Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-09-21


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TIE izapefinllstss That n. I'D The asa oil
ruhIie snoney and military force directly
nuufied. ket me- givs soms partiss
ulavss A reanAsr euzsmimARY Was re-
messA ffem RaltixaeEel ass states = The
SenasorisI sieetjpn VS. epmipg spd
n taIiliolAn thtftks teIaaseprsefvi4s IAx
.aasmsaaed taz ths paaisioa hi Mf d.
rs. ID fhs aeersfary 81 War, becsuse uf
III Slug 10 il eBhis mSs. sxet IpskGa
IA psaee. fhfs mad mad Tub 0sTarsers
~Kssstar assessnd fhs merchants dealing
wish fhA GossFnmaox& s&sitxzg assE&ke
mossv To be- used Against gsa and mf
friends II Ne eIsusios. Thb Quarter.
master, 7 learn, raised $1,000 Row
much the Coasa0sa asFy fsaiaed, I do not
ksew. but he has been heard ID boasskhas
1t vas BY the rnoney be raised that was
bsateTss Seine OF tbs prrllniaarg. slcps
we're taken openly by the Deparsmeat.-
A nunahar Of 6eaassHs elected hs ttsa pso-
uis were arrested. andeoEhars Ahraaseaed
snlil compelled TO resign, and their sue.
sessnrs were efected BIZ ths same use OF
hHiii4arv pawss an TIA mfmber from the
| First District had been in 1861. On that
occasion. the gaost earnest Union mea
were arrestsd-sneh men 10 Eoienel
ISpenoer. Je#se Hines, ana eshsrs. wh6
Ind boldly sustained Governor Hicks,
| while afr. Cresweii vas openiy denoun.
cing him and demanding BY hfs rescfns
sions adopted ut FTktan, that our Yehel
Legislature shoald ba called together.
ard pledging Maryland 10 70 with tha
South. Mr.. Clavton. who waH Mr.. Cfes.
Wells Nominee for Marshal saseEy. bad
blank warrants furnished hiHa w<lsonE
limit. sigHed By Don piaak. 50 arrest arr
man he should eonsidar Ia the way of
creswelPs election. 1t gaa proved, also,
| understand, Sefore D sohnfnitses of the
Legislature. that sone time prior to The
election, Mr.. Davis Informed q gesslc-
man from the Eastern Shore, balievr
ing him 10 be OF HE party, that all The
necessary measures would BIZ taken 70
carry the election ; that the order bad
been prepared and printed by General
SeAhenek, bat that IL would rot do 10
publish it until within q faw daya before
the election, because Blair wouid get
Lincoln TO revoke ii, and this proved TO
he the fact. The order was revoked. but
the revocation ~ had been wail r~aleala
ted, did not reach the Eastern Shore in
time. Members 20 chosen represent Mr..
stautor, not the people of Msrylsn1. and
serve hut to delada our happier and freeT
neiRhhors rs 20 our sentiments. II wo'd
be far better and more consistent With
trae dignity far Is to share the absolute
Acknowledgement Of the other Southern
States Ehan 10 have our seats fsl@d hv the
nominees Of Mr. Stantnns And this brings
rne ia consider a measure adopted by the
Leqtslature. a eliminated, remodefed,
and corrnrted by the instruments Of this
mao, which threatens to disturb The bar
urcay of aur people, and 10 plant rank
ling and bitterness in the hearts Of neigh
| hors-T aliade to The law for the reStora-
ton of voters. By the terms Of the Law
three members of ths dorninnnt party com
| stituts q tribunal 10 each election district
clothed with absolute powaF Ia d~isfran-
ehise whon they please. Thus q penalty
which bias heretofore been inflicted apcn
persons convicted Of infamous crimes.
after a fair aud open trial bs a court and
Jury, NAV be imposed hy n secret inquisi-
ton. That multitndes of good citizens,
! against whom 40 one would dare publicly
to make any d~isbonorable charge, will be
thus branded as felnns will be most prob.
able. Men who are earnest In a eaHse,
even when disiutertst1d. are apt to douht
the patriotism OF Eeal6us opponents. but
when they base q kel6&h maIivo 70 beat
their passions, liberation il almost inn
rossible- But maa Of bur registers ara
pspcctaut candidates fer the SURFACES
theT ara deciding upon. They are gen
orally. too. tbs nominees OF the county
committees. who are made up for the
most part Of standing candidates of the
party. Nothing bat q strong pghlie SEN
! timeut can prevent 8 partisan enforce
ment OF saeh n law. have heen against
Il from the beginning, for this reason
~ExasTpfafion against The rebellion affcted
most who voted for II. but il was In.
stigated, I fear. hy narsizaaship. Il hhsrs
thu stamp OF a6isfTRnchising spirit which
existed before the rebellion. the leaders
in which taught the rebels bow tn organ
ize in seerss 10 carry elections against tn
public will. In nav oninion there never
was q Justification for such a lay. and
certainly there il none row. The osten-
sibIe rsasas has passed With the rebellion,
and tho maxim that the law oughs to
cease With the fessan fog fs uyplics in
such q case undoubtedly.
Secession Is net inaiganoas tn Maryland.
Calhoun had not half q dozen friends / n
The State in 1882. IF Governor Hicks
bad yielded, The State would hare been
forced 10 secession. / douha not bat il
would hare been by the rebel Govern
meat Then installed In Nagsiagton. of
which, AZ we hare seen, thas man Stanton
was d most aesise and mischieEous uaeu-
Der. We have held IN DO our allegiance
sfnce. | ~religiously halfsve. n~Fainss bfs
wishes and constant effurts to drive ~ In
to rebellion, and have euaaa cipated the
State, and thus got rid or The only oues.
ton which could, by possibility. prevent
as from hiring d prosperous and barry
people. Why then, shsuld we continue
a. oaT statnts book an act so unee
onr political advprsarfes felons because
OF expressions and feelings which. though
wrong. WIRE not reduced 10 act ? oh.
serve how the coadnea az those called
rebel sympathizers Ia Maryiand contrasts
With The same people In other border
States. No Union man has bern mur-
dered bora ia hsa awa housh ar aix fields,
although our linos ran FOR hundreds OF
niles along the fioes Of Dixie, and the
yourg men wbo bare come cad gone from
among u.s. most Or them driven away
| verify believe, by fear Of arrest or paa.
sinrs consequent epon the sgrest offFiends
-have NOT fsnitasA The fefecisy 70 FREE
qaensly exhibited elsewhere before De-
parting. This was NOT shs seasper nfahs
people. C~ansldsring the auaoaus Of pro-