Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-01-28

asaaasaliEiag 70 sAowa aansempt for Stass
aa&ahoEisles Aaa lava Ii aadaRminea
/ alike ths foRndaIions of Stale and ms.
!, tsonal government, by breaking up shs
/ Esoefal systern.s n home laws are not res.
peeaed the more general authority vii
bRnt be rsgagded, @ggEas IN @tF.3
ARBEgRA AaE ARRKExs. 3d. .gs Fa
Our people haEs therefoTe viewed with
alaFm practices and preEensiens Oh the
part Of officials, which violate esery pFin-
Ieiple OF good order, Of civil liberty, and
&c constitutional Law. II IL claimed that
in sizae Of war she Prssidans has pswers,
/ which authorize him TO daelare martial
iaw, not only within the sphere o. hos
file movcn ents, where other law cannot
bo enforced, but also over oar whole land.
That at his pleasure he can disregard not
folay the statutes of Congress bat the de-
oss1ous Of the national Judiciary. That
lin5oyai States ttse least Intelligent class
LeE pfReials mag be clothed With pDRsr.not
osy TO act a. spies and IHformaEa, bat
also, without due process of Law, to seize
and imprison our citizens, and carry
them beyond the limits Of the State, to
bold them in prisons without hearing or
knowledge of the offsusss with which
thsy are charged. Not only the passions
and preiudices Of these inferior agents
iead them 90 aets of tyranny, bat their
interests are advanced and their positions
secured by promoting diseontsns aud dis
cord. Even 70 ask the aid of counsel
his been held to be an ofense. 1t has
b zen we'll said tt.uS 'sto be arrested for
oue knows not what; 20 be confined, no
one entitled 10 ask where, TO be tried, no
one can say when, BY Law nowhere
koown or established or to 'linger out
life In cell without trial, presents a
body OF syr&nRy WHICH cannot be en-
lurgcd." -.s. -.F.rs. -....
The suppression Of journals and the
) Imprisonment of persons have been glar-
| III giy partisan, allowing to some the ut
bioss hcsatiousness of criticism, and
paalshing others for the fair exercise of
the right Of discussion. Conscious Of
I'll Sc gross abuses, an attempt has been
q zds TO shield the violators of law and
suppress inqaify Into theiF motfpes aHd
conduct. This attempt will fail. Un-
constitutional acts eanaot be shielded hy
unconstitutional laws. Such attempts
wiil not ssre the guilty while they will
bFug g Just condemnation upon those
who Try to prsvaat the powers of iegiala-
t. ~ to the purposes of oppression. To
ljuitify such action by precedents drawn
Fl Jtn the practice Of governments where
th@Fe is no restraint upon legislative pow.
e; will be OF no avail under our system,
Haich Restraints the g0VeEnment and pro-
L rs the citizens by written constitutions.
| shall not inquire what rights states in
3 -3belIi0u AVE forfeited, but deny that
this rsbeliou Can Suspend q single right
OF The citizens Of Iha loyal states, Ide-
n 4nee the doctrine that civil war IN the
u S1uth takes away from the loyal North
i!,o benefits of one principle Of civil
A14rty.
Il is high crime 10 ahduet a citizen oi
this state. Il is made my duty by the
C1ustitution to see that the laws are en-
fesoed. SHALL Euvestigate every alleged
yinlatioa Of our statutes, and see that of
faulers are brought, to justice, Sheriff.
aal district attorneys are admonished
that it Is their duty to take care that nc
p-vson within their respective couutie are
imprisoned, nor carried By force beyond
th y limits, without due process or Legal
authority. The removal to England oi
persons charged with offense, awav from
their friends, their witnesses and means oil
defense, was one of the acts of tyranny
for which we asserted our independence
Tho abduction Of citizens from this statt
for offenses charged to have been dont
. here, and carrying them many hundred
miles to distant prisons in other statss OF
territories, is an outrage of the samt
| ch sracter upon every principle Of righ
5 and justice.
! The general government has ampl,
e powers TO establish courts, to appoint ofh
. cers to arrest, and commissioners to heal
] complaints, and to imprison upon reason
+. able grounds of suspicion. II has g ju
! dicial system, in full and undisturbed op.
Grafton. It's own courts, held at conve
s nient points in this and other loyal state
e are open for the hearing Of all complaints
e If its laws are not ample for the punish
. ment Of offenses, 1t is due to the neglect 0
those in power.
e The government is not strengthened b,
= the exercise of doubtful powers, but by
3 wise and energetic exertion of those which
G are inroutesfibie. The former cours
j. neTer fails to prodaes discord, suspicion
b agd adistEnat, while the latter inspires re
d tspe ect and confidence,
e This loyal state, whose officers haT
e E'thns been treated with marked public con
{ Etuupi, and whose social order and sacre
e rights have been violated, was at that yer
e time sending forth great armies to protee
Q th9 national capital and 10 save the na
! tionaI oHcers from Hight or capture.
Egas while the arms Of New YORK thu
Shattered them against rebellion, thai
without consultation With ita chief magia
: trate, subordinate department at Wash
: ington iasuited our people and invade
! our TigAts- Against these wronga an
: ouEgageH the people OF the StaGs Of Ne,
: York, a. iss Late eleetions salsmnly pro
: tested.
: The submission OF our people 10 thes
= abase fuF q tins only, was mfstakeu a
home and abroad fos an indiHarence t
their tibaEtiss, but il vas oaly in
| spirit Of respect for our Institutions tha
: they waited until they could express thei
: viii In the manner pointed ont By ou
laws. At the late elautiBH thhy yfridi
" " Gated at once their regard for lRw an
! their lore Of liberty. Amid all the eau
J, fusion OF civil war, they calmly sat
7 Judgement upon the administration, vc
: ting against itB candidates. Nor Wa
,s this she only striking proof Of respect Il
q the Consultation. The minority of ne&l
:, II equal numbers, yielded to this daoil
ion without resistance, although the car
q - vass was aalmatei by strong psrsiaarl e1
: eiee msats. Thia salm &ssertloa Of righ
: and this honorable submission 10 ii
Z vsytlct Of the ballot boa, yindieatad
ri og1cs the choracser Of our people and stl
VI bilisy OF eur inssisasions. Had the sece
a sionists sf the soush thus yisia % eoa
- stitutional decisions. ahsy woald ha'
- saved themselves and our coaptgy fro
90 the horrors OF tisis war, and they woa