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

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ration u sssry 3ssaxks dssises 10 'aaa
IsoassisasisaAl libarsy psFpesaassd:
| Albaay, Jsaoa lsa4~SEour letter Of
the 10Th iass-, iavising ne 10 bs present
- meeting Of tbs Psaoa uenssal Com
Imttsn n 4rAi1b& on IAssda5
InIs = h4e4 abeivsT
/ fea gratslal FOR The complainant og
the iavisslloa, but regret TO say that en-
gaxsmsass slsewhsss will unavoidabiy
prsvaas ne from bsiag Prsseas With tho
sommittss On that day. | have tho most
pNesst egAaasscss however thss lha ohH
Iis&sol Tie AiskfiAg wilisbssas iaaiciSdsa
Zig disposed OF In my absence - In my
presence. | cannot but believe that all
kaaess spassiosis vmaa are By sssis
ting fully and iEresoeahly Impressed
| With tie Important necessity OF d least
attempting by peacsabls measures that
bal Ads ddly afailsd Is asconpllsh, bus
rendsred stu RaEs Remote, u mot utterly
impossible, namaly, the restoration OF
1.-THE Union - il was, xish the Ceassisgy
sioa 81 Il 10, -.
| When tie sscess lon oIsha Southern
States began the question Of peace or
war as q, means of restoring the country
| sq5N NjGina u@sy caasssa ' Eeksss 20
. say ! Adversely ofepinson eysa in ths
Democratic party; bat, II, after three
yssra Of iusifsckaAl carnage aaa raia-
Qua expsndstasa, backed up by the whele
strength OF the Governm aat, there u stih
man TO be found wha advocates = Wig
tpraas Eea4s..s i a al khs wsxss ssssaassAg
kiAtsds Position Ia oasafIs ii sslRs ID sass
sga1ie rxss anoag toe real saseaies hi
the codnsyy. believed and publicly so
Iaxprsssed mysclf when, by refusing all
/. propositions fer an honorable compso-
mise, We proclaimed var, that IL would
. only result IN saas dissalasion OF cshe
uAisn, and issssad Of Subsequent events
] demonstrating the sa3ss. arr, they have, !
lament - say, only tended 10 vslify the
trps@as ay .ispsessien. 81 ga
In all despotie Govarnmsnts which, OF
/ necessity, resi- aPon the ssrangsh OF the
4 UAy1NGss ksG &3AfA&1LY RH@Ck ~ &N1 G&A4M
Isxitimase snsAasaof protecting apd CO.
forcing public authority; but in eaua.
4 try like ours, where che sovereignty OF
e the people constitutes the yisal ssSspgth
!. and power Of tie. Government, you new
or can sassasasullg array the military
: authority against she people, or any con
T siderable porsfeu of them, as the oniy
: means Of allagipg popular. diseoassat
I lwithous destroying The Ii1y eSnment itsalf
-sIAa ages and countries have Euraiahes
= sona proof 81 the force Of this asssssi0s
but never shroaghoas the whale hisserJ
of the world has It's trHth been 30 uumis
II takably verified Al by the bloody and 10.
3 human records OF the present civil. war
! IL lie the spiri. of eonciliiatien and com
promise by which our fathers ware aesu
:" ated in the establishment OF the Uniog
u had inspired the heads and hearts o
= those In federal authority when the wa
II besn, che prssens dep Bib salaa nd ssa'
:. of sha ssaaexy weuld bate ben AyessAA
:. The Same questions were before settles
. ia peace, aad there was no substantial
re reason why shs examples of the great ant
10 good men then IN control Of the Govern
:. msus shoald not again have been follow
: ell To sonslnas, thsrsfera, 10 ignore tn
wise and oonsilliatory spirit Of our faith.
ers, by persissing Ia the unsuccessful
prosecution of the war, cannot but tsrmi
% nate In the utter destruction Of every
., thing near and dear to an American citi
or zen. m
O., NeiEhes am L alone in tue entertain
al msnt Of those views. The great mass 0
i fka half.unA s+aF hal Fa
:, ginning, that dissolution, with all its hoF
is rible evils, would be the inevitable re
Dc salt Of civil var. Tho patriotic teach
an lag g&sash 4sa - uaag n Saoks5p "A
4, Ssa4kaAs Maal &ealase3 &hssS ssfvA wa
was dissolution lev rlassiug, etsrnal sep
IL efasion"-were still fresh in their memo
ID ries. Bat for the sake Of peace an
Gs harmony Ia the party, they have, st ia
90 solicitation of dangerous and corruI
w leaders. gslnetlsntly yislde4 from tin
20 tiH$aSa aisseenoe In ! y%ssoas pros
ecutiou Of the var. Many have cheel
lar fully gisan them means, and others the
AZ lives, ia order TO test fully the force {
Il. assumption that resort to military pow
err was the oniy mode Ut abusing ii
sf diEassncss betwsen Ebs Aorih and Ii
N South. Bat alas all To no purpos
We, save TO confirm by actual experience whit
vs had previously been taught them by 81
~, whole history Of other nations.
The ~tims has arrived, therefore, vine
n oil men should rspRdiate their SELLS
or schemes and corrupt combinations
.lv party leaders, aud firmly adhere TO the
= true principles. For one ara unwillir
'A to sacrifice the best interests of the couI
IEH I - n v.is~-.
nd Ii SUCCESS il to b STAINED aaly aPsa y
n. ssesisss Of psinsipls. | amseausa ID 4
main ID an honorable minority. | vi
"a not support any man as the appFoachir
!. presidential election who is not unequi'
ocally IN favor Of exhaasting all honor
~ BILE means 10 shs psacsabls suppEsssit
ate Of the rebellion before proceeding FL
ax. tier Id &s1a proaesas ion OF the gar a
) war, and especially civil war, was ey
IL iassi6ahIe or So seessful that was u
the basel upon an entire failure Of all homo
90. abs sassass 10 adiaai psaooably the ma
tha sers in controversy between the two 90
Il. tending parties.
., Tho extreme fanatics and. .Adgosases
war al tia Seush, as we'll Nd as The N1Si
saa are d,ubslsss averse - . cessation
Or hostilities, but il the masses Of tho Nor
'his sGow & aisSossEsoss % sskrs the furtt
me calamity Of evil war BY the eanployms
= of paaesable measures In the setslems
Of oar difficulties, the masses Of the Sog
Sssi will sqon axhibis corresponding disI
ell, sissoas and The twS essabsns& ls&ys
ssve the epaatry. Much Of Che poy
and @fsnksh u ths Soasiefa GkakeSxd
s~a are derived from the last that every pre-
81. esisisu fesss psassabis aAjxstmsns al I
- difssulssss has smanatsd from ths Seu
lass Ths smsau fscl 90 sMaMiaiN a Tia no