Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-08-11
Ths Policy af ths Hour The Dufy
4 = af the Peace Leaders. :.

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iasineeFity If its ~ saIls5 pablo nc
| their gnm aEly and seStsmpt tib1s. Hns- &c
I sFax ma tenzp1FfEfng. Il ~ 3Aeis nfa
u md sass ikx poset1l1s thsonfh tke eicuds
i AAdiam Of lhsis 1inited asnes ek sisiol
5 sAs dlrsation Of puhIie epipioa, and !
Pillow II, no Faafier mlsillbsr " MAI Ia.
These nsms = md'hasa saidvsxa ahS snss
es tia esaasgy. pplisy, ia their mindl
i sskss sks plsss 81 PriseipIs. snd Fxps
daency me place OF Right 4 nasfor fha
| is entirety abanfoncd 10 sueh ssieade9s
l sAanot leng hold t0geshsF, ualess shaxiz
| tSe et the people II prppf agaiass thsi
litaaasca and dssigns. Had II NOT bee
I fps The ready support which The Lincol
4 Administration found among 1tlis parsic
ulsE siass in tie Dsmssratia parsy, tn
war Houla. have besp an imposssbsIisF
bat unforEaRately for Constitntionaf free
| dom, The men of whom II is composed yer,
among shs Hrst 10 take ap lle inssnsst.
cfJ Of patriotism, and fan the flames el
war ansil Ehsy swept oges the whole NsEti
iri one general conaagrstion. What aai
| ~ TO them that for thfs once tha bopuiai
1 Instinct VS. naistaken--what rsaktafad il
rhas they understood the ienaish sxick by
I fvhiehshs administration fagcsd haslilitias
upon ths South By refusing 20 treat With
saas section IS a equal, entitled to the
| Irscognftion and fniallnenE Of fss Coussf.
tationsi guarantees; Of what consequence
was il 70 thsas -shat the great ssatssmsa
Of the Reputiie had warned the people
against SECTIONAL var; they saw thar it
lMighs be rnsde ID eccgae 10 thsif present
advsutags, and 30 the very nsn who
swors that al army of insasion against
/ tbs SontA shoali march .oser their dead
bodies before II crossed Masonss and
Dixonas line, these very men were az ac-
tive as tao naost Fahia Abalisionisss i'm
sheix aasocasy aad sapP9rs Of ahs var;
they raised reginenss, they attended In.
ion meetings, they we're among the moss
vehement in their froshy dsBunciasions Oh
the South, and thay insisted thai the var
ahould be prosecuted till every refFactoxy
or seeded State bad retarned 10 ths IN
ion-that Union which we we're told vas
one Of free vfl and rsos Of 5ores.
These are the rnen who are aow seak.
ing 70 vefserE ths Democratic party, 70
mislead the nasses, sad 70 eontinaa q
var which is reducing the working class
es 20 panperism, and threatening popular
hbarty with destruction. We haTs to ac-1
cspt shsfaot thss they forsn an important
elemenr ia our midst, and Ia aeeeptiAx
this fact we haEs TO act upon il. Nov,
bearing this essential point in view, We
90 AasSo - - a :,
Efafd, shss We may see exactly iwhws we
stand, and shat course we shJal4 pursue
in the future "a future SO tig With mo-
mentous events, the issue of which Is to
determine the fate Of Democratic fustf--s
tusions, which is 20. aseids whether the
Peppss are oapabiao Of preserving thsir lib Z
critics, or sbaE follow ia that path along
Which are strewei the wrecksof both an.
ei@ft AID modern Republics.
The subingatipn OF The South 10, We
believe, admitted by the impartial ard
unprotected 80 be uttaly imprasgsrable.
Thres yGsaEs and haA Of war have ses-
lied that paint, and if further proof we're
necessary, Il Is furnished By the last cali
for haif million more men. Subjugaa
tiin means = large army Of occapatian,
ss8HasSaa1e bstxeaa three ana ass Aaaa-
red shossand msa, pfob&hly mere, "a
keep down q discontented and hostile
population wish an aznnansa arsA Of ter
ritoRy ia which 10 earry oa warlske vpe4
4 atious. Is meaElz hartheasoma, opprsss-
i've taxation Oh Northern labor, it means
q centralized military power, beneefh the
shadow Of which free institutions could
never exist, it means the establishment OF
new relations thEoaghoat the whole social
systams 1t means. in . word, the over
thraw OF the frea institutions which
sprung into life with she success of the
seven years var, knd the subsequent o.
doption OF the Constitution. 0f this
thero can be no doubt in the mind of auy
clear beaded, unbiased observer of the
events Of the fass three or four years
And 5st the gar il advocated hy papers
and By men who claim thai Il il were
carried On ia.aa constitutional manner
there would DO nothing to complain OF,
and the Union would Be restored Car
Tisd on sss seoasfifsssiea0l wsuaasys-s%
Prsys where is the authority aad powez
given IN the great Ohartsg OF our Rights
for ths coercion OF SsatesY poins it ous
u u, and we shall willingly admit thas~s
hsve been wTong, iai tha giewm whiah we
have entertained in SsKara 10 tbs chsgao-
ter and purposes o. the Constitution.
As we have not yee seea any authority
qaoted for the claim set forth ~ 10 right
af eosrazoa. On shs esasrafy, tins whole
hatory ct shs Cpas.isatien sAoaads NTH
the most ineontroTsrtlbls proofs sE tss
fact that no such DO wer was ever granted.
The employmuas, taaefeFore, of sores
Fas . iusassseas usargaasou, and to this
fsss sssD iasshs path u aespolism gs are
indsbted for all the evils, for 81 the ous~
tages to which this conutry has been sdh-
jscte6 La rs, fhsss, bear his oas I'M
bosiaas soassssrationa sa sai,ad, 0sus u
ias aezt slsssisa VIZ ssAvR re Essa7 i !,
pAIssx 1suRPATIos. There shonld be No
nisconeepEion 90 this point. Isisa il.
snrpssion which seeks, thfongh M a.
asSaasleH % state ssswtsxA sy and oen.
seiias tisas 10 psspetaass aass svie. ssz.s
those ipasssals. and W ar Denocrats yslso
prass about q 1eeassstational wars ksoss
PIE, Out tasy are TOO tslnporisi1g % d
row &c. b1as s9sg Ts
Despite hbweser, Of the iaAaeBos ex-
Hsgised by both shawxr prsss. ssa.i she ssas
Leaders, sAs Psace parey has become. sa
powsFful that The vigorous prosecutioass
men ere already ehaDgiag their tone; sney
are begihnsng 20 saccgnize. ind thes wila
soesa Asa upon, sbsa facs glaas shs wsr ID
pot 20 popular, indeed, sbaI il Ia hscon.
log positively unpopular. This Is as 10 tbs
nacss htpeful gtga IN she sines, ard wissa
= il 'iaken IA caanecsics Win the nsn
sa3aEEsRs soaa klR iRsviashla insxaass As
Ekaxass The high prices az all The f,scaxsa-
fies u flfas The gtsslak discontsnf sf shs
wo2inE eiasses, afad sAs onfsaiaty ui
| . 9Fsaxi3 fedudsd hArxasl, ws sra rathss
laeAzrea e tAiak Eka Pssas siemsa,
sall bsepms - powsFfa that she vi