Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-06-23

Ippwsr hs On saspaad suan, y1sovisioss .
t1e Conssis0tioa as stand In the var q
accomplishment Of his plans. leaving /
sean " ~ We txrlassve Judge al III na
tsessit5; snd Ia thas Proclamation Il
siaians abe xiKns 10 dictate 10 the Sfata
Mlss shalf and what shAli nos be III skei
STATE eonstitations; what laws shaiI a.
ahas iaws sssalI not be npon shsir staluta
Asoks; who shall and who shall raj j
sAtislsd TO che slsstiss nsaadhisa. wl,s,
Representative 1nd 6euatofs shall be "a
sailed 70 seats upon this floor and In fh
Ssaase, and whsn the Ssatas shaiI Be req
ssssated ID ahs siscsoriai college. II nae,
hss say thas sash powers are n6l ouIy daa
gesoas % civil liberty, bat that lkslx sx.
sFsise 10 military usarrstion. IL hs. cal
Y tue OF var suspend one portion of tA
Soassisasios nnaaY the psatsxt OF miiifA
~ Ascessisy, hs can suspand ths whale ssn
stsumsni, and make .his pexsy nee onI,
e6solass bus psspesaki; hs aAu suspsnG
FskMs psssasio& " the uauss sslsuxion whtsl
aushoFizss The people 10 else< bis saSsess
o. Ia Novsfnbsr naxs, and Install bin In.
se ofacs On the 4th 81 March following
he can issas his masdsss and dispsrsa "a
swe Houses ef 0ongr szs; he ean sand hi
posse mao your court rnonas and drive tAa
Judges from fhs bench. Hi thsss things
he can do II he has powag 10 do any ons
Of them, aud ha has the sama right 10 do
any one or all OF them that he has 10 die
tate 10 Q State what its State conasituti0n
shall or shalt not coHssin. What powes
shs President possesses, either In peace
or La var, he derives from the Constitu.
ton. Whatever powers he exercises must
be exercised in pursuance OF fts warrant
and when hs stsps bssond the power con
fszzsd BY that Instrument he bsesmss 70
thai sxsens usuEpsx.
= Gan 1t be supposed that oas fathers, O.
naerging from baptism Of blood shed in
resisting the usurpatioas OF George III,
would hays given us Government, q
Repubiie, In which the President, q mare
servant Of tie people, could, BY involv-
Ing she country n war, become 90 abse-
lats 10 his powss ~ any depot upon .
tArenss Such q construction, would
make the Constitution contains the sssds
Of iks own destruction. The doetvins Ia
tha offspring Of spirit Of revolution ils
ann Is ths ovsTthfow OF constitutional
gossrnmsas, and its end the aaAihilaHoa
81 eivii liberty.
Bat TO eoAe back 70 the eeaaidsEation
OF shis bill. Iii purposts TO be So bill 30
guaranty 70 osrtAin States, whose goEsEn~
nents have bsen usarpsd oE oywthEowa,
o republican form OF govsxnRaakn A
proposes 10 authorixe the Presidens to sp-
point pEoyiaional governor for each OF
theas States, "and that no s0oa 40 ailisa-
n resistance to ths Uaitsd States shall
ba suppressed and shs people thereof saf-
6ciently retuxn % their allaglaues to the
laws OF the United States .1shs gsvaxnoxs
thna appointed, shEoagh the maxshals aad
their Deputies, shall snran the aisizsna af
those States, requixing shose thus snrall.
cd 10 TAXA a. ostA TO support the Consti-
tuition Of the unitssa States; and that IL
q number equal 30 one tenth on thsss sa-
rolled shall iAks sash oath, tAsa shs GER
) State eonvsnhoa 70 adopt - State ssn-
stitation, aad fixing the numbeR Of dale
gates and places Of voting, 10.
have gissa tbs substance Of the Arst
ahsse sections of the bill. This bill In
some respects Ia an Improvement apon
ehe Presidents plan Of reconstruction
Ii preserves the geographical hosadaxiss
Of the States, and would preTsus ma di-'
vision OF dns Of these States into twe oE
more States, Ii also In 0 subsequent SEQ
tion provides thai Congress shall dsseTm-
inc when tksy have safhaieasfy reformed
their State governments As 10 entisie them
80 representation upon this aoaE and in
the Sensts. IL vindioatss, TO this extent,
the digaitY and power of Congress ever
these questions, but Al shs ssma time Ii 10
obnoxioas 90 serioas ob5scsions, sons OF
which are embraced in the PTssiasns's
plan. One of ths most pEominentis thas
IL carries ont feature in the Presidenk's
plan which enables one-tenth OF she eiti-
sens to make oonssitutitasioha and laws
for the government Of the othsF ains-
tenkhs, 5.g -
The President would hare aFsa ssa .
sort of nobility, she psseas whereof he
proposed 10 bssssws moi for aninsns SER
vice 10 the State or apen the aeid, og fos
veluahls discoveries, which 10 asaal In
Govefnmsnss where thass orders ara oses-
ted, bas On account OF their sysephaacy,
In taking m oath TO support aad nain~
tain the PEssidsBt's pr0olamatioas; as
coming wishan his pg e-egasive and powex.
This bill proposes 70 sonfax tAs same dig-
nifty upon ons-tsnsh, bus Ter diaxsas
reason; bat 10 II no less oljsssaoHAhs In
prinsipie. st
This bill 10 based upon tho idea chat
shsse are yss Sts&ss ia The Unisu, with
shet Stass govegnmaass asarped Or over
shxowns What, then, Ia necessary TO ba
done to restore sighsfal rule wishin then
lisaisss Thsy hsss tbs same Constitutions
and aha same Laws they had before ahs re-
beslion; shsy hsvs NOT been sbsogased nei
changed; ne attempt has been made se
change lhsEn In any very importans par.
siealas sxssps In the change Of The form
Of oath which oeksess of State shoull
take whaa sAsy are gsqaiFsd to take NJ
eash to supposf the 0onstitation 81 thl
Coafsdsrasy instead Of the oAah so+ sup
poEs the Csnssisusicn sf che United STATES
Their Coassixations Id this rsspees sr'
aot really sAangsd. Hating no power h
seesde, nor hsing oaI II the Union. th
change Ia this ssgasd Is void snd has nj
sHaae; GO With wkatsssx Legislation ha
hsea had in esssxavsnsion sf tho Conssi
ausioa sf shs Uuissd ssasess 10 being b
lsupraaae lsw of the ixad, operating shsx
las slaswhsga. What, shss, u nssde9f-
Nos soassisation snd laws; shay havs fhez
algsady. Bas their ofzcss--sxssasivs
minisssrisk iaiisial end lssislassvs bar
been usnspsa and shSir funeelons pss
lfosmed By men who recessed 70 sehp6Nl
ladga thsis ohligAtioas 10 she B1d1eea
Gsv@nansas, sa&Iwho h&vs been sastntr
cd In shis rsfasaa by military fores
What b nssisd, shsaa, - nsw insanheal
I'm shsse ofkcss, 1sn whs wfil a1tn0wlsd
Eshs salharisy u ~ Federal 00ysf1nsl
and pey Fsspsse as1 obedfsnss - II nv
fa~ns zxl l1s 80 ~ v