Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-07-28

| Rss q assaae has sany xiehs DO sasrSa1
Iapan this dsnaia e frss4oms and = "
| cry inaisiaanl uha aosw 90 sucraAsh, -
| or ia N afaisI or In 4 private sapa1it1
does u By kha vial.ti0a q hzs 80ls9i
oath ef ailsgiases, and By avershrewinn
fos the time bsins, gsss1d hoe, taa -
lPyssss I9ss ef the land. IL fallows tka
Iwhsaevsf tAs freedom Of snsech et al IL
prsss. thus saeredIy. guaranteed, L =
sailed BY any form of oiksial or aaslkei&
violence, the parties sssailing hsseins
by that aes, traitors 10 the govesnmeat 4
that axtsns, snsmies 10 thai republics
ism which Ii gasrsatesd BY The Fedora
1 Oonstitution, and wrong -doers, shosl
culpabiiisy is gar greater thaa that of "a,
assailans ol the rights Of propsssy.
Wedo not make these remarks in an1
personal sense. or in sny uafriendly mir
IL; bus we fnd It impossible otherwise 4
express the Law of tho land and the rixhtI
OF sisixsns. We merely state In plais
terms the great principles of Law snd
morals, which are Of general obligation,
and which eanHos, "a we coneeive, bs
ooasFossrssa without ignoFiag ans sbliea.
tions al oashs. the psiasfpiss af Espab-
Iliesnisn, and ths raIss 81 jasaiss, sAioa,
oefors sax, ashapyy nsaional ssnsslsiea,
| wsge knewa and Frooknissd by all msa,
sAa soald Be skassd ss ssy aiIss os plaza
with sbe fell sppsobassos 81 every eist-
xsn. ,sIi ~ 4 Essi sas (
| If, owing to recent calAniteas events,
mea's ainas hays bssosae aaasstlsS, end
their sssse Of justice ebsenrsd, 90 maeA
that thsss psiasipies wssla seen sswaags
as lapsassisahls 30 aay one, Ii is . sssik-
| log pseaf OF hoE far We hasaxiegaaexassSi
from TIA kaaeas and paariasia days 81 assa
rspahlis, tAas say shoala lsek wisk sass
prise or aysEsiea apon tbs prEsseiplss al
las, justice aad rspahlisaaisms zasrsisd
and caasecsased by ali she solsmsity si
q nation's oaths, and sealed with khe
broad seal Of the blood Of cur revolution
| AIRY fathsSs.
Standing behind the saersd hulwarks
of his rigbss, the citizen has 40 good q
right to defsnd by fores his freedom Of
speech and freedom Of the press - be hss
70 defend bis life against the siolenes Of 4
mob, and would be held sqaaliy gaiisisss
10 70 doing bsfers any conn pssent and bon
est mdicfM tribunal.
We DC Aes make fhess raaaarks to insti.
gate any aets OF vionlsnes Ia defense Of
such rights-Heavsn knows we hays O.
nough Of bloody vieienes IN our county
new, withoas additioasl complications,
and we hare ever sndeavored 10 socthe
political ssperisies and disooarage disar-
dsgly pFoceeding- weald ses forth
plainly sha ssersd nature OF those rights
which are sRamplsd dewn whenever the
freedom of the press or 81 spesch Ia as
sailed in their dearest rights in time Of
general caiamisy and disuxisz, paaasntly
appeal to the sense OF justice IN their ga :
lers, and wait for the redress OF their
wrongs. l'4'''-
In the pseseas kastanes, as appeal 10
yea, not q 90 an iasensional wrong- dosf,
bus under ths presuapsisa that you and
yoaT gsaerais have In soma way arrived
at she conclusion THAI the present il an
exceptional eAss, ana thAs ID necessary 20
the vigossus prosecution Of the var that
csxsain newspapers should be kspt oat Of
ksasusky during certain military disturb
auoss. 4
Il il true that if said newspapers fur.
nishsd TO confederate soldiers ar cfaoers
valuable military information, not tierfv!
ahls from other sources, and thus enabled
gnsrriiias or soldiers to be mora success
fn4 than tbsy otherwise would bs, iiosr.
al construction OF the war possr would
reader ID allowable to cheek their cireu-
lation, or arrest their publishers, on the
same principle that spies and enemies
may be arrested. But as newspapers par
suing saeh . course weald be liable 70 the
paalGies Of tzeasea, asd - tks cisil law
covsrs ths whels grosnd, aud civil tribu-
aMls are In regular operation, we can see
no aecsssity or Justification for military
iAtsgIexence. No man can be allowed in
Q rspnblis 10 asazp the power Of Judicial
tribunals, and consulate himself judge
jury, and exaaatianar, without eyen ths
fogmalisiaa OF trial. Wken each shinEs
occur, repabAsaaiam ends as asurpatioa
and dsseosisA begin.
Evsn If thsre seemed TO be case
where sneh summary action would bs
neaedciai, Rs should bear In miad that
the pressrYation Of the great principles az
oikcisl inssgrsfy-of 0aths, and of toe
sassed Consultation, is Tar aors important
than any Temporary advantage gained by
violating the srprsma Law. The kdyice
Of Washingtcn ou this subject Ia d5ubly
pxssssass sinss We havs saifsfsd from die
regarding il. Said he: Is
ttLst there be No cHAgGs BIZ uxgRrATaox
for though this ia ons instance, mag be-
The instrument sf good, Ii is tha sassosa-
ary Wsapoa hy wbich free gnTeEnmsnss
are destroyed, The F.EcapEsT mass a.
says greatly oEegbalanee in psrmaaazt
evil any partial or ssansisns bsna&s whiaA
the use can As any tims yisld.1 asss
A nswspapsF, net aiding sTsasas&Ale
aets, nor eksadiag against any las mAax.
sver, but simply eanssnding for its eHn
views of Tighs, eaanos b. jassly iasssfef-
ed with en- aeo0nat ct iss pppssilisa 10
shs federal administration aad It's poliey,
fox allegiance Ia due TO elis Constellation
and laws aions- net 70 parties and pASii-
saa policies. 80. ., I.
We have never saan . sreaseaable pas
sage in ihe Eaqasregs ana we are iafosns.
ed b. thosa af1o havs seen tho number
which was Grss suppressed shas Ii con-
saiusa sbsosately Eashing which was
stEicfly withia the limits af freedam en-,
joyed and exercised heretofore witha1s
question By tho whols YEsss.
Geaalemsa mar shiak shak Dsmocxssio
newspapers shoald be zsszrAined, because
stringent cFlsieism upon tha administsa-
sion and its policy will sneonsaxs aissfs
fection and psomota she sascsss Of sbe
aecaAaion mosemsps, hul thls is simply
bsSging ths question. We dsny thai lhs
poiicy ana alma of ths Dsmscsatic party
q Denocrafio press tsad % caass aad
promote secession. We asssrt that the
Democratic policy alone can ooantsraca
The progress of ssoessionssm Or restore
he Unisns aad ws shafgs thai The poliey