Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-05-18
NO 80.

tofi8assY sat1, aa0 EGuefatiy neItesed az
the time, that leading msabs4s of the
Conventions bad psrcefiea out aluopg
Themselves their respective shaFes Of tha
ef6sers 10 be eashisrsd E gr Instances, ii
MAS gGIapSgl that Bay of the sapgsma
Goart, was 70 ha saeriaeei 10 Clover |.
Moody, Of tbs Circuit Court, % Strong !,
and Lord, Of thai snd Goutt. - some
othsR hoaogebie saevhet; and 30 ou
lhrough The sonaiy and tbs Stats. And
and n shs then eircahs.aneass They might
reason ably c cllcu!nss thai If tbsy staek
veil together aud bJidfy recomln andcd
sach other, the Soyernsr waaId hardly
sestuFa % Essiss their. wilI; hseaass hs
eoala net be 50 blind as MT 10 ace thai
The power shieh coaid. wiEhaus snv a,cn.
sssion Or r,sassn assigned, sAshies the
wh0aa jasianaaxy 81 lbe ssas6, asaasid cash
icr hiaIl And saess are btres9 eiseasn
stanees tsading TO psess sbaa shat seIiah
scheme was eascrfsiael by mahyz % aha
uembcrs, aud wss ihs nalise rover
sfsAsat which the erlinaaoe xoasa n0s
havs been passed. During tue dis
cassion OF the ordiaanee, Taqtfop was
m eds aud debated to the etFecs that tie
members OF the Convention shoati not ba
eligible to fllsany of the Vacancies TO b.
made by tbs ordinance, ard il vas Hosea
dosca By q largs majority! Tau |. al
though the ordinance, as printed, express
es stm II the arbitrary viii Of taa Con
vsnsion 70 dismiss those tfiears with ,us
any accusation OF a faalt or utly pest snsa
of unftness, yet many members itl debaso
freely gave thar reasons. Tbsg said thefs
we're some disioyal men la df6ea, aud
their object was to purge theas bst; aad
a. it Ssas bard for the C1nvertiea 70 de-
isrmiae who was and Hho WAS e1t Isg1l,
tas better gay vas 70 eject ssem al and
leavs the Governor 20 Gil their pt t4ee.~-
And they did it. During tAd dbbhte
some member LIN the elabeRA at wtaiss
eonsciencr soms lingering sPafks Of jus
tice still remaiaed) suggested b Il II res
ally did seem hard, ttlst sesHraI bun iraI
gentl 1a@a, as fairly chlsgn a. asafnselvAs
shoald be thrust hsadlanx ouI of aEhoe,
oalY because there migg4G bl stsaBd Il fsE
unworthy men amang than hals tAs oh
jssIioa agailcd nothing. Il gAs easily
m9t and answered by an sratafn member,
{ (Mr. Strong Of ST. Louis VI tag asss8Ft.i tbc
uanTsutio thai no good uasa 40 'dse burt,
for, said hs, the GgFsrnas has told ms,
that be would rsappoint sFssy lsg1! man
alaogg then. That was vsrE satisfactory, +,
especially TO thosa membsFs who expected
SHARE in tbs spoil. They sass anxious
that the aoveraos should gsaks the ap-
p9intments, because thai would relieve
Ihsn from the unseegnly spse4aGds of yot :
Tag their victims oat and voting them
selves into their places. Loyalty vas tbe
GoTsFBoF'a only requirement. fsr reap
ppinLment, and, al thai tiale. sae Inan
bags dad not doubs that Tho Governors
standard OF loyalty vas tiIs saIns az
Eheirs-that is, no man San be loyal whO
il not Ra iical. k0r thar bald absurdi-
Isy was 40 aItsn proclaimed on the ao1r 0i
ths OoaEeakian that tia weaker lurmhers
really sesmei 10 beligve IL. Bat now that
the Coayentiou has adjourned, has shdict-
cd fts asuEpsd sovereignty end Is insIpa-
BILE Of further mischief, assefao IieIGa-
er will be free, ike every other honest
and ssnsibie man, 10 Judge of Loyalty by
the true meaning OF tas wor aui :h ac-
tual conduct Of the man. LIE knows tda;
loyalty is true faith AMI allegiance to
the sovereign, whoevsr and whatayer
that sovereign ISL and not a blind deVo-
tiou to a clique or faction, liz knows
(eFery American who l. n9s al extFrlnsi
Radical M ust know thai we hare nj foy-
ereign but the iaa. Aad | atlirm th4t
whoever Is unfaithful 20 fhai S4persigli;
whoever lightly essesEls The ass II b.
