Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-02-04

and misery indicted In both the North and Il
he Ssash Wkzz sh@ 7 Stop ashsing.
Aak&an ard see-ao formal treaty Ii
withdraw / pf army hlDm the seeded /
stat. Ra1hcs both a11nies to . fair aad
sufkca&ps pace Attainment. Declare |
absoluta free tTade Between the North and
South. Bay and sell. Agree apOn
xoiiverein. Recall yous aeess. Break
up your blockade, Asdace 9oaf nasy -
Restore travel. Open ap gallreads. Be
the telegraph. Reunise Jour
express companies. No more Mentors
and iroa-elads, but sst your friendly /
steamers and steamships sgain In motion.
Visit the North and West, Visit the
Soath. Exch8nge newspapsgs. Migrate.
Intermarry. Let slavery alone. Hold
elections aE the appoiated times. Let %
choose new rresidenk il sixsy- foss. - |
And whaa lha gaapel af paaas ahall Rsgal
descended again from heaven into their
hearts, and the gospel Of abolition and
81 hass bssu axpsllsd, LED ysar clergy and
the eharches usssS again In GhsisGiaR in
tercoarse. North and South. Let the Sc
cfet orders sud voluntary assonissions es-
egywhere rennite Is brethren once more.
In short, give to all the natural and ali the
axsi6cial eaases which impsl ~ togsshez,
their fullest sway, Let time do bis ofEee
--aEying aaasss dispellaag sssaa@aay Rals
lowing passion, and making herb and
grass and tree 20 grow sgaisa Anposi the
hundred battle fields OF this tarribie var.
f'Bus this is recognition Il i not
formal recognition, 70 which I will not
consent. Recognition now, aud attempt
| ed permanent treaties shout boundary,
travel, and trade, aud partition of Terri
| tories, would end Id q war 6eresr and
more disastroas than bsfare. Rscogni-
| zion ID absolute disanion; and not between
| the slave and the free States, but with
Delaware and Maryland, IS part OF :he
North, and Kentucky and Missouri par.
Of the West. Bus whsTeveg the, aesaa
line, every evil and mischief Of aisanieE
ID implied in, it. and for siEailsE reasons
sir, / would not at this time press hastil,
convention of the States. The rtal
now wsuld hold seats in such convea
lien, would, ,upoa both aides. Il bot
. agreed 10 attend, full, OF the hate and biz
, terness inseparabis from civil war. Ao
sir LEI passion have time 10 cool, an
reason 20 resume its sway. Il cost thiEs
years of desperate aRd most wicked pa
! tieaes and indastry TO destreE OF impai
: tha Eaasnl6ssas temple Of tRis union.---
: Let Us be content If, wiIhia three years
q we shall be able TO restore IT. ..> ''
e But eersaialy what propose Ia inform
] al practical recognition. AID that is pr
!, cisely what exists to-day, aad has exis
D cd. moro OF less dshnad, fFDaa the 6rs
r Flags OF truce, exchange OF prisoners, 81
: ali your other observanees of the law
u forms, and cosEsssias Ass ansa Of sscoi
C milton. Sir, does any maaF doabk ssTai
o that there ID . sonfederats gcyeEnmsnt
n Richmond. and that 1t IL d I hell fent;
le Even the Secretary Of Ssass hos dsseose
= Led 1t &C Last, though hs has wYitssn 20
+ deroas folios Of polished shssUsle 70 Pc
j. that it 10 moi viii eenssai wsx, the
le without extended and subssAatial sacce.
u make the confederate States amy Tess
70 gossrnmant LIN fact 2 1T ti.@lJA (
~ tsBut is eoafesses disaaisn.m Il
le Just rs the sargeon, wac sets yeaE ira
d tured limb in spiints, in order thai il q
" be healed, admits that ID d brcken. Il
/ tins Government viii have failed TO @cxa
) out the rebeliion.n Sir, IL has faiie
10 You went TO war 20 prove that we had
a Government. With what gesalt
., the people Of the loyal States 1t has,
.. yoar haads, been the aosegnmeSs
Or King Stosk, butta the confederate Ssats
n Of Kina Log. "sBus the rebellion W
- have srTumphed." Better EEiamph tod
he than ten years hence. Bat | deny 1t.
A. The rebellion will at last be crashed Q
re 10 the only way IN which it ever "
10 possible. "Bat no oHe will be hung
ct the end of tina WARP Neither will the
is be, though the war should last half &C
l tuEy, except by she mob % the band
D. arbitrary power. But really, sir, il the
.. is 70 be hanging, let this Administrative
N and all who have done its bidding evsy
y where, rejoice and be exceeding glad.
Or And now, sir, allow me word up
~ a subjecE OF very great interest al Il
T. msment, kud meat important il may
9, In its inaaenae upon the fasurs--EogEI
Of MEDIATION. speak not Of armed Il
at hostile intervention, which would res
r, as long as bat cue man was iefg TO stri
IN a blow at the invader. But frien1
Of madiation-the kinily oder Of an il
IS partial Power to stand as daystn
ic between the coutending parties 10 Il
l. most bloody and exhanstiag strife--oae
J. to be met in spirit as cordial and raa
Is a. that in which it is preferred. Ii woa
al be chugIish 20 refuse. Certainly, Il
g. not consistent with ths former dignity
as this Government to ask Tor mediaho
ID neither. sir, would it he6s its ancis
-. magnanimity to Esjeet is. A propos
Ill by The Emperor of France, would acee
III 1t at once. Nov is, the asspicloas IA
lie mens- Il il the speediest, easiest, mt
p graceful mode of suspeRding hostilisi'
o, Let Us hear no more OF the mediation
I'D cannon and The sword. The dag for
as that has gone By. Lat US be stasesm
or at last. Sir, give THANKS that some,
,n least, among thu Repahliean party zee
~ ready now 70 lift themselves up to q
L height of shis great argument, and 70 de
T. with Ii 10 the spirit Of the patriots n
se great men Of other eouhtrisa aud age
20 and Of the better days Of the Unis
ut States. aE5s 5s'-a tEt. - -.
or And now, sir, whatever may have be
be the motives of Englaad, France, and t
D. other great Powers Of Europe, in wit
Id holding recognition so long from the 90
4 fedegass States, the South and The Roz
he are beth indebted TO them for au ID
- mense public service. The South b
0, proved her ability to maintain herself
70 her own strength and resources, wftho
e E. u II Il s