The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-03-07
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The Baals oontains series OF resolasaons
pssssd ss whas was called 'sDemoofasie"
meeting, IN Montgomery county. a casual
glance at said resolutions 10 suihuisnt to
safety any sans man that shsy ware the
Ifrotbipgs Of sss of villains, IS deserving
of she halter as any scoundrels that ever
pulled hemp. A terrible ''ses" OF men are
they of Montgomery county | They have
s.sesolysd's THAI II things sre not fixed up
lust 10 their liking shsy will "upses the
whole arraugsmeut"-"stop the machine"
They are going 20 resist the tax laSs, re-
lsass all poIitisal prisoners, and not per-
NIT any more saeh arrests, drive sll the
n,ggsrs ous Of Iowa, dspose the President,
overturn the government, inaugurats civil
war in the North, and do many and terrible
things il they don's get "ofacc" before long.
We give the following as samples Of the
resolutions adopted at the meeting referred
to. We call the attention Of loyal men to
the spirit here manifested, and suggest that
the Provost Marshal, :provided for in the
Conscript scs should be immediately ap-
pointed for shis District
3. Resosved, That the General Govern
ment has no power under the Constitution
to tax the people of the State OF lowe for
the purpose Of raising money with which 30
huy sIaves OF the Southern States, aud We
nov declare in advance that all debts con-
kn
the purpose Of paying for any such slaves
We hold 20 be utterly void for want OF au.
shority to issue the same. and the State of
Iowa will NOT consent that her people shall
be taxed for any such purpose.
4 Resolved, That we condemn the Eman
cipation Proclamation of she President, and
that We will not fight 20 free the nrgre.
5. Reseleed, That We are opposed to be-
ing ruled any longer hy a depot, and We
call on loyal citizens to throw IF the yoke
Of dsspo potism and restore peace and haImo-
ny once more to this troubled land.
6. Resolved, That the AhoIitionlsts must
be defeated at the hallott-box, or the Con-
stirusion will be utterly destroyed by them.
7. Resolved. That We will assist the citi
gems If this State 10 enforce the laws to rid
the State of eontrabapds.
IThe following resolution clearly exdner-
ates the 'ssschool-msster" from all scharges
of participation 10 the affair.
s. ResoEued, That We will DOT permit any
more unlawful arrests which Is contrary to
civil law; but our citizens must be tried by
the civil laws of this State.
In the above jumbls of falsshood, trsa-
son, and vilsny, there is at least one glim"
meriug of truth-in "Resolve No. T." which
concludes, "we will not fight to free the
negron-''or," they might have added with
equal propriety, "for any other purpose"
s'In that bright lexicon" which the North
ern traitor has received from bis Southern
master, there is no such word as fight. The
chief end that he serves on earth is the per-
sonifcation Of coward,ce of the mean est,
lowest, r1iest, and most conttmptible sort.
He wouldn't fight for his rights, his liberty,
bis charaeter-lf he had any-for his prin-
ciples, for bis home, for blm-eIf or for his
frlends and We consider II emiUentIy rlghs
and proper for such creatures to resolve
that they "wIll Rot fight" The whole fra
ternity of Northtrn tories are eopscien-
tous!y opposed to lighting, and We have
often wondered that they have not, ike the
Quakers, applied for rxemp'i"n on this
ground, for they are certa My BITTER en'i-
tied to il. A Quaker vii fight under Ger
tam aggravated creum stances, but "a tory
won't--you might kick bun from Maine to
California, and when you got through, be
would kiss your foot, and ask you to ''pro-
pose terms of cOpcilistion and compromise"
And such things talk about resisting the
laws, ovsrthrowiug the government, etc.
But for the insolens audacity of this men
dancious threat, was ever anything more
ridiculous?