Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-10-26
SPEECH or
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toe me0 100 NeTe headed oy I1osa p ht
hoasted that they haI lahorea niuetees
years 20 take pinsteen States out of tn.
Union. They stole from The Democrats,
iparty the cry Of Union. The South, II
an hour of madness and lufatualion tha
has broaghs ruin upon them. allowed then
10 appropriate the cry Of Union by at
lsempting 10 establish an impossible inde
pandens government, instead Of remain,
| ing In the Uniop and defcnaiag shel
Irighis-nnt their rights onEy but oul
Irightn-the rights Of ail lnen-- withia shs
States and Within the Union. EAppianse.
For many years the kntsgbnissn be
tween the CRY of anEi4slasHry sad Uasor
they being the anti-siAFaHy and We tbs
Union men Of the e@unsFs, kept anti
slavery. with all the egsFiatfica In its fa
vor, st bay. The Soaaa aad the Dernoa
racy OF the North wefa uaitsd in defcusl
of the Union against sha assaults OF IT,
AbqlitionIsts, but Nash the Soath w
tempted q establish ah iniepandent gpr.
eminent, tiIese men, Wha bad been avow.
ed disunionists for years, immediately
proclaimed themselves the Union party d
the United States, and thus secured th.
support of millions ard millions of men
who filled up the ranks oI the armies
and sent forth their best and brayest II
defend she flag OF the Union, which our
fathers establishes We, who still main.
tanned the Democratic party, were oi
topiniea that the question Of union aut
Eiisanion would recur again, at a day noi
far distant. To- day it recurs.
For four years past the Democratic
party has been denounced as q disloYal
party. Whys Because. in the exercise
of its ancient, constitutional, guaranteed
rights, it insisted upon seratinizink thG
conduef of public seFveuts. Opposition
TO the Administration bas fo+ four yearp
past, bsen the test OF disIogRlty, Aoa
let us see whore stand our advhEsaries.-
To- day they are the disioyal party Of the
United States, according 10 their 0wu
theory. To-day they are opposing the
scheme of reconstruction which will i'm
mediateiv restore the Southern States tc
the Union, as proposed by President
johnson. By their 7wn argument, in OF
/ posing the Administration thew Oppose
the Government, and thsy are disioyal.--
Being disloyal, and there being no triai
by jury, and no habsas corpus, they are
fit victims fer military arrests, and oughi
Immediately to be placed under guard
| Laughter How would they like iE2 Il
Ii is disloyAl in a Democrat To oppose |
Republican Administration, it certainly
is more disloyal il . Republican to op.
pose a Republican Administrator
ULaaghter.l | say taat 10 0pposing thil
immediate reconstruction of tie Union
and in demanding, "a their orators anC
newspapers do, that the Southern States
.~Is~G s3r4tsy tV 1asts4Gra4 tksr UrT
ion, and 10 yield obedience and fidelity Il
the Constitution of the United States
and in insisting that they shall be KEEP
out for ten, twenty, or thirty years, o.
| for 90 indefinite period they ara iisloyai
men; and let the cry neg be fastened up.
on them. [ EApplaase.l II Il was a mattel
of reproaeh and ppprabEiam to Demo
Gratis that they opposed the Adninistra
ton, let il be equally rsproachful to thos'
who nov Oppose the President in his ef
forts to return thB Southern States Il
their constitutional rights. But they or,
ldisloyal upon higher principles than tha
Iof opposing the Administration. Who.
ever is for overthrowiug tbe Constitution
for destroying il, for violating it, is dis
loyal. The only truse loyalty, If the wors
could appropriately be ased undeF repub-
iican form Of government Is obedienc'
to the Constitution Of the united States,
the fundamental law Of The land. 81
that t~st they are ditInyaL Applause. l.
To-day they are opposed I'd the gstarn o.
the Southern States. You, soldiers o.
the 57th, and Of ota4r regiments within
my heariug-yoa ag tie three month
volunteers -'whak wf1t yau forth for2--
What Eers Won told vas ts be the obiect
of your eniistmentf Ii was 70 breal
down the mihtsrT power Of the South
and to restore fde. Constitution and thi
laws which bad iIeea violated. Ibu nev
er would hsva enlEstsd lad you been toll
that the object oF tbe var was to over
throw the Constellation and establish /
lpermAnent military nSaarehy. How stant
We now? The military power Of the soutl
is broken down, che SA0utEern Confeder
acv has vanished into tbin air, Jefferson
Davis is prisoner inFsrtress Monroe. an,
there is not an afmad foe TO the Govern
ment Of the United States from the po
tonne to the Rio Grauae.
| Where stand The Democrats The
tell ron, With Gen, sherman, that yol
must trust the peepls a the South. Zap
tplause. They t4l ypa, Eith Presiden
IJohnson, that the people Of the South ar
honorable men, and that when they prom
| ise in the future. 6lelity to the CoHstitu
tion and 0bediencs to the laws bE th
land, they are to b. trusted. WhA say
| the President2 ] an not here as bis spe
lcial advocate, and neveF, never while tha
sun rolls through sae heavees,, will b
bis advocate until hA hss restored the Ia
beGs corpus ana Trial BE- jurys thus sub
ordinating the military 10 the civil auth
critics Of The land We must hare n,
more military conrnissiuns for the tria
iof citixens--no more military mardeFs 0
citizens, such as sas committed the othe
day in the city Of Cblumbus--no nilitar
executions, By order OF commissions
which, ~ Henry Nlntek Davis says, ar
Inrganixsd TO conyics. lana confident tha
to- day, the President regrets What ha
lheen done In tAis particular, and woul
| sxclain with LADY Maebeth, in tha plas
aoaa--sss~s saaansd spoa.a
Bat il is there. Bat Ia 20 far N the pod
IIcy of the Presidsns h correct, in 20 ID
- be stands On sndlby fhs principles q
Eshs Constisation, SHORE al, 20 fsr as
is for the immsdlste rssforasioe VI sh
ISoushaxn States 10 The Union, am d
sssminsd b stand BIZ him, and ] bsiiss
that - shs decisan sf ths Demosrati
party Of che Unionl II ha will bat mak
Igosd, by asts, shs stssaAass Sf bis d
ltbe alsssnth Dag os lids mDnthA- onlr fs
dsys sgs~-he win have the s1ppeEt |
aaen who wsre unisn msn bsfers he an
{ | were bern, and wAsse sbildRsn vii
Union men Tor xensrntions 70 CONS. I Al
pl2sss.l Hear bims ID sadrssslnx II
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