Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-03-11
SPEECH " IlLLAMgHAN.

I SPEECH M IllLAMIgHAN.
4 The announcement that HonSE. a
Yallandigham was to speak at Couce.
Hall, Newark, n. T., drsvSassh ussSsuE
day evening, the l4th inst, most crowd
sd and enthusiasts asSssuss, alling th
galleries aud main body 81 the hous
almost 10 sufFoaatisa~ TAaplatform wa
occupied by. saSout l. hundred lead,nl
Democrats Of Newark and abroad.
As8ssesoek hs meeting was called I,
order by Mr.. Henry Benuer, President O
the Democratic Union Club, of Newark
and Mr. J. C. Fitzgerald read the peao,
resolutions Of the Illinois Legislature
which were adopted rs the expression O
the meeting, with resolutions, also de-
noancing the passage of appropriation
hy Congress for freeing the slaves, eaIlins
On the Legislature and Executive of New
Jersey 10 Esasnskxaae against che auspsn
/ sion OF civil Law in the State, and recon
|mending bill prohibiting the ingress oi
free negroes inao New Jersey. - 81 81
Mr. Vallandigham was then introduced
BY Nehemiah Perry. and was receivsL
with the most enthusiastic demonssra-
tons of applause. After expressing bis
thanks tos, this sraeeption. Mr.. VSlIsa.
digAsu spok q - fsaowa y p = j ~
remember that 1t was in the city OF
Newark, q little mora than TWO years ago,
that frst gave the pledge to any por-
nF s,# k~
that never would contrfbate, by words
or acts, 70 the shedding OF one drop Of
American blood in evil war, treat
applause.l How far and consistently
have kept my pledge, let yoa--a part of
ny eoansrynsa--dessrmine. lApplause. !
Much has happened ainee we met. The
history Of GftT ysazs Of ordinary occur
rencss have been written-would that il
had been written in prose, but il stands
remarkably psrfion Of skae histofY OF this
land, written in characters OF blood
am aoG here 20 revsew she events of sise
past. | came to speak of the immediate
questions that are pressing upon the peo-
pie. Argument upon the questions of
personal liberty and the suspsnsion of
the. act OF hGbsas corpus Ia exhausted.
The time for action may come--~I hope
not [Great cheering.l There are thase
here who can testify to the iniQuitous
despotism of this administration, Nc
Master. of the FTeenGn's Journal. Mr.
Beeve, an editor Of Long Island and
Mahonys os Dubuque, Iowa [Chaers. l.,
They 8Ee here free as air-no Bastiles
combining them. New Jersey has spoken
on these questions. The people Of the
NorthwestAI an not fearful of. There
are others here from the Northwest, all
"busternutss p ''pRperheads, e iiks my
self (eheers who can speak of the
public opinion Of that section. $685. 4
I have had occasion to speak Of the
of q reconstruction or re-
anion Of these States. ] am deeply con-
Tinced, fren my neadiag of history, and
from my observations Of the last two
years that this event will take plAce in
our DAP have no doubt of it. am
here tonight to meet the new questions
Ghat have arisen before the people, and ]
believe shall do much more good before
the people than in the halls of legislation,
and for this reason | am here-I am here
the representative of the peace sentineat
Of the Northwest. [Great applaase.l Il
am not . minister, but believe the Ser
mon on the MSuns says, "Biessed are the
At the commencement
Of this war there were two parties. Be-
fore the, war broke ont a very large
majority Of ttfe North we're against civil
war; .Agssr The lhring oa Fort SmnStsT
they seemed to be in an insignificant
minority. But there was no change in
the people. There never was time when,
In the hearts of the people, there was
not an undying opposition 70 the war
They dared not speak it. They were
carried away by their leaders. There
was only a ANAL haad favoring peace
they were fewer than the Apostles-bul
there vas 40 Judas among them. Ap-
plause.l II was said to be war for the
restoration Of the Union, thought that
an absuFdity. Ii might as we'll have
been supposed that man could beat love
into the breast of her whom he was about
to marry. Nobody now believes, after
two years of war, that we have accom-
pIisbed, or can By this means accomplish
the Fessog alton Of tbs Union, except Nm
a. Seward He secs everything IN the
color of the rose. believe that the war
is now conducted for the abolition of sla
very. That cannot take place until the
government itself becomes despotism.
don't choose TO sell my precious in-
leritance and boon of political and per-
sonal liberty, for which the fields Of New
Jersey were stained with blood, for. the |
purpose OF giving liberty to the nsgfos-
Great applause. There IL new party |
Hho assanes that the was Aas failed, and |
urge q sspasation of the SsAtaa. abhos
hat party. There is another who believe |
bat the war has failed, and desire to try |
he exgserIneBt Of br1nsing tha South |
,ack byiconeiaalion and aompr oknise-j
IN one OF thai passy, S4ssnsy-6vs out
It every hundred OF the men OF the North |
vest are IA favor of.a csssa lien OF ho#sili-
les aud o commensem sat Of the expert
nent Of restoring the Unipn by constitus
ionai and peaceful measnrss. tcheers.
There is third party who call themselves
he conservative party, OF which Hm. d. |
seward ~ to becusns' she leadee>-sass
Iame Wm. III. Seward wAo' was the |
author Of the phrase 'firrepressibls con-
iict - the man who FIRST signed his hand
% the warrants for arbitrary arrests she
nan Who signed the order for the arrest
,f James 4. AfeMastsg and Mr. Reeve
he man who has undertaken to carry on |
he forelgn correspondence of tha govern
nent. Nm. FL. Sewaga 70 be kha, leader |
81 the democratic pasty (Oerisive |
IalSiYa To be eauusex sut of /
such q party. lGries, g SO do we.
5hears.l And the chiaE engineer Ia 10 be-
eurxooth, man who has aided him In ali |