Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-09-01

| In censeqasnce ef Wixxt Be forsbora Il 3
4 than Of Whist ha bxd AcsualIy achieved
1 had not the wisdom sad pfndsnce xhl,
lgsidAd our ssgnlutionaxy ssruxxia be,
4 desbly deveIopsd add ausuentsd als
that struggle bad cesssd, Our very %,
CESS aighs have pfovsda misfortuns raj
sF tkau bsaszt. LIbarty e not ! bIes,
I lng b those who do net asa Ii arieh
sithw from wsnt Of insslligsncs or fro,
want og will.
I Their indepsndsnce aahisssd. shs er,
/ sss OF sheir fate Approachsd. Had Wash
ingsdn been aosuatsd by sha Ynlgar ambI
non 20 eoaanou sifh aen Ia his circuu
stances, and which woald hsya gansrall
bsen hsld axcussbia, hs would haYs d 4
81 upon . shfons, and surrounded il hy
martial nobility. Had the common hfrs
fss powes indnesd sAe stronger States /.
Isahjugass snd syFAnnixe over the weaker
toe ehaptsRs of blood and orirne whiel
tor thousands % years hass incsssantl
saddsnad he hissory OF she old world
wcuid hsre asau eontinaed In the new
6esh . semmsaeeRsenS Of onr ynnne na
iaoaaa sxisssass would have led direct /,
sain, and induced regret for shat furaier
ampaf'ial sway, which, however syfanrsi
cal IN soms particulars, wunid ia gsriers
hass ts0ared the great purposes of kos,
sfnwans -tas profession of Eha life, fibsr
y and property of the subject. -
From all saess dangers we we're hapi.
~ delivered By the patriotism, sisdors
and fsseeafaBce, inspired By thas Being
whe bad sucoessfaiiy guided as shroue
she lesser di8eulties Of the rsyoIukiopsr,
eonHisss The fssty alzbisieu of sss rrsaI
lszrisr vas shared by ths heroes snd sage
by when he bad been surrounded while
the war oload lowered above them. Ths
santinsns OF Justice which had anissd ths
eoloEfes 10 times of trfbuiation, did nel
desert them in the days Of their early
saosess. The thirteen independent States
taough differing widely ID population,
weaitb and power, we're By common con.
sent treated % upofl Q footing of entirs
saaaitsy. No dosninearipg spifis on the
para Ct she ssrong bad aronsad The jeal-
ousy Of the weak. No futarn eddling
disposition on the one hand had given
birth 60 aainesity saa hatred On the
osAss. a-l15 51s;s ase - =
The consequences that thorough aai-
on OF effort vas essential 10 their snesess
manifested itself previous to ths com-
msncement OF the great revolutionary
confess. IL assumed / more formal shane
In ths articles Of confederation which
sefe adopted during its progress and
coatinued In force for sessral years after
It's sermination. But the defects OF that
system which the tumulss OF war had ia o
great degree concealed became manifest
and were appreciated when the restora.
tion OF peace gave occasion and opportu-
atty for their calm contemplation. and
when the pressars Of an overriding me-
sessity bad ceased 70 render those defects
imperative. 1851
After various efforts 10 remove some OF
the Hsloss prominent defects Of the arti-
cles of confederation general eonven-
tion al all, the States vas assembled al
Philadelphia IN Mar, i7s7, for. the pur-
pose Of making thorough revision sf
those articles, and resulted 10 the formas
tion OF our present federal eompaet, The
Uonstltution thus prepared vas the most
important instrument thai ever ernguakss,
from The wisdom Of man. II. soon re-
recsived the regulate ratification and
vent into full effect. Three quart, ra cf
8 century has assasted its bene6eeus IN
huencs over tha dsstiniss of q greas pea-
pie.
Let il be forever remembered thas THE
immortal productions was the rssuls OF >
series of compromises, hoth of opinion
and OF interest, without which II oeald
never hare existed, snd that from this
source haye rssaltsd is chief sgcalseses
and perfection. The ahIest nan ID thss
ooavsntion, after the mosf maEurs deiib-
ation, could never hare ueodResd it.--~
Madison, Prasklin, Randolph, King, VIII
son, and each Of the othsf great Damea
that mingled Ia those debates siren
uously opposed in turn some ot the
essential features from which By commna
eoasent Ii has since derived ils great IT,
tls TO fxcellence, and wishoas which Ii
would hare been radically detective
Some inclined.to the more or, Ieas COM
plets erasure Of State boundaries and tia
establishment Of , consolidated govern-
nent others 70 the pressssaliou Of the
entire equality as well as sosereignET as
all tbs State. One party favored al ap-
proxirnation TO q regal or an aristocratae
system another leaned 10 q pure democ4
faey. Not one man OF all their numbsr
voluntarily favored The Consolidation
which was ultimassIyadopsed. Each one of
the great men who finally asssnsed 10 thai
instrument, doubtless acted uadar ths
irm conviction thai be was making .
ehoies Of ayils, and that forced 10 aban-
DON his own beau ideal OF govsxnnsntal
pstfeetion be was securing whas uAs
Iitsls Less objeesioa&hla than aasshsx.
which might Otherwise hare beam adopt
ed. And yet, The result of all these con-
esssioas and compromises, was doubtless
vastly superior Id praetieal excellsnos TO
any shang which wssld hare bssn psoduc-
sa by ths antsamaslsa geafus, fsarnisK
snd sststss1s saaship of any indiyidsal e
mong tAelx whole huabsss Z ~
Bot supposed eoaHiess cf iassrsss pre-.
senssd nueh greater 9lffcnfsiss than mare
conflicts of opinion. Yst, BIZ the axer.
GtcS VI PsstSfStt2 kt5SNtF HAtUM anu XGHs
sral spirit of eomproulss, Q system vas
at tisugfh adopted whish rightly under.
stood, was donbtisss inors advantageous
10 eaeh Sns ef shs ssssrai States skan
though In iss formation regard had nss
pniy been had 20 the interests oE sbAa
State alone.
10 us, who ss the presans day are 40
eustasned 10 ses State sonssisusieas con-
sssncaed almost aeehaaically fsom mssss
risls seady asssd fos use, u l. impassihas
10 apprsciats the many and great difRsslu
ties whsch surronnd The eonsssTers b
sAas model iastFumsas. We have III.
nessea tho sacsessfni working of sac a.
isAea machips Eithoas rsssssinx mon u
doahts and aiseonsxg geneetD Dsks NJ.
taI mkvaii of the insenkoF aad buiIdss. :.
We rssexufss thHs ers4s asssars = eos-
samnlasang ths sssucsmrs of fhs Fsaerxl
f9uxaeumsns a. &hn.6 sa.4sss 49, -