Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-03-04

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: my fellow Representatives, if Gid ] no
3 ted yea saas shass Ia 50 impxssaioa gsow
0 I ing with great rapidly upoa The mind o
e the people ef sAs Aersk #ses sAas The
: have beea delibsrassiy deceived iasoi shi
] var thai thsir patriotism and shaiEeiss,
OF country have been eagaged to call then
into the Army under The pretense tha
} the war was 10 be 'snr the Uuiou and Eh.
| The Constitution, when, In fact, II was x
, be IN armed esnsade for tie abCiikioa oi
slavery. tell you, sir, that unless thia
J impr ressiou Is speedily arrested Ii will be-
! coms universal /; Il will ripen inso eonyic-
lion, and then is will be beyond youf pow
er TO get from their bread plains auoshsg
man, or from thear almost exhausted sof-
4 fsfs smother dollar. ....-
/ 4 know that gensFemen will SAY that this
ID sympathy with the secession chat
| these sentiments cannot be entertained by
loyal men. Gentlemen, hug nos 10 your
selves that dsinsinn until il Is too late to
save the Repubiie-uutii it is too late to
aaaiasain the insegrity OF this Union,
which, With the gsnslsman frsaa Maasa-
chasetts, Dir. ThOnas,l | love with ali
my heart, and Of which | hope to die
a citizen. You nay carry yoar present
policy SO far that either retreat or safety
will be beyond youE power. eaz gaosg
| Sir, have been in favor Of peace fram
! the beginning Of this sectional controvsr-
81. | hare been la favor of peace be-
cause | have bssa heartily, steadfastly,
unwageringly for the Uniom. heard
Mr. Douglas say thai war Is disanion, f.
nal, irreSoeable. believed it. said two
years ago on this door that ssarmies,
| money, war, cannot maintain this Union;
iastiee, reason, peace, may.o IbslaYed
it then | have believed 1t at every mo-
mens since | believe it now. No event
Of the past tao years has for a moment
shaken my faith. Peace is the iirst step
10 union. Peace Is union. Peace gin-
broken would have preserved it /; peace
restored will, | hope, in some time, re
construct It.. Ths shiy bonds which can
bold these States In confederation, the
only ties which can make US one people
are The soft and siiken cords Of affection
aud interest. These are woven In peace,
not war IN Cancellation not coercion in
deeds OF sympathy and kindness Rhe peo
pie of the kaIthwess we're carried away
By tn excitement Of April and MaFr-
They believed that var would restore the
Union. They trusted 20 the assurances
Of the President and his Cabinet, and
of Congress, that il should be carried On
for that purpose alone. They trusted
that II would be carried on under the
Constitution. They were patriotic, and
h. ks..n H. L..
and brothers to the army, and ponrrd out
their treasures at the feet of the admins
tration. They feel that the war has
been perverted from this end that the
Constitution has been disregarded that
abolition and arbitrary power not unio0
and constitutional liberty, are the gov
erning ideas Of the administratioR.--
They are in no temper to be tEiasd With.
They think they have been deceived
they are suffering from the death of rsia-
tiVes and friends. They are longing for
peace. There is danger of revolution. .--
There is danger that they may see no ex-
trication from present difficulties but in
separation. warn you of is now ]
warn you in time. II yeu would avoid
ii you must reverse this whole policy
you must retura instantly and pursue
steadfastly the principles you protested
in the beginning. You must add to them
faithfal observance of the Constitution;
a sacred respect for the personal rights
Of the citizen an absolute refusal to
usurp power under any pretense whatso-
ever. You must manifest your purpose
to maintain in all their integrity the
States of the Union. You must invite
back within the bonds of the Federal
Union, wish evsEy right untossOhsd, with
every social institution unimpaired, ex-
oept, indeed, by the mere ravages Of war,
| those States which have left US
This bill is inconsistent With such
purpose. 1t viii, il passed and carried
out, render union impossible Ii aay,
if your highest hopes are realized, main.
tain the integrity Of your territory, but
| the Union of ynhr States will be gone
| forever. -.
My friend from Ohio (Mr. TRlaHLEy
said that OF all things it was most deal
rsbie that we should have unity in our
| coansels. You cannot have unity while
you press measures like these. Go-ups-
ration with you is, Ia my Judgement, trea-1
son to the country, Before yoa ask for
unity, return TO your ayowed purpose aud
policy in carrying on the var. 49,.
A MEMBKR. Return TO the observance
Of the Crittenden resolutions, g.
Mt. PEsDLETOS. Gentlemen upon
| whose testimony we ought to rely, tell us
that this bill will fase Into unity against
you every man 10 the slayehoIding States.
have seen lately In the New York pa
pers what purports TO be a copy Of a
speech lately delivered by Jefferson Da-.
| Wis at Vickgburgs and OF message sent
| By him to the confederate Congress. He
seeks TO Justly The action OF The confed-
crate States in seeding from the Uaiou.
He seeks still further "so hre the Sonth-
ern hearts and ahise the Southern people.
How Nos by reference 70 the speeches
Of my colleague, Mr.. VALLASprseaAx,
nor. yes to the message of aovernor
| Seymour, nor to the results OF the
late elections In New York, New Jer-
sey, and the northwestern States, all Of
which you depiosed 30 mneh a. caleaila
ted 10 give aid aAd eonfort 10 the con-
fedegates. he cites the action of the adj
Eniaisesaaon itself, the acts Of the presi-
dent and Of the majority In both Houses
OF CosgFess -the proclalnations, the con-
fsoasion acts, tbs nes article Of war, the
employment Of negroes. Tbsss were the
ageHoies by which he hoped 10 crush out
whatever lingerfag hopes remained Of the
Iressorasion af the old Union. These
were the basis Oh his appeals 10 continued
and persistent resistance. These, be said
we're the falRllaient Of his prophsciss Of
What the Republican party would do
when IL he'd snA power. zoo told us
there was d strong UnEsn feeling latent
| In shs Soaahs thas you wonld call II our
and give lie ssssreagsh and activity. Hays
j ron aana is Hnxa Yosi tried 10 do if 2