Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-01-07

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Ess Rzss, sAAa wiieh eaaaos be found 3
! .mess intensely Abaaisies- Diaaaioa !
.hsss In III thu Abelisiea SsAasa Of he l
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Did Ii aver occur TO the Peesidens that I
wishogs Abogisienisa tha Teksalioa woald Il
asyar have commenced, and withous Ia
aasisisn, Aboifslsaism aad proposed
emansipation, TIE rseellloa could asssf
Be- sonsinusd p oonaea BlsBs Bsagls.
!, We'll, Dir. Ruxls you are moss Intensely
opposed 20 AboIitieaism and Emaaeipa-
tion; and, a. yoa say they aloha keep up
the contsst, yoa mnst be sGatn against
the waf and adminislrasion, and eonse-
t,usnsly openly In favor u rebsllioas-
Are We mot cogTasts Yea sag tha eaufsss
ID betwsaa Abalisioaism and the Rshal-
lien: and being So Wild ~ "a Arabian
sss against ssAbolisignissn, ron mnss OK
necessity choose the opposite side-lyoa
say there are but swol fares thsF re-
hellion. But ii other evidenss Was nasd~
ed 70 confirm the truth Of yosr being an
internal traitor, IL ID readily furnished In |
she notorious fact that yon abuse the
| Unitsd States Government more than
does any paper Seath OF Mason and Dix
ou's line. Ara, IL our Government we're
to fall so-moFrow, yoa would curse IL in
Its death agonissl Yet you are IS Union"
/ You don't write y Union line ia yoar
confederate sheet! ......
II In some Of your statements, DIR. Edit
|, Or, you are correct and In some you ara
greatly in error, bat We do not say viii
fully 80, because being mast cone 70
years Of accountability before be can be
! held responsible fer anything he saya or
, does. ...- -.t.~-
You are right In suppoaing shas ws are
: intsnssly opposed to Abolisionism and
i emancipation. You ars also correct 10
h. concluding thai we are ''aat against the
!. war and administration" bat ycu ara
entirely At fault in concluding thai WI
are either secrstly or "opsnly In k&VoE Of
the rebellion"
: We have opposed the var from the De
ginning for several reaaon:
First; Because ths Government OF th'
: United States, has no right to wage wa
against seeding State for the parpos
= Of eosreing such State back into to
Union.
7 Secondly; II the Government has sac
h right, We say ia the language Of d.
=, SEwAkD, 10 his letter TO DIR. ADAMS, 90
~ Minister at the Court Of ST. James
" {" This is nos tbs eOasstry, aOr tAs AEss'
tca" people the people oUer s0ho"a 10 e
srciss e."
= Thirdly; Because We desired to pa
petuaEe the Uaion and cultivate spir
of friendship and fraternity among Il
~ people Of all sections Of the Union, nj
y We do nat believe sh&t war can produ
these effects but on the contrary, is ca
= cuIatsd to destroy the Union and enge
~ der q spirit Of hatred and lasting host
w iEy between the different sections OF q
Union. We believed before the secsssi
's of any State, that il you Abolitionist
would acknowledge your Aiisxiancs
- the government, cease Jour end eavors
-" produce dissolution of the Uaion, 81
become loyal citizens, and show that 10
" atty by rspadiating the doctrine that t
Consultation and Union, were q ''eoV
naus With death and league with hell
thai the Union might be perpssuated, a
hence we were Supposed 70 Abolisionisl
and the election of Abraham Lincoln
- the Presidency Of the Unised States.
are Had you a bolitionistu, bOen loyal
A. the government aBd not striVsn to ovt
shrowit by passing Personal Liberty Bill
and using mob violence against the ell
cution of the laws, there would have b
TN no secession, and as matter Of course
war. Hs0cs you are responsible for q
-. Try dollar expended, every drop Of biz
TO shed, and all other horrors and miseE
MIS- brought on By the war.
inc: We cannot understand your logic vi
' Gus you say that because We ara "ass agai
the the war and the Administration, we
Irles openly In favor Of the rebellion" |
il never occur 10 you, thai there Is '
the difference between favoring the REBEL
SON Aad opposing the Administration in
the exercise of unconstitutional powers.
ToV- la the use Of certain means ostansib.y
the suppression Of the rebeElionP
1rks cause we ara opposed to the war and
orld Administration. IL does not follow, (
We are in favor of dissolution, Of
Union. As we'll might you argue,
atom Gauss We opposed the doctor who prop
tan TO cut OF our leg 10 cure the chills
owe fever, that ne were anxious 10 hays
,hs 'sshakes" during life, We are oppo
War to the rebellion bat we do not bell
His that war will suppress il. Ws are in
A1sF- vor the Union bus va dot believe that
a. will restore il. We believe that the p
ideut spoksworda Of truth and scbern
pep when hs said In bis inaugural Addr'
y n "Sapposs you 30 70 war, yoa car
sas Eght always, and when after much
% On both AIDES and no gain on either,
ma5 cease hghtiag, the Identical old quest
lFive a. TO terms ot Intercourse are again
nSn' on you."
- Had the President acted In aoeogds
gee with this wiss suggestion, instead OF
here ing gosded ga BY you Abolisionisss,
for 9 war 10 free the negro, the Soul
II. would not have bssn made dssolase,
ning thousands upon thousands Of widows