Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-02-18

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There srs'twu important measures nov
tpending sefsEe Goagress, and . third may
be expected. which ii aaopted, waliPras-
totally resolasionizs the goYeTnaasz.s of
fthe United States. We expect, too, the
EfaaI passssgs and Execativs approval OF
khese Ehrae snaasurss before Ihe expfra-
tion of Tbs pxesaas seasioa. Phsy ases-
First--The financial schaas Of As.
Secretary Chase, which substantially con
tempfats the absorption OF the local
bbanksef che several States as banks of
liraalatioa INTO sas papeF money issnss
Of the federal goyegamsat, sa a4s :
Second-Tbe militia and enlistment
bill Of MFR. Senator Wilson, which pro-
rides tor esnserring upon che President
ahsSlnse aashoEisy ever the militia OF the
several States. .-ss.ftzs 4s
Third-A bill granting TO the Presi-
dent, at bis discretion, the power OF sus-
pending the wrfs of habeas corpus.
In thsse measures it viii hsEea1ily peg
eeiysd that the powers oyer the ss#aEsl
States passaasod by tbs President of tho
United States viii be practically the
lpow era of the AutocrAt of ail the Rus
aias. or Gha powers of an absolute des-
potism. But the plea upon whieA khese
measures are uFged-tbs plea Of the
emancipation proclamation, the danger
Fous bat overwhelming plea Of sFmiiitary
Ineeessity'i--will carry them through
Old fashioned conservatives Raay say that
this is the tyrant's plea Of necessity, for
which their fs no necessity; they may say
that these things create federal dictator,
IeEerthrow ali the checks ana balances Of
the constitution designed 10 guard che Re-
served local rights of the States and OF
| the people; but all such Femonstranees
will fail, ia view Of the extremes to
which sha unconstitutional powers of Con-
gress may be strained. -s. 1T
Power Is always stealing from the many
to the few. This Is ea old axiom, the
!. truta of which has bern proved In the
! experience of every natian and tribe On
the face Of the globe, Of modern or an
eieut times. We need not, however, 60
! further to tie eastward than Rome for O
J | great revolutionary movement which viii
. apRly to cur presens position; and here
We have suggestive example in shs con-
eession Of power granted BY the Roman
Senata 70 Julius C9 ar. The den ocrat-
! | ie party around him, alarmed at th'
! rapid strides of ahs sttate to q dieta'
tyfship, attempted 50 head il of by the
+ assassination Of Caesar bat the result
! operated only to make "coIifusi0n worse
. COMPOUNDED. 4 dictatorial triamviratl
! followed, and next another bloody civi
I var, and next the e0nptete trianph, IN
1 der Auanstus, of the imperial eeiallish
. ment attempted by his uncle. So Napo
Z tleon the First, on the ruins Of the frs
/, ! FFench repablic, set up his imperial sway
d and though palled down by the, hosth
! lcoalitions of Europe, bis dynasty IA
i been revived and hourishes under III
. nephew, Napoleon the Third, End upo
. the ruins Of tho second republic. S
! Cromwell, appointed the ProteetoT o
. England, found il necessary to play th
s part of a rigid dictator. So Washing
d ton, in his day, might have put on th
! mantle Of an. absolute despol but b
y prefsrred the noblsr distinction Of sh
., i'Father OF bis County,"
% la his farewell address, as With 81
/, eye of prophet, be foressw the troa6at
ID which have come upon IL, and warned &
+ against them bat all IN vain. We Al
t. Snow in the thrOes Of dissolution and n
E. construction, and whether the end viii
1t ssths Union as 1t was, p or pair Of mil
If tary despots, or q half doxeH petty mot
1f republics of the South American sehool
,a no man can at present determine. III
ID people Of the rebelIious Southern Stat
haxe already achieved the blessings su'
a. they are, Of the most absolute milis'
~ despotism. They are, to q great g
as tent, the willing victims of sbe most t
be rocious reign Of terror OF modern time
d. not excepting that Of DR. Francia ov
!'' Paraguay. But, as the dsspotie cover
W. meut of an oligareby ID their real obs
the leaders Of the rebellion undersaa
ry each other and work together harm on
ds ously. On our side the measures OF I
gh government, which eramp the rights
he the States, SO long exercised 10 peaS
. and the liberties al the people,
te: long enjoyed, are measures which {
to stoatly resisted BY the "ferce den
we fcracie." Thus we have diVid
be North against uaited South, while Q
he government is steadily drifting towards
sr- military consolidation of power, leg
81 latise, executive and Judicial-h.
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