Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-03-11

Union undsr ths conssiEalioa u "A Sab
saSI III. i Hsgoes szrth@ and says, even
IL y wsrs possible D Esssoss shs Uaion
uazer The Constitution asls l., that it
shkn nsfaw b. Fsstsssd VIII my fhis) soaa
sent-0 We ask again what are we fight
ing fog 2 We are told by ths Rspabii- |
can leaders that The Union cannet be re-
stored, and II II seald be restored thai IL |
ahalia not DO done under our present Con- |
stisation. This proves that tina leaders are
nee sssgying "a shs wss fes shs rsssova-
ton Of ths Union. They sra hghting 70
abolish alavary. IL they saosssd then
shsy are willing thai Union ahoald be
formed under asss Constitution. bat il
thsy fail In aboliahing slaserys then, the
Union "shaA nsvsr be restored with their
conssus.n Does this not prove that the
leaders of the Republican party are the
disunioniats ? e.. -.
We now intgodacs Horace Greeley,
Editor Of shs New York Tribune, the
leading Republican paper Of the Union,
Mr.. Greeley in a editorial says
aspsaking for ourselves, We sana
honestly say that 1or that old Usiea
Which WA kept la sxistancs by Soathsru
manaoes and Northern concession, tDs
hare no rsGrsss assd no sassh for issgscoa-
styaaetion. Who wants any Unioa which
can enly bs preserved by systematic
wrong and organized political blundsrs
Vho anaass any UTi0a soiicA 70 noihinq
bas seasiuaeat to Iaeker Fourth Of Jsslv
| OYatioms snifkal2 If we are,
| In the Providence OF God, TO be delivered
from unnatural alliancss--if the January
Of slavery, rimed all over with frosty
| feudaligy, 10 no longer 10 chill unnatural
embraces the May of human hops,, cho
/ IL there scsGk or sUicked saoagk TO forbid
the righteous dtUoTcs2" .1
| This 10 II plain declaration made by the
greatest leader Of the Republican party,
that be has no regrets for the dissolution
Of the Old Union and no wish 10 see IL
restored. II asserts that the Old Union
wss worthless-thai it Vas founded on
systematic wrong" and sfoEganizsd On
political hIunders." That it's only usiii.
sy and the extent Of it's benefits, we're
ssnothing but a sentiment to laekel
Fourth o. July 0rations-" He says il
effect, IL we cannot get rid Of its un.
natural embrace let tbs North be divorced
from the South, and, ''who ia there veal
or wicked enough to forbid the rightiou
divorce" We ask again what are W,
lighting for Grealey answers 20 get Ri
of the ffunnatural embraces" Of slavery
bat failing in this, to divorce the Hortl
from the South--so dissolve the UEion
Ii not Greeley disunionist
Our next witBess is Wendell Philips
the man who made an abolition speed
"a Washington last winter, in which b
declared, be sshAd been ETNTxxx rRAR
TRYING 70 DESTROY rHK CONSTITUTION All
DISSOLVE THK UxIoS, AND he rHAsKEl
GoD thai TIE UNioE WAS DISSOLVED All
THE CONSTITUTION BROKEN, and who ate
, the delivery Of this speech was receives
upon the door of the Senate, and the Re
publican Vice President Of the UniteD
States came dawn from bis seat and con
Quoted him TO the inner circle of seats
and congratulated him upon his nasterl
effort, and made him the welcome CUES
| of the Senate.
DIR. Philips delivered an address ia ID
city Of New York in which be said:
"If the North goes back to the Con
stitution of '89, she assumes seeon'
time, afresh, unnecessarily, a crimina
responsibility for slavery.
Peace, With an unchanged Consultation
would leave gs to stand like Mexico =
States married, not matched chaineG
so9ethsr, not melted falo one.
Reconstruction is bat another name for khs
submission of the North. Ii is her sub,
lection under mask. IL you recon.
sEract it on the old basis to WHOM is il 70
be handed IL yoa compromise 1t b.
reconstruction, to whom are Jon to giv'
these delicate and grave powers? II
eomprorniaars. Recoastrs4ct this gopsTa.
meal, and for Iscsaty gears you can nspsi
elect q Repvbliean."
Here We have the whola matter in a uni
shesl--here IL Ia conceded that the Re.
publieans ~- the Administration - 'Eths
North, I" have Istf the Constisation--thaI
they have ovsrriddsn il and gone in aa.
vance of 1t. He says IL the North gpsa
back to the Constitution of 's9, she as
sumes q second time, afresh, uneosssari-
| ly criIainal responsibility for slavery
| Tia old Constitution Was q criminal one
the Adminstxat ion has everTiadsn it and
advanced from it, and to go bark to il
and re-establish the Union, woald leave
Us States chaiasd together, not mslted
into osss Union. So says Wendell Phil
ips al acknowledged leader Of the pres
ent Republican Administration party.
tsPease with az sa ebsagsd Ooastita-
sioa" Mr.. Philips rspudiases. he Op-
poses recanstraesioa Of che Unlon up
On the old basis. That is, he Is opposs
ed to tho reessahlishaent of the Union
unless Slavery Is abolished, yea he ar
gss the prosecution Of ths war. We ask
again, what are We lighting for2 Mr..
Philips answers for the abolition OF
rlnvsgy---uas for the old 0onssitaaiou !;
but for nsse one. Tss tbs leaders OF
the Republican party 'shsreaboats's viii
tel. those whom they suppose 10 bs igao-.
rant of their designs, thas shsy are sap.