Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-05-04
State Rinhis.


Tho following Is sn extract from ona
Of '.Carle,sn's" goasIPihg letters from
RieamoaJ
The soHtinel uEct was not Destroyed.
snw The proprietor today. He farnssF-
ly dli heG3Fcrnnent pFiDtipe. We had
a PLEASANT interview.
II vas gorry," be sid, ''tn see sls
Stars ard Strinss tAsn anxn in 1851 liz
ss@i tears when | saw, n raised oS9 sas
CAPITOL Of Virginia on sunday norning'
'fwby so2' | asked.
"B cause i was dane without ths eou-
seat OF the State Of Virginia.
Then you still cling to The Idea tbas
State Is 1isre than q nation
"Yts. StzteIigbss above everything
/ give you iha Conversation as near Fsa
eau rreail Il, that you uay understand ths
iUsaaitv OF he secssssi9nists. They hare
no conception of tho great principles
/ wbich unitrlie 4his mighty struggle
| Tbev are ciFneing TO tho absaractloss OF
| she past State Rights, State Sovereigs-
| ty--aud are iapelie4 by State pride.v~
/ They talk of the proud Old Dominion,
/ th.. state which has raised up presfdaHfs
H-.of thais ancestors and ali thas-~iisiRg
I id the past, without eomprehrnding saaa
4 rt4olcsfon Of tie present, Which hag Tres
/ eiaitatc.i them from power, ARA WHICH
/ has broaghs liberty 10 despisaa race.
4 aCarltoHn IN right in speaksng ef ibis
4 Har as SO regoiutioa.s euea III tss Fer
tssora than tao years, nj least, i has been
i yiolan4 attempt on tire part Of she aa~
EssialssFatipa 10 essees Raaaisal chmags IN
our ForGa Of gewcrpfnassss
Il TIE publisher Of The ssntfnel is net
half so insane as Carleton himself ; and
} has much, better ziegs Of the character OF
! gar institutions. The ejaculation "Stafs
! Rights alFere everEthlng ~ which Carlton
. Ercrartls as m evidence Ct insanity sill
, receive hearty rospange from every re-
sesting mind. The doctrine OF secession
does rot necessarily fuiioE, as many seem
Ia sgiganss. 1'ag States are Older lean
] stts Eation, and gave il all the poweg ls
! bossasses. The Nation is sovereign in
! 'Bthe powers so delegsted, aud tbs nfAsss
i kasa sovereign In all other pawsrs'
The aniy question Is shat poweS
D was delegated, aud what retained
! Control over the local Institutions Oh
: States certainly was. rot delegated 70 any
> /
D exercise Il, be knowingly trespaased up
n on State rights, and fhaagaEated Ar<T'
J. oiutiou'' tendiEg to change our inetiae'
Z tiens from rrpahligan 10 q dsspoti
i form. The creature assumes che powe
J Of the ereKtor and IL Mr. LiucoEH soc
II crAls in breaking down State rights, 70
t distinction between his and any othe
y desaotism will nos be worth naming. j
:, ha can destroy one State@ prerogativss b
o can as veil another. Hence We are 90
&c Surprised TO ace those who believed tha
e Congress could destroy slavery in Sous
b Carolina, attempt TO csntrol toe railr0sl
% insegests Of Aew Jersey.
'e We say smpbatica8ly--aStats Right
'r above sverything." and by these W
Q, raean all tights mt delegated 10 Congrea
at without assuming TO SAY What they ar
- or arc nas. The cIoaeT shs reaasisn be
ssi twscn government aad people, tbs bsfses
= There ID little danger thai . State vi
" enslave its own people; but II 10 fot .
" certain khat another government made o
II of sivaa asd hostile~ States. viii he .
IL careful oE popular liberty. The osly NJ
! Gcurfty Es have Ia in the rights reserve
Sc when the compact was sogmed. BIZ tbas
Be wa ieugbt 20 abide always. They may "
i paaf ehieay impoftant 10 Virginia to-aag
b, and Massachusetts, te-mogrow bak
4 truth, all the people Of ail the Seaas
se have M equal and paramoant intsress
ID their maintenanee, 40 the experiences uE
I series Of years will prove. - LaNips Dszss
~ crat, Mdaehssisrs y. a.