Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-01-14
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RI Whs.a sa Abolisaaniss iussiaes the ne
proclaimed poiioJ Of the AdministYat
ne takes the ground that slavery Is Il
cause or the var, and thas either IL
6sveTnmsnt or slavery must be d,
T stroysd. But tbs Government nul
nsa be destroyed. Therefore slavery ina
l.be abolished. His arss fallsoy eousis
n . begging Of the question, and his 81
eoadin deceptive Substitution of tern
~-ths G0Sasnmans FOR iss administration
I ais adversary denies the assumpsio
that slavery ID the cause of the war. an
more sAaa Law il the cause OF transyras
sion, or the moaes Of the way~laid ira
weller she cause Of his robbery or q, urt,e,
An antesedsne isl NOS necessarily nm,
morally . caass. He aEkrns. on the con
tEary, that AbolitipniFm is the eausatfv
sntecedent OF the war, and win be fafa
| 10 the Govszumsus If it's destructive pol
ICY be carried on. But Government mus
ba sustained, and therefore all good citi
Gems mass think, sad speak, and vots, il
ssse exarcass of their constitution, free
doasS 80 as 60 secure, if that be possible
1 q hsstsS administration of il. Ia . tt
/ This ls very esnsiderable issue. A
thiags now are, i'll is Of great conseqaenea
that the people TO whom the Goyernen
belongs shoald look well into the dispute
OtheRwiss they may loose their inherit.
Enca wakhont knowing il, and reparafiov
may De impossible 4 government, Iiks
. house, IL more easily demolished thar
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T. Some Of US, As. Editor, who hold nc
office and pablIsh no paper, and have nc
tntsnsioa of doing either, have, so far, q
fair claim to be hoard ia respect 70 tbs
controversy now going on Besides, We
hsEe somewhat carefully studied the Alb
| oiitionisss, whose doctrines the present
Recognised agents of the people are about
20 carry cat Ia shair administration of
affairs. We can speak from che book.
Cur method Ii historical, which is best
adapted TO the ocoAsioD. Men nay spec
ulase about slavery and lie relations till
they are gray and bs ne wiser. The doc
tors of that fashioa everywhere disagree
as-to ita OF ito nature, its design, its
genius and spirit, lbs politics, ethics and
theology, its seiente and It's literature
and manners. 5sa Co.,.
Since this war began we have read many
Ingenious discussions Of the subject from
learned JaEists, statesmen, divines but
only 60 psEseivs how they have multiplied
confnsfans. The writers have looked out
from thar Respective different stand
poinss, and rsaso.9sd in evident subservi-
sncy to their different idols, mere numer-
oua than Bacon has described, till they
hare hawildered themselves and-whleh
10 worse--the inn osent and unconscious
public An spidsHsie, mental disease is
consequently settled upon as, We wait
Tor some highly Eaissd aud concentrated
solvent 10 digest &li their respective VA
rietiea OF wisdom before q panacse can
be found. Then, however, the poor af
hcted patient may be beyond recovery.
Doubtless the only sufficient solvent
OF all onr intellectual cEadIties is reve-
lation. Bat We feax the patient is too far
gone, already TO bear spirit raised so
much above the pastural. We must con-
tent ourselves with what is next best
history. That gives US the wisdom of
God IN his moral providence, and to know
that may be OF great consequence in de-
fault Of more spiritual enlightenment.
We find that, bafore the era Of AboH.
@tlon, this whole country enjoyed remark
able union, peace and prosperity for half
century. Its general officers were eho-
sen with references to no sectional pecu-
Iiarities but az representatives of parties
Unfortunately scattered over all the
States. No considerable sestional dis.
putes arose in the Congress but such as
grow out of natural diYeEsitias of physi-
cal condition. Tariffs, internal improve
ments, boaDties, and the like, suggested
and exhausted t1ntroversy. The heat
produced vas hardly more than enough
to produce healthy intellectual activity,
and check the bad tendencies of APP
propriating majorities. SO far there was
but little difference between Northern
aAd Southern politicians, in the spirit
with which they consended, or the expedi-
ents which they adopted It would have
been difficult, aud 6s little consequence,
10 moral point Of view, to strike bal
ance between them. Neither the logic of
statesmen, nor the craft of politicians
could have awakened dangerous personal
or sectional auinaosities, or disturbed
constitutional relations, so long as they
oVerstepped net the limits expedisncy,
and effected no moral control Of the pub
lilo mind. Calhoun and Webster at the
head, or SuCh men As Brooks and Sumner
at the tail, could aevsr have oonseuded
greatly to the pahlic detrimeat, sill the
Congress let in subjects Of discussion
th&s concerned more immediatefy the gov
eEpmsntof God. Thst waz our original
mistake, which some Of the fathers had
foreseen with fears and warpings-the
common mistake Of all countries, as viz
tue declines-of esseying, Willingly or
aawittiugly, 10 bring together what God
requires as TO keep asun der--the Church
and the State. Till we made that blum
der the country vas united, prosperous
and happy. There had been no sueh in
stance in the history of the world.
Ii there were, bsfore that time, any
dangerous plotters against the Govern
raent, North or South, we find no evil
deaos Of it in hisaofy. That there may
have been Enen On both sides, ready TO
have taken advantage of occasions to ex-
alt themselves on the ruins Of the repub-
Tic, 1t Is not Improbable, for Americans
are no exceptions 70 the common 1aw of
sslkshnass and ara hation. Bat such men
could have made no figure. The Union,
the Constitution and the laws are saorsd.
and the country would have rejected any
ssnspiraey against them as a healthy
stsmaeh rejects psison. Such madness
caald have reached no higher than awhis-
ky insuueosion. We we're safe aad hon-.
orabie till the moral balance was, de-
ranged, and Church and State fell out Of