Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-03-04

SaAn ulsaa plah0 ana @Ea6s IN g0aa AfaH
II do not say, coatantmeut and sssl a
alaesfsy anaong thest Eroopsf
+ And what do you propose TO do aii
sAsss black aolases @assz shag shall haz
returned from the basssa- Gald2 7 d asasla
men have told US thai thsss enlistmsnI
are found necessary lfn order that the Al
my oa the United Statas' may be mad
sal6oisualy ssroag 30 accomplish the wor
it has to do. They veil US we ara In ID
| very crisis Or she,war. They tell rs sha
now 10 the time to puG forth our Who'll
power, OF else the rebalt Of the struggi
Eia in doubt They ssll US that the wkis
raea alone, 80 far - ia ssrsngth bsai 20
been developed, ia nbs entirely eompessu
TO render to the cause of the Union ans
she Gonssitasion an assured victory
And shsy tell us that these colored inss
are ready with theif ssReng RFlumi afas
their brave hearts to maintain the suprs
macy Of the CoaalitatIon and to defenC
the integrity OF the Union which In oul
handS to-day is irnpariled. Il ii
WHAT'S that Constitution ? 1t pro.
rides that every child Of the Republic,
every citisen Of The land, ID before tht
ssw the equal Of every other. 1t pro
|idssfo all Of them trial by jury, free
speech, free press, entire protection fol
life and liberty and properly.
Ii goes further. II secures to every
citizen the righs Of suffrage, the right to
hold ONCE, the right to szpire to every
agency by which Che Goveuament is car.
ried on. Every man caIleh upon to do
military duty, is by its provisions entitled
to vote, and . competent aspfrant for
every once In the Government. You
nov say to these black men, come TO the
defense of this Consultation. Come, aid
us 10 maintain its supremacy. Come,
aid US 10 uphold Government which is
thus beni6cent to all its children. Sup
pose your utmost HOPES are realized; sup
pose they come, and that by their aid you
are successful. They will come back
with Your victorious hosts, following the
banner Of the Republ lie, battle orn and
naimed aud SCARED. What will you do
with them? viii yon consign them to
political infeyiority, to social isolation i?
viii you again deny 10 them those privi-
leges which are GUARANTEED 70 every citi-
zen by the Constitution which thQy have
helped you to maiuta am? Or win you
take them to q political and social equal
isy with yourselves? /? Will you give them
the right OF suffrage the right to hold
Office? viii you pat thsm aide By side
with the white citizens of the land?
| put ii TO my friend from Ohio who
has jast taken his seat, TMr. Trimble. !
who told as that in sFeEy relation add in
every condition of life be believed the
negro was inferior to the white man. /
put it 10 the gentiem an from Pennsylya-
MIA, who sits before tne, Mr. Ncpher-
sou, az one Of the Easalous advocates of
this bill !; pat it 10 these gentlemen
whether, after having called apon these
negroes. as citizens and loyal fTieads, in
the hour Of their extremity, to maintain
this Constitution, it is their inten Eion to
again to eonsign them to social Unequal
ity and political degradation, or to ele-
rate them to the level Of the condition Of
the white citizens? lget no answer to
this question.
The gentleman from New York, Dir.
sedgwick, yesterday, with more frank-
ness than any gentleman who has spoken
upon this subject, ha8 given to as what |
cannot help thinking 10, With many of
his frisads, the traa native fog Insisting
upon the passage of this bill. Hs said:
"And yet these things have been yield
cd TO RS accomplished facts, and so will it
be with this proclamation, even though il
had not the sanction of constitutional
authority, when once you pu4 this bill
into practical operation for no commu-
nifty Of negroes who have once had arms
in their hands can again be subjugated
to the restraints of slavery. History
furnishes no such example. The armiug
Of the slave popufatidn is the end Of the
institution for all time, and no less the
end of this rebellion
~ talk not about tie Constitution. 1t
has become, in the hands of the timid
lawyers and time-serTing politicians, a
shield between the Government and the
persons and the estates ef the rebels
ITO such base uses ha4 it come al lass.'-
1t is continually frustrating the efforts Of
this Government to put down this rebel
lion."
Is that the inspiration Of this bill p? Is
that the motive for these persistent Ell.
forts? Was il beeause "the arming of a
slave population Is tha end of the iasti-
tuition for all time," d bat We were requir1
sd 10 pass this bill on Wednesday morn.
lag without discussion or examination 2
Was it because the patty Was unwiiling
20 declare what the gentleman from New
York lMr. Sedgwtokl has so frankly
asowed, that a minority on this door,
feeble iu numbers, we're Obliged 20 re-
sort to every expedieat Of parliamentary
warfare during the whole Of Wednesday
night in order that we might have this
much Of detlats2 DID they hesitate to
sall the country that = 40 community Of
negroes who have onc4 bad arms Ia thieF
hands can again be subjugaLed TO the re-
straints OF slavery and this considera-
ton constituted chief reason for pass
ing this biEl9 But question the aoeu-
rary with which the geaslman states the
lessons of history. Greece and Rome
both furnish the refutation of his theory.
The iciots, the slaves of Sparta, revolt
ed against their masters, and were re-
duced to subsection. The seryile wars of
Rome, scaas as ID our knowledge Of them,
show that the possession Of arms does
not always secure the liberty OF the sub-
iecs race. Armed slsFes in rebellion, in
possession OF their masters homes sssd
Families, hare been brought 10 obedieBoe,
mot BY the use OF arms, but OF tbs
scourge.
Ths gentleman wee but following In
the foossaeps Of thai forasunaer of hia
party 10 whom ! haya just alluded, =
More than q month ago, 10 the discussion
of the bill for the admission of Wesi
YirgiaiA, the geasseaahra from Psansyi'
vaaia ( Mr.. ssevassI seidi;
81 say, shen,, thai Fa mag admit Wssi
Virginia as new Stake, al BIZ pirftls d
asiR bYcvisson of sAe Comsfitation, bui
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