The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-09-05
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| that ..principlea, not men. was the ruIt
4 Which citizens should adopt in theil
choice OF candidates for Office. But !
4 certain fowa Jimmy has risen up who
scouts this rule and who goes first fol
i slle nan lsihaslf, letting principles take
care OF themselves.
slsgUgrsfng TINT risg isssacgf pagsy WHOA
Ind rsominatsa him for Governor, had
j laid downtaa very unpopular platform
Iowa Jimmy srasdIvedy - Bsigadisr Gen.
.eraI, to make o grand charge on II and
either to smash ID or kick IL out Of the
way. This he attemptediu his latter oi
acceptance The first distinctive plank
lin the Rsbelplatfosm is this: ri --~~al<3'a4
Isx .Thas there u q manifest difference
between the administration of the gov.
eminent and the government itself. The
Government consists of the civil and POI
liticaI institution created by the Consti-
tuition, and to it the people owe alie-
glance. The administration are but the
agents of the people, and subject to their
approval or condemnation, according to
the merit or dcmerit of their acts"
To this Brigadier Tut responds;
For the present let US all unite heart
| ily in the support of the Government
If the administration adopts measures for
the prosecution Of the war that do not
coincide with our. peculiar views let us
make no factious opposition to them !;
bus yield to the constituted authority.
Mr.. lincoln Is the legal elected Execu-
| tive Us this Government, and during his
| Presidential term we can have no other.
| The fact that We did not vote for him rem
| ders us under no less Obligation to sup
| port the Government under his admin
| istratidn. than if we had been his most
ardent supporters. ..... .,...>1...
Either Brigadier Tut has hurt his foot,
or else that plank is gone.
The next plank in order is the follow
ing: ~
"That we are opposed to the prosecu-
ton Of the war for the purpose of carry
| fng out the emancipation proclamation
of the President of the United States
and If the federal administration expect
united north to attend its efforts to sup
press rebellion, it must not only come
! back to the object of the war as set forth
! in the Crittenden resolutions, adopted by
! the House of Representatives in July,
| 1861, but it must, in its dealings with the
! people Of the States. infring upon no one
single right guaranteed to the people by
! the Federal or State constitutions"
To this the Brigadier responds:
| II am in favor eff vigorous prosecu-
ton of the war to the fnll extent of our
power. until the rebellion is suppressed,
and of Using all means that may be i'll
| our possession, recognized by honorable
F1fIre for that purpose. I am for the
Unian without an j, and regardless of
whether slavery stands or falls by its res
toration, aid in favor of peace on no 9th
er terms than abe unconditional submits
sion of,,the rebels to the constituted au-
thorlties of the Government OF the Uni
ted States"
This certainly settles that plank and
also the following one:
THAT we deem it proper f,.rtheH to de-
clare that we would hail with pleasure
and delight any manifestation of desire
on the part Of the seeded States to re-
turn to their allegiance to the govern
mont Of the Union, and in such event we
would cordially and earnestly cooperate
with them in the restoration of peace,
and the procurement Of their interests
and rights"
The platform opposes the war and pro-
poses a compromise whenever the sece-
ded States are ready to cooperate in the
restoration Of peace. The Brigadier calls
! for vigorous prosecution of the war, and
no Ieace except on terms ofunoondition-
! al submission.
Again, the platform says:
THAT while we adhere to the Constitu-
! ton and the Union as the cest--it may
| be the last---hope of popular freedom,
and for all wrongs which have been COM
mittcd or evils which have been commit
! ted or evils which may exist, will seek
redress under the Constitution and with
! in the Union. by the peaceful agency Of
the sutfrages of free people"
| Here it is proposed to redress all evils
which may exist; including, Of course, the
rebellion, by voting.
Although the Brigadier has no objec-
ton to the votes, he has another way Of
! dealing with the rebellion, He says:
Fully believing that there Is no future
for the Government or the Country. but by
thoroughly and effectually putting down
the present rebellion in the Southern
States. lock upon~it as the duty ofall to
render what assistance is III their power
! and in Wherever manner it will do the
most good ty unite the public sentiment
os the people. to crush out treason and
rebellion against thu best Government on
earthV r.:
Here is all that the Rebel platform has
on the three great questions before the
people submission and obedience to
Congress anb the Administration as rep
/ resentatives of the Government, vigor.