Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-08-31

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CAS- sElF aovERsaESr Bx 4AisTAISKp
Probably not. The Institutions Of
Washington, Franklin, and afadissa are
probable failures. Monarchy or despo-
/ tism seems 10 be the moral law Of society,
aud henes, Washington, Madison and
franklin liYsd in vain, and our reyola
tion Of l7776 was for nanght.
Ii il sHelaneholy 10 some to these even
probable cpBclusions, after the shors ex-
perience Of our seif form of Constitution
Ial Goseraanent, from 1857 on 10 1860,
bat ths conclusions seems TO be about ir-
lsFesistable.
A Consolidated Democratic Govern
ment. all rational penple admit 70 be in
possible. The Greeks and Romans tried
Fit, and iapeesl into Monarchy. The
whols expssirnre OF tho world ID against
| IL. The French tried II ard failed s---and
the Enalish tried and failed. These ex.
| ueFiments all ended in Monarchy.
Washington, Franklir, Madison, Ham
iltoH, however, hit upon, or thought they
Bit upon, Federal form of Cover nment,
| which they embodied in the Constitution
| of tho United States. The cardinal prin-
eiple pf this Constitution il, the divi-ien
of the powers Of Self Government into
Family. Municipal, State. and Federal.
in each Of which, in its own limited
| sphere, man vas supreme In his Self-Gov-
ernm a.. The exp riment worked well
from 1877 on TO l8G0,-when 1t seems 10
have broken down, and we fear, foFevcr.
The great Republican party ct the
North do not believe the South can be
governed bv aDy but by military Gov
eruor. Seif,GoEernment there, the cur
rent reasoning rronounces an impossible
ity. The Rebel States must be kept I'M
der military tuselage; they are not fit for
Self Government. Now here il nearly
one.half Of the territory Of the Union,
from The Potomac, (nsy from the Sua-
qaehnnah, to the Rio Grandel settled in
the North, BIZ the Republicans generally,
to be uttcrally unfit for local Self-Gov-
erument! 1t must be governed BY the
strong arm in Washington. Indeed.
Self Government docs net exist even in
the NORTH only Monarchicai Govern
ruput. Na man has any legal security
here for his life or property. Even pho
tographs negatives arc siczed by the mil
itary! Reporters Of newspapers are tried
! by Afilitrry Courts. Newspapers are per.
ruisted oulE y on Sufferanco, and by 30 Sc
eurity Of I1Aw. The Habaes Corpus is q
favor not right. Jury tiial is by per-
mission, not by right which has any
sanction, or remedy II violated. The
whoIe spirit of our institutions in the
North is gone. There IL but little uauli-
ness among the people. The spirit al
liberty il crushed out. The Republican
Bar, speaking language ennohled FOR
it's great ytudications uf hnAan liberty,
/ is siicnt dumb, coward. erayen. dseraeed
in contrast ef Iiale, Holt, or q
Blackstone.
TIE machinery Of Elections has beer
permitted 10 go on in Virginia, and att
ar the people were amused BY farce a:
Rome was said once to have been amusec
By horse consul, then, the Elections
are toIiasti. Parciral vI<esso4ss sotsag
on iu Truhe ssee but no oae knows tha
one Of them we'll be permitted to stand
NOW the people of the North ars te b
mixed ia partnership Government, viii
men from the South decided to be elcctes
bv soldiers-and these men, thus soldier
h elected, are to make taxes, lave, instisu
lions, for US, and we of the North are l.
). be governed By them. Is such Self Gov
) crnmcnt? Is nnt a decided recognizes
MONARCHY, like France, infinitely prefer
able?
Are these apprchchsions well founded
= We bsitrse they arr; Yet our people d
not realize the change going on anon
thcEn, nor the certain dezradaiions whic
awaits them. Thera is but one remedy
n aud 1t il oyedence that we are alread
far gone In the servility to poser, tha
man dare speak it.
Do you know when We passed the chi
sis of our fatep 1t wasrhan LiRcel
tsos bt1Flitd 10 recaH his order for the r.
{ assembling Of The Tirgiaia LsgislattT'
That order vas timely, patriotic an
wise. The enemy had just been defelto
In the irId, and 200, 900 almost simulta
= neously laid dove their arms, without an
immrdiate necessity, ~ il to assure u
" Washington government in
in a moment aud beyond al doubt, tbs
i, The war had ceased. II had no pretfzs
keep man in the field one moment b
ID yond the time necessary for big prop
discharge. By words and acts, and a
The tokens Of submission that men ca
use, the Southern people assured na thl
of they would 6ghs no more. Mr. Lineo
lbcIjeyed them. as did everybody; and
told General Weitxel TO recall the VirgSa
la Legislative an let 1t act so long
Re its action should conform With rubi
Law. This erdeY recognized this var
over. and that tbe people of State we
hereafter 10 govern the State. Had th
order stood, nothing would have remain
op cd but to repair damages and pay o
debts which perhaps We might ha
done, for not only wonld oar expene
- have ceased but the reviving business
the y hole country would have sarpli
A. The means to iiquidate our debts.
!, It vas fatal moment whtn that ord
vas couhtermanded; and The full signi
cauee Of the sct IL is difficult for The -
10 graspA II means hat The Sostfhe
Slafss are 10 BE- gcearnsd hereafter
conquered pr1ridfaees, ike Poland, .
land ana Hungary; and thai the laboTa
Of the NORTH shall pag the fost Of N
ooaxyaafrs. The first fruits OF this p
icy are seea In the retention Of sevel
iae hundred Thousand men 30 garrison Soul
crn towns and 10 watch The son'as
pcurie, while not h znan In necessary
iHause oonformiiy 10 the coastitaslon q
ebedienes 10 The laws. They arc not
lained for this purpose. but for anoth
which wfili call for an increase OF n
PR rumbcrs and The pcrpetuaiion Of th
service. II IL TO gessrn the soushs
Stntes tsy the fornals prescribed hy fa
anil UaH. This nught not 10 be doi
81 aud we rejoice In the faith thai i ean'
BE- done. In the end. Yet, bow cossly
as ID tho experiment likely 70 rTovel
certainly involves the neeesslty 81 . In
4 army far many years. and for that u
as ieasa. she utter distinction OF FoFu
iish.~a. m.aah m M al aa ann4ha Oar