Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-07-01
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ssl divine SYSTEMATICALLY no
aaabt, makes ssvssal False statements 10
the Aoapsyiss pf the 2oth Of yans. Ii
the arss place ws desire 10 kaow what
the writer considers asths uaissd ssatssst'
Does his idea smhraea all the States
which oass formsd shs gaoyieas okd
Unt6n, os does ID emhssas only those
States which rensia legal 70 ths oeussl-
tuition and unieaf Ii The lssssr covefs
his idea Of the United States, wa AK
What are ws aghsiag Tor, aad - -
there any rebelIioa agsinss the Govern.
meat Of tha United States? III on tbs
osbsr hand be claims the whols thirty-
four stases-Ecrsh and South, rs the
United States, does be not know THAI he
has ssalsd q falsehood In the very ffss
paragraph oil bic arsiels2 He says:
ssAil-easisstaa aenoHaiaaltoss Ia has Unised
iaoa sasibliity 81 treason and rsaisioa. eaa az
ssr aaethsr they hare esras Ia Escogasze . pabli1
profession Of fstsaasAip fsF kAs saassyss The uhiOH
A. = ~ehrizsian aslisasisa--Aavs hesa forced 20 sss
the usteg ahsaraiv and aockeFy Of protesting y
De eArssssams. whIis sAsir sy1npataIea we're knsws
70 ~ vita sAs rsssiiisn.n
Now, If tha writer means by the Uniof
all the States which ara embraced Ia ths
Union NJ In was, be has ssasad knowingly
a falsehood. He knows that nearly all
IL mot MI, sschristian dsaaninatioas Ii
the sseeded States, repadiaae the idsa
that those whom our divine call traitors
are mos christians. They do beliey'
that treason to the old Union and relig
ion are Compatible, and that ii ia shei
duty q protesting christian, p 20 express
their sympathiea for the rebellion, ant
they do 80 by offering ap prayers TO
jefferson Davis, and the aovsramsnt o
the Confederate States
The writer boasts Of the loyalty of tht
Methodist Episcopal Church. We hav
no doubt bat the church North 10 loyal 4
the Government as it is now undeRssool
snd administered, bat We AJAX has no
this branch of the church been In time
past dis-Ioyal 20 the CONSTITUTIONAL
Governmsasf Did not thas disloyals
aud the fanaGicism of it's members diEid
the church into two-shs Church Mort
and the church Soash? By proclainin
slavery the sasuTn of villanies,s' and divi
ding apoa thai question, did il o lay ID
foundation for q division Of the Union, t
be elected and broaghs about through re
Iigoas fanatieism?
We did not sbjses &c the resolutions o
account OF the ''exaitsd patriotism" con
tanned iu than, bat ne objected to tibet
because Of the degrading harbsriss, say
age brutality and hell. born doctrine whio
they contained. None bat szsagea, q
worse than savages-bt&nk fends league
with the dsvil aud deserving of heil
sOald propose 8 war of determination
the butohering Of old men, srippies, de
feneelsss ons and innocent childreu
in order TO establish chs supremacy G
any Government over the territory whic
would be made dissolass by their horri
buteheries, aud more especially 20, ovs
a people who have been taught the das
trins by the Chief Magistrate Of the "a
ton, that
"Any people, anywhere, being Inclined and Aas
ing ths power. have the riSAt 10 rise gp add sh&i
"a tse eziattns GaSsrnn sat Raa form a nsw %
thai suits Ehsn better. This is = msss yaiaAa
and sseTed rixhi-a righs whica &c hope is - Iise
&gs g. wsEla. GeE Is the EtEss saaAaed toe4sea
which tbs wasls ysaPIe Of aa existing GsvsrnDsi
choose 10 sxsrciss IT. AsS psvtIon 81 EseA Pssp
, sA&4 ssm, nag rsBaaasEsatxs aaS maks lASsF ~
If % @&eA Territory - t4sg tmeaAH. AoR
THAK THEs, . miorits.oE aay 81 EaeA PesFts ~
Tspoasts0HIza, psfaaag a1%a 8 @sasrgg Imsermis
: glss wis or sSsr abeBt tAsm. STA ssss eppa
. LAsiF asarfAsats."
This IL the doctrine taught by AhEa
ham Liacalu, aud In testing the pow
Of the people TO ''shaks of the existir
Government" the ordinary aodes
warfare can oaly be rssoVtsd TO. II
, laws OF civilization do not psrais = vi
of determination AID In this count:
t where the people are the aovsransns, a.
: the Union 8 creature Of compromise, Z
war Of coercion is iastiaable, much LEI
q var of determination. Those who al
socass sach g var, always take good ca
t not 70 place their worthless carsasse
i whers their lives may be considered 10
! course of liquidation None but blct
e thirsty brutes, eanti4g hypocritas, era
sning wolves in Sleeps clothing igno
: ant fanatics and cowardiy sCoundrei
e advocase or uphold those who do adv
e cate a var Of determination.
- As General Jackson Ia aathori
frequently quoted BY the radicals At pre-
!, snt, we commend to them his views, viii
wa hsre sabjoia, IN she proper msan
preserving the Union
"Rat tha Consultation cannot bs mai
2 taiusd, nor the Union preserved, In Q
position TO public feeling, by the negs .
d srtion Of ths ooereivs powers conhded
sha general GovefnmsRt. Tho found
tiona must be laid in The Affections Of b
y pserle; In shs security Ii gives 30 III
liberty, character aad property, 10 sse
u quarter OF the eountry and in the frats
naI attachments which the c~isix-as Of 4
ssvsrai States bear &c saa aaesAss,
= msmbefs Of one political fanily, musas