Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-09-03
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The Electi0n fri ~
Burnsides s Deolaratisa
ef Martial L.aWI

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!. ef Martial Law! .
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How ths Fsopis wsrs salproes0e1I
I. u shsis sdysssisn Rlshts =
BIae4sssLss Ky- Aag. -.
Your e nsisss assSsss / J haes aoas s.s bean n
formsd that Gan. Burn&ids has pas n
6tass of Kshtaeky under maxtial law, r
81 III fszs51 fo7 f7 ss1ssiz s1siz = q -; =
Hths State il invaded By rsSsl toso
1 With The ayowed Insenkion ,og orswsHinl
the judge of the III scsions Mtfnid13ii1
| loyal voters, kespaaxskam from the polIs
Aad foscing the slsstion Of disleyal an
i dldates, Since she reeenl xreAs sevn
sss M the rebel canse, ssloyal papexsa
hase been telling az thai shs rsheliion I
! n its daAsh- Skroas and viii soon be nam.
beeed aaaohg the Ahings that wssa. d
1 rebel invasioH at sach faEmidable pss,
portions ~ Gen. Baxnsias indicates, i
i ~ sysns, therefore. wholly zalooked foi
4 at this TINA, and il regarded hy tha dem,
4 oofats a. one al Bnrnside's sssoars osows.
like Tia fstfeAsonn af TalIandighsn. khs
ssdisloyaltyn Of TIM CnAcAao flMRa, and
/ The dangerous power Of Kensnoky fesaals
/ rsbsiss indnning The sver-waEnhfni Cen.
crL 10 suppress Tas Tass, exile Vallsn.
dighafn, and Danish goodly namhag al
heiples children and haraIeas women.
| Bnrnsids,s declaration Of martial lsw
was followed By one emanasing from i.
u. Butler, commander oS tha sch Indians
Cavalry, placing Brsdstawn and AelsOu
county under martial law. BxadsEswr
il tha residence Of Hon. G. 4. WiekIifs,
danaoSsatic candidate for Goysraoy ~
Col. Butler ANNOUNCES, with q pgofnsiop
OF large capitals, IN handbiIIs distributed
on Sunday, thal ths people are 10 BE-
protested In their sovxxxtGs rights ~
eitizaas, AID NOR aoERszxp u Ant
wAY.s s.E..1,
BlsomGeld 10 small toEu, IL miles
from Bradstown, In ths midst of fns
country, where dsnaocsats abound. On
Monday aoraing (slso&ion day,l Capt.
Sea, formerly OF Chiesgo, now "a Isdiana
Captain Of cavalry ,-an ahalitieni& who
voted for Lincoln, aygwsd himsan IN IA
vor Of the emancipation and nexgo- -army
policy Of the President, and, de6ass aloy-
lEyo 10 be support Of all the Prasi-
dsnt,s msasurss, with . squad ID 5 sell
diexs, aruaed with carhincs, sahres and
rssoIysrs, took possession Of he polis.--s
He infogmed the judges that they we're
under martial Law, and would hare 10
conduct the election according 10 his di-
recsions, which be bad received from his
superiogs. Hs then declared Hoa. G. A.
Wieklifs q disloyAl man, and chat no
sose should be cast for him. He furnish
ed State, Congressional, aad county tick
cts, which be declared 70 be stloyal,s . and
said that s1oyal menr might vote for
them. At later period he stated that
votes Of sfloyai mems might be cast for
othas candidates., provided the judges
would sadoYss the legally Qf tbs eGssds-
dasss, admanishing them, at the sama
be for uss Legally Of az Hss voGsd for j,
and that If any Ok shsn shouid hereafter
be declared 'sdialoyaln BY the militasy
authorities, Ne isdgss sUossld Be pusssk-
ed bat what the panishnsak might be he
was not authorised 70 sag, The indgss
ovaFawed BIZ the military, being acqnsinf !.
cd with only few IL ths long hst of
candidates, and warmed at sxposare 70
m unde6ed military panisnmens If By
ehgncs q dislUyar man shoufd be voted
Tor, concluded 90 reesisa ysses eniy for
che sasIisary siekss, Of which BramIetse,
for Governor, was che head. A few dega-
eesats offered 10 vote for Riaklifs, buk
we're nass with the assurance of the lndi-
ana, abslition, agro-sxming Captain,
wash his revolver oonspieueusly displayed
that cdr Wisklifa 10 disloyal maa,
and shas ia no case ahall vote be cast
foE him.s
The democrats then gave up the ooa-a
test and resigned to the military and the
sslsyalsy.H About nins~ts tsashs OF shis
prasiass ID democratic, and it wcald hAsai
20 sFpsarsd ON the poll books II we had
been allo wed TO vote; but the military
dearssd otherwise, and like our bsloysa
hrsshrea, shs nestkazu demscTass, when
they gas In tighs place, awe ara . Law
and ordas poepla.h ssksut for Oss for-l
beasancs, blood would haya been shed, 70
as our northern brethren say whsn they
allow the abalitionists 10 ssspit upon
them and shen rub Il in.n That is ta
say, We quietly Submitted to hags our
righss wrested frpm rs, and the soldiers
bad no occasion "a Hshed the blo0do Of
% dooils . people.
The Whale aaabsg of yotes cast was
saiaesess --alf for tha BramIstte tiekss. =.
Ii tbs ,damocsass bad been allowed 70
vote Mr.. Wlokliifess maioriky Would per-
hans hsys bean 10 o. more. The entire
bogus Unions strength was polIed, sx-
oaps, peFhaps q votes.
I old men who have been voting for 40
and 30 ysars weTs yesterday refused the
privilege Of sasings whila mere yoathss
Just ouf ok shsir miRorisys freely vossd.
An aged minister Of The Gospel, who had
bsan ! Legal voter, but not ! polisiaiaa,
for fss- seUea yearss was denaea = vets ];
whils young n&xss Without sulhoient m
salligsnes Ia resd hia tickets assd
kaosea to Be q 6siE vossd for Bsamlesss
q CO. Msn Of large wssIih and high
ohsxnstsFs yho pay hesYy tAkss TO statel
and national gusaenmsntas could not scts,
while sssQaatteEasr aspaaGssn ffesly yQ-
Ted, uho wfll prsbahlg nsysr pay q dlnaa1
10 supp0Rt she national guEaznfnant and
nothing moxs than bead tax - the ssstal
goEeTnmspt. Il. sf.ssg 81. &
Thas did sfAs MiiigaFY qfIesrs aid Asa
1onsfisss&d assshesil{ss IA sspp0rt 1 Eh&.
Inns sad ne p@sits u - ksesn up-a
dsx Gen., kaxnsideys oFdsx pxaciAfmipg
martial law. Thus did The commander
III Indisns troops In Nslsoa eounty faI6ll
bis promise, saaAde Ia aaaning sapissla,
that the people shal asov M xoIEsTsD
IN Asr wAY, and shsll be projected ia their
scvereixn rigkss. = 9s1asN KS 3
iii Bfadsi6wn sna oshsx parts sf sAe
o0ontey shs sazasla sSens wse snAh3sd. =
Tks sszas was dons hi sasKxl cQaMtiss
heard frodk. And Sst ~ n6uissliia Seslss
nal md 1khss ab6l1tion papsFs viii aa1dm
= bfiliians riesosy 111lfs1sd. IS
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