Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-01-05

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saaa wants shs sappeyslsf the democratic
parsyy hs saa easily obtain is-by proseaa.
iiag the wag fag constitutional offsets
and oGaxing EsFrms 10 the Ssakh IL can 90
sspk wffheas ruin and disgraee. Ii i
im1xgSnnA aAaa shA DsmosFstie passy Will
rspadaass It's psiaeiplss to Sustain CARR
aonssm ? Let as kuow exaessy shat lie
ssMnk hy tssnpposs OF the adnsinistra.
ain0. Docs the administration propose
20 yield anyshiag ? II ID does not If IL
iaEeaas 30 ssnslaae tbs measures which
aasaehsd frDaa les seaport the eoHserva-
dive constitutional elessssnt Of the North,
---whs 10 is thai kseps ap the "miserable
spsris Of psssy sss Is d partiE aaship 10
demand abeaieusa to the constitution?
Thisss al We nd, and bring so, what
iasals snd swasile il 1t TO charge as with
party spirit. The war was preeiptated
By the refusal of abolitioHisss to abais a
party dogma, and the Union is being
ground 70 powder to day for the same
reason. - fhi5ago ISs,es.
The Tsmss has peculiar way Of mix
ing up things, and we cannot understand
what il means by prosecuting civil war
sizes Gssslsatioaal Ohjssss.n We have
nssss bssn able 20 discover any proYisioa
Ia the Constitution aGtherising the Fed
eral Government to prosecute war a.
gsipsk ora or more States Of the Union /;
hos 90 the osheT baad We learn from the
Journal Of the proceedings Of the Conven-
lion tbas framed the Constitution, that it
was proposed 10 grant the pawer TO eoeTee
Ssasss In cass Of secession, and thai the
proposition was voted down unanimous
u, aSach hsing Tbs facts We regard the
assertion al the Times to the efecs that
kiaeom sousd secure che support Of the
Demoesasie party by changing bis policy
ia regard 10 the prosecution OF the var,
~ mere political sxaddle, put forth to
eeneiIIiase afsw man wh0 eaa lhemsuises
ssWsr Democrats
The old Democratic doctrine taught b.
Washington, jefferson, Ma iison and Pat
rick Henry, was that the power to coerce
secesding States ought not to be, and rds
aos conferred upon the Federal Govern
Democrats do noE believe in the prose-
sption Of the var, even should il appear
that the Administration has no oshsT OBJ
jeee in view than the restoration of the
Union and shey have tso, at least, good
and substantial reasons fer the belief that
is ia than
First 9nsy do not bclieya that the
Constitution authorizes the prosecution
Of wAR By aha Federal Government A.
gainst sovereign State. And second !;
They do NOT helisss thss il the GonssiEa-
lion did aRthszixs it, that the Union conl'i
be restored theeebys They believe With
Dsugias, that - War 10 dssaniom, iasuii-
abss, ina, eternal" They believe that
jackson IL ha did not speak b. Inzpira-
ten, spaka waraa OF eternal truth whsn
waraiag, 10 his farewell address, bis fell
fow- citizens on ths danger Of civil war he
said 1If saeh struggle 10 ever began
axa tbs eisixsns Of oar section OF the
seaasgy are axTaysd in arras against taose
Of another ia doubtful couaies, let the
battle result as II nag. TaEa2 WILL u
Ax ksp Oh THR UStos, and With it, Is
Exp TO rHK HOPES OF FREEasst Tue VIC
roKY or THR yrerogs WOULD NOT sEcuas II
Tayx TIE BAEssaEGx or LIBsRYy. IT wouLl
4YgSGs TaEsA WRONGS, BIT THKY EHEasKI.
YES wcuED sa4xs u TIE coaaox Rgls.'
TAsse are ths words Of Democrat
aaa tAsy do aes ogfz mach encourage
nasaa 70 thoss ~bs aayecale the proscsu
ssoa Of esvas war ssfog Consultations
aojssss, = sasn II there could be such a
ehjecs. s{n
Id ia ssaas that Democrats should tax
their slaad apon this quessiop. II
tisas shas they cease their nonssnsie'
salk about prosecasisg the war s'fos Con
ssssssionsI sbissss.n There caa be q
sssa shiag, aud these halfway msa-
,paliiisai hybrias ase doing nors dam
agssoahs ssussFy, By ths misrepresenta
ssou Of shr prsaespiss Dc Democracy 81
sAessby obsearing she patti thas lead
back 10 the priaaiples upsa whieh u
Uaian was essabiisssI, shaa Abe Lila
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