Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-05-18
COUNCIL. BLUFFS, IOWA, THURSDAY, MAY ls,s 1855.

Hf1ate ana 69nEInaS Eha rule Of tne1S
party; ana hAw exactly the radicals act
ed ous, ssep BY step, tie poliey Of the rpb-
lels thna improved Gpoa tt iG one partlea-
/ Iar1 and FOR gilc very siinn ea1-the ag
Egsahdixement of their party.
The rebel i.4giaiafare assem5 cd 90 the
Iiaat day of the ysar 1850. and IN three
weeks after, taat h on the 2lss Of Jraa-
IasY. 1861, lsssd Eheir bill TOR calling q
IusaventioB, with parp lsa, agtns-t op N
liy aTowed 0a the facs OF che ball, 10 se-
csde from ths Union. Som after p1ssirg
thst act sas Legislators sdj djsaFned, psr-
haps snppasiag that stsir work wouid be
faeaemplished by she bars acs Of o seessisa.
which they confidently expsssaa. NJ aha
lhsnds OF the Coageasioa. Bat khsl hopa
Ifsaisa them. 0us psspls wese shen ssaa
aa9 fNkhfpl, hafs a ah& 8fake and 10 The
fNntion, alid esesked Uafoa Instead af q
Sscessloa Uonvsnsloa. Thsn treasoa be-
lsan 70 tsssnb&s,fsr lfs eva safety, aai
EE5aycrn ,F Jackson (urged IN ass probably
lty the lssdiMg conspirasoss ia she soatb)
la3stiiy sailsi t0ketheF bis Legislature. II
fan extra session, which passed sAat fa-
E,aoas "Acs 10 provide for Gbs organiEa.
! tiaa, government and support OF ,ha nil-
litary forces Of ths State OF Missouri D.
by tkat act the whole military forss OF
Eths State was placed absolutely at tha
4 tiisp sal OF the State gayernm vat, then in
,hs hands Of asosrtained rebels. Thss Il
What the rebels did in trying to
secure TO their esSty she coutrol
Of the State. Nav, les us sea
what tbs radicals did, ia trying 10
secure The sans thing for thsir party. Ia
their act to call CenEeasion, they copy,
almost literally, the languags of tbs rsb-
els. The pfsam BE Of both acts, pretend.
ing TO assign rsnsoa for calling Con-
rentio1 al ALL fail TO give any specific
reason. The reho! preamble says that
''the condition Of public aT,4irs denan Il
that ConseEtisn of taa people be called
10 take slsh action as tbs interest and
/ welfare Of the Stsse insy require" And
/ the Radical preamble Is, word fer word
the SANE except that the Radicals saw
lthe con lIion Of aFtiEs ia the STATE and
mot pt.biic Affairs, geneFaily.
Both Of thcrn hal reason for the call
of ConTentjon. and good reason 10
hide The real Obi ct frpin the people. The
mtin object of the rebels was secession.
while the control Of the State Wa, in their
/ eyes, a secondary considerations, dssira-
bic, chiefly, ms mHans ~ that great end.
The radicals on the contrary, did not wans
secession bat thsv did want the control
lpf the State, its oLases, power and mon-
Tey.
/ The frat sections of both of the Con
ventipn bills-the rebel ani the radical
are just alike in every essentlal partic-
alar. Both Of them require the people,
per smrtsriiy' 70 vote for delegates 10 a
lConventioa, aud neither Jf them puts TO
the people the previoRs q7e-loa, whether
or n0t they ch BOSE TO have a ConT eBtiaB.
And. Ia both instances aliAe. the servants
Of she people assam I'd to be Lhsis m 4stsrs.
And the Rsdical LegislAlure as closely
followed tbs exanp pie sst by The rebels, in
lgrasping ali the military force of toe
\ State, for tae uSos Of sheiF prrty, as e had
Y alraalY followed their bad example Of
forcing upon the people what they call a
\ S Jveraign Convention. They passed the
act OF February 10, 1855, for FFiha organ
/ iz1tiaa and government Of the Missouri
imi.iEia," )" which Is as eff -ctaal as the rebel
aes was 10 vseate aIl existing militia Of
fisrrs and transfer the new appointments
10 their owa party. But, unlike the rebel
net, (which was drawn with admirable
/ seiiI and cunning, 10 transform the mill
tia into an effective standing army. where
with TO Levy war against the United S;atesl
7 this act is ns remarkable for the careless
| ignorance with whieh it is framed, as for
It's greedy cluscntng after power an mon
=, aud its open contempt OF the settled
forms Of law and of the liberties of the
people. Leaving to the others the dissec-
| uon OF il before the public and The ipdig-
naut criticism which its many dcmerlts
deserve, con:snt myself with citing &
single instance. The net requires all y, ale
iinhdbifhnts rocking in tha cradle. Aa
are required to be enrolled; and obti-
| 1usly, this requirement is not for any mil
itary purpose, for tho old men and the
boys are, by the terms Of tbs same act.
exempted from actual military duty, and
rs obviously it is to display their con-
tempt for tbs principles OF the Govern
naent and their eager pursuit OF arbitrary
power over ihepurssns and property of tha
people The act, iu plain terms, provides
that every person v ho ueglects sr refuses
"a enroll himself shall pay the sua Of so
"to be levied on bis goods Had chstties,
bg order Of the comm aadiRg Officer of The
Distries. and n sy be tmpris med or pus
TO hard labor BY sAfB OFFICER AHlH sqid
Sac is paial!in That wise, humane
and iog7l provision may be found ia the
sixteenth Assembly, entitled "An act for
the Organization and government oil the
Missouri Militis," approved February 10,
ls6S
Thus far the parallel Is compile, between
tho rebel and the Radical Legislature, in
their policy for the internal government
Of tbs State, and 10 ths means to enforce
that policy and doubt not that the
parallel waGid have continued, In the ac-
iioa Of the respective Conventions, il the
rebel Legislature bad succeeded, rs the
RIdioals did, ia elesting Convention
like themselves. But failing 10 ret se-
cessfin Cans ention. their whole scheme
Of rerolution failed; for shera was no
say 20 get, suddenly, into their own
hands, all the civil as yell as all the mill
tary power OF the State, bat - yaeats ths
Ijudgeships and other civil ofbces, and Gil
the Vacancies With men like themselves
Failing In that, they could not pam aa or
dinAnca 20 sccufs % themselves all pow
er, influence and money Of the oisil gos-
ernmens, As The Radicals did.
And shis 10 tia instance alluded 10 e.
hove, In which sbe Radical pasty improv-
ed upon ihe action of their pTososyps, thsi
rsbs. party, Ia grsspiag all The powers Of
the State Garernmorts
They did pazs and esdias1es 60 vaaat<,
90 Grsi sf May. all shs iadgesaiEs Of tho
Stats, sli shs uoaEs eisFkshipss all ths ut.
ices Of sherias and ssoorasrs, all ths cir
euit attorasys and their assisisnts--ia
sbors ali shs yihsss likely 10 be made a.
sailahls 10 shrir party, hy the powers In
GsnanCa or Iaoaey attached 10 them. 7hefri