Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-07-14

| 4 hexx LsEtfsY to Abfnh6tM LtNfpt3-~He
Acesfs 'tAs Pred " sssag Non n i aatsos.
u Nxw Hakx, Jans Il, 1894
Hon. ARRAHAn LzxcoEs~- Sir TIE Ma
sional Uninn 0snv@aion, whsek asaam-
hlad Ia Dakkin1ars on 3nns Z, 1864, hss
Ilastnacssaaas ID infnxm you that yan wewe
aoHaiaAk&3 Mish enthasias#ie aAaaanaisy
FOR the Presidency Of the United States,
for fess ysazs from tha 4sh Of March
{ The resolutions Of The Convention,
(which wa hare already had the he houct
Of plsciax in your hands, ara q fall
and clear ssetameat of tha psiHciplee
xhieA inspiEsd issi aetion, and Hhisa, %
ws balievs he great body cf unicn mes
IN the eounfgy hrartilJ approve Wheth-
er those yesssutipEs express the National
gratitude to cur soldier aud sailors; or
dc NaEional acorn Of connpfomiss with
rebels, and soaseauens aiuhonors OF the
IpasSiosie dnsy Of Ualun ard success;
lNhstbss thas approve oI the PFociasnar
tion sf EmancipAaiou, The Cohstatatioaal
amsndmens, the smpioymszt of former
slasss as Uaion soldiers, or the solemn
1tii4 sSn the 'ssov6rnuenl proaopsly
1 tp redress tha wrongs on every Soldier uf
tEhe Vnion, of whatever color or race;
L Whether they declare inviolabiIity Ut the
I fplodked faith OF the nation, or osFer the
national hospitality 20 the oppressed Of
IswsE3asads ef Asgs the aaion 6g railroad
I laa Che Atlantic aud Pacific Oceans; whsah-
g $hey sssommand Habiic sceaomy md
xigesoas lAxAsfan, 90 assaTs lhs 6xsd pop
alax opposition TO sAs establishment By
axncd tesee Of fessiga asnarehiss 10 tho
imsasdlass nsighhozeood Of s'as Uaited
Ssasess or aeslAse that shosa only are
| worthy Of ofheIal trust who approve ar
lrssesyedly Of the views and policy indi-
Gated In she resolutions - they were equal
III bailed With the beassinsss OF profound
oonvfction.
Ralissing with you, Sir, shas this is the
psapleSa var for the maintsnanea OF O
Gogssnnsnt whiHh yoa have iastly de-
sasa bed - sal she people, by the people,
fos sAe paopaasn we are vsEy sara shas
yon viii be glad 10 know, not osly from
HE resolatloss themselves, bat from The
lsingulas Aaxnony and enthusiasm vita
hwhieh Ehsg were adapEsds hos waEm 10
IsAe paRalar weleoas Ell every ueasua la
tho proseeasiou Of the war, which j. as
svigoroas, ansBistakeshls and anfallaring
% ths astioRal purpose itself. No right,
for instance 10 30 pSesioaa and saoged 10
me Americas heart - thai oE personal
| liberty. Its violation is regarded with
1 jjpls, instant, and universal jealoasy. -
/ Yet IN this hour of peril every faithful
citizen comedies that, FOR the sake of ma
t11Eaf existerce and the common welfare,
disiduai liberty may, as the Censtitu-
Itson presidga in case Of rebellion, be
tsomesimes surnmariiy constrained, asking
oaiy with painful anxiety thai Ia every
instance, and 20 the least detail, that abb
selateiy necessary power shall not be has-
tily or auwssely exercised. s
va ballsys, Sir, thai the honest will
og tEa Union men OF the conntEy was nes-
er more truly represented sasn IN this
Iconventions Their pufpose we believe to
| be tho overthrow OF armed rebels Ia she
held, aud the sesnrisy ot permanent peace
and union by libsrty md justice andaz
fkha Consultation. That these results ara
10 achieved ainiiist cruel perplexisies, they
ara fully aware, That they are 70 be
reached only By cordial nnanlfnity Of
counsel, is andaniable. That good men
may sometimes differ as to the means and
tbs time, they kaov, that in the coadact
Iuf all human affaiss the highest duty II
l.lo determine, IN the angry conflict of
i fnassion, how much good may be practi-
! tIcaiiy compiiahed, IL thaif sincere per.
.fsusSfou. They have watched your Official
Icuursc, therefore, with snfag gging stten-
Itisn. and amid ths biskr taunks Oh ssges
i friends and the Harce denuneiation OF azs-
Iernftss. ffSw fnosinR z roe fast for come. ne .
1 TOO slowly fos Others, they hsse ssen you
1 thrpaghont shis tremendous consess pa
lsians, sagaeions, faithful, juss; leaning
lIupon the hssft 81 shs great mass u th'
Ipsupfe, and satisfied 70 be sAsvea by ID
nighty palsatiops, '''1
sis fer this ssason that long befor'
| the Canvsnlisn met, the popular instiae
had plainly Indicated you as fss candidate
and The ccnvcnsion, therefore, merely rar
Isses1sd the p0paaar will. Your character
and esseeE prove Toar answering Gdali
sy to the cardinal principles of Amgioa1
4 tLibersy and of the american Uonstlsa-
| tiou, Ia the name Of shas Liberty anS
(loustleusios, Sir. ws earnestly rsqass
vour aoeepsanos Of this nomination; rev.
| srao,ly eosnmeadins oar beloved country
and you. its 0hief Magistrate with NJ
Its bravo soria uhos ON aea aud land, art
| failhfally defending the good old Amesi
ean eanss of equal Fights, 10 the blesssn,
Ipf Almighty God.
II va ara. Sir. very respectfully.
Your fridnas snss fellow. eiisigens,
1tJysiah DrAn2raond, Maine; ThoIaas 3
Isamyss, Nav Hampahirss Bradasy Barlow
sIvmsront; A. 81. Bullock, Massschusetta
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