Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-01-21


AssAssxNs Or TINE sovKRHMKNT. O
For nineteen ysass men ssAading high
a the favsr and eon6dsnps Of she Ad-
have been ssskiag an oppor- 4
unity 70 assasainsss the GovaamsAk.-4
They hare publialy confessed THAR guilt 1
saa thaaksd God the Government was I
assssoysd. Thsy eoaasdsr the war ~ the '
maana which Ia 30 ssrmiaAse the sxiat-
aaes Of our present form Of Government, !
and hsnes sAsy are xsalous advocates Of
sas war and Ill Unconstitutional msas~
ares and dsspoaio asss recommended Or
done by the President. These msn
kncw thai tho people bare their syss upoa
them. and hsaea are exceedingly careful,
whils they are striving 10 create the ina
preston that the leaders Of tbs Demo
cratic party are disieyal, noe 30 plass up
on record thsir votes in favor sf Res
olusios, which might sonvies themselves
OF the crime Of assasainating the Gov
srnmant. /
1 few days aimee, DIR. Morrill, Of Yer
mont introdusd the following resolution,
in the House Of Representative
i Rssolssd, That at no time since the
existence Of the rebellion have che force
and maseTial 10 The hands Of the Exacu-
tive been 30 ample and abundant for the
speedy termination Of the war a. at ths
present moment, and that IL Ii the duty
OF all loyal American citizens, regardless
Of minor differences of opinion, and ss-
. pecially 10 il the duty Of every oGacss and
soldier, and those ID every branch Of the
Government, including the Legislature,
cordially 10 strike the ,assa&ains as oaca,
4 who have conspired TO destroy our exist
snes, property and freedom, Of which we
> are justly proud as home and abroad,
and which We stand pledged 10 perpesu-
r ate forever. Adopssd-I4S to l, viz j.
. Allen Of Illinois.
d Ar. Cox offered resolution that the
word "aassassins" used In the above res
. olution, is intended TO apply to all men,
! whsshes from the North or South, Ia on
. out Of Congress, who have been inatru-
. mental in producing the present civil war,
4 and who have been guilty Of the aagraal
3 breaches Of the Constitution and are moi
in favor of the Constitution a. ii 10 and
the Union a. it was. Tahled-S5 10 81
4 1t seems from tho above that the abo,
: Iisionists were ready and willing Il
s'ssriks tbs assassins," so long rs the ap
. plioation was general and might apply t
u any body, and every body and no body il
! particular bat when MIR. Cox's reselu
i ton was proposed making the word Gas
! ssssinn apply to all persons who had beef
!. guilty of Eagrant violations Of the Con
s stitution, and who wexe nos in faver o
i the Constitution ~ it 10 and the Unio'
= ! as it was, they were not 50 mach in faro
d, of striking the assassins, a. tbs rssola
) ton of MIR. Morrill, would seem to indi
) cate, and hence By strict party vose DIR
y Cox's resolution was laid upon the table
= The resolution offered by Mr.. Coz
3 brought the matter little too near hom
! to some Of the Abolition CongTessmeu
i and by adopting Ii nearly every kspab
: car Abolition member would have vote
himself ~ assassin, who had conspiEe
= to destroy the existence of the Govern
70 mant, aad the property and freedom G
e, the people.
q Notwithstanding their attempt to dOdg
the responsibility Of being tina assassin
Of the Government, the proof is SO stron
= against them that all can see their gull
10 The Constitution and the Laws made i
pursuance thereof Ia the Government
Is The President and other officers are sh
Administrators Of the Government an
- be that violates the Constitution or doe
al act as an officer of the GoyesnmeE
ne not warranted by the Constitution, is q
~ assassin of the Government. Many of Ii
" Abolition Republican members Of Goa
gress are self convicted assassins Of th
Sc Government. IL any one doubts .hi'
. let him read the following which We eli
o. from the speech made By Mr.. Steven
be upon the bill admitting the new State I
Z Western Virginia:
y Il say, then, we may admit West Vii
= ginia as q new State not by ViTfUs (
any pT1visson Of the Coasfisasios, b.
' under our absolute power, which Il
30 laws Of war gives as in the circumssar
n ses in which we are placed. / shall yot
he for this bill apoa that theory, and upo
that alone for will not stultify myse
~ by supposing that we have any warrant
og the Constitution for this proceeding.
w This talk of restoring the Unioa a.
ha vas under the Constitution as 1t is,
Que Of the absurdisiea which hare heal
VIC repeated until have become about sit
lis Of it. This Union can never be r
Ie. stored az it was. This Union shall new
no With my consent be restored under Il
% Constitution as il is, with slavery 70
protected BY it."
JEFFERSON DAVIS, never, In all his Ii
az uttered more damnable heresy OF spoil
treason more boldly or plainly, and be
~ nos to-day greater enemy and assass
:, Of our Government than Mr.. Stevens.
the only difference between sha twoy
Davis claims to be . disaniouiss, viii
= Stevens La loud In bis profession Of III
: ionism, and OF the two, DaYis ia ensitl'
to the most credit because be honestly
eiaEes what he 10, while ssevsns hyp,
:. critically Processes to be what be is nc
:. II ii had NOS been for such s'assassins
-, 80 ssevsas, Lovejoy, Grimes, Haria
:, Wilson, Bseehes, Philips, Laae and 9th
Abolision-R Republican, Disaaioniass, d
nation would not have besn plunged In