Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-01-14


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M. SfxaxgR :--f sgiss 10 address tie
House under eirsarnssapces Of perhaps,
cf greater. sanharrassansht shan ] hare
sser done before sinss 4 hare bssa >
msmbsr or shis body, We are, ~ my
Assrorabas friend who mas iass sskan lis
seaa Mr. YhaasAs Or Massachusetts, hAs
saisi, nearly ID the dioss af our pnhlsc
| Fifs.5 During ths time | have bssa 7
mssshsr OF shis body T hAss lsftsesored
10 DO whasevsY -scNafd eouseiehtiynsiy
10 sansribuse for the suppfsssion of sAls
rebAfiion, ] shall, howevef, fsaks 40
pressnsioas Of my pasrietisfn. Cur asss
are 20 speak for as They are 10 SO be-
fore she. .sannkryy saa sthe peopls wtA de-
eidss | azA sssisasd 10 abide % asaaF
laaEsasnsn S1ag 30
The msasuk, issseaas v ma, ia baI tbs
aasagal resnlt al shs ocsarsa ok Polieg
which khis Congress has parsusd fraa
| the aommsneemeat pf thia war /, s.sa
When shis war 6rss broks out IL was q
ssagla assaonai object; ahd .upon thai
one purpose and object ell hearts wers
united. 1sass okisss was the Es-ssssb-
isnass Of ahis great sepsblie-saT re-
pablie. Upon sAas gresk alsets Arspeats
ws we're an united. We shen aeeaagad
that was oar sole object. We plsdgsd
earselgss thai no iaseFfereges shoald be
made wish any Of she inssisasipns Of sbe
States, having especial reference = Sns
inssiEatian Of slavery,
Mr. Speaker, bad the pledges then
| made By this Conggess beea sdhsEea 20,
how different woaId ha the eoadisi0n OF
shs country so-daY, There vas shsa bus
one aeassmant parYading shs whola pee
pie Of the eoansgy. The people then
hockod 70 yoqE standard BY handrsaa Of
thousands, hlling the ranks OF such a.
army as tha world never saHs There
VISA s6en bat one sentlnseni in the peopss
Of the country. No coercion wss Thea
talked Of. What has produced the change
that nov presents itsslfY What, - nv
frieHd from AAssaeAasusss sAys, has ata
ted shs Soata in enc solid sroa phafanx
What has destroyed ana crushed Out, 20
great exssas, iF hos wholly the sond--
asnea and eashasiasm that swellel sp in
Ehe heart Of ths people Of kae nation p
w has tsas aoaa all Oh thias 1t is oar de-
parting from our faith. IL 10 our departing
froa thas obiecs which Hc declared to be
tns aaly patriotic one. What else has
doas isa have yea nos departed from
tha polfcy of that faifh2 Nave you not,
in asanneF considered per6dious, vioia-
ted sae pledges which you gave the ooua-
try more than esghseen months ago s--s
Was there any disconseus expressed Al
shas tine heard none. The hearts
Of she ieyal people North and South were
fired with d common purpose 70 pre-.
serve tha integrity and honor Of the re-
public. Evcry man felt himself andsr
every hoaoFsaie obligation 10 step for
ward, abandon bis private affairs, and
look aftex the warfare of the Union.-
That was the nndiyided, pervadings pat
riosic seasimeus Of tbs whole body Of the
people, Nowhere in the North oE North
wess vas heard IAnEmur of diseontsas ;
and the sans confidence and palrlosie
feeling was % ssEaag ssaeng the Uaion
men OF the harasF States as Is was any.
yhere Ia the North and Rass. Is was
every wheEe the ssme. We we're wiaIiag
10 suffer to the last exsremity 10 pFz.ssrve
the government. That vas the feeling Of
tha people thea; We all kaew ii.
Il What has brogghs this mighty ehangs
! IYhai Aaa dana il Mr.. Speakexs DO no.
ws 81 know2 Gan thefa be any doahl
On the saeieet2 lt has been our ia6deii.
! ~ 70 the pledges made 10 she peopAs. Il
has been because Of the reckless coarss
of the dominant power. Is Is because d
! the inpoliey Of which Congress has bses
I guilty. L. il not to learn The course q,
pave pursged and are pursuing has pro
daeed . stata # diylsio1 and aissen
: sion even In the remalning Ssatesp Yes
D sir; the policy that has been reeentlI
. pafsued hls bsen the fruitful souroe o
Q these disastrous dissensions. IL has beol
Q oar departure from our poliey of not Of
Itaeking she inatisqtio9 al slavery "a,
!, ! aghtisg only for The govsrnmsns, for sh
, Union, and for the Constitution.
o What have we seen at this session. :
: We hare passed bills changing che rule
9 aad articles of war, in order thai slayer
= may be eneroashed gpea We deprive
!, ths loyal people Of the Soath Of I'll pro
q section BY ths army Of their property. :
4 Yoa havs passed Law Organising an 81
my OF three hundred thousand uegroes
This you know is agaiast shs dsep- foota
. pyeiadises al at least one halt OF ii
o people Of our country. Suah bill souI
have been rejected With oue eommo
~ voice eighteen months ago. Even Il
uasntion Of the saojecs created pFolaau
y indigaaslos. Toa have done. LAis "a
it mors. fou Aavs passed lava, In Il
= opinion 5f the people, which violate Il
- Constitution. You hare scorned I
frsends OF the goysrnAans Yau he
70 turned away from ns the heayfs Of !
people By these measures. We ha
D. sown deep shs assds Of Eatars aisasss
to she goysfnment. impioss the Hoa
% pause bs5ose il sanctions AaT sAp
,v measures sF saat kiad, &.
= Mg. Sesaksg, can We eaFry On Ghas ~
i. aess sassessfalLy by ssaussssaaing .
y Conssitation than by ohssiag i Aa
lls alsays aid saasa sha GeassssEtion was 0
haswark, thai u was CUR hass saafsae
thai our ssroagess defsnse was % ka
a. within Ehe alsarly daaasd p0waFs eE u
T. inssgamens. Bat what have We doa
!. Ke hava ASHAMED pewegs mak aelegss
~ By ths Consultation. We base sosaa /
"a aecoTdlag ta tks proyisioas sof sAs Ga
~ ssitgsioa, bot aesardiug % shs ssussmsl
which aotgassd us at tts nazesas*
sssm % have bssa saatxallsd hg he =
ne IN spsris OF partys rather tAAa b.
Is~l spirlt ag pAsriosism aad dsssrmiaasl
ID obey tke ConssitatIos aad shs Laws
- Yea have last tbs hssst of lhs pscy
" sad yea hare loss II by shs aaamas ]
fer hass iAangnsAss4 Aad sssAAlishsa kasl
%, sh&a follow shs Lienstilnkion. e,ass q
- Tbs gsatieman from Rsnnsylsssis 4
q Sssxarsl ssid he other daT ikst - h
~ sssry man ths Hesd thai ws can gss |
ogs anssslly, Why il thstS Hsasnssf
md Iahisss g alassiy preelstmed aE ahoai
~ ing slasery shrogEhonI Ne uziss6 So
] Fl Yos.hAgs dses ~ xhi,e gou hsssl