Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-02-04

ienI gensrally, III unjusk md burden b
sms to the West ean&sly sith ths oessh, He
pass them BY nov. - Hns
What, then, ask, Ii Ne imme1 hta, Ia
irect cause Of disasioa ard this &ivil III
rar ? Slavery, itSs answered Shslhat IL
} the philosophy u The rustic ID the play o
-ssshas great cause Of the night, % d
ank Of tbs sua. Certainly slavery was 4
n eaa ssnse--yaEy ehseara Indeed the D
,snse OF the war. Had there been no
Iiavery here, this particular war about
IlaEssy would never have been waged. q
In Ike ssnss, the Holy Scpulahsr was q
she csuse Of the wax az shs Grasaass
and had Troy or Carthage never axiatads /
there naysx would have been fr3i&u or !
Earthquakes waxs and no such personages
% Hector and Hannibal and no fliad oR
Mnead woald evar hare been written.
But far bssser say that the negro is the
cause Of sha var for had thsrs been no
nsgrs hare, there would be no war just
nov. What shsaf Exterminats him 2
Who demands n ? Colonixs him 7 How Z,
WhsRe I When At whose rosss Sir,
Iss ~ bare an sad Of this fully. Il
Bus Slavery 10 the eaase Oh the war.
Why 7 Because the South obstinateiy |
and wisk eddy refused ID ressriet or abolish |
10 At the demand Of the philosophers or |
fanatics and dsrnagogues of the North |
and West. Then, sir, Ii was abolition,
the purpose 30 abolish or interfere with
and hem In slavery, which caused dis
uaioa aad var. Slavery i only the saso-
liscs, bat abolition the csssss, OF this civil
var. Ii was the persistent and deter
mined agitation in the free States of the
question of abolishing slavery In the
South, because Of che alleged fsirresprsa-
sihls eouaies'' between the forms Of
labor In the swo sections, or in the false
J and misohisvoas cant of the day, between
freedom and slavery, that forced q
! collision of arms as last. Sir, that con-
} iiek was nos eonRned 20 the Territories.
, 1t was expressly proclaimed By Its
= apostles, a. between the States also,
D against the institution Of domestic slavery
I everywhere. But, assuming the platforms
Q Of the Republican party as the standard,
|, and stating the case most strongly in ia
: vsT Of that party, Il was the refusal OF the
!, South to consent that slavery should be
. excluded from the Territories that led TO
q the continued agitation, North and South,
J of tha. question, and finally 10 disunion
b and civil var. Sir, Twill not be answered
= aaw by the old elamor, about ''ths
q aggressions of the slave power" Ina
1t miserable speCter, that unreal mockery
y has been exercised and expelled BY deb
b sad taxation and blood. II that power
ID did govern this country for the sixty
3. gears preceding this terrible revolution
ot then the sooner this Administration ans
l. Government return TO the principles ans
policy Of southern craftsmanship, the bet
Is ter for the country ans that, sIr, il
E. already, or soon will be, the judgment o
4 the people. But deny that il was th
70 "slavs power that governed for SO man.
70 ysars, and % wisely and well. 1t was I'd
7" Democratic party, and Its principle
e, and polisy. nodded and controlled, In
ar deed, largely by southern Statesmen
in Neither will | be stopped By that othe
ID cry Of mingled fanaticism and hypocrisy
t, about the sin and barbarism OF Africa
be slavery. Sir, see more of barbarfsr
q and sin, thousand times, in tho con
20 tiunanee Of this war, the dissolution o
I'D the Unioa, the breaking up OF this Govern
al ment, and the snslsvemens of the whit
at race by dsbs and taxes and arbatFaY
nd power. The DAY Of fanatics and sophist
u and enthusiasts, thank God, is gone 81 las
e2 and thorough the age Of chivalry may moi
BY ths age Of practical Craftsmanship is sbou
es to return. Sir, accept the language an
de infant of tbs Indiana resolution TO I'd
tie full-f'thas in considering terms OF settle
meat we will look only TO the welfRr'
al peace, and safety of the white race. with
to ous reference to the effect that sesslerneI
have sRQpa I shs sondison nyS Of 4
mt my word for it, the safety, peace, an
ne welfare of the African will have bee
IL best secured. Sir, there is ffty-fold LEI
&c, of anti-slavsxy sentiment to-day in Il
Die West than thsTs was two years ago az
rit il this war be continued, there will |
If still less year hence. The people the
nd begin, 81 Lass, TO comprehend that d.
a nestle slavery In the South 10 a question
he not of morals, or religion, or humanit
We but form Of labor, perfectly compatib
Of with the dignity of free white labor
In- the same community, and with nation
he yigd power, and prosperity, and esp
Is, eiallN with military strength. They ha'
y, learned, or begin 70 learn, that the evi
Ful of the s9sfen affect the master alone,
IL the communi4E- and State in which ii e,
ic, lists; and thai we in the free States partial
ic, of all the maseriai benefits of tho inst
he tuition, unmixed with any part of i
n mischiefs- They believe also in the sal
so ordination of the negro race to tho viii
I'd where they both exist together, and th
ny the condition of suhoFdinaEion, aa estal
pet lished in the South, is far better evei
Tor way for the negro than the hard ssrvitu,
IL of poverty, degradation, and crime
IN which be is subjected in the free State
Is All this, sir, Tn&y De +pro-slave3yism,
Of if there be such . word. Perhaps it il
.he bat the people of the West begin nov
II, think it wisdom and good sense. View
"a not establish slavery in our own mids
oh neither will We abolish or interfere vi
Tss it outside of our own limits.
led Sir, an anti sIavery paper 10 New Tor
ose the Tribune,1 the most influential, an
J; therefore, most dangerous of all of th
or, class--it would exhibit more of dignis
FER and command more of influence, If
nd we're always to discuss public quessio
OF aud public msn With decent respect
Sc, laying aside now the spithets of '@seces
he ionisEo and "traitor, !" has returned 10
ce, ancient political nomenclature, and cal
certain members Of this House sspr
cir slavery Well, sir, in the cid sense
cir the term Is applied to the Democrat
On. party, will not object. said yea
~, ago, and it is fitting time now 70 rope
To- 1t ....-.
of ''h 10 love my country to cherish q
&c, Union /; to revere the Constitution IL
are abhor tbs madness aad hate the treas
~, which would lift up sssrilegious hal
at against either; IL to read that In the pas
me to behold it in tbs present, 70 foresse
On; in the future of this land, which lie