Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-08-04

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I1y. I IN nas ssfn snsaxh IoF ons nsaaass,
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ipfssSsan af p0palns samtimank In faEo
Ief psinsipis Mhsth,s ~ yonr suifrags
&nd yoaT KIND paxtixlity. NJ felIcH- -eifi
Izsns, hsve been snaktsd b efvs usssx
ancs TO IN shs seznail Of kAs nzsioa.
mezns Peaoas peace upon, the beat term
lis can bs ebtainad shss ID Nousd be sasis
IfsssoFy 10 honosahh nsa, bal In IN,
|swsns, pssse, sssn u n eesas The recsK
lniticn Of shs separate and a1xaselka Ii
IdEsandsaos eli ihs Confsdsrats SAatas.
am deeply grstsfal for this nsnifss
sation Of approsas of nay coarse spol
khs alasexsisiag qusstion OF the dsy--a
question THAI sinks In insigniHsanee III
the ezsnss sf our past hissery.
sss before rae ths representative mei
Of . largo poxsiOn Of NJ saastisueaey~-
msn whose esteem | highly prize, and 10
whose political jndgment hare Away
bad the greatest rsspees and regard.
In pFonouEcinz for psAce, which ID i
Ipaiaful bas ssasa zscessity, span tbs ha-
Is of reoagnisisien Of the States compo-
! sfng The Sonkhaxn EoufsdxnGy, AishoQ9i
I w0ald maks any pstsonnz saaki6 80 ID IN
dacs them 10 rssasns II such thing wsr'
pessibis, 10 the psincipIss OK H16s sx'
pxsaaed in shs DeelaTatisa Of Indspen,
dsnee, that all juss governments dsriv,
theiE power from the consent Of the GOV.
sEaed, was Sully aware that took apur
myself great psrsonaI risk and hazard.
lkaew that for the lass three year.
freedom Of apeeeh aud the prsss had beer
TO gxaas extans, suppressed, and thai
moss of the constitutional safeguard
which formerly surrounded the people
and their Representatives In Congress bad
bssu broken down. knew thai In deela.
ring sgainss the farther prosecution oi
shis inlameas waz ] shoald ssbjscs myssli
90 ths frowns of arbitrary powsr--a pow
w faf greater than svsx raised iks head
hsfsEs On this osnsineas---a power rslsnss
lsss, iaexorahls and anscrnpulous Aav-
Ing . millioa OF bsyeness as its back and
disouSsing billions Of what passes foz
mcn6y pex &naaEa--a power sapE 0Ssad
by an inHusasisl public press and by q
moat mighty and EosansiAl orgaaisasion
among sas people
The prisons and dungeons OF the eoun-
try, from ghe atlantic 70 the Paciae, bore
melancholy svidsles Of the penalty this
dssposism bad visited upon those bEave
and courageous men, who bsfore had
dared 10 condemn its paiicy and publicly
sxpsess a disagreement Of opinion with it.
Had consulted my personal ease and
ssaaa of security, to say nothing OF my
personal interest, should have remained
silent, and nos given expression to my
sincere aud conscientious convictions. -
In this war, from the beginning, the
friends of peace have been threatened
w4h severe punishment, By mohs Or by
ths Government, il they csRsinued faith
full 20 their conscience; and they have
been rewarded with money, with olhce,
with contracts and patronage II they
would spossatixs and become tie blowers
of the war trumpet and be the tninions
of power.
The weak, the corrupt the vaseillasing
went oger 10 the ranks Of the Adninis-
trasiou.
1: Is. tbs good fortune Of thosa who,
npen those tezma and at these riskss pro-
aognse fer peace, that they have 40 Typ
ocrites among them, and that no better
evidences of honeasy and sincerity can be
afforded than 10 oppose this contract Civ
'ang and shiayingiy soEraps dynasty.
j remembered thai was the xepresan.
tetiss Gf brave and patriotic constitn-
ency, and that Ii was my duty TO pro-
nouree ia tAeir behalf what believed
10 he true apon lhs foor Of Ceagress.
So great havs been the exeessss of
power by this Administration, 50 bold
and audAcieus It's violation Of everything
connected with psyssnal liberty, that
preeume you were not Surprised when, fog
thus delivering my We've and yoaEs ! vas
threatened with the Punishment OF expui.
sion, from my seal In the House.
Indeed the time has lo0g since passed
when any body should be aslonisAod al
any outrage this Administration conmiss
npon public liberty aud personal rights,
That the honoFable Speaker o. The
House should have been she mover Of shi,
disgrAcsful, unjust and ansi%eon ssisasion-
u resolution Of expalsion will ferevei
-emain upon the pages OF our Congress
.ional history a. another remarkable evi.
desee Of tbs blindness Of party rage ant
tha terrible yindietissnsss Of polisica
passion.
Il will not be expected, that shalI nov
refer in detail to the doctrines I have ad-
Yocased, ~ your representative upon TIA
asos OF Congress daring the eventual SEES
siOs thai has isss elsssa.
Yoa ARE gamEliax with my posisisa, ans
am raioissd % knsw. ~ lhAss been In,
termed By the sloqaena gsntlensn whs
has Just spoken In Jour behalf, that asst'
wish an approval NJ your hsnds, and iandl
respeasiYs hesrss In the bdsoms of the ia'
sslligsnt and patriotic sonstisasnsy whicl
| have bsea 80 highly honersd a. 70 rep
res ents
Three months hsss passed % ysstsr'
day sincs, ss Jour rspressnsssiss, ~
sanea the responsibility Of aeelarisg shl
deliberate eonsistions Of my jadgmans
in suppoga of the principles and doctrine
I thsn asserted, In opposition 10 the fur
sssf prosseasioa Of ske war Tor the eoae
ason of sovereign Stases, By ths use o
sach asgxmsnks - God had enabled ai
10 employ, and stand before yoa so-da,
70 say THAI they are tsus-true and m
ehangsahla a. the hilis ara everlasting.
The lapse Of time, subsequent svsas'
and much additional reasssian, have onl,
sseFysd 70 conyinee ms Of the jussios o
Ehs viaxs ! shan expressed.
That there is no ether alternatives i
this var taaa sabiugasisn and exsersniaa
tica &C ths Ss8shern people on she on
hnnd, or she rsoognision VI shssr oonfed
sFAay ON ne other, 10 bsyond qaestlon
and how can aay sensible, humane ass
liberty loving Aan hesitase ID prefsessnl
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