Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-07-13
Madam Republicans, Old Snilpe|
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aween them and the adherenss to the royai
cause. when the fhFrsron United States Of
Amesiea ssse struggling Ter sheis fads-
Enendsnce.
Every feature mblch distinguished a
RapuLliaaa form OK 6pxesnnsng frou =
MoaarehY was then TEdirnied and eon~
deunsd by those Mbo we're populasly
known Al Tories and eyery mature saieh
dislangaishes . Monarchy from q Gossra.
msns BIZ Tie People, 10 day. Is sgproved
aud promoted hg shose who, under the
name Of Republicans, nov alaim to be
the espasial .fgienda OF The (lagarnnant.
The political maxim, FsThe Government
Is made for the benefit Of tho People. moi
the People fox the pisHiure OF the GtfY.
ergsa % eDt, p . was tkfn, a. IL To- now, eone
demnsa az radically wrong.
That Governmants airs rneFsly the agants
Of The People, Was then as II is now ypro.
nOunoed . dangerous hsrssg.
That Governments sbedience to
the legally expressed will Of the People,
was then. as II Il now, pronounced treas
enable; while a silent esedionss 10 all the
measures Of the Government, at all tines,
vas pronounced At that TINA. as il 5 al
the pFesnf, The highest.a and haliest lRs.
That tho Government Was above all
Law and ameuahia 10 30 Law. either fun
dameatal or statutory, then, - nov. was
| practically e~onsideyad questionable;
and those who denied or doubted, we're
then, a. they are new, denounced - dis
loyal and criminal.
Last. bat not least, the Government IN
stead Of the People, was declared TO be
the Sovereign, 10 whom eyary person,
within tho jurisdiction of that Govern
mort, It was said, owed, st al times. 40
implicit and uralloypd ai!egianee; while
the unrestrained wili of the Government
vas pronounced the Supreme ing; and who
ever that extreme aionarctisal tenet was
denounced, as hs is denounced, as q retelI
AMI a traitor.
Prominent among tlle conflicting senki.
ments Of the day, as it st'I Is, even in A.
merica, was the tenure If mem 3erahip in
the State, or citi8enship-i IN other words,
the basis Of = mans right to participate
in public sfairs, rs & member Of the So
eietv or Comm Jnweaith.
The disafect Coionists, following the
presents learned frhm their fathers. inais-
tnf that membership 10 tue Society or
R0dg, polite should be controlled by the
Society itself, and generally. that it shn'd
accompany taxation- that there Fn3aid he
No Taxa.iou withont Representation. Tin
the other hand, the loyal Cosonists, in
harmony with the Government, Sat homes
denied tho existence of aay such right;
and thew instanced the case Of ihc inhab-
itants Of Manchester, one Of tho heaviest
manufacturing towns ia England, the
creator number of Who's Inhabitants wesa
entirely disposed Of the rights Of suf-
raga. AT the same time, while they
claimed that all we're subjects, they iusis.
ted on Tee right Of the Government to de- .
tertnine who should and who should not
be citizens.
In ike manner The peculiar Lovalists Of
to, dav assume that the Gd~yernBrnt, in /
stead Of the sociotr or Bady- polite OF
Cornm1nweaIth, shall control the right Of
suffrage. They admit the existnuee Of
the several State Of the Union, az they
we're in iSG0-the intervening period be- /
ing, hy them, considered an intbrrrgHam
land th.y acknowledge, as far ps suits
their purposes, both tbs. Constitution for
the United States and those for the sovrF-
al States: vet in the face Of the provis-
ions Of all these, thee asFums that-uot
the Congress IT the United Stktcss cor
even tie FEDERAL Government, as such,
hut ono nepartma at Of that Govefrmeut
''ths President At tie T4itei tstates.''
poss>ssrs the sole right, wtfnerat he shall
be released to * -rcisa that right, to grant
to taose Who ara not members of 4 State,
or h Withdraw from those who are reeaE
mixed and loyal members IL q State, their
right TO partiaipato ia it's business, agree
ably 10 its own laws. AL this, and more,
we are told, can be done BY the ''Presi-
dent Of toe United Sfates,s whenever be
will, and either with ar without a pomi.
nal reasnn-fhdeed, it can be dohet they
without the authority Of anY Law or
the preeert oF any Court, and 10 open and
undenbtei defiance Of b0si1.
IL vas said, Eume years since, By one Of
thosa who profsssed to know, and wbo
did know what was WhigisIn and what
was TcryisH1, TINT:
ia share in the Soyereignty of tbs
State. which Is exercised BIZ tbs citizens
ut large, 10 voting ne elections, l. one Of
the most important Rights af the subject
aud in n Republic ought to staai fore
most in the estimation Of the Law. II II
that right BIZ which we exist "a . free peo.
pie; and il certainly, therefore. will Hsvsr
be admitted, THAI lees ceremony ought to
bs used ia divessing any citizen of tkat
right thar in afpFiTing hirn Of bis prom
ertv. Such q doctrine would I'LL suit the
principles Of the Revolution, which taught
the inhabitants Of this country to risk
their livpa and fortunes ia asserting their
liberty, or, in other words, their right 10
\ share In the Government, That portion
of the Sovereignty to whieh each indivui-
uai is entitled can never be too highly
II is that for which we have
and BLEED; and we should cautious
" guard agsinst any rrecf3ents, however
may be Immediately directed against
those We bate. which NAV, IN their eouse-
oaenres, render our title - this great
privilege pTecarious, IIera we may find
the criterion to distinguish the genuine
from she pretended Wing. The nsaa that
would attack that sight. 10 Whatever war,
is 40 enemy 10 Whigism. '-~Alpxandes
lTsniltos, in ~"Phegion'', No. H., Works,
vol. ii, p BIG.
We leave 10 u readers, or those Of
them who baYe examined the PrhelNaa-
Of the President If the AUuIIed
States.n dedaing the rights Of she cili-
zcns OF recognized Statee, and desigaa-
ting who, OF their members, shall yote
and who shall not vote. The application
az this aps opinion Of Col. Hsrniisou,
whose inclination lei hin to promote.
than 20 discourage, the cause al
consolidation and e~apeeutratiou Of auth
ority and 70 oppose that Of she ceafelsr-
atel republic J
We leave Ii with thenas ard We hope
thai each win AJAX himself and ansser
lha Qaeetion trulhfully. afNherein, If at
All. are ws different. "a dsy. fre1a those