Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-05-27

M. n. poinsroy, editor ol sAs L.
Crosse Dsaesraa whe has fer somssimt
eeea ths army eosTsspendsns Of the Nil.
waakse Nsses and Chicago 7smes b.
been ordered 10 leave the department. oI
Gen. Psentiss, for giving the facts M b.
san sAeua, witaout gsoss on TRANSFORMS.
saea. Il Is Gully necessary to say thar Mr.,
.ponsroy has been oS stha war dssao-
orassc stripe Easy aaah opposed 10 ahe
Herald aad iss pssisions, supporser of
$50 war for the Union.s' Ubtnmsnsins On
bis arrest md exclusion from the Rnes,
ar. Ponaszsy ssyH;i laa Yssn aapgee
s0pF ofAaes was simply this we had
told tbeisfuIh. After naoakhs of obser-
Yatiops and close inF Fsstigalion, We deter
mined TO give our readers facfs, leasing
iies to De spoken By Official reports Of
Victories never wons BY commanding or
ners like Preneiss, and the teiegraph.-
The ldea OF sriaing faess startled az With
toe sting Of iightnings the Willing sools
OF sss adminiserasfon, and Il shoaid not
be allowed. AsaT
go The truth of our lotsers-4tbe existence
of evils and wroRgs stiIl greater than We
had written OF, is ssiil IN the aruiy. We
asked Gen. Preatiss il we had written a
word which was NOS truth, simple and
unconsrss sersibis. We dared him to de-
aygaEs bin proof 10 sabstautiate the
aEsseiess No enc can contradict. His
rspl y was Ehiss
Z 'Mr. Pemesoy, | want you to under
stand thas toe tram aaaa not be uristeya
froa this disfries 90 discourage the peo-
pie OF the North, so long as I am hsre.a
! 30 loag as we remained silent to the
dishonesty aaa corruption among officers
10 the army, we were q prince Of good
feiiosr- so long as IN editor endorses
every EaoVs Of the administration, or
writes ap hero Of every ignorant, thiev-
ing snd eowardly general cursing the ar
my with has presence, ana the country
with hss sxisseaes, all is right. Just SO
long as we see fis to remain silent and see
poor people pluudeYed-me deprived of
all legal or political rights-the aag of
sha norsh markisg the depository of sso-
len goods ~- geaerais stealing cotton
stealing horses captains steal
ins negroess and psivates stealing lace,
3ewelFy, ciothiag, bedding, pictures and
loved mcmsntoea of friendship from in
nocent women and chfldren, without our
wriEing q word Of a protest and demand
ing word that saoh damnable valdalisna
be stopped, we become a traitor 90 the
government, -buf, thank God not the
people. .a -# z@ a@ Ftt
30 long as we coul lwitness ths per
sassent efforts in the army 90 crush demo-
erats rather ghan thsF4belliun ssse
Union residents OF the south rJiibed ami
lasnlted BY the very men sSsT ones pray
I'd TO God might reach them quickly, We
6eoome 3 sraisosI So long as We had
daily Rxideues cleaned from picket post, |
oanp 6res, sutler's tAnss and hasrisals,
that ths army was eeconning denoraIsed
and The msn that we're rot afraid to speak, |
wsary and disgastsd with the life of
alandeT and idisness they were leading,
and msnsian IL not, we were loyal /
catiE&n- -a z. 2Esr "a
kias months since Helena xas occupiad |
BY fsdsral troops. TAirty-five thousand |
nen uRaeg sotsoa stealing Curtis, pitched |
heir camps there in the rich Gotten coun-
iry. Phillips and the work begun. In
aine uSonths eight changes of command |
Iag oaaesrs over that psas have shown the |
luablenesa of the government and tend |
I'd 10 deEaoEaiiSs the troops. Six cut of |
he eight commanders there have made |
fortunes, ir cotton, naies |
and oshsE spesulatiORs, bas ths enemy has
never been metl y....... |