Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-05-18

TO THE PEOPLE or MIssoURI
LgrrrR No. 8.

that y3u might Favs littfa time TO seeay
en- yoar rqaaaimisy afEer ihe shock can sed
by the aoIrid sFisa- lately cammitted a
Washington. Besides ny shase 10 The
Saiional soFrow, bad a pirate grief ol
my Owa, whichIrequifsd same indalgsnosi
Ths patton haa less eLiaf whom il loy
ed and trusted and 4 ilase lost q persos
al fEienI a wEss aud goo Ia 70, whom
have anaEa Tar quarter of aentafy,
and wilb wdaGa bare bsea a,oseiy 1880.
ciassd for tha last fsw Tc6rs.
In ny Last assiels. lss- 3. srsataa sg
asmffef ts, III aoaaasug IN as ma Ezw ri
aFzs hus Daif dpspggis esMs sfs xSanlsd u
gainst law, by ntan 10 arms. My aim sas
- eKalaia ID roo asars fsAy tue natuys
aaj character pf that s9fs of despatisu
iss capacity for iuhaite mischief ind lhe
certainty thaE il wall, if ia practical sxar
elsa here { eJntiaaeds as demanded hy
the Convention, destroy all eonssitalioa
al gaTeFnnl ant, degrade ard naliHy tai
laws, ahd render insecure and almost
worthless ah Eha civil aad social rights ai
men. ..
| come now, 10 The consideration of tbt
Convention issclf AID nay object is b
draw your attention TO soua Of the fact,
AMI argansnfs which 60 to p-ors that il
is revolutionary in lts origin, ia it's char
acter and Ia iss acts, that ls has 40 pos
ers granted by lae, no loHIlea llinitHti JE
upJn its p0acES assnm sd, ne rue of as-
tien bui It's owa discretion, anl 70 in.
pulse 10 acs but l;s own passions.
In the irst pIace, iremsrk that it is oul
higbest boast, ever since We existed as q
nstt n, that we have no sovereign bat Law
that Our government Itself Was ere
astsI by !sw, can be a5ininistratNJ by Ia x
can be altered By iaw Aud ia accord
anes wiIh ths universe AM ,riean idea th.
existing Constitution of Missouri wn,
framed, aud il c iatains ample proFisiGr
for its own anendment, so that the peo
pie have is aiRHays in their p3wer to re.
form ans abuses IN the administration oil
their goyeEnInen and to alter any fsa.
lures OF ID ir fuaIim sntai law xLenevc cr
they mty think su;h changes neeessa4y }
to their salty aud haPpinpss may
do 1t according 10 iam. That hsipg true
as is is undsulably with us in Missouri,
nothing but fa7:i9as and revolutionary
spirit can lsail u-n or parties Sartoaly ID
trampls doSn the Consultation anl rusa
TO the attainment of their ends by illegt j
and extra constitutional means. If the
ends sought TO b. sstained by Legitimate
Eu1 honest, aad tha legal msans of attain
ing il u ample AMI al hahI, there can be
10 leg Il OF patFioti: Fea<oa far begt7uing
by Hu.itfying the Constitution a4d bodily
assuming al the powcrs s1f al the drpaFt-
man;s Of government The inferenee i
irresislibls, saa; the ends designed acre
uot legisimafe ana h1as<t, nos such az the
Icadsss oi tas taesi,ah i are trasg % e9asti-
taiioaai means Aaa - taA SOBER ia aigmsns
Of tts psYpfs.
Tu sHoW sHe ex pp.Hr aud the origin Ol
this ConventiaH, LIT as take brief re-
view OF its l;am Njiate ant zee tents ani vi
its own kla bEy. II te95, The Soathsrn
conspir Lsors wh3 hatcls1the graod trea.
son and brou sht on rhis dasolatiug warj
bad competed thci plans for the disso!u
tion of the Union. Thy prttcade to be-
llys that secession was lawful riIht, be-
loaEiEE tJ gTary State. AMI in ofiar 10
get sHoE of legality for their treas IN,
the first grand pniot in their prngramm
was to cause the L ,gis!atures of the ses
eral States to call Conventions for the
OF voting the States, Que By one,
out Of the uai0a. And that cunning de-
vice for cheating zeal1as igaosance into
crime, By gl2ssisg rebeiiioa with show
of law, vas successfully aslsl OUT, in all
the South zstern States, from Virginia to
Texas. Ire that same year, 1861, the in
tfiEu = of tue Southern aDnspirators hs,f
been 50 atrJitiy IN thagsd as 90 securC the
Official organization of this State, and its
political inlaenee, IN favor Of disaniou
and treason. by tho election Of secession
officers, Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
n ID a maiotity Of the General Assembly.
The Lieutenant Governor elect, Thomas
c. REYNOLDS, went 10 Washington to cln-
suit With the leadiag spirits of the plot,
for they we're thera, still holding, witn
trea berry, many of the
highest ofhcs In the nati0n,) to learn
from them the deiails Of the treason, In
the different stags Of its progress and
10 receive their fiaai orders how to exc
cute the p1rrieiial work, lie returned.
and Immediately, all the machinery Of
revelation was TuG in motion. need not
dwcil on tbo wicked measures pursurd,
to work upoa the people at large-foF
they are known 10 our total p9palasi m
such as boli faiseIood TO cheat thg igno.
rant, nrtful cajoiery to tickle the vanity
Of the ambitious, threats TO intimiiate the
qaiet and peaceful, and apen violenes n
overcome she stauneh and bold, who
stood up for their country, Ia truth aud
loyalty, against all assailaats.
Bo. il is important TO observe ths con :
duet and policy of those traitors, as man
ifssted by their proceedings 10 the Geh.
erHl Assembly FOR their proceedings haze
served as an exact model, ia the essential
for the reckless men wbo uuw
rule the State. Tbs ends re- psctlvsly
designed BY them differ, 40 nainly u not
solely, ip regard TO the relations whiuh
Ihe State shall bear to the General CIV
srnm snt. But their peIiey for the iHtsr-
nal government OF the State aud the
neans for enforcing that policy, are idsn.
Iiaai.
IL was fna onject OF boTeraer jackson
and bis rebel Legislature sf l6S0-'6l J, 70
Iorn aUonvention In she interests OF 90.
session, 10 vots the State Gus of tho Un-
lon, aad shns commit sreascaahls aat,
against bath the nation and the State
That ohiees was ne weli knawu then, in
the early winter ef 1861, 10 il was afEas
wards, whsa tbs actaal Conssation Do
possd the traitors aad arovs them from
De State; gsr shsa, rHasy msnwhoss psin
siples wara right, were afraid 10 array
spsniy against iaigaity In lasgh
places. The Radical Convention. ad.
mic, oaa uos have for rs obiecs sever
ABes Of che Union FOR they hoped 10
make she poser Of The nasiea sabsesyi-
eat 10 shear scheme 81 resolationiziag sAs
State and insaFiag their ra! ovsr il. And
Ehey hoped 70 do this By enlistisg the
ksal Of certain sxtrems Radicals of the
Sorth wha wsEe supposed to hass inaal
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