Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-08-25

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m all bat nous mass dan tha mszshSks
Sk the ARsrisan Congress. DisatisAs
Rfrfy platforms, and making palisical is-
'ssass % eanfoand and uisIsaa rstbr than
.Sissshien lhs nnbiased iudgAsns oE ths
|ss3pies d peactiaA psxnislous q its e.
~, tQo long iSdalged by che Ieeislstors
II oar caanszg, ts0 long sAedaxed hg tbs
ssoples and shsala be most stsrnly rstak- 4
%. uu The eve of 4 National usmneraf1
Ixe gunssnsiap. yhcn the saise uf shs pes-
DE ID sFembIing bagKesn hope, and Tear,
wAsa he GIssa Asd dsspandsncy ocsas
Ioned By var sppresses every bea1t and
ssgls lss msiassAsly sbAaas ssss
ss@y mind, an a,iairess ID issued
IRON Wsshington, signed BIZ . few men=
b~rs OF Congress wtac asyame 70 speak
FOR ths Democratic party. tn simes like
these whsn cur cesnfry and saS party are
READ with eonHictiAg opinions al aasys
principle, and policy~sts have bald aus
Ghe old landmarks a. beaeon lighs 70
our wandering eounsrymen-so have dis
sassed ana elacidased the great principle
|ef Democratic liberty and goyernsaent,
wosld have besn - honorable to them a.
il woald hare been acceptable - tbs psc-
pie. Bat document windy and vaTbose
10 Itself, devoted 10 the interests Of mars
political aspiraata who sesk 10 make
pT sidsnsa and Cabinets hy contract
dealing in ihs mare desails OF var, and
rarnishing eov@ for political eowsxdies
and knaxury, instead Of gaappling the
nsasseg war itself- agitating tbs waving
shsdow OF tha srse, while ito bulky form,
wish its spreading branches blooning wisA
blood and human misery, stands ds6antly
before them--diserting the ninds 6f the
people from the oaIy true and ssying 10
sus o9 peacs or ssay, to the haas and sei.
hsh iaqairy of who shall eoadust was,
the evils and horrors Of which hare star-
slsd shs woElds sud axs issspsrable froa,
iss axisseHce. Tha masses Ncyth and
Ssath lossd she Consultation and the Un-
ion, aad IL thsiS wishes and opinions bed
been truly raHectsd By shsiy representa-
s.yss Ne should have bad no ~ar hetHsez
| ia; bat professional political GAMBLERS =
men who Lire hy oEice and die the slase'
Of an unhaiIeEed ambition -~had ssiset
nnoa all the departments Oh our Nations
| 6overnmens, and reekless Of the interss
of wiIl II the people, plaaged Us iaso th'
| yawaiag galf OK civil var. Members o
Congress- OF whatever party or BY what
/ ever name they may be called, who nos
lel ns thai tho union, the Conatitatiol
aua lae war can. fxiss togesher-spor
with the dead and insult the canmol
ssass al sha lung. They bssray mos
wanson disregard for the teachings an
Aelt. t.sAcgifeing examples OF pasriest
ancestry, whan they ask the psoplsto das
Il card ths great principles OF Dela0crati
Iliberty for the mere crumbs o. ofhce--
Rhen they ask as 10 tam ouF syes frss
III blasting canopy Of war, and ia angr
clouds filed win the blood OF Ala re
aud eoantrymen, 10 the unimPartsz
I question Of who shall direct tbe storu
II ID = ask ghas which humanity aud sves
sentiment Of honor aad devotion TO OF
.s1untry's interests forbids. Let "a hri
wipe out the stain Of blood from tbs gal
meats Of our nasi0n, AID disps. the ang'
cjo,s.ia Of war that now renew thetn-- b.
lfors We would descend so the gfoseliIf
! tAoasAGs a nassrial weaiths fadisidu
aggeundizeluent or mere party success
! | Ws are soiennIy admpnished of she dai
ger If approaching rsrty Dissolution
] thai ws would restore il to health, yigo
! land wholesome fruits, Il ranst be Iysuns
] and these msa who Hals the mselsss Dgt
. oerats, buFrsgiRg 10 Ma yllalss and pr
D faaing abe dsad body Of the ConAtitatil
& I be- sxEirpassd. The war Ii right % is
e iwrons, and haviag Sus sws ssslas eve
+ snsmbss al seoissy u In dasy boana
% chooss beswesm them. Ne man has
+ right co beth aides ef question.
e Iauss ack FOR oaes apan good pTineipl
q ssEIa who is nos FOR me 10 againss ne.'
r No naan. la thsss samss Ut paEsls wh
; our land IL Glled with lsmsstasinns .
II woe riaing In saaxnariai before Gesds sn0
!, be permgssed % ssand with one feet
aa florida and one foot Ia Maine, cryi
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