Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-05-18

aad ikvshv 5udiriary mnd thx Executive.
haS nj pos&rs M sshase xfanEed x6it By
-sAa- Gsessisalio sAad 3szt=nrxaAsss
! poters 70 Iaake -lass Elsles Asssa IN
sepRf fasss5ly 10 fhe anssssasieyN* ~ ahs
: Iaitsa States And VI Eiais Ssatey-- lssr "a.
ery IasxRkey. Is sAa zvsY saxaAs 81 azx
axa Ennatiiaiian, saxss sxaax q. sucanss
beth and te amend ear awn censaiea-
tioa II the iaaanss psssaEibei la thai 10
sgixasEssat. hcxissa aasy in sssiei sasasaz-
finatfE,n to both consfiEnsioas, Sfzts
and Federal, snd thsrefafs Of neeessty,
hss ~ poser 10 ahsnes slse polite 4 NAT
! as sf ae she Ssase, os 10 sifsF 80 snTaka-
mensal relations; AMI aay Asrsgnps - Do
90 is simple usarpaiion; ard any set
done 10 that attempt will b8 a legal nal
lfisy- ln%ro sbase Of tha 9rganisa
fsaacsieas If the Ssass, Is ssesasnpliNaz Ia
end, fofiildeu alik+ by b.,lh the Geasti-
taGians.
II Il i fact often overlooked, lhat our
Gones Bs4oR faakes no prc@fsirn FOR TIE
ealliagl laf ans oonyenEian II ths psopis
/ Tor any pagposs. It pacsidss fss ia eMn
amendfnast ia = diEerens uaanasg; and
IN that lnaaner, Il has, several @tiaiea,
been ameBdrd. Onse the 4LegassAturs
Gricl the expeFimeAs of calhng . ssss-
| Eention t9 alter ths Goassitusion. lSse
tbs set Of fasYaarY 81, 1921 Thss
conventions aasssahled and passed an M
struinent which IL offered, as a sabssi-
sat7 for our eEissseg 9nnstssutioa bak
sHen Il wa sEbmistea % shs people, the
people rejected itz-snd 80 ended the only
/ Legislative ExpwlIaans To alseT raa Goa
ssitatian By extra constitutional msasa.S
And 81, the de!ibsta,ise jaIgsiu6nt 81
th4 people Of Missouri, thougbfFully ex-
pressed 80 q0iet times, soniemnsd thas
/ hfsE asteE1yt % set asida the plain pro-
gisions Of Ihs GonstiEat;on, ia regard 70
| iEs aAsniIaaGs sai 10 cast tha Staia aaa
Iils iaws, and Eas very structure OF soOia-
1 ~, uaasE the csprieinus power Of tenn
| porary assembly. And jet tAe ace of
1913, which called ths: 6rst GpnTantiou,
/ was sise ani moderate, wdan COMPARED
/ uata tia tNo CJns entioa acts-of tLs
fgsbslx ind radicals respectively. The
aet Of lS43 provided that, ct the -geasral
I eleelSpn IA ls44, The sense OF tbs people
sh144d be taken f'upaa tha e1pedieBey OF
| oalilsZ EoaVention 10 umend, diLsT or
make nae Coaaffafion of sha State
And further. If lnaj9ri;y of tho votes
( shal. he il favor Of ths Cagvent.op, lhaa
I shJ Governor sAalI, ia the megth Of
l APFH, lsf3I order an elecilan OF dele
! gatas, 70 be held Oh the frs Jfoa9ay ef
/ dM9asf, ls4l-meFe Ehan two years asssk
1 tha aaaa If Tue aes calling tia Gsaxkse
/ lsazi, Thgz alluwiDg ainFis time fsr the
I p4htafal ebnsi1egation OF to subject, in
tAii iss faA9ings, and ttale even fssr great
resf4hses II eireuEnst lns..s and of pafsis&
q AiHF4 ST lbs pso. II e1adsmassi fas sshsse
I ptses,stiug, for it disEegardei the piala
4 tYsilgi ins If the Constitution AMI tended
I G5 Feyola ion. How different fFsm tbs
aats hn,i the spirit Of both the rebels aaa
the raaiioals. Thav 10th assunsd stss
powar 10 order a genw4ntion, Aad both
fn shed With 4Rdatert hsste to the cossu-
! N lsioa Of tti-i~ respective designs, esr
1 eoah Of ta.1u bud designs TO aeoasuplish
Which wBai4 not brook delay; the rs1sA
we're eager to get the State voted out Of
Ithe Gui1l, and tbs Radicals we're 30 less
eager u clutch AL the power and Su-
( tarsS;s of the STATE, and thus consolsd8sa
al cdntlna thair temporary etntsss,
whf,h originated in soei,,l aaaIc cby and
w Is Sustained, thus far. by martial law,
! lSorE. --This ruiut wili be fuFih~r iilsa-
trHEsI y aAan tFEae will beu~r ssrvs, by
refer '-tEe-.1to Eh. acts and pabifeSsisas of
Hi9isAgy men, frnnq lhe faftwrll u EseA.
