Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-02-25

mens existing ia ahe loyal States on q,
! count of the alleged sorrapsions Of Coz
gress and Of the Administration, and
the positive necessity Of an immedial
: action on the part OF the President, hay
ing for its object the disabusing OF th
public mind ii il has been nlsled, and O
making rsparation, il wrong has bee
done and permit me TO say that while
believe your ExOellency to have been &C
tuated by pure motives 10 the course yo,
have thought proper 60 pursas, and ths
however just and proper that course ii
itself may have been, The prejudice Of th
Il people haa become 50 deeply seatet
against il, that no alternative remains fo
you, bat TO adopt other measures certais
to remove this prejudice, or soon sea th.
North in state of rebellion against th.
Administration itself. | beg you moi
to delay unnecessarily the pacifeation Of
the people BY complying with the almost
unanimous demand, that a majority, il
MT all, Of the Cabinet officers be instant
ly dismissed, and honest, high minded
men, be appointed in their places. SEQ
ondly, they demand that your emanoipa-
ton proclamation be Withdrawn, and that
Maj. Gen. Mcclellan be recalled, that the
demoraliSed army of the Potomac may
be renodelsd and put in condition for
service: And thirdly, that you make
propositions for peace TO the reVolsed
States as suggested in my last letter
The people believe that blood enough has
been spilled to no purpose, and that the
man is insane, or mad, who, now that no
hope remains of snbjugating them, de-
mands 'that the rebels lay down their
arms before any overtures for peace are
made p'
They believe that peace can be had on
honorable terms and they are fully deter
uei,esd to have it. they believe that both
parties have been wrong, and the North
in attacking the domestic institutions of
Of the South were first In the wrong, and
should now be the first to propose an hon
able peace, and s'that's what's the mat
ter :" that the Rev. Clergy, and Others,
who SO Vehemently croak for more ''blood
letting" do not desire peace They be-
lieTe they are right when they refuse to
give their lives and N ans sadri6ce to
the fanAtical ambition Of the ruling dy-
nasty at Washington. They believe that
it is equally fatal to their liberties to al
low JEFF. Davis to destroy the Constitu-
ton, as to allow Abraham Lin3oln to do
the same thing, no more nor less.
They believe the present chief magis-
trate is conducting the affairs of the ma
ton in total disregard of the provisions
Of the Constitution and the liberties of
the people guaranteed By it. They be-
hsve most frrBly that your Exesliency is
ruling the people by the srampling under
his feet all law and iDstituting bis oloa
sriA IN its place, thereby turning the gov
eFnment into a most odious despot-
ism and that your Excelency took up
on yourself solemn oath before high
Heaven to pyeserve, support and uphold
the Constitution, upon entering upon the
duties of your high Office, with the wicked
purpose, and fixed determination to de-
stroy it and with it their liberties; and
that thereby your ExceIleney has wilIful-
ly, and maliciously blsekened your own
soul with perjury most foul. They be-
iieve the prophecy Of the great Webster
is being fulfilled to the letter in the do
ings of the present Administration, when
be said 'rIf these internal fanatics and
Abolitionists, ever get the power into
their hands they will override the Con-
stisution, set the Supreme Court at def
anee, change and make laws to suit them
selves, LAY VIOLENT HANDS ON
THOSE WHO DIFFER WITH THEM
In OPINION, or dare question their t.
deity and they will finally bankrupt the
nation and deluge it With blood" They
believs your ExeelIency TO have been led
into "disloyal practices" by corrupt cier-
ical and lay dsmagogues, both seeking
x. & - 4
the destruction of the Republic, and a
partiEan triumph at the sacrifice Of
both, to the wicked ambition of au nm
scrupuious clergy and the partizan plum
deEers of the substance of the people, who
intend to reax upon the ruins Of their be-
loved nation, ''part religious, and part
state'7 desposism already commenced and
praesiced upon by this infamous Admin
istration as they call it.
Mr.. President, you will see By the hand
writing of these letters, that the writer's
days are well nigh numbered, and that
he has long lived TO see his nation pros-
per, and hence, that whatever he may
now have to say, Is said with the hope Of
good 70 his bleeding country,, now pros
trasad by the combined effnrta of thswiet.-
ed classes of men referred 20. If ynur
ExeelIency will condescend TO act in sc
coraance with the will OF the people, the
thanks of the world will be tendsred ysu,
| and the very arch OF Heaven viii ring
With the shout Of Joy simultaneously, put
forth By every pattiot and good man o.
this land. a ri
L still beg leave 70 wS1ts geu again