Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-01-26
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n TheYe hrs n Ide1an ssiff.sre ens seEsions Of
the late aAseaapa af taa elalnr aad yeuugrr
Blair so 60 10 Riehlngsad .aan q psaee ezsa-
bNss. saraeasy, nj tins 9rshuae. asseras
Eahat theY ass nsrmssaiesaa - Lsaeoin to
ga To tka 1ksaIas1eHasa capital aad ace
/ shat thsg csals aa snxsasas hEsagiag ii
boat peaes.s The ssEasleS afaheI Eaiihs
fpl. p With Ilss usual lsaekw aods issskesy
and deceit, gave lhenl liberay 10 DO. 80.
p9nYidsd aea. kirapl aauld pass yllpm
through his lines. bat decsiEsi 10. giTs
them anv OMniaI eharactes, or farnish
Item with anY in4srIeii.9ns. TIey start
sa Tor City paini and wcrs received with
lbe asmest courtesy and politeaess bF the
Llcutcaaut- General.
In'fhe meantiiass hewexeF, So nten bad
teisgraphed to sha soldier wha hads the
taking of Richmond, such af1 isamenss
task assasaxing all eaassasien With the
diklamaxse Biairs. ard fszasatiag that ka
hal bestes send them back 10 Washing
Ion. Gen, Grant ACTED On these sasisae-
lions, and the BIairy 5000 yetngnea after
a two days. wondfrment ali 6vsr the
Nurlh, THIS is the Tribune veTsien, and
Is by no means an iInprobeble enc.
The Ishn@!ite Of then. K, Herald,
Bennett, approves and endorses the act
Of Seer etary Stantbn, ani furthermaFe
warns the Iribsne tAat in criticisiag SO
sharply the act of the War Secretary, It
Is attacking Mr.. Lincoln himself. The
Herald apprcyingfy r, marks .
0arhiisaeFoa4s am5 reTsdiitv Pfasiieat
Is oas Of The mast accomplished a bio
aatisis Of ias age. lie has sbewn this
by his dealings with the mission 10
Rfanees and We have no dosibE THAI his
fH9eYe are 10 be fiiHEd In faa .ftilurs OF
ititS Mission 10 Hiehmond. Lt il more
than probable that as so su Us be had &C.
relIned 80 give the Eairs ap oiheial sane
tiop, and had seen them depart wHbout
it, be immediately steppea over 10 the
War Department aud dictated the teie-
gram whiea StaEtas scat 10 Gsaag-ya tel
egFam informing Grant that ths Biairs
were unofficial ambass adors ard had bet
ter be stopped. This exquisite stroke Of
diplomacy was quite in President I.in-
eeinss lins Of business. Lie has made
such laaslerly marelasAis b4fore, asd
they haEesalways been as successful. as
this. Accepting the Tribune's aeeoant
~ pegfscsly correct, thsreIare, we OBJ
serfe Ia ths facts as stated another signal
and convincing pspQf Of hi. Liqeois's
dtplamGlic slaA-7 aa
The coarse humor Of. the clown Presi-
dent 6ads q ready admirer and appIauder
In tho iterald. baG Shat must honest nsan,
levers of eAullid Aiealinz betw cen snan
and man, think Of Ahis specimen of shRTT
nFaetiea worthy al4lY OF enc who had
graduated an the Lea and knayish school
Of the ge,aus ''shyster;" ;"--aad least OF ali
is Such dealing tn be expected of tile Pres
iieot of the Republic. Eqaiyocating,
deceiging, lging I'd the men, who, for the
time, were implicitly trusting in him, and
then, when they have barely set out on
their journey, possibly setuateti by pure
motives, there waa alrradg speeding over
yhs wires in adYauae of them, cneek 10
and countermandipg Of laeiF plans. Ashe
lhst kn0ss abe coarse insure ef Dir. Lin-
coin, evidenced inI his Official acts fer four
yeats past, but can Imagine with what
delight an gnsto he resailesi bis stgood
nken on Ihs BIaiHs Ia his circle of to adies
and satellites andlhow he pIuInad himsslt
on his stroke OF wit and paiiuy. The
inan unfortunately Presiiest of The dis
United States is NOS possessed Of a paEti.
Gle of hanoe and deccnoy--who trusts
bin leaas upon broken reed, and puts
faith in enc who makes it bis Lamor &c
prove false to pledges and TO IEIeads.--
RSuHbLicaH FARMER, 81