Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-08-04
NO. III.

fafsf IsAa #tEE sa@ 1NAts III
Isisn ~ iapos skisansas ana dsrrs
1de1fae af*tAe 1S6T. nd iow tho Ioss 3
tn8 shnix hbeFtin. IN ihak ennnhlm iik
II asd Agnidss mAnhood. y sss
III Tia States when thsT msased ~ fed6f
II 81 systskn, - / haye sfr4x<ly 2nNn. u,
lprSss9y rtfnss& 70 sn1Esr apcn II - row-
4 p sesrss : sssGsigs sssas = vnsg !,
Il 10 sas shsn dreamed, o. ,auppassd thsi
\ SITTER shis explicit refusal b place thin
BowuR In ths hAads .of tbs federal agent,
tl1ak the latter would sses have ths h.
meyisy sad audaeity to seek 10 axeseise e
Il without such delegation OF authority.
lit bad been 70 believed not one siss-
gle S1ase wcald havs ratified the Oonsti-
tpEiaa and ioinsd tee Unisn. ss., 7js
This no one viii deny whe is eonyexs.
mt wish the dshasas Ii tae fsdsraEs and
Ssase ssavsnsions thas ratified the Con-
ssSsagien.
Faros and ooeseion OF Q Sssts were out
Of place and issppropsiake Ia the form OF
taoYernmsus they dssigped--a form rest
Ting autirely upon the mutual consent OF
sacA aasd MI sAe parties 10 tha compact.
NE Uniea bns q T0lmnGaxy ona soula be
lfspahiican, and they would hare NO osh.
er. NORTH Carolina and Rhode Island
refused TO come iuso tHe Union, ana wsre
sRsassd BY IL a. separate and Independent
sasiolss- Ii George Waahinssoa had
been Abraham Lineoin land i eaght 10
SAX pardon for thus soapIing thasr narnes
togeshsf, D he would haya collected an
army and invaded thoss ssasss, who, par
tiss TO the Unien under the Articles Of
Confederation, refused 10 be members Of
IL under ths ConstiEution that their COLI
aeagnss haa foxnai; md he wonld have
sought, by foFcs and civil war. 10 have
made hated and dskastad Uuion--a Ua-
Isa oaly in aane, bot net In fast.
9saaFnl Washington was statesman
- wsll 10 . patxisk, and the men u his
aAy waaad hare aimoss unasimo2siy
spurusd any attempt 70 bring Inso the
Gonfederaey an unwillinx on eouqusrsd
Ssasa. The asw lights Of AhgAham Lin
eolR had asvss burst upon shsar visisa.
Fellow -eitixsns, Of ali ths Wild yaga-
ries that ever afflicted reasonable and
intelligens mans the idea shaE this volun-
aaisgy anion &c equal and soysrssgn
Ssasas, whioh had bssn sundasd BY d.
lenation OF fsslisg between them. eeuld
bs restored By the power of the sword and
ths hayoust, anaby q gigantic civil 'was,
is the greatest ~
Posterity villa wonder that q madness
90 exsraYagant and palpable could ever
haEs seized hold OF an intelligent and
civilized people.
That madness combined with the IA
sgsiesl and unnatural idea Of placing the
negro upon shs lsyes with the white has
delaged this land in blood, has impover-
ished as with debt, and taxation, and de-
stFoyed the constitutional liberty be-
qasathed TO Us by our ancestors.
Dalamitiea Of which we previously had
40 conception have been visited upon
these unhappy States which have already
expiated in sorrow and misery, the con
sequences Of ths mad and fanasical poli..
cy Of their unfortunate sad insans ruiS
era.
The question for as now, my Fsilcw.
eitiEsas, 60 consider. Ii Whether we are
willing this state Of things shall eontin-
ne whether shis new 6ovarnmsns Get .
BY Dir. Linsoia IA placs at our old free
Gosarnns snt, gslzsll rsmain; or whssAer
We can overthrow il in iss turn s. the o
lession, and re-sstabIish in the remain
ing States In it's place the Government Of
oaR fathers
4 confess 30 yoa that this, 70 my mind,
10 question Of great doubt: yes be-
lisve that II the proper effort 10 nov mads;
that II the great conservative element
~hsth exists mznong shs masses Of tho
people, a0d is ON she inegesss daily, ia
now given an opportunity 10 unite apon
clear, positive, and nnmistakabls plat
form f1r peace; immediate peaea, anon.
tho bass and most honorable serms it can
be obssinsd, bat peaos, the man who nsw
rules by tae powsr Of kis owa viii, and
be multiplied thoasaods, mha 1sw.vm a.
FouAd hiu, In and out Of oskca, and who
have grown rich upon the apoiis, "a the
hearts blood OF their oounfryusa has
been aad Ia still being poured oas like
saler, can be hurled from power in the
legally constituted mode, throaek the
b&llot-box.
bellews shs peopls, toe great msss OF
the people, who nsithsx hold 30 se6ss NOR
u any way beneatssd Ly government com
tracts. or government patronage, are fos
psaces they hass waited pasisatiy for the
end OF the bloody eDnsssE, they have con-
R.ied In the PROMISES 20 fTsqaensly made
| thaa the esd of the war wss naaT, &hsy
have seen their sons, fhsfx broshsss. thsir
| fsisaass their naighhe9H sad thsfs oeun.
lEynasa 20 forth, sisher yolsnssxy ar In
Voluntarily as aaeh call hAs hasn nsis
ksg mors sxsSrs, 4ad dsisAn Ike bal
apsks 10 the pea 20 be sl&nek eksefsd. Thsy
Aass haTss sp andsr The pssosxxs sf tsx.
skicn and we're wiIling 30 maks 1as more
effort, ss the opening of shs ssmpsiEa |;
u tks fourth year Of the wak, assared. a
sAsy weTes as o. the cenmescemsns os
saua psssio0s ssMpAign, sAss % eniy Fe-
quired one mere sAnrs %, pes aown he
.,ssbellioa,D end shs wAss aad restore che
| Wnioa.
But alss thsy have again ben doom
ed 70 dissppoinsasns; shey wess seon ad-
Eissd of dssAsssx 10 Bants and esssls In
lsAs 6oathxsst. InsssAd sf shtrmaH
nsrseaag stssighs into AtiAnt4 ID sAs
ssashss shsre 10 . prosrssts4 sszxEis IN,
nhstsnate resistance, great lses, snd O
dsMbtfw4 resais~n Richmend IL yss aa
ipdsssIsioa Of The CanfedSrAtss, sfsss no
mesth3 dsspsratefghtiak, m1sfssiy s6nk
Netemsnasy end shs loss u Dssx ID han@
4Sed thonsand mso; and whiis ss an sss
tsmblsd bare to-day; Washinxsoa 10 aeaxn
b draRss, eza&ska PrssidsnE ealliax up-
sn Mar xerk Ana Rssasyissuia hW ths
tmsliti& 31hoss &tatss 20 sassl fhs Espi@
ItoL Al tAfs ~ psopaa hsxs bssn aooa.
Cd q vitpss6 in hes ihan skrSs nnonshs,
~ bsfors 10 aanpaisn b ncoxosiy haa2
lever. Not Only this, but ~ psopls nuw
ImsA ia bonrIy sxpeetetlsn . bsnx n /
Ensw ealI for thrss knndssd shonaan8 more