Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-06-10
TIE MILITARY UsuRpAT1Uss
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: pTsas Of tAis cisy, of SATURDAY. iasas 20,
pRhAie letsss addressed 10 sass urssask ais
: Of ssh inst, thzeasgA tho Indimsapsa
JossuGi, inArsply 10 msy privase lssserl
yea of the I'd ut May, inss., askiag q
r plaaaEioaaof yaas 0rsiss No. Q, "a Il
i Yazzx ls&ssa, whisb you seem to iasan
- an explanatory supplements 10 oTde
10. !, ls salhaisatly axpllsit, ] think, 3
snahis any inselligsns citizen al Knaiaa
| 20 Understand that fEssden Of spesa
and of shs pxasas 50 far at least as rsaase
/ q kAe war poaisy and amsssusea Of tis
paassa& &adenal Administration. axs q
| shs extent af ssshadarsa placed &C you
dapesam ID be ssappsssssd Ia Enaiaaa
| ta shus as~wSng yen 20 slaasF saszai
aaa u yoar sh5sst b Order Nos 0,
have aoCaznpRishea ihs main purpose d
tay lsatsE % you,a bat much regrss shas |
hssa asathss tisns nos oppassanitg To cora
naas ~ Iwsald hike 10 zlsg ssssl 10 &c,
SERVES, On yaur axsxsosdinasy comm uai.
casaon. In parsaaace e& plan formed
months ago. 1 am aom here on nv way
to Boxson t01sake abs ssaam or of shs f3tb
inst, for Livsrpoois intending TO spend
ths sumner ia kaFepes can therefore
DO ao mare atpFsseas shsa, VERY genar-
sily, 60 nossas ypsS letter. 81 Tsro.ss
Ay frss inpaass On ssading yoa9 lsssar
wssso posspous my iassaaed iourney and
resazrn. 20 Iadisna TO swat sAs ssatael Of
ths'naw fegsms e military dssposisns un !.
dan whish pu have plsssd sha State, and
il ID nas Efthoat . feeling Of Fegfes that 1
stall oansfnHe my journey eastward -
Hhsa s0msaatutaawal g0yernnssas IL 20 be
daxsadsdA in Indiana against yourself, or
any ashaE Tsrseu or power wbe may as-
sad ID, ysa mag consider me amoag the
naazAsx oE as dsEaadcgs. Bat | nave no
fs&z ta faAx ii seaving youFselg OF
yoas Order Asos Q In tAs kaeping
Of shs people Of Indiana. You hass vel
uassxiay am&aa zecoea thas will enable
shHza 30 fally undssseaad both yoa and
your oEdaE. The nakienaa Democracy Of
lndiaaa xsA msss an 0omvensieR ws Endi-
annapolis On shs 20sh Of Mag iuss., TO
20 9eoansel toggshss for eabias good
Thsy will have yous ssaaT before them.
and have no aoEbs they will deal with
v ss becomes shs xighss aad dignity of
freeman, dsseFmiasas0 s0 maintain in sheir
integrity the consultations Of the United
Ssasas aad ct the Stsss Of Indiana s
Whatever may be my epiuisu Of tase
holiness OF The pasitina yea have taken,
1 sannos commend 8ts wisdom, ard ii
seems to has strangely inconsistent wish
shs dsaa1s pEofesssd in your Order Ne. 9,
70 restore har@ony and good feeling In
the Ssats. AS you have done me the
henor ito eoaferT With me, my advice
TO goa 10 thas you Fecads as soou and as
gracefully as yoa can from the arbitrary
purpose you hsSe q isdfcAtad, There wifi
bs ne aanger ct seTioss disturbances Of
the psacs In Indsapa, 10 long rs no at
tempt 10 made by yourself or any Other
persoa IN the State TO invade sconssfta-
aoaal rights. When shey are Invaded,
hey win be defended, peaeAably. If they
can be, and foEsibly IL It.ecessaYy.
Order No. Us Interpreted by you,
viii not be respected nor obcyed by the
people OF Indisna, for the plain. sub
stantiai reason that, however patriotic
may have been yoar motive IN issuing
ls, IL Is aot entitled to respect ana obe-
aisnee. IL is not the law Of the people |
81 Indiana. They hare not made Ii, nor
asseated 20 ft, and you are not their
fightfal Governor nor Legislator. fndt. |
ana 10 NOS province, nor Terrfso9v.
bas q State, q free, sovereign Stat1. Of |
he Federal UBioH-0ne of the United I
States of America. II is not IN Ygfynf |
ion, nor IN state of var, nor ssdisioy-
H. Il has Constitution and laws bf |
ts own, all in accordance with the con
lsitution Of the United States. Il has
Governor and Lerisfature |
sud judiciary, TO whom belongs, Of rirk
he eoatgel and conduct of the ciyfl ar |
fairs Of she State-ths making, adainis. |
seTfng and execntion oil its laws. and the /
of the political rights Of liz /
'itazens. The whole machinery of civif |
iovarnment in Indiana is ready 10 work.
md VIII work ID harmony WITH the con-
ititasional Government OF The United |
States If yea will let the machinery alone,
md recognize Eha faes that the nilitayy
should DC sahordinasa 10 civil powsy.~-
among the civil rights OF the people OF
Indians are the rights Of free speech, a
rec press, and free courts. These rights
sse dear and insstinabie to Efessnsu--I
formidable % tyra1ts only. The people
II Indiana bays done nothing 10 forfeit
hose rights. They cannot forfeit them,
or they are ihhercBt and alienable. They
'annos vita safety permit them 10 be-
riolated in the person OF one Of the kana.
,lest Of the citizens Of tbs State, Youx
)rder No. 9, therefore, which culpabIy
4ssaHes an authority In yourself, as Mil
aaTy Governor Of Indiana, 20 abrogusel
's suspsnd the Oonstitasienal sights of
rec speech and free press Ia indiana,
annot stand the ordeal Of discussion, |
judicial Investigations Or attempted exc. |
ufion. The merssk tyro In sina kaowia
dgs of the constitutional Law knowe
bat. The people Of Indiana are not
iayes they are freemen. They viii |
esd and think they wiIl assemble and
aaks and heas speschss thsy will freely
iscuss pablic aiiairss and freely resolve
nd vote upon them--aad they will or
anixe political parties, some opposed |
o, some favosing the Administration,
nd gen eannoa prsTept il IL ID sh64
onssftasissal natass Of the people Of
adiasa 70 do these things, Us snaeh a.
vac ths nature OF the sea to roll in It's |
ide upon The beach where Caunse stood
aialy coaaznauiing tbs waves 10 roll
'asks and shs man whD spanaa hia
ime Ia issaing pgoelamssions 10 the
American people To stop free thinking,
res speaking sad free printing. and free
lolding cf pablis nasesinas, and free We
iag and doing ashsr liks shings whieh
reeman are EcaE 30 do, and ean,t help
loing, might as well spend his TINA 10
,aying the mson or beating tbs air.
II II noe II tha powsr II shs Federal
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