Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-08-10
- COUNCIL BLUFFS IOWA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10 1868

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aew ehsolese, and shsrs can bs No asuht
thai On the issnes naw presezssa sha us.
isrisy viii b ovsrwhelniag with Ne.
Bot On shsss stupesdous isasss re shaI
be sure oil tbs eerdiAl sympsthy ard SUD.
ipofs of che Rrs&s body af The psepIe Il
the Scala. Thair aimoss unsaimous aie
lcaa be implicitly relied upan. sweilins
Iear naaSbers 10 = great ! maiorstY y |,
fdesirabiA. Ths I'VE Houses sf Congrsai
/ will be nsvsd By The popular lmpalss, d
they will as least soca give way hsfszs
the popular will.
i To crown all, oar Ohsef Magistrate,
| tAoash raised 70 power by cur ansaxoa.
isss, has, by the ahangs oe sireumsssneaa
already mentioned, been placed again hy
| the side OF bis political brsshrsa. Thsy
and DC were separated BY surrounding sx
sransoas considerations, which ara now
forsvsz removed. In respect to che vital
lquessioas o. the day shera Ia no iisias
man who mere City represents the greas
principles upon which our instisaIions
resi- than does shs President.
seioas through ressan and obsersation of
the fruislessnsss and folly Of attempting
= political partnership Between the two
races; impressed With the vital import
anee Of maintaining the rights and secur.
ing the indestructibiiity Of the several
members OF the great Federal family, by
birth and sympathy man Of the people;
ever hostils to governmental extraya-
ganee, TO elass legislation, and schemes
OF public plunasr; exposed throughout
bis whole life 70 Ihoss who we're aiming %
make oars splendid, oyagshadowing
Ieentralized government; he Ia the right
man, sprovidsntialiy placed Ia the right
position, 10 sxtrieate tha country from
the imminent pefils which now surround
il, and 70 roll back that tide of abuses
which threatens 10 engulf the blessings,
puolis and private, which wars be1ueath-
ed 10 as by our fashars.
Do you doubt shis2 Will you ask why,
IL this be %, have not the multitude OF
those abuses been long since abolishsd2
Be not too impatient. Great changes
in public affairs should nos be made In
cautiously. The sares cannot always be
snddsnly and safely uprootad, lest the
wheat De also destroyed. OR antagon-
ists could not await the slow bat certain
operation Of peaceful causes to remove
40 obnoxious institution, but by their
reckless impetuoaity led on to the druneh.
ing OF ths land with fraternal blood
Lei us not imisats their impatisnce.
All the acts of the President, since be
assumed the reius OF power, have tended
In shs right Direction. The only fault
that We can impute is, that he has not
moved forward H,ith sufficient rapidity,
He might, it Ia true, have more prompt
y restored the benefit OF the writ ct ha-
beas corpus. BUs, practically, no great
evil seems to have resulted from delay
he might have suddeniy discontinued the
''bursaa OF military Justice" bat as q
mere court Of inquiry advantages may
grow out OF its investigations whieh par
TALLY, perhaps, redeem and shield it from
our just detestation. When any sentence
which it may render shall have been exc
cased, there will be good reason for CON-
plant; bat until then let us haEa the
charity not to coademn the physician, al
though bis remedies may seem rather
tardy.
hultitudes Of other abuses of every
avail n sEEs EEsd 5HEbidA ahbssaRs iBfs.ssEsts
Bat their removal involves radical chan
ges which call for caution and deiibera-
ton rather than haste. II there has been
error, 1t has been on the side of safety.
IL ever shame can be justly imputed, it
is triaing in comparison with the stapen-
deus interests which now tEsrnhle in the
balance.
Or shall We apprehsnd that We may af-
ter all hare been the subjects OF deoep-
ton? Caution in Political matters ls ev-
er eommendabie. But President John
son, in his frequsnt and open declarations
that the opinions he has 90 long enter
tanned on all subjects which are nov OF
so much interest ara still unchanged, has
no motive FOR deception. He we'll knew
that by these declarations be wns sure TO
lloose ths fasor Of controlling aumbes
Of those who, to secars their own end,
had aided 10 biz election. They have
already withdrawn from him their conf
denee. lie can never hope to be trusted
by them again. Ills natural and only re-
liable positioa Ia wish bis old political
brethren. Every intelligent man viii bs
true to his profession when they are thus
coupled with his interests.
we do not attesant kn asssass Eha caurss
which should be pursued; but IN present.
ing out views we should as least entertain
the hope that the great conservative part
OF The country will aew openly speak oui
its sentiments aisd make known lie wish.
es on tie momentoas sabjees nov presen.
ed for consideration; and that every lodi.
vidual will endeasor to make his inha-
snes FELT through new organizations Oh
i otherwise; that throughout The length and
breadth of the land wifi comc up tbs
assurance that President Johnson, in hi.
i efforts to restore peace snd fraternity ane
4 its wonted prosperity to q country tori
by civil disssnsious, will be sustained By
the true friends Of . fraternal Union
both ut the North and the South.
Ii is hardly superssisoas fancy which
regards him as having bern specially or
dainea for this great and glorious mis-.
sion. The designs Of HoaEen begin now
Ito be Visible throughout. At the bead oi
The reeoneiIed and rsasissd Democracy sl
ths tee ssctions. Aasrew Johssoa 10,
we believe, destined 10 repair and restore
those shvfishra inssisssaoas wbieh h@~s
been 90 fearfally shattered and 20 seem
ingiy overturned, and 10 receive the an
dying gratitude of reunited eoansgy and
the benedlesioag Of all fusnre ages.--
Be ii ears % shaYe in the consciousness
of having contributed TO the sazne blessed
result.
4 BIZ osder OF tbs Resident Corauiatee.
EUAS. MASON.
Ohasrmsa.
| Washiogsos City, July sd, 1865.