Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-12-24

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We notise sAss ssise snambsr Of nsm-
osratas newspapaEs sss paopcsing Gkx.H
Mpt xEIAaa - ne 4xt Dsmssfs.ie s@a-
aidAss FOR psssidsus. Ror our para -
don't 90 aingls ssnt On him. We don's
know why b. should reeslvs the nomina-
sion in prsfsrsaes 10 ssany ashas mar. ~
IA General, We bsllsve him % BE- -
abts q aar II shs asls % saa sfiss bal
shas dess aas qualify him for TIA aisss
Ut Prssies na, and the fast Of hls enss be-
iag In the aeld, In tho prsssns asOonsslsa-
sseaal aadaajuss Civil War. aisqualilics
him in ear sssimatisa Tor the nomina-
sica by me Demoosssis party.
The Democratic party il an aasi.was
party and had IA ut sha commencement
earrisd sus lite true pfiacipaes thsrs would
have been 20 var and che country pow
would hare bean In The saiOymaas Of
psase. Every suainent DaaOcras, and ne
mighs add, every eminent Whlg, thai eY.
Sc lived 10 the Union has warned tho
people againss the dangers o. sivil war,
and NIL hare agreed sAAs whsn war vas
once commenced by one section Of tho
Union against the other, thAt separation
was Inevitable.
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With these waxniags bsf0rs shem, Il
was the daty Of every Democrats In Cop
gress and in every responsible station, TO
raise his voice against ahs Inauguration
Of civil war, and bad thsy done so, IDS
Repuhlicans, the real disuniohisss Of tie
country, would not hare ventured TO 20
into war by themselves, and they woali
have adopted the Orittsndes Oompro-
mise, Or some stheE Compromise, by
which the Union would have been, saw
and the present. unholy, rutneus and a.
Vsatasing civii war, woald have been pre-.
vsntsd. But when men processing TO bs
Democrats, rendered to the adminissEa-
ton their aid in carrying on war, upon
tbs hyposhaaiss that ssthe American PEG
pie are sighting people and no party
was evss popular that opposed war, "
with the hope Of getting control of tie
war and then coaelading peace which
would 'ssiak the Republican Abolisi ID
party so deep in Oblivion that the hand
of rassnrection would never reach H."
they abandoned the principles apon which
our Governme0s is founded, and repuji-
ated the warnings, advice and admoii.
tons, given By every eminent naa, frssu
Ceases WAaaIxoToS, the ssFather nj bis
Country" 70 HEsKr Car, whom It may
BE- said exhausted his last breath 10 per-
feeling compromise 20 save toe Union,
aaa In warning his eOuntryman against
the dangers and elects of Civil War.
| We want no man fer President WHO
was so blind as 10 suppose thai the Union
could be restored by force, or who waa
90 dishonest 40 to 20 into the war for shG
purpose Of gaining popularity, or gas.
ting consEol Of the var in order to coz.
Glade q psses fer parry purposes and to
effect party ends. We want for our can.
didase for President, man who has been
opposed 20 the var from the beginning -
enc not eaiy opposed 70 the var, but on,
who has labossd 10 bring il 70 . tsrmiua.
sicn by opposing is In every phase IL b ..
taken since Its commencement.
/ II the Democracy can slees such man,
snd Hainsaia saeir power Ia she Govern.
msns for few years, there is possibiI.
ity that the Union may be rs-comssr,selet
fppon ssrms Of Justice and equality - ssl
With the slsstioa Of 8 Republican Or !
"Was Democrat" which Is the sans
shing, "oniy little more g. y the Union
will never bsFe-eonstracted, tho rights d
ths people will be ovsFiddou by ghe d >.
pots in power, the Conssitstisa will b,
sabveFted and Dsspoaism viii be ssta >.
| lished, ...
For these reasons We are opposed e
the nomination Of GKsKRAt McCLELIAx