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

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fbsldsst uniea men we're peFHlyssd b. NE
esadislsa III thiags I have sndavessd -
persrsy. Judgs Osmphsll ~ AlsbsmA,
Of whom | savs spoksH u trassfarmsd
iato . rebel sezanissicnsF, had bssn q
ssvsssa Uniea mza. I kasN ~ shis he
role rssissaaos Ii nuiIiGeAsfon~ He had
bsss shs arss ma u breast The stosna
iu Alabaus In 1899, which shrsassned ~
ksiuw ID shs rebellion tAsn. naturally
locked % him 30 sasss tie new danger,
and his feelings sers unchanged, ana be
wrote and puhlished sarasss rsznonstsan-
ces axainsa The sseession moYsmsnss |
Aaxeea aim TO 70 again before his people
In psrsan n In 1854 be replied that u
wssIa be d no use. His privass Istssrs
which As read 10 me showed that The an
Supported Union men we're obliged to
suceamb before shs organixed and armed
sonspfraa0ra The cireunnssancss In the
sws eras, be said. wsra widely di6srssa.
Thea JaeksuH was here asserting tbs au-
Ehorssy Oh The G~oveFnrnsnf, and be Felt
shak be- could with sueh backing resasf 10
sosns purpose. bus no sensible man, how-
svss pasrfotia, sould think SO now.
Nor vas Il SSuahern Union men mlore
whose natural p~yeEaptiags 70 defend the
Unlon we're checked By the efforts OF the
existing aud prospective authorities ID
w M&11uNt9l WH2 WIFE EE~9pet&AsaN ~
shis purpose. II was shrough these infu-
saesa thas she movements throughout tbs
Eorsh for the armed defense Of the Union
wsrs rsprasssd, and the inpressiou eon
vsysd 10 the South that secession would
be ~peaesful. Let ms recall an Instance.
The Psnnsyivasia Legislature met in jan
uary. 1861, and a resolution was inmsdi-
atsly presented which. | belisve, was an.
~aniuaously adopted, deciaring Ii 70 be the
daty Of the Stats authorities 10 RAISE, or
ganige and equip . military faree for the
defense Oh the Union. This movement
was stopped from Washingssn, and azaang
she means resortcd 10 for that purpose,
40 | was informed by Speaker Pennington
at the tiuzs. ths Legislature wsrs seld by
a distinguished member from Maryland,
then believs sd 10 hold confidential rsia-
tions with The incomisg Premier, thai
MARYLAND wonld sscede II the movement
we're persisted in The movement was
&baudoned, and Ii was abandoned IN
doubtediy through his eounsels and In de-
ference 10 hts position So the incoming
premier. Hon-resistance waR, we have
seen, his publicly declared polity In tie
5C1A&S && h ~A& Ah klGr 1&GlbGhs La
agreed with Judge Campbell, the rahel
commissioner for the surrender OF Fort
Sumter, an | when the President came 10
q different determination, be, neverthe
less made coed bis promise. He 1t was,
undoubtedly, who gave the notice by the
telegram senl through Dir. HaFvy, then
aud still our Minister 20 Portugal, Of the
Presidents purpose to rs-enforee. But
the succor never came. Dir. Seward got
an order directly from the President,
Withdrawing the powha.tar, the armed
vessel assigned to ths expedition by the
Secretary Of the Navy, without tha kaowl.
edge Of the Secretary, and without the
President knowing that the Powhattan
was the vessel ordered TO relieve Sumter.
The men and provisions eane but NOT .
sailor With them 80 rat Ia the fort she
Powhattan having been withdrawn. i
was 10 Differences 10 him that General
Scott recommended the surrender Of the
fort, because The General, during The
previous Administration, had wished TO
re- enforcs 1t. and had been refused per-
mission 10 do SO By Dir. Holt, then secTe-
tary Of War.
SIR. Holt, nov the head of the bureau
OF military Justice, was then also q pow
err Ia WASHINGTON. While Secretary OF
War, as already stated, he refused TO per
nit General Scott 10 re-anforea Sumter,
and be bad, while Postmaster General,
written and published . letter dated 30sh
November, 1850. iastifying the rebeilion.
Tie says il that letter, The people OF the
North /" have been taught that they ara
responsible for the domestic Institutions
If the South, and that they can be faith
full to God only By being u~nfsishfui to the
compact they made with their fellow men
Hence those liberty bills which degrade
the status hooks OF some ten Of the free
States. and which are eonfessedly . shame
less violation Of the Federal Constitution
IN 3 point vital TO her honor. We have
here presented from rear to year the ha-
rniiiasing spectacle Of free and sovereign
States, By a,soIcynn act Of legislation, fe-
CALLING the theft Of their neighhor's pro-
psTty. say theft. since it 10 not The less
80 because the subject Of ths d~espieable
crime chances ta be a slave instead of .
horse or . bale Of GOODS Altar much
TO the same purport, he says: 81 am sfil.
for the Union, because have yet . faint,
b ssitatiag hops that the North will 40
Justice 10 the South and save the repub.
lie before the wreck In complete. Bot
ths action must be prompt. III the frse
States will sweep the libeaty bills from
their codes, propose . ~oonvsnsion OF the
States, and afeT guarantees which will
afford the saEAe reposs and Safety 10
Southern homes and property snjaysd By
those sd The North, The ~impending tragedy
mas yet be avgrted. bas net Otherwise
SiaullaneousIv with bis refusal TO per-
Tait saccor to Fort Suinser, and bis srnaFs-
sice with the rcbsi secretary, be refused
hsa sanction to q bill introduced into the
Senate by Ms. Prestos King, TO authorize
the Union men In the South TO orgaaizs