Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-06-30
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Frsnoai's Letter of Acceptance.
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Aia4Isf Eaasfez y. Mess, sz AaSs1sss IL M.
Il saSyfF. u FeanasivaniAi osmsaities, Af
il GEsTLExES:-fn answer 10 The Iesie
d whisk hass had the hoaor ii roesis
FroFa Jon, on TIE part Of The represents
sisss VI the p.opic assembled as Cievs
land, GA Ghe LIST of Aiay, | desire i, en-
i PRESS my laanka f1s tbs confidence whiel
/ ted them to offer me the honorable an,
dihcalt position OF their candidate In IL,
eaaniag Presidential election; very hon
sEables because ia oiFssiag is to nae yos
AGt 10 the name VI great number of eli
iEeas who seek, above all things, the gous
of their eGanffy, and who have no sos
/ 81 selfish interest In sisw. Very difheult
i be@ausc, in accepting the candidacy yoa
| pspp0se 70 me, ain exposed to the 20.
| pvpach of creating schism in the part,
with which ] have been identified.
! Had AIR. Iincoln remained faithful IL
/ fite Ffiaeiples ho was elnete.I 10 aeEeAd
] q, syl.lssn 9 nh haze hAef c.c,.gg!, ana
slu egnts.t cJai Il 4ye baen possible
fass Is MT an ordinary election; is Il q
cInsess even tor she right 10 have egndi.
dates, and net merely, ~ usual, for the
eaolFa among thea. Nos, fur the first
tims since TO- thH 9aesllon vi eonstita-
sioaai liberty has been brought tilrectls
before 3he people for their serious eou.
aid Patton ard Yotes The ordinary Eighi
secured IN ler the Constitution and tn,
laws af the country hava been violated,
and extraordinary pt.geTs have been
suFpel by the executiE-. It lie directly
htfnEe the people now TO say whether u
usot tbs principles established bg the raTe.
lltiop are worth maintaining. If, rs VIZ
have been taught to believe, those guar
antfes Ut liberty, which made the lissinc.
Tire value and giory uf our country. NIL
10 trath ipyioiabIy sacred, thea there
mutt bo "a protest against the arhitraEy
violation, whicb had not esea the excuse
Ut necessity. The sehism ii made by
shose abe fcres the choice between a
ahlasefal ail nee or protest sgaiast
EsOugs La such Considerations origina-
ted The Cleveland Uony enlion.
In was among i.s objects TO arouse the
aittntloa Of the people To suet facts, ard
% bring them % realize that y bile We arr
saltaraEiag the S5ulhrrn soil wiGh shs bcsi
b.09d Of the country in :he maine Uf lib.
eriy, we have really parted With it al
bone.
( To-day we hays in the country The ahu.
ses II military diat&lion, Sisnuas It's uni
" af action and Fig1r of execution; an
Administrati IN marked at home by disre-
gard Of Q institutional rights, By its vio-
laiion Of personal liberty and the liberty
Of Eae press, and, as q eFSwning shame,
hv- q II ,.E
laln GEAR to all free natiuns abroad. its
courta has been characterized by feeble
peas and want of principle which has
lnlslea European powers aud dr1yeG them
20 . bsitef that only commercial interests
ana personal aims are concerned, and
tdas 40 great principles are involved In
the issue. The admirable conduct of the
peopls. their readiness ~ make every sac
Eshse seiuauded of thcn, their forbear-
lFFLael and sileace under the suspension of
egffy thing thar could be suspended, their
saatiy acts OF herCism and sasrtaces,
seFe all rendered fruitltss by the inca
p&eitys or, to Q, eak moFe exactly, by the
personal ends for which the war waS
managed. This iueapacity and selfish
ness naturally produced such results %
lsd the E4rppeaa poserss and logically
engash, 10 the eany fiction that the North
ahd Its greatly superior population, Its
nsntIous resources and lts CREDIT, wiil
ssser bs able 10 recover The South. Sya.
pathies which would have bepu xith as
tFatn ghe onset Of tho war were tgraed
against Us, and in this way the Adminis-
sFation has done The country dGable
wrong. IL created hostility, or at beat,
iadifeFfnea among those Sha would have
been its Friends, il the real intention vi
the pe0ple GOULD haFe been bettar kavgu,
whlEe at The samo time IL negireie no oc-
csslssl for making the moss haGaiiiating
eollese s1ans.
AgaIust this disastrous condition OF af-
falts, ths Cleveland Conyentioa vas
proEest. Principles hirh for,n the bas-
Is Vt iss platform, have mr. unqualified
Ard eurdi4l approAatiea; kus eaunot 90
Aparsily enasaF Ia 81 fne measures whIch
ron pr,{psse. ~ not believe fhat con-
hscatias, extending 20 tbs property Ut all
rebels is prsctl able, aud II II gere SO,
do nas think IL q msasars tsf ,and policy.
Is iss n facl, a question belonging 90 Ghe
pvEIocsasisa for the exercise oil taeir O.
riginas add snsFYeign authority. As u
wat snsasure In the beginning Of . revolt
wbieh might be qaellel by prompt sever.
ity, Understand The policy of coahsea-
tim: has nos IS Hnal measure ot recon-
srfu>tion, after the suppression o. an in-
xurrsetion.
4 In the jastments which are TO follew
psact', 10 Consideration of Vengeance can
9 u>i,svntly be admitted.
Tue 0hJeus Of the waf il, to make per-
"a sueatly secure aba peaes aaa happiness
ps lbs wa-a.e q auGry, and thsgs Mas but
= single element u, the way of It's attain
:nSHS. This clement may bs eoasidrTesi
practically destroyed ia the euuAsry, an.i
II nsess~ only your proposed atasad@ent
~ 20 Csa.Stitasiva 20 make lis extihciioa
rompl .Ke.
NTH thfs extinetiou Of slavery tue
party .:iyisauss createa lly Ii hass dissp-
pa&Fsai. ard af 10 ths history Ut ths eoan-.
LIZ shsra has svsg heea laans when the
Aatsi,aa psupse, wishlur regard ~ oas
or aaethef If the political ilvisions, wese
icaliea apon 10 give seIeanly their ssiss
ia as4attes which lnvalsaa lbs safety pf
shv Iaitsi Ss@sss, IL ts assarediy at tie
present tam !.
II ths Csnycniinh az Baltimore will
n~shihase any nsan Shose past life j'sssi
Rea weiI gsssunaiass ean6siunea In bas 4
aelisy ~ ear sDrsilai psigsspiss, there 10
no rpas n abr there slsla.I DO any diKis.
ion amgag the really pairisssie nsan vi lhe
eoEasry. Toaay such Elgald be nsuss
haspy 10 gives ossdial asd aesise sap
Pezs.
slg owa. dsEiJea pgefasnce n 10 aid in
this way and rot % b. myself eaasii
dAgs; tas IL slr. Liatuia bs renusaisageJ,
- 6eisss "a wpald sesasai ts tue 5un-
ssy ~ essaasse p.ssisy aaa reass = so~
n shlssh aas eoag as he lives Ut sAsns.
asssis of nsesa, and neslI sir put shr . ass-