--,..-z,g5 q.
The Constitution Of the United States
declares, "This Constitution and all laws
made In pursuance thereof, shall be the
supreme Law OF the land" The Consti-
satiens thsn Is our Government. and no
act, order, decree Or lsW, net made in
pursuance with tie Constitution Is bind
ing or valid a. the iaw Of the Land. To
support the Government thea, OonAists in
gfvisg . 6rm and cordial support to the
Consultations sad the laws made Ia puf-
suancs thereof. New, who ere ths sup
portsrs Of the Govsrnmans2 Are those
supporters Of it who yield stEiot sbedi-
enca to the Constitution and Iaws--those
who oppose illegal arrests, and dsnounce
those In authority who set the Constitu-
ton at de6aaee By dsnying persons char
ged with crime "the right Of tidal BY an
impartial jury Of the District and State
where the crime was eommitted;o or are
those supporters Of the Government, who
pronounce the Consultation "a covenant
with death, and the Union . league With
heils--who resist the execution Of con
ssaaa sisaAl laws sad who deny 20 persons
charged With crime, the right guaranteed
By the Constitution, Of 8 speedy trial By |
ajury in the District or Stats where the
crime was committed? We support the
Government by exercising all the inaa-
sncs We haze, against those who woald
overthrow il. We sappert tina Govern
sasns By dsnouncing those who asasp posi-
sxssGst granted 10 them Nc administFa-
AOssss9 sha aossrazAsnss We surpost he
Govssaasisns By washiag sbs psopss against
sAa usuFpers and pointing ous their acss
OF asurpsticn and despotism. 1
Abraham Lincoln rebels Agsinss the
1eHsEnmsats whsn hs Authorises me ar-
reas OF a eitizsn withsas the issuance Of
wsrrans By : proper jssdscsai olkcsr, zap.
% pfooaoia cause supported by cath or
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