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

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poiley 81 forsagn dasposss against ths
= osf earnesa protests OF their ferefash-
In. ~ d Fst admit thai fnsy AlA neaas-
Iass iIs IL sxxlaEeneas nf tha secaraed,
fhlnr IN sheiy midst. Neither by lhs Con-
ssssullon Or III Tie tuiespf fHs@svs hss5ng
sxtsrpasad Gu cause and sasdaea thefrs
bslIJon, eaD we d0 more. 80 fer from lks
fndesd, lha dictates d. h~unAnity rseeire
that kha aoyarnment shonld 60 all In its
uower ID heal The wounds wbIeh Il has
been Necessary 10 IndicI apon ii hrslb%
ern. who hsse become the riesjms al ~
s~nssisnslon forced upon them By the tyg-
anny OH European dsspots.
And thls was shs spirit uf Abraham
LineaIn, ard ha bat re8erEs8 that ofthe
Arneriear people. II IL also The spifis Of
Andfew Johnson. Hs weaFas Indeed q
ssegssss ana mere commanding aspect Ia
hsa dealings wish tke vehels, and has
thereby more sudaenEy and completely
ham6led and aubdued t6efr 6ery easaiiera
Bas liks thss sssrn old hero neighbar Of
sha fEsrmikaahs im whhaa seham he was
sdanated, be Il soe brave to Eranple up
on tbs vanquishsd no oae ever had y
senfier hsars IN his bososn than Andt68
Joknson. andves 40 one was ever snors
6rsea and defiant 10 thsas nos bamEled
and defeated cavaliers In The daya Of sAaiF
power and Pride.
re tha incontrovertibie facts hare re-
oised establishing The praefieahllity ans
justice Of adhering 70 tbs piaiB letter Of
shs Constellation theirs IL no answer. iaak
ambisson backed BY power viii Justify 10
self Nth very little regard f& right Or
even of appearances. Richard. when be
ordered Hastings DO execution, showing
hia @ishefed arm M evidence that he bad
bewibehad him. did 90 to scoH al hia ITbc-
tim and the affected fears of the crush
ed South, assumed BY the anabitious lead
srs Of the NoEta 10 Justify tho destruction
Of their political righh, soanas not an
like the naekevy OF Glosser. But theAast
OF dominion from which snch actions
spring Is the most unreasoning. ~insaler~
ant, and remaraeless passion Of the Au-
man bosom. Il knows an constitution,
and dnss not listen TO truth or iussices--
We will appeai in vain to the words Of the
Constitution to protect as ia u rights 10
7 - EM--s9 .~szAa A. s~AmwXsSk E4mA
OF ruling the continent by holding one
half OF il without responsibility "a its
people, requiring = military foree 10 do
80 which wonla make them masters of the
whole. In win 40 shall ask for iastice
20 the Union men0f the S Rth frsra such
men. They eaHnst farpgo their lefty ms
piraIioss 10 recognize the ths exiEteneh of
any sEeh eiass. You eauBoa bare forgot
ten low Esrcely my bead vas dernaHaea
when | ventnred 10 assert the rights Of the
Union men Of the South against this
firm of imperialism when preached in
1868. had been from early manhood Al
oppoucat Of slavery i; | had assisted nv
brother IN organizing the frst and emily
viceerious emancipation party which ex-
isted In the South pFiar to tie rebellion /;
vas in favor of maintaining Fremcht's
proclamation /; and failing in that, ! bad
recommended, in writing, President Lin
cola TO make one himself in bis anFRial
message in 1861. | had defended Lin
coins emaneipalicn proclamation shea it
was made, IN > speech which Senator
Sumner himself did me the honor TO quote
with appreciation. | bad led In the sna-
a~ncipation movement in MsFylsnd, and
never faiteFed till its success was aebssv-
ed. BIT notwithstanding the faror about
emancipation by thoss people, this early,
earnest and constant support or en1anei-
patton on nv part did not satisfy them.
So far from it, | was, | believe, the most
edious ma TO them on the canti3ent. No.
there was . still more odieus, n still
better abused BIZ Phillips, Chase, Davis
Il Co. need not tell gau that man was
Abraham Lincoln, the anshor of the ens-
~aneipasion proclamation : and TO each an
extent bad these men poisoned the minds
of sorBa Of cur trae men against me that
| unprecedented that mr. enntiuuance in the
Cabinet might affect the election, and
thor cfore insisted upon withdra ing
Nor was it because | had dana anything
10 make myself personally offensive. NV
emily efeyfeo consisted in asserting the
equal rights Of my people and yoa zee
they would not tolerate any Southern
ansn in the Cabinet who stood for the
rights OF the Unioa men Ell the South
under the Constitution.
have not referred 10 myself in The
connection - give myself ineavtancbs I
hava dore 30 becanae tie example was
.vrani-ed to illustrate aha trua spirit 81
those Who SEX ID She guiss Of pre-. sni
nent Ioyalistx ard s~sansseadent sEnsnsa,
~pasionists, to anuihilata tss Stat and
destroy the Constitution ; and ha. hay"
moHi, the chairman OF the GonmiEtees
by whom tbs resolution relating co the
Cabinet was reported In the late natSsnal
convention, has publicly stated that the
managers aimea tAeTeby s0 give them-
selves authority for demanding my RI.
moral BY abe Presideat. The people oil
the country naay SEQ In shis that il u net
~unionisEn and transcription they seek,
sndia sonefFns We people OF tho Nhole
country TO mark IL They propose. In.
deed, to strike the Soath down frsk.-
The Uniea men then must suffer With The
rebels for the misfortune OF being bora
ia the sazas region. Their most preeiour
rights are 10 be wrenehed from them re-
gardless "a their devotion TO the Uniasl,
through good and through evil report.
for the crime Of not being able 10 resist
secession when forced npan ihsfR By coll
Or of State authority, saaEGionGa and ae-
qaissced in by the National Government.
Every one who rafses his yoica against
This dagraut Injustice IN 6~enpanued a. "a
ally Of eopnerhaais ard traitors. ~ y
IL props esd to treat all Suatbera men
alike, ii il. necessary 10 effect thia pur-
pose, that The people Of the North shonid
regard o. all as criminals. al ass ih
f~aesleqaally efKnnaeFs III aAear eyes.
IL The alaisa for themselves and their ISL
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