Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-12-17

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ssalts. The rsbslA1d h&d ben psesSed |
,ack into reduced limits, yss the tone Of |
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I'D nsa4ainG chs kindss1 words coming
from kgropss wsrs skteeaa in ssesAts q
p1ty tkxf we're too blind % sufrender onr
wAisk was sHisring kre4tly
hi fsw armed sese@as h0ilt upon snd
farniAhsd frsan fsesskn sasres. We weFs
shzeatansd with sAcs additional fr6m shs
Quarax m wouia sweae eur srade from
TIA sen and rsxse ou 6aoehads. We bad
failed 10 elicit ffusa EasopsAn gsvsfn-
nenss aasshing hopsful apoa this sub
The Enancipsslon proolamasioa which
wss issued in Ssplsznhsr was uauing 40
assigned period 20 shs bsginniag 81 NE
new year. a monsh LATER the anal .psso~l
lamasion same, iaelnding tbs anaessea-
meat that eolsred men Of militabls ssnai-
sion woald hs received ins0 ths war ssxy-,
icas The policy Of emancipation and
employing black soldisra gave 10 sAs fa-.
Gura aew speek, about which hope and
doubt eonsendsd Ia uneestain Conflict
according 10 our peculiar sysssaz -
matter Of civil admiaissxatisn OF TIE
gsnsrHi sov sfnmens, had no aasfal posi-
&c 70 sfecs etaanoip patton In aay State. and
for long tins ii had been hoped THAI the
rebellion soald be suppressed sishsas se-
sorting 70 Ii ~ militaxy measure. IL
was all the while deemed possible shas the
necessity Tor Ii mighk GENE aad If il ahoald
shs cfisis cf the contest would thea be
presensed. Ii came and a. was eontem,
plated, il was followed By dark and doubt
full days. Eleven monihs hare paszed-we
are permitted 10 take another rssisw, the
rsbsi borders are pressed still farther
bssk and By the complese opening Of the
Missippi River the sonnxy domiaassd ever
by Che rebellion il divided insa Two dis
tant parts, with no practicable camaaa+
nicarion between than. sat
Tennessee and Arkansas have been sab
staasially sAsarsa OF sis insurgents, and
their control and iaHusnce and the cfti-
xeas of cash and thgowners of slaves and
advocates Of siavsry at the beginning Of
The rsheiiioa, now declare openly Tor
emancipation in sheir respective statss.
Of these States not included In ths
Emancipation Proclazasion, Maryland
and Missouri, neither Of which years age
would tolerate any restraint upon the ex-
tension Of slavery into the new terrific
riss- The only dispute now ID as 70 the
best mode Of removing IL within shsiI
limits. OF those Who wsrs slaves al
the heginaing of the rebellion, fully 100,
900 ars now IN the u. 3. military sery.
Zoe about enc half Of which namber &C
tusily bsar arms In the ranks, thas Civ
Jag the dsubls advantage OF taking %
saRoh labor frs&s che insaFgent cause and
Supplying tbs places which otherwise
must be ksiea With 80 many white nsu
So far as tested II il difficult to say thai
they ara nos MS good aoldiers a. any. Nj
insurressioa OF tendency Co violence o.
eraeity has marked the measure OF eman
oipAtiea and sxming the blacks, shesl
measures have been much discussed ii
foreign countries and contemporary viii
sach discussion the tone Of public ssnfi
mens, there ia much Improvement at home
TIE same measures have been fully dis
casssd, Supported and criticised and de
noancsd and the aHnual elections follow
ing are higaly encouraging 90 thos'
whose special duty it Is 10 bear the eouu
| Try thoagh this gFeas trial. Thus vi
have the reckoning and the crisis whi0l
threataued 10 divide the frieads al al
Unioa Is past, looking now to the prssen
| and future, and with reference to o re
sumption Of the Natioaal authority with
in the States wherein that authority la
been suspended. | have thought ht to H.
sue proclamation, II viii appear - ID
believed, amply justified BIZ the Cansti
tuition. True, form Of oath is given, ye
no man il soefeed TO take IL, a man i
| only promised pardon In case be Volan.
sarily tskss the oath. The Constitution
authorizes the Executive to grant on saci
terms as are fully established by the ju
dicial and other authorities. II also prof
fers tnat IL any of the States named a..
sent, government shall be Ia the mod
prescribed TO be set up, such goyernmeu
shall be recognised and guar anteed BY tht
United States, and that under it The STATE
shall ,under the constitutions, be pFotectet
against invasion and domestic violence
The constitutional obligation Of The Uni
ted States, 70 guarantees every State il
this Union republican form Of govern
ment and 20 protest. the Stats In the sassa
stated il explicit and full bat why ten.
der the benefit oil this provision Only Il
State government SET Up In this partic,
ular wayS This section Of the Conslita,
tion eonternpiases . case wherein the sle.
ment within state, favorable to = re
publican government, in the union, MAJ
be too feeble for an opposite and hostiIt
element external TO even within the State
and such are precise the case with which
we are roe dealing. An attempt u
guard and protect a rssissd State gov,
eminent, constructed In whole or in part
from the very element against whose hos
sility aud violence II ID 10 be protested Il
simply absurd. There must be test b.
which to separate opposing elements, u
as 20 build only upon the sound, and tha
test IL sufficiently liberal one, which 80
eepts ms sound whoever will make 0 swogl
rscantatation Of bis former uasoundness
bat 1t 1t 10 proper TO require, as ssss O
admission, 40 oath of allegiance 70 ID,
Constitution OF the unitsd States and re
main undar it; and why not, also 10 Law
and proclamasious In regard to slavery
these laws and proclamasions were enact
cd and pat forth for ths purpose Of aid
Ing the suppression Of The rebellion. II
give up this principle would not only b
20 rsIinquish Level Of power. but Eoull
also be an astounding breach of faith
may add At this point, that while | re
main Ia any present position, shall no
attems TO setEact or modify the ssnanci
patton prociaanatfon, nor shall | yetarl
10 slavery any persop who il freed By tn
proelsmasion, Or by aay aes Of Congress
The proposed aoqneseence OF The M
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