Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-07-28
BLUFFs. IOWA 4, JULY as 1864

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asres end bloody faS&tons- --.so- Gay Dem
ssratio journsls are sapprsassd, hus 10
Imarrow the itiea shssss will b ailane
=, and thus ve siak 70 8 taauitaous An
bloody snarshy, -
| TO cur misds II Il vsxy sppassns sha
q any jsufnals Gsssess % Dc supprssss
or intssdistsd. shsy are thoss which sen
finaally labor e inessAss seetisaal ha
treds 70 give The pressst Eas as Inbnman
Isxterminating character, 20 render exer-
| peaeeful settIsuneas, shors or sxxermiaa
sioa, impossibls. Ras fer shs inausnc
Ut sueh journals eur Union weaid nsve
hsvs been brsksn, or II temporarily dis
tursed, would have been speedily Re- ad
jusse4. But foR their snfasnes the com
lmoa sense ana pstrictism OF the whol,
ssnntry woaid, hsfofe this, have sdjustss
fAll our di&eaisisss and Ksnsucky wouls
bsye bees spared she terrible saeriRce d
thirty O. fossy shsasand ef bar most Eal
laat sisizsas, and an iHealealabls alacan
|ef property,
Shalf thess ineshaiafy joarnals (foI
lowers OF John nsown} be nps ONLY toler.
as@d bus fastened BY fSdsrsi patronage
ehiis otker Journals. xsishfal 10 the su.
pssEns gosexansns, BY adhsring to th,
00.stitaticn, ara ssissd aud punished
because they express the Views Of the Dem.
otfasie party Shall the ten or fftees
millions who believe Ia Democsasis prin.
eiplss be soid By aess of proscripsioa thai
the dotniuaA} party, OF TIE semporarJ
administrator Sf the government, do uoi
regard their rights or their equality. and
that they are no longer TO consider them
selves frsemen
II such be the position assumed, who
can calculate me conssquenees which
may reseit II the enslsvea should turn up.
on thsir opprsss0rs 10 reinstase thOss
principles Oh fraedom which were ones
The glory Of sii AnsricAnsl II assposisn
be inscrihed on the dag n cns
party, and constitutional liberty on
ihas Of me other, who can tell whekhss
tbas result will be 'rezchsd with
chyistian maguauiraity and forbesrauae,
or with the violsnea which usually be-
longs ia political reyolusionss II 10 ecr-
tain thas history will condemn all out.
ragss upon eonssitationsl rigbts, and ell
who participate In such deeds. Even
the men who are led away by the excite
msnt Of party feeling, and the habit Of
looking sc bat one side Of question
siii, In time, Fegret the excesses IN which
they bora an unfertuuAts part.
The peeris ara the supreme rulers Of
this country. Like other sovsreigns,
they have Alright TO be ebeyed in their
permanently expressed viii; the Ccnsti-
tuition. They have right 20 be well ia.
formed, by every means Of information
which they can obtain, - 10 political
events and principles. Frse intelligence
10 formidable only 20 syrania- To at
tempt seriously to deprive ths people Of
intelligence through their favorfsa chan
pels, and compel them ta seespt the gar
hled statements, the perversions and sup-
pressions Of truth, which arc found 10
newspapers ia which they have 40 conG-
denoe, Ia an act 50 thoronghIy tyraunicAl,
usarping and inexcasahle that 20 poiiti-
cal party dars openly TO avcw such psin-
cipies Of action.
We hope, therefore, that this Temporal
~ an3 extraordinary measure, adopted
We suppose, fyen mistaken views duriag
certain disturbances in kentucky, will
be repealed without delay, and the gall
ing yoks Of political seryAade removed
from 9 community which has already
suffered 80 heartily from the policy Of our
federal rulers, and which has alrsadS q
IomS eaEaiooas Of 4aTedresed aad tiss-
prOpoksj iaj asiea 10 peaeeabis and lac
sbsdias cilizeas, schieA thsy bGus moi
beets peYmitted eysfs to make knoseD 80
the soorid through the press.
We now claim oil tbs freedom which
belcHgs 10 the silissas Of repablis; bat
IL We eaasot hare rspublisaa rights, ae
ask thas the pFsss bs mos Totally palsisd
by - syss inpending threat OF punish
msnt for any depassare from the snknewn
Eills OF several miIitasy commanders,
bid Ia the rsesssss Of their own minds,
sasyiag With their sehsasa Ok policy, o.
gusfs Of psssion; shangsd svsry fsu
aepths by shaags Of ofkssrs "a Iagsss.
ROSA form II dsspSsism which lsASss no
maph0od whassssr 10 Ens ssntinsls and
teashsrs Of the people, and shiah sinks
the tons OF public ssntinsal slowly and
sassiy TO subject ssxyilily. Let %, Rash-
sr. IL such is 10 be our fate, hays lks
mildss dsspotiam of Francs and Austria
les sarnings be given 10 shs eas.spoksn
journals bsfora IL 10 suppressed, or ies .
code Of regulations be adopted whiah can
bs definitely understood.
But all FERNS Of aysaany axs mnpsual.
able, bath to TIE fyrant and 20 sks saxf.
Ths satherily Of goysrnmsns and psacs
OF aoaiesy can be best maintained only
By respecting Ehs rights Of ell, and max.
ieg each eisixea feel that . government
N6ich respects his rights Il entitled to Be
respected In its own propa< sphere.
We believe that the rilisens of Ken
tucky have been depeissd of one Of their
eoastisaaiaaa rishss, aad that the Dem
0crstie newspapers thus expelled fsoEn
our limits hays been guilty of no osFanse
whatever. Liks Paul, they have been
unjustly denounced "a ga pessilsss fell
low, and . mov@ of sedision, ~ ssaud a
riugleadsr of che sect oss' Democrats,
Nhe liks rs old NaxAssassxr also, they
can confess ssshat afser The NAY, whish
thsy call hsresy, 80 worship the God oi
M fathers, believing sll things whish ara
wsisssn In shs Ian and In sLe prophats-n p
And Il IL fas this kdslisy ef sks supreme
law and ths FEophetac voices sf The rsse.
lakionazy sages who forbade this civil
w1s, thss Dsmeeratio newspapers are
ptfsseuted. &
70 one 81 these aswspapsss especially,
The Uincianaff Esqssifsr, which siscalstea
lAsealg II KensaetLy, oar eitissns hsss
bssn aecustoinsd % ieok for full and
faithful iufofmh&ion al sarreas eysnsa,