Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-01-22

was III Indsd FER shoa Be ased.-
EN- a sseas =. s,s l. ssoaIa II uss
brgek is-&kas In Etiss be the peg
pie, Eha righss q the citixans were 70 be-
preferred to any form al government, even
their own haadswork; thai when they
capse into collision the Government must
20 aowa. that il uoald be helIer To giak
the destruction Of TIE Government, than
10 laaperil those interests, whose security
Il HE only object for which all good gov
asamaasa asa asa@ksa4 ssaasassssa
IL the lavs are too mild, let them be
made more stringent; IL crimes have not
been defined. LET them be denounced, and
punishment assigned them II ofhcefs are
corrupt, let thsa be removed il judges
are imberalo or dish0ness, Eas them De
himpeaohed let she machinery Of the Gov
srnmens all be used, and power enongh1
will be found. Whoever would 10 boz
yord this, would sabvort the Gosernlnars
under preteuse Of upholding 1t; YOU'D do
ssr,y The Consultations under pretenss Of
preserving iG. The Constitution ID the
warrant 81 the. Government, gives II pow
er and Substance, breashas into il the,
very breath Of life. The Government has
I no power, no being, except that given II
| by the Constitution. The president holds
his Office, the Gongrsss exercises its fuuc-
tons, the courts ut and give judgment by
virtue of fss provisions alone. liz the
Constellation i suspended, the Govern
ment falls. These ofhcsrs hare nct-no,
nos for an instant more power than the
Ihunblest and evsry cisizeh. 70 suspend
Itha Constitusion In order 70 preserve the
Government, would be to stop the current
OF blood in the veins in order 10 improve
the health 70 take out the heart in order
to preserve life. To preserve the Gov
eminent the Constitutes HIuss be pre-
lsefTed; its principles must be cherished !
its limitations must be respected its pro-
/ hibisions must be obsyed. When these
ara pownriess for its preservation, oar
fathers intended that it should fall; for
ttey ordained and established the Con-
seitaaion ssto secure the blessings Of lib
erty to themselves and their posterlty, p
| aud invented the Government only IS .
mnchine to azdministey it. Ii it stiau ey.
or fail TO do this, and IL Its existence shall
ever become incompatible win the exist
tence of the Constitution, it viii have fall :
ed in it's ONCE, and ought to give place 10
more efficient organization.
i Every instinct vi patriotism, every hope
Of safety, every aspiration for national
life, fRhich is with aa But the emblem oil
national ffberty,1 should prompt, nay,
, should command, In thunder tones, this
people To rebuka every attempt at usur-
patton. sELat there beno change by usur-
patton, - said Washington, In bis farewell
may nay u ss asi 1 ITu 5t Eooa, L i Tnl
. customary weapon by which free govern
msuts are destroyed"
/ Il is attempted now, ia times Of greai
excitement, IN moment Of great pahlis
: calamity. II it Is permitted now, ii vii
> be repeated president will give author,
! ity; the tone OF the pubic mind win b,
) gradually degraded It's sensibility TO In,
fractions Of public liberty will be dead
/ enea. The people will yield again anS
. again, till the public sentiment debauah
ed, the public virtue destroyed, the ma
8 tiUnai character furnished, the natioaa
g love of liberty diminished, they viii be
3 come an easy prey 70 the tyrant, Eacl
! successful aggression upon . people
: rights, degrades It's appreciation Of thei
: value, and with the loss If 1t, the nation
I loses both the desire and the power (,
: maintain them.
e These are not vain fears. Already the,
begin to be realized. When, six months
g ago, the writ Of habsaa corpaas was sus
I pended in the case Of Iohu Marriman, whs
: WIS held on charge Of treason, till th,
Q grand jury could take action, the ligelies
Y interest was felt throughout the country
!, Now, If public rumor is not greatly .
g fault, citizens have been committed Il
t prison whose only fault Is, that they hav,
a spoken on the hastings or Published in
> newspaper criticisms Ga bis policy dis
!. tasteful 10 tie President or his Cabinet
r newspapers have been suppressed; thei
9 Transmission through tho nails refused
r their circulation BIZ express companie
Q prevented; freedom Of speech and Of ID,
= press has been abridged and 10 the de
. partnens Of Ohio . second arrest by la
t military after the prisoner had been bel,
7 to bail 10 answer the charge; and thes
1 things scarcely command a passing notic
. from the mass Of the people. ..-.
9 1t is vain to say that when the publ
danger shall have passed away thes
:, usarpations viii cease, the Constitution
c will be restored TO its yigor, and the PEG,
y pie resume In peace their accustomed lib
= critics. When was it ayer so? Wha,
b was power ever shara Of its acquisitions
d save by ghe swordS When were liberties
d onea surrendered, ever re-eonauered ex
:, eept ia blood? For the great exim
b against its own liberties, no nation Ia
d ever made expiration but in the aaonie
= of evolution Without the shedding O
1t blood there Is no remission of this sim
= You cannot make nation iAlous OF It
a rights BY teaohing 1t that, Ia times 0
b great public danger, the eitiaen has n,
d rights. You cannot increase its mauhoo,
d or its constaney, or make it sensitive {,
I; dishonor, By teaching that ia times 0
= danger 1t must rely not on its Own yirtu
and courage, but On the power and goo,
q will Of its rulers. ~
r No free people should ever iisten {,
= this argument of State necessity. Its his
I tory is marked by the wreck of popula
- liberty and free Institutions, by the "a.
= tokens Of human hopes destroyed, ans
: noble aspirations blighted. AS we fooI
4 back upon It's pathway of desoIation, AM
: trace it even TO our own times and oouu
L try, we may easily imagine that the yer,
u spirit Of American liberty this daY hover
0 over US and tearfQlly praya that ii ma,
0 not be added to the list Of victims. Thii
: argument Is always used by the possessor,
8 Of power; il is . voice which issues al
Q ways from the throne, and In nos instant
q IL salenced, II l. answered, ere long. il
d the wall Of the natiou, as Ii surrender,
n its liberties In Submission I'd arbisrar,
/. power. We hare seen lss eject ii al,
:, day. An Imperial shrona bailf ugson il,
|, ruins Of republic and . pressdenoy
Q built upon the ruins Of oaths broken
. rights violated, liberties despised, and ,