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

perity. IL We are not protesssd wluR,
there are popular axcisenel,ss agsd copyu,
s9ens. oaF government ~ failure.
Presidential prnel lasaaeIoas are sbSse III
Edecisi0ns ot Ehe cour8 and tbs ressvaiua,
| OF the Constitution, thea that 4Censsisu
ttun ID mockery. ff 1t has not tha al.
thoFity to keep the exscasive withfn Re-
sksaiasss then It osaans resaiu ssaassih th,
unlon' Those wha hold that there 10 nc
sanctlsy Ia the Constitution mast sasally
bold fhat thsre Il no guilt iu The rubcf
Fifon. We esnnos be silent and af1ow these
practices ta bscons presidents. Tf3sy
are 90 much in violation of oar Cgussitu. !.
ton as the rebellion itself, and more dan.
gerous to our liberties. They hold cat 10
the executive eyery Temptation Ia max
and prolong she war. They oder desposic
power ~ o price FOR preventing peace.
They arefndaCements to each administra-
ton toproducs diseord and TO incise arm :
ed resissancs 20 Law By dsciasing that the
aoaaisaSn sS ssas removes all coaStftution-
81 restraints. They call about rhs cation
al capital hordas Of unprfncipied men
who Ana in the wreck Of their eouttry tfis
Opportunity 10 crafty avarice or afabi-
tion, or personal political reseasments,--
This theory makes the passion and am
bition OF an administration antakopistic
to the iateFessa and happiness of The peo.
pie. IL makes che restoration Of neaas
the abdicasfon Of more than regal author.
icy 10 the hands Of those to whom Il con.
aded the government Of our country,
OF the same nature IL she recent Proc.
laEaSioa OF Emancipation. The Pregi.
sasns has slready signsd an act Of congress
which asserts that thp slaves bf those ID
rebellion are eenfacated. fhe sole effect
Of this proclamation is, therefore, 10 de-
clare TIE emancipation Of slaves oil those
Iwhe are net In rebellion, and who are
fshsefors ioyai eitixesrs. It III an extfa-
sfdanary aedaction from the alleged war
power, that che Forfeiture Of the fights of
loyal cltizens, and bringing npon them the
same punishment imposed upon insur-
gents, is calculated 10 advance the success
| OF The waE, to uphold the Ceass sisuEiofY and
restore the Union. The class ag lSyal cit
izens who, above all Others, are entitled
to the protection Of the government are
those who have remained true 10 the fax
| OF Our country AND yet toe sole forcF
| of thia pEoelamatlaa ID siirecsed agaiRss
them: May not this measure, 50 clearly
| imPoiitle, anjast, and unconstitutional,
and which is calculated to erease 80 MANY
barriers to the restoration Of che Union.
be miscoastrued by The wsrid as an abata-
donment Of the hope Or lhepurpoae Of se-
storing it-a result to which ths State of
New York Is unalEerahiy opposed. and
| which Eill ba effecsaailg resisted.
We must not only support the Conssi.
tuition of the united States and maiussis
The rights OF the states, but we must re.
store our Union as it was before the out.
break of the var. The assertion that this
war vas the unavoidable result of siavesy
is not only erroneous, bnt 1t has Led 10 .
disastrous policy in its prosecution. The
opinion that slavery must be abolished "a
restore our uaioa creates an Ausagonisrn
between the fres and slavs states which
| ought not TO exist. Ii it 10 Erae thai alsy
cry must be abolished by the force Of tht
federal guverhm ens that the South nust
De hald in military sabjecsion that foul
millions OF negroes must for many years
be under the direct nAnageneaG of the
authorities at Washington at the public
expense then, indeed, We must endur.
the waste Of ear armies in the field, fur
ther drains apon our population, and still
greater burdens of debt. We must con.
vert our government into o military des.
potiSm. The miscbievous opinion that il
this ooatesS the North must subiugate auC
destroy the South to saEe aar Ugisn Ahal
weakened the hopes Of oar citizens a
home and destroyed confidence in our sac,
leess abroad.