Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-08-10
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| NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Dsnsooracy II the unissd ssstss.
Ths ehsnga which has recently sakss
plaes In our condition and prospects In
dacsa NJ asa again 10 address you. Ths
weFk Of dessFnGtioa Il ended. The Yesso-
FasIse process has commenced. We ara,
thsrsfars, placed In aaw relations 10 pub-
Lie aEairs, bat shs inaasncs We can sxers
has mot been thereby lssseasd In impor-
lsnca By harmony promptnsss and un-
ion ws may aew hops 60 rsscae our eoun-
sry fErn that Fuia which bas lately seem
ID 30 insvssabie.
VIII few exceptions, we, as body,
have Always soughs che welfare and unity
oI tha ooHntrys bat We have differed az to
The neans most approrriase 10 that end.
= s Dsg1saasg aag .e .ess ~ sospsfi6, sS'sff ns
that both could be secured By oonciliatory
measures But the reckless and the in.
terested Of beth extremes proved too
rowefful for as. Aided BY circumstances
which We could not oontrol, they hurried
the country onwasd into the great voEtax
Of blood.
The war once begun, We we're all oblig-
ed to yiald, more or lsss, to overruling
necessity. Tpn Of the South were com.
PEELED TO dy Jour country or join in aid
Of the attempted revelation. Among as
at the North some were uualterably op-
posed TO all but measures looking imms-
diatsiy to peace. Others, after the wsr
had commenced, joined With those who
were urging il forward, till its supposed
cause could be wholly eradicated; while
the great mass Of our number aequieseed
10 that war al an unavoidable calamity 10
be prosecuted for the sole parpose Of gs-
storing the Union, and believing that, as
soon as this object was attained, the wer
ought % cease.
Upon she Issue last suggested We enter
ed the late political contest. The com
bined inHusrsces against ns proved too
powerful. Tha war vent On till African
slavery bad been suddenly and vielently
npYOotgd. We believe this has been ef-
fecsed through great and useless wrong;
bat for this We are not responsible, as We
used all reasonable sdoEta 10 prevent that
wrong.
, In ona important particular great
benefit has thereby been conferred upou
aa. 1t has removed he sole cause Of dis
agreement amoag thoss whose views In
other essential respects are In harmony.
This has been one Of the many instances
where Eetributive justice has crashed the
wrong doer through bis own success, and
benefited the opposing party shroagh his
own failure.
And now we stand at TIE commence
mens Of q Haw political era. Old things
have passed away. Let tho dead bury
the dead, while we turn our thoughts to
the living aad to the future Whatever
we may think OF accomplished facts they
must Eeceivs our aeqaiesoeaee. Let us
then accommodate ourselves to What is
inevitable, and direct onr efforts into
channels where they eaa still prodaes ass-
ful results.
Those y ho hare been foremost in urg.
igs 2E ibis var Of isD ssassD.tisn. sS. naW 4 o. 5
be made eur political equals. To this We
are unitedly aud unalterably opposed, not
only because as class they are not 50
educated a. to qualify them for the exer-
cise Of the important AMI delicate rights
of an Americae eitizen-whateyeS might
be their natural capacilies-but for the
still stronger reason that We belisve the
African to be- by naturs greatly inferior
70 the Caurassian. To amaigamats or to
intermingls politically would be TO lower
the standard of average human inteiii
gence in this coahtry. either individually
or collectively. Even With thai standard
undebased, there are grave doubts whath-
er We ere capable OF maintaining
popular Government like. our own.--
How then 2ill it be when va shall have
infused an inferior element into the body
politic, and our European civilization
and scale ef understanding shall havs be-
come adultefased with those Of Africa Or
Asia.
We can, therefore, all unita In main
tanning that thia is the white mans Gov.
ernmeut, which must be preserved BY pre-.
serving undiminished the standard OF
popular intelligence and capacity-tbat
the negro, like che Chinese. u foreign
element which cannes ks snnaesxfnlly as
simulated = that be Ia merely here as
school, where be should be kindly treated
and Instructed, and thai when his ednca-
ton is completed be may In some eonge-
ulal situation seek bis own happiness 10
bis own way. But let us steadily and
nnitedly oppose the eommingling OF what
God and nature have so unmistakably in.
tented to preserve separate and distinct.
Again, they who assume to lead The
party which triumphed at the late election
seem bent upon upholding the late revolt
ed States In an attitude Of permanent
suhjugation. While they have urged at
any cost Of wealth or blood or principle
the sudden emancipation of individuals
wbo had all their lives been Ia bondage,
they would reduce whole commanities
shat we're once free and equal to ourselves
into q state Of sabjugation and slavery.
To this also We can all unite la unchang-
able opposition.
We believe that the Federal Govern
ment cannot exist while portion OF the
States which compose II are free and an-
other portion easlawed. Frssdam az
slavery must be tho portion Of all. Tbs
erring membeFs Of our political family
are now anxious to resume their wonted
plaees In she sacred circle. Let them be
Welcomed "a was the prodigsi sen in the
parable, and received back with NIL their
rights ard privileges unabridged. Let
the prompsings OF resensmsns o. revenge
meet no favor from those wbo may per-
haps fesl that shsy nssd some forgiveness
themselves. Let stasesmanship and eei
ehilalsh animosity eoatTal oar eosduet.
This exhiAition Of feeling Of teiesa.
sioa and charity ID no povelty, even IN Ger
swa hissory. tss hlssssd sisssss hare In
psiscipls, beea exhihissd In shs syganisa.