Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-03-09
isssss by abolishing rfis Yorsas 10 which

fEslSy Ore aeedstoned.ss .ss tah.
Psaae and sspasaGiaa In nea prodaes
fatusa secession, hpl he var and is pros
eeatiop in All probability aill. The Nai-
fass eE the iaaIYidaal hsiag the primAry
| gad. OF MI repablieaa gosernEaent, and
IasF G0eergment being t,at an ageat of
lshe States. created hY che States, Aad
| eIekhed by than wiEh delegated powers,
lIpsited add well defined, il mua be ap[
/ parant that xhaE d State desires to secede
lrpm tha EnionyEhaa formed 1t does %
aedsr tbs belief tha&Y 1T will DO better "a
asas of than Ia the Union. The original
incentive TO npion ID in the idsa, or belief
ihas anieR ID preferable 10 isolation; that
In Stats will be hsilter 10 than aat OF fha
Union. Il foIlows. thereforss thai If spE
ion il preferable 10 isoIaiions there will
always be union sops kind. IL %
ihe athes band, isoIasagp is prafarahle te
anien. thss tbs natppl ssatas al the Stale
il isolations And union canaot Be eoIa-
peaied hg coercion. - ~. - #,ss,ss =
Ebs expagimans now hasa9 tried 81 %
gfsaxfnl saerikca OF blood and treasare
will Ia the and demonstrate, Ia the world
lhst Ceufedsgacies caDnos bs held togelh !
e. BY thssmad policy Of eoercipa. HoF-
sramsnta deriving their iast powers froza
| the consent Of the gorerned, and exigiing 4
only IN the hearts and affections of the
people, caanot be beid together by foree.
hnt shey'naay be pre- scvved By spirit u
Ieomprpmise and mutaaI eoucession which
Igentlemen on the other side nf the House
n0yeF were yillDg ta exhibit, even 70
save she Union that tbey profess now 70
regard rs so precious. repeat that many
LOT tie adherents Of the Administration
considered their pFeladices and their ab-
strnet and perniaious theories far mere
limporsaD ibap the uaiaas I am sQas-
What douhifn! of the siReerisy d MeiE
| dexotlon TO th9 Union now, whsn | re-
lGsemher hox easily 'they gould have SAVED
/ it By o slight modSEcation Of their siews,
aud how stRbbprply they refused il. Men
who cannot eonqaer and make some sar-
render OF ahstract pgsiudiees for the gen
eral good are not likely e give the last
dollar. in defense of the Union, and M
dosBtedbv pelfgF to BE- the last man
/ themselves. -. ...-.f..z -.
Sir. Chairman, since last had tbe hah-
or of addressing this House, What We assa
10 caIi, a presidential election bss tak-
iiIqkcn plscs, ] say what we used 70 call !,
for the. late meetings Of tho peo-
pie at the. polls aud the preceeaing can
yass bear bat listie resemblance 10 The
idea OF poSulag election. The press
lopposed 20 the Aamjpispation, il may be
said, were at liberty to, depcance its pol
Eiev, bat before, them was presented a
Ifrigk4fuI picture ol over twe landred pa
pers that bad been suppressed or rpi1ed
| by too free critieistns Our public speak
Eers were al liberty to baraagae their fel-
| low-e citizens upln the stspp, bat the fact
was Suggested to them that several bum
tared genttcnen Wild. had ENGAGED In that
business foqnd tA4iis led straight to q
military camp Or prison. IT was pol pro-
ihibiled to any ct oar brave offcers dis
ttribaling Democratic tickets b the voters
in their coTamand, exGtpt that those In
lciined 10 do il remqmhJed ghs fate II. .the
| New Hampshire ofhecr whose mans vas
fignomipioaslI strfekea from the rol foI
Ifshat Cause. sTAa sos.i;s,Fa, II faFalshsa
Tw1th D4mocyasie tiekrly, rsigEs rote .
! gainst the Administration but thea il
ihay did there was the extra dnty and the
guard house. The brave soldiers In The
Geld might have been Instructed Sem.
acratic truths. had not most Of Liseolu's
llieutcnants II military command taken
upon tbemselves The ddtv OF carefully To-
ltcriicfing, directly or Indirectly, the cir.
icnlation of such doci,iues in any form in
/ the army. In many OF the States no,
| beg pardon for using the term, they are
L AsV,
kindly made the arrangements to take
charge of the election and, II not actual
tir pr seHt at the polls, were just behind
| the scents and withiIi easy call.
] States that were regarded close and
doubtfu. we're carried By the simple ex-
ipedient Of sending few thousand sol.
tjiers home 10 vote, and retaining in. the
| fsont those Who weta isssined to rote the
| other way. This, of course, rendefed the
aIeeiioh perfectly free. Indeed, from
what | have learaed from our indiaha
lf-isnds on this side OF the House, moth
/ log could be more free than the voting in
that State there was not the least objec.
ton TO soldiers from other States voting
there, and votins fifteen or twenty times,
Ip,orfdtd altedys that they voted the Ad-
iaiaistrasion ticket. Il vas as free as
some gentlemen would have the debate
upon this floor perfectly free, provided
you speak on the side OF the Administra-
irlon and in favor Of the war, bat expul-
sioa or censare if you speak against eth
er.
| In Kentucky our friends we're allowed
to vote, under peculiar circumstances ;
they were told By the ADMINISTRATION or
Igans that the poll. books wnafd be care.
fully consulted by those who issued per.
fnits of trade, 10 find out who wsre I1yal
and eutitled 20 permits, and who were
disiovai and not entitled TO auy, uni as iu
that State, BY the mode Of voting, the
4 poll books show the namc Of each electos
voting, and opposite the name OF tho can
Il asdate for wtioir be voted, the vote itsell
I was 20 determine the question Of ioysity
or dislovaltv. The result was that many
were disioyai, and but few entitled tC
Il lpeYmits OF trade. Bot | do not care te
dwell upon tfis tMribie and calamitou.
= farce upon MI our ideas OF Republican
Goyernment. ThsreeoIieeiions of II arr
very h1miliating, as well as saddtning
Il and mark the deeadencs OF the old spirit
Of our countgymep. Yes IL the very facs
! 81 aa the euirsges that hsse been eom-
] nssstad upon the freeaam of elegsfcn, shs
administration organ, thc Morning
4 Chronicle of this CITY, In It's SanaaJ
fmoraiag issee Of Decernbef Il, exsslting
Ely and boasssngiy says:-
4 ssBut this elecsiou dsfnonstsases -
tonr people can staad tisc Gsry orst52 u
var, even It's III most dangerous shape
thst Of insusrecs ian- witbppf iiHpcfilirg
Ithe form of our gesernment ng the fAitt
, | Of QUE people. fhis polisslai esnvasz
Il gives Il memorable pseags IL sae ssenriss
81 IRE spsseh, p ges prov, cad 4 .ss'
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