Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-06-30

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Ia ~ e IisHey Atfake,3 LSusaaa, khsl
Praidsnt Of tke Uaiisa Aalss
ia. :-~ssThaE thu King en- do NO
wrongn Il the the theory Of . aonarehy.
Il il the theory Of q constitutional repab- /
li0that its chief magistrate may DO wrong. /
III 10 former the ainistsy IRE fssponsi- |
bic for. the Kings scis. In The latter The
Psesidsns IL saspoasiAis Tor tss Issss OF
bis ministers. Oar Consultations admiss
that the Prsidsnf mag sr,in overriding
Eor u jadgemant upGa hiS d0fnxss BIZ the
people, ID regular eiastions. In pFsvi-
ding Tor bis impeaehmsls, Il admifs thas
he may be guilty OF esimes.
La ! Government Of laws and sos Of
men, the most obscure citizen may with
oat indec3Eun address himself 10 the
Chief Magistrates when to the CeaNsifa-
tion whence ysu derive your bemperaTy
paweT and he the guaraaty OF hls bis per-
pesual rights, he has soust&nsay paid his
anqEassisnahls Loyalty, and whsa ~ the
lava, which yoar duty IL to care for =
faithfal execution d, he has Rendered sa-
tire abediensa. q
IL the matter Of bis address be tsaa IN
his person, property and rights tie Goa.
stitution has been dissegardsd and
tia Laws disahsysd; IL Ia. Appeal 30 Tia
principles oil justice be no noss sArasss
than 10 regard fos truth, sid III shs
manner Of bis address be no lsss tsmpe-
rate than firm. be docs net aHesa snars-s
iy phrases 10 pfopitiase an atszasiva hear
ing from magistrate whe aoses his
country, her lnstasions, and hss lawss
Lii TIE WoFg1 Of last w sdnasday a2an-
ing was published Q proclamation, pur-
porting TO be signed by your axselieney
and e0unsersigned by the See,y Of sssts
appointing q day Of fasting and prayer,
and calling into the military service by
volunteering and draft fouS hAandrsd
thousand citizens between the ages OF
eighteen and forty-fvs. That preola-
NATION was forgery, writtsn by q per-
son who, ever sinee your departure from
Springfield fog Washington In 1851, has
enjoyed private aud public opportunities
for Learning to counterfeit the peculiaTi-
ties Of your speeeh and styls, and whose
service for years az city editor OF the
New York Tsmes and upon the Tssbsaas
acquainted him with she entire uessspa-
per Enaehinsry OF the city, snd eaabled
him 10 insert HE clever forgery Into sha
| regular channels by which We Fecgive
news, at time when competent snspes-
ton Of Ito gsnaineness was impossible,
and Suspicion OF It's authansaaasT was i'm
probable. Ths manifold psEssT, rsssnb-
ling in ali respects thas upoaa which ne
nightly receive from cur agents news,
/ and from the Government isgslf orders
announcements aud prsalasas saons, vas
left With night clerk abous shrse o
four o,eloock In the moxniag. after khs
serarture of esssy responsible editor
and vas as once paused Into the hands q
the printers and pas into type, and pub.
| lished. No newspaper Ia shs sountr.
| bus would have been dscsivedlas we were
i Our misfortune was somplele. Al a
early boar, howevsr, before the bushes
of the citv had fairly begun, IL was dis
covered that we bad bean imposed upon
and were being made 70 appear the In
ssruments Of deception OF the public
There was no daiay in vindieating on
character. oug shols naaolinsry 70
| Spreading nsws was ses in faotioa in
stantiy 10 announce that We had been de
eeived by forgsEy--that yoar sxoellsne
bad issued no proclamation The sal
OF pagers over oaF couaters waz stoPPsd
Our bundles 10 the Scotia, boana IL
! Europe that day, we're stopped In
owners and purssr,s files we're stepped
and too agent oil tbs line was infarEmes
that the proclamation WA fofgsrys-
Oar printers and pressmen ssse brough
. from their homes and beds - pas In Typ
and publish the news of OUT zaisforsans
!. Our buliesin- boards we're pissal aed wis
! the Offer of reward foE the discovery 0
! | the forgeR and to the agent OF the aasa
. ISOLATED press sent telegram recltla
ALI the faets, for him 20 transmit at oae
to nearly every daily paper ia the hsEsl
. from Maine TO California. Ihas hefos
! the Scotia sailed, before rom Secgssaz
of State had oikeaally bgaaded kha IoEgs
lry, abs wings We had given % truth 81
rived before shs forger bad coane to to
0 his tale.
. For any injury done to ourselves to u
!. government, or TO the public, this paf
IEicity was ample antidosa. Ii fndes
made injury impossible
. But the insult TO your exceslsHoy va
: the greater In proportion 30 toe eminsa<
Iof your station. Early ia the aftes9ea
OF Wednesday, therefore, vent vii
y Mr.. William u. Prime, the chief ed:at
. oil the Journal Of Commerce. whssA ha
been deceived prscisely - We ssEey
a the headquarters Of the departments 6I =
East, and We laid before the ooanus sadis
: General evsry cIasia our posssssiOs whis
Q could lead 10 the discovery OF the gull
. persons. All the facts above rsclsa
= were telegraphed al once 10 you throas
The Secretary OF War by Genesaa DIX
. assert our utter blasaslsssnosss ] %
+ sert, moreover, that | have Eievsz kneN
: Ia mind 80 prglaaioed In whAch acqaail
= tases with shsse facts woald nss anfor
lsha conviction os cur utter baaansiessass
y Here was the absence ofIan Intent
y do wrong here was an aasiacte fsr |
& injury unwsssiagly assisted m0rs cor
A ipietc and esFaefaal ihan shs 8n5ars asssl
hars waa alacrsty In search Of ghe wren
T deer, and assistance Eendarad Co. y0
"a subordinate 10 disoevef The aashsf az !
10 insult done TO yoas
II with these iacks set fally before ri
by the aeaaxas commanding 80 DepaE
meut, you reiterated M oxsise Tor my .
% rest and imprisonment in FozaI Isagay 80
n for the asisuga and ssaapasssa Ct j
1 World sGics BY military gassd, and I
sappTession Of les paAlieaasons. u
= Journal Of Gemmescs, 10 editors u
. publishers, were lneluasd In the sssaa o
10 der s a IEe