Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-06-17
TWO PIcTUREs.
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LOOK ON THIS PICTURE.

\ The following are the closing para
igsapns of speech delivered BIZ Mr, paI-
Ifaudirham ID she Honse al Repeaseassa-
Etives near NE close of the lass tiongress.
10 them 10 fairly states his posisisn be-
fore the country : - saEs9sxg
dsfs sssk no rssalasiss, sHaspt shro'
| sile ballot box. The eonHict 10 vhieh We
ehalleags ron In nnaof arms, hak o< xz-
gaahank Do y0a believe Ii 1t x1fsas
aad intelligence OF the paeplep Do you
admit their eapacfty Of self ernmens |?
Have they not fnteiifg gsnce enengh to an
AdsEssand the right, and virtue ea0nkb to
pagsse il2 Eabae, t4sau, nasss us khruagh
the press and With free speech, and be-
fore the assemhfage of the peopls. and
ws will argue lhsss as ws and onr fgshs
ers hsve done from the beginning oz ths
6overnment-sA are We right Or y6n right
ws wrong or jon wrong And byqths
the judgement Of the people se vail, one
| and all, abide.
81 have spoken "a though the Gnnstitu-
tion survived, and was still the supreme
Law OF the land. But IL, indeed there be
no Consultation any longer, limiting and
restraining the man In power, then there
is none binding upon the States ere the
people. God forbid. We bare Con
stitution yet, and laws yet. To them
appeal. Give as our rights give az the
Judiciary; give 10 known and ixsd laws;
arrest rs only upon daa process Of law;
give tas pfesa#asmens or Indictment by
grand juTiss; speedy and pabIie trial;
trial by jury, and nc home J teli isis the
aMaas= aad saase sEEAe aesHsatiota; con-
front Us With witnesses allow us wit
nesses Ia eur beaalf, and fhe assistance
Of counsel in our behalf secues Us In
cur peFsonss eur a9me, our papers and
ons Rtfecfst leave as arms, not For resis-
lance 10 law og against rightfui alitfusity,
but to defend ourselves frgSn outrage and
violence; give lis free speech ana a free
press; the right peaceabiy 70 asseessmale;
and, above sill, free aud undisturbed slec-
tions and the ballot; take our sons, take
eur money, take our propegty, take ali
else, and We viii Wait little, till at the
time and in the manner appointed by the
Constitution and laws We stall esecs you
from the trusts you have abused, and the
seats Of power you have dishonered, and
other and better men shall reign In youx
stead"
THEN ON THIS,
"No act OF ours do we regard with
more conscientious approval of higher
sasisfacsion, none do we submit more
confidently 10 the tribunal of Heaven and
the moral verdict ofmsakiDd, thss when.
severatssass ag0s h ths 4th oFs1Aly, In
the presence Of "a great aassesbly, We
committed to the flames The Goasti!ss-
lion Of The United States. And sheald
the present bloody struggle end Ia any
compromise with the South, OF Ia rec
ognizing any constitutional obligations
to shareholders or slavehunteEs ia ths
Border States, We shall again give that
instrument 10 the consuming frg, and re-
new eur protest against it as So coss-
aant s0atb daGth and an 0srssnaenf aeifh
hell" = -. ..rrs.
Reader which of the above SQUADS
like the words Of patriot aad which like
words Of a atraitoF Viii you, can you,
believe it, that the man who uttered the
arst was tried By Drum Head Court
Martial s'foE giving aid and comfort to
che enniss Of the COgstitation," con-
Uictsd and nAAIsHkp thexfor, while the
latter rsosntly addressed mseting in
ssW York and was fssed and hansredby
the present administration party IL is
needless to say that the one is Clement L.
FaliandighaEh, Of Ohio, and the other
William Lloyd Garrison, Of Aassaehu-
sets.