Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-05-25

We Jo5Esa @ hFia % FssGors &c 1sasnd
saey Of aaw. We Do Aos' 'sss despair; but
NE gsisye. We samis sls asligacs Of
bis slsaakinn i bns - bsmblg suaGeiye
that that does nos excuse bims True he
proEt& immsnssIy by The appaiiin9 cTime
that struck down bin prsdesesse1, and can
pot alTvrd te innur any suspiaon sf slask-
ners ia bringing iEs psrpassassFs 70 JUS
lice. But If be i worthy of BIZ great
station be sloald cave tbe moral eoarags
TO de alsgy.g u mssbeeomss him 10 be
ths teal Of bis snhosdiaafss In si6Iaslng
ahe lass. Eyea IL be regards sAia sabf-
net - temporary; as staying By sort
OF courtesy while hs can seiees another
even On this sapposstiea We eanuos aeGali
bin for bic eamplaiaanre- The rights iu-
Felvcd ara soa vital to yiald - his ao-
lions Of delieaey Or eopPiaisance.
What the excuse ID for oonducting
these trfals By q military sosnnission, VI
Bsithea kalsw uur can e5ncHiEes bussit Is
given out that the Star Chan Der 10 aaoy {.
ed TO preFcnt witnessss learning from tbs
Enewspapeys wisak other wifneases testify.
iE sAS pFfhaypis 4 sound, the Star Cham.
beF .shoold be she ariversal model al
courts al, jastiee. Ii Ia trae thai seerel
trials afford some additional facilities f0l
detecting false sweating bat this 10 &C
lssna1l "a advansags In comparison with
the outrageous evils OF tbs SYSTEM, thai
| il is Justly regarded as odioas is all fres
countries. The argument Il, that ans
method 10 iastiEa6ie that unlocka fhe
uliad and ,geks AZ she txath. Bas this ar
gument pEoyes too mnch. ls 90 mars
IjnsIiiss the Star Chamber than is jasti.
des the thunb-scfews and the rack as the
means Of extofti8g the evidence and get
Etipg a. the srashs This general qaestaoE
Was we'll touched 90 By Aacaulay in bia
speech 10 Parliament, 10 l844, reproba.
/ Itiag the violation Of the mails By Sin
James Graham as means Of obtaining
egidenee. We copy sbort extract
tsThsre esaid be no doubt there might be an sd.
vantage Ia hrsaking eRaz lsgtsrss Nc ens depiet
its 5as tsen wss il AItsng thzt it Should be done
la sAs sAEiss 10, aaa ahy sae dsabt there was 81
rsaagry dsa NOT sppeoga uf Lhsm. Ths FEsRca has
aa advantage Ia. hssiax polise SplSs. No sus
daHs4pa 1he SPY systaau enabled ihtn, to bring Il
s fss sas s fks ksst 4 lSrrsrs aA'5 srs coal
| be ss aesks tAst % iena "a iAs EagAsA fs,s saRe
Foakd ne we sf fas forfaa sag eTfa.ss sssrs ak
tectfa ~ IL. u Aa1, $50, "a adcSAs agsa. Fss
| for tas I4sfaaf :AGi GHg FGsrkes seas al ER IA
rses ssst ass ~ SAGE aas sfEye staFs of tke sa
Powftr Pfet ErtAtkts tortsys, "a gel - fAt spE
irg Aa9 defsssaiHea, long SEQ. tAAz saga sdraAfa
4 ges sssrs peTssSefoas, aebssss3, aed daRgeroaa
Esod<s ef ssaiakaisfag ia aHesEaalssRs, TseaE "a
| eesters declared fh4t they wead FztJler take Ihs
flsk sE sses heang eoHHni txad, han owe sheiF Sc
l al
Esss Eoy the uaans spkatt Of tAs people, wsics
aF gaeFs reklsncs esEId be placed thSA IN all Lh'
sche1teS aud aecrcss thai could be fnsettea fa
maintaining saS4s greatnsss and aaaapenasnee ~
/ i R&tl9H"
An1 what guarantee have We that tor
tore has not been pracsiced By the tool
aai underifags Of stansonP Every 9th,
er meshod known ID dssposs Aas beel
praetieed and improved upon By bim
why should he stick as thiss Tortur'
vas neveV practiesd In publis and VI
Appsehend Ehaa anyhsdy Who coald IN
fold the secress OF Ssanson,s pFisoi
houses might tals unfold which woult
make the hair Of humane faen stand o
End wish herfox. The mangIing an
4 Wystgrious disposal of Booths body dis
cIoses a taste like thatiof the old dsspos
L who uuArtered and