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

sauoaaI AFFAIRS.

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| zs-6@I EATFoaaL AKEAlass eH..rs3s
The Constellation makes Is my dasy 10
eommuaicasa ts yea she condition gf shs
State. / eannsk do thia without speak
| ing of oar Unipn saa sf the war whi0h
afhiess our country, and which also Affects
she exteaded commerce Of Aew York !;
taxss all IDS puFsaiss; has taken more
than D0, 600 men from oux workshops
| and salda; aad has carried mourning in-
70 homes of our eisixens. The gapfus Of
CUR government and the interests of eur
| people demand that the aspects of this
| war should bs discussed with entire frea-
dom. Not ealy is the national life as
stake, bat evsry person, every family,
every sacred insaEeaa il Involved. We
must grappls with the great questions OF
the day; We must confront the dangers
OF our position. The truths Of oar kaan-
| cial and military situation must not be
keps back. Thasa paass bs no attempt 10
put down sha full expression OF pablic
opinion. Ii must ba known and needed,
to enable government to manage public
Affairs with success. Thera Is ayearning
| desire amoag our people 10 learn their ac
taal condition. They demand free dis
! cussion, This should be conducted in an
earnest, theaghtfal, patriotic spirit. The
solemnity of the occasion, and the suf-
| ferings Of the war, shonid revive The viz
the, the intelligence aad the patriotism
Of the American people. The decay Of
| these have brought our ealamities upon
u.s. ThsEe are now no causes for discord
that have not always existed in our coan-
| try, and which were NOS felt by our faith
ers in forming the Union They had the
greatness, the rnagaaninity, aud virtue
TO compromise and adjust them. Tue
value of the Union they then formed
has proved TO be greater than they hoped.
Yet We became Indifferent to il when we
were in thefull enjoyment Of it's bless.
| ings. We became ignorant Of the char.
scses asd resources Of our owu COUNTRY.
men. whale we had the full banazas Of a.
untramm1ed commerce With all sections
| Of our land 1t was when the world was
astonished with tAas power and wealth
| growing out of our national Union, that
sectional prejudiees and passions were
active in destroying fraternal affections
and geesRous love II oss saaaty.-
| While we boasted most Of our intelli-
genee. there were those persistently and
laboFiously engaged, through the press
and in Legislative halls, In teaching the
people Of the North aud the South to un-
dervAlus and despisa each other, Hostile
| legislation and lhe division of our ehur.
ches Impaired religious aad social inter.
course. Ii the y Jrth and the South had
understood the power and purposes of
each other. our contentious wauld have
been adjusted. This misapprehsnsiea,
30 bloody and terrible IN It's effects, was
Systematically and laboEiously ineuleated.
CAUSES OF THE EAR.
/ Afrighted al the ruin they have
wrought, the authors OF our calAmities at
was caused by an unavoidable contest
about slavery. This has been the subject,
but nos the cause ef controversy. We
are to look for the cause of this war in 4
pervading disregard Of the obligations Of
laws and constitutions; in disrespect for
constitutional authorities aud, above
all, in the local prsjudiees which have
grewn up in two portions OF the Atlantic
States the two extremes Of our country,
whose remote positions have made them
less considerase, with regard to che con.
dition and character of our whole people
must reform themselves, as well as the
conduct of the government and the poll
icy Of eur rulsrs. There is not calam.
iLy xe are suffering which was not clearly
foretold by our fathers, as the result Of
the passions and local prejudices which
have grown mp during the past 6fteen
years.
1t ia not too late to save our country il
We will enter upon the sacred duty in the
right spirit and ia the right way. When
we do so, the effect will Be seen and fess
throughout our land and by the civilized
world. We shall then strengthen oar
government we shall weaken the rebel
lion we shall unto the people; and the
, world will recognize oar capacity for
self government when We show that we
= are capable of self-reform.
REsPEcT FoR Law RULERS.
In the first place We must emulate the
conduct Of our fathers, and show obedi-
ence to constituted authorities, and re-
spect for legal aud constitutional obiiga-
tfous. "The very idea Of the power and
right of the people 70 establish govern.
neut pge-supposes the duty Of every indi-
viduaf 10 obey the established govern
meut." Yet spirit Of disobedieucs bat
sapped the fouadations Of municipal,
State and national authority in every
part Of our land. Il ia not only the un.
I deriving and pervadiug causes Of the war
| il is also the imm ediate occasion of ouI
ealamIties. .-.s
When the leaders Of the insurreetior
> at the extreme South say that free and
slave States caAnot ex ist together in tht
Union, and when this is echoed North By
Il she enemies oil COR Consultation, both
parties simply say they esnncs, becsust
J they will not, respect the laws and tbs
: Constitution. This spirit of disloyAlsy
/ mast be put down. 1t is inconsistent
I With all social order aad social security
with safety of persons and property.
I, In order to uphold our government 1t i
e also nssessaxy that We should show re
al specs to the authority of our rulers
Al While acting within the. limits of shei
iurisdietions, and rsprssenGing &hs iRtsr
eats, shs huuse and the dignity OF ou
d people, they are entitled 10 deference.-
n Where Is is thsir right to decide upol
;. measures and policy, it Is our duty Z
obey and to giEs 9, ready support TO thei
decisions. This ia vital maxim of lib
erty. Without this loyalty no govern
I msnE can sondaet public affairs With sas
v cess, no people can be SAFE in ths enjoy
= ment on their rights. This daty is pc
culiarly sssgug under our system, whie
=" give the people the right al their eleetion
70 sit in judgment upon their rulers, {
commend or condemn tbems 10 keep thea
y Id o. sxpei them from oaeial stations.