land, and wantoniy trstnplz q fhA,a dJwn
for the aggranjizpmeat pf Aisastlf or bis
faction, caHnof poasihsy bS d loyal man.
BY the tiin3 shail ha7e c1auIgted these
letters h1pe thar yba vii De tho better
enabled 70 Judge for Ebarsglgas whathlT
tha extreme Radicals7uf Ill t'4ngeatipa
aud iha Legislature, jaike4 By this siaqi-
ard, are or are not ios VI HteH II III
have said that this & aav htion, In It's
origin tn It's chasasget sad Ia its
acts, Is revolutionary sad Gao
not, possibly, ceEftrnss into one
short letter all thar ought To be sail,
on these three branchafs sf ths sul5ses;
therefore | shall poslpa1a sha chaFacalr
aud acts OF the CSureaffon far consider
stion in another letter, and in the con
cIasion Of this, traat only oE its reFola
tionary origin.
This subject 10 not now To ru4. was
a member Of the. frss Missousi Couven-
ton which sat Rtrs Ia ST. Louis IN 1929,
and which erected tho State and framed
its Constitution and although young
aud inexperienced at that sime, | still
have a iiYely recollection OF the general
principles ami views which aetaated that
Uonvention, and esp 'tiasiY the reasons
shich led TO the adoption OF the node OF
amendment which stall stands thank God)
anrepeaied. We knes that ali gsvern-
ments are established With h view 10 per-
pstaity, and thas 40 government, Wiling
ty emhodi SO Ia lie frams tbs means Of it's
ewn destruction. Aaa we Saew aiso, that
in process of time, eyrry governm enE may
seed aaaendment, sitaef 20 ,cgFrbcs brisi.
nal errors. or 10 clangn lhat whieh, by
altered csreumssaAses hAs hekotne insult.
able, We kncw THAI, il gbe bsginnfng ei
free, popular govern en- tbs Dfganizifg
Of society and the ffatnsR 4 "a gsvesafaeus,
do Feqaira couveasioAs pS fAe peopss, be-
eaase, 10 no ether wHy, sst found ons, ,ran
the people at large, aasasB a5ly ard prudsss-
ly. eoasatt with ead skaaee And m axe their
xanis and wishes asssAlsY knowa. Bat,
soessty osganissd, sssi knssTamsns Spa
ssisassd, vita The psingtRle a. an ensisseas
In II, Fessrsed 10 tse paopia
aaa always ia sl1eis ssMshs @ssrs 10 40 Dsed
ef Uonssution. Aud Is ali Asssasy
prcveel Coaversesg aos seeded, ID sf-
ways dangesous. Fsf u is osnsrnoaay
called In times 0s Asas aa>a sxasssmenf,
whsn sAs Widest spsssss srs % be ssoksd,
sbs piases proper oaly Toe prp'icus ssases
msn aaa saatisas Legislators. Asgu
nsnsS liks se@ss lsd . - AAopsisn 81 the
mods ~ amssdmsss whssh ssill seands
embofiea In our 0unstisatSsE and stall
shink is'vsry good.
In tbs meath sg JAawaFss 1861, whils
The hili 70 call Oepssuss ~ was psuaEng
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