Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-01-28
LETTER FRoN the aAfsTAl


@0ITl&M 0k xSAss84sM - &&8N sMsAaSssA -
running this State with worthless, fr'
ieioas and dangerous negro population, q
! rapidly dasaopiag Itself. The Aboli-
ionissa Of Hazdla soansy, - told. ssas y
vord 10 the negro managers y tAs Esas !
h&s thsy could Accommodate, and ware il,
.axiaas 10 ssasiss. 500 Of the ssnaseassd .
md freed nsgross; and sone days agas =
4 ID reported 90 prsssy good aashorisy, !. !.
~ inssalmans af 800 eonssabaads arrived !
i Aarshaisown, ss rossss for Hardin Co.. 4
and that another cav load was shsn al Ls- !
grand, the ssraiaas Ut the g. .. d b. .. 4
Railroad. ALI through the northeast and :
several Of the southern end central eoun- 4
ties, ID 10 believed, negroes are being ship
ped in By thousands and ws may Ansisa. J
pate . war Of races, for the possession u
ths sell, fog she righss Of domisil and ms /
prsrogativea Of sovereignty and essissn-
ship, 10 be forced upon Us By the party In
power-the Chaxcoals nwitAin the
pressns year.
In this county, the people are beginning
to be aroused 20 the danger, aadln Dsla-
ware and sdioinining townships they eoa-
eludsd to avert the most disastrous con-
sequences, by an early enforcement osths
Ilaw excluding fres negroes from the State.
They hoped, By oas example, TO dster the
Abolitionisss from further prosecuting |
their diabolieal designs. Accordingly, |
notice from the township trustees Of Del |
aware, or one of them, Was serVsd On
eoatraband named Archie Webb, in the
employ 0f an Aboiitienist, 10 leave toe
township within three days. A Justice OF
the peace-STxRHKS HARvEr, Esa,-issu-
ed q warrant for the arrest Of said Webb,
, which was delivered to the Sheriff, and BY
/ him executed, by bringing the solored
. gentleman before that magistrate who
Rued and committed him 10 JAIL aecor"
|. ing to Law, for default Of payment.
!, About the time of the arrest, it trans
Q PRED that Ehis eoEtraband belonged to
I DR.. Wright, our newly alsessd Secretary
! Of State. who hired him out 10 an Aboii"
> ton frisnd In Delaware township. The
!. Doctor, IS in duty, OF salf-intsrssso eoand'
10 attended the trial, aad after the commit
. meus, promptly repaired 20 Judge Gray
re- for q writ Of Habsas Corpus, which VA
tt a. prompsIy granted, sad Archie wsa
9, brought face to face with his honora'
Y BILE sfeglew citizen Of American descent"
|. The case was postponed until next Mon
n day, to be heard in open oOurt-thAs be-
u ing the frst day Of tho regular term OIL
= Judge GrAy's court in this county
: He will be discharged, Of course, eithel
- on the ground thai the law excluding tre'
Or negroes from the State is virtually re
pealsd, by being excluded from apiaoe II
new codess as coutsndod By the chareoa
If rress, or that il is unconstitutional, beini
BY In violation Of section one Of the bill o
Do rights. which declares that: All mss are
10 by nature, free and equal, having eartail
n inalienabls rights, among which are shos
H. Of enjoying and defending life and Es6sr
Re ty,n &c. am inclined to think ths de
ns cision viii be upon the latter ground j.
~ shough ii is hard to see how an inseliige0
- Judge, having any regard for his repasA
p ton IS lawyer, can ventare to base
ne decision ia eass of such vast importanc
= UPON the mers abstract declaration of th
.et naGusal rights of men, in the face OF law
a establishing their relations In state 9
o. organized society, and in the very teet
=, of the overwhelming majority by whic
IIy the people of Iowa VOTED DOWN ii
aasssiact.osa ostsesH phits sHen and ~
ny oross, By striking out the word "WHtTE
IL wherever il occurs in the Constitution
ID. Let the chareoals take whichever horn {
zee the dilemma they choose their final doc
los il sealed, ii they persist in their negF
- colonization and AmAlganasion schsm
,ot which must soon result in WAT Of race
in this State, involving scenes Of horrC
be differing from those Of st. Domingo OIL
W In the fact that a small portion OF u
10 white population the Abolitionists-wi
to be arraysd against their white fellow ci
sy;: iEens, on the side Of the negOes, ia u
~ ~, struggle for mutual determination.
he presume you have seen and noted Il
proceedings of shs State Agricultural s.
10" cisty, and shs Board of Trustees Of u
s Agricultural College aad 'sModel Farm,
10 The former Was distinguished BY the di
sa- olosurs OF a paspOss 70 eonyeEt ii into
''li political machine, by setting aside N
, Wallace, Of mascatine, the old and pc
J ular Secretary OF the society. on pure
, political grouads--bsasing him BY %
voss, because be was In favor of the Co
omt stisution ~ 1t il and the Union as II vi
ted Mr.. WsIlaee Is an old Inns Wing and b
hi. always vosel against the Democratic pa
-, ~, until the sectional fassion Of fanasi
iii brought such wide spread ruin upon !
rhs country when, bang an honest, PATROL
the man, he thought it time to change; n
80 be is aow presidsns Of a Democratic Oh
a. in Mascatins, whose motto 10 Psacs, n
nd ion esd Liberty.
m The proceedings Of the Trustees Of d
isss Agricultural College aad "saOdel'' faz
presented nothing bat the general feasuE
An which hare characterized that awindlil
nd, humbag from the beginning. Can Q
man In all Western Iowa tell Of one d
- gla haasas rssuiting IRON this eoaesrl