R9seHeraas down - the circular Of Ma
! jor Matlack.
| must bring this letter tsm Gloss faaspS
break iay nr3Taiss 30 b. shors. Therefore
will state, very briefly the grounds .up-
on which bass tha asseFiiaa that tho
Cohvsati0n w1ts Fevoialio5sFy In as or
GA
! l.. The legislature IA the creature af
the Constitution; and, as il exists 0Aty
~ Ihe force Of th4s iustFamsut. 1t Gao ssF-
eaad act no ulbsTsiss than &ecorlaag
10 its terrus.
2. Tbs Constitution has dssgAsed ths
rae'h.s4 by xlsi.h Itself may be ameHpIed
ianl thai TrJsIsiJn il as obligatory -
! the pisft which creates the Legisiature,I
and ~ creature, tha Legislature, caA
have no power 10 amend or alter il, In
auy hshe. lasanaF. For il Exists oaly hv
the Constitution, AMI, VI necessity can
act OIty an,ier and according to IL; and
H esihnot give power 10 another which il
aa4 nat isSeif.
) The Legislature cannot legally dsler
gale to otaers its avn unqusstioned paw
eEz; and surely, It cann3l dopute 10 .any
u n Or set Of n IN the Poser 70 rule the
State snd all lis Interests without Limit
or i'Raitioa.
This beiag trues it foilows that Ehs
Legislature aid net grant, because is
cnald not grant, TO tue Conveagfon any
paaers 70 a1tGr OF amend the Constellation.
Aad 80 in Ioiat Of mere law 1t 10 obvious
that TIA Goage1tion wss not xestea
With aay lIwfut power to raie Us at ALL
But beyond this, their election and the
laanner Ut it, may wall be consi .erea ma
relating 10 the origin of their pretended
poser. And AFFIRM that the electra
wes Illegal and dishonest, aud brought
aboat, not hy Ghe spontaneous will 5f tha
people, bIi accomplished in The midst Of
disorder, Yioienee and fear, and a5l an
frequently by tae direct application "a
military poser. / caBnot nou enter ia
TO the details concerning The elec0on, has
| asn prepared 10 do 1t when tbs proper
oco8sloa sha'i caae.
Upon these gFounds Rfirm that the
Cpassation vas rsvnlalieaary Ia ia oyi-
gia. But let no good man be alarmed
because the same Tine Of argument viii
prosa that tbs Convention Of 1861 was
also revolutionary IN so osdgia- So Il
wEs, esninsntis nsselatioaHry IA ia ssigsa:
for i was plotted and osatrivsd by sgss-s
tora for lhe very parpoaA or aessroyfag
the Nation aad iissolvseg tac Uasnn;
saa moss OF those who plansed asd pass-
ed the rebel Gonvsstiaa bill, wexs very
s1on afterwards In open rebeEliom lsvying
saF against the United States. Aad bat
for tbs sessss and sirsas ct the gfaas hsody
of tae people, ~ Mai sims, the Esvela-
tioaary conspiracy wpald hav9 heen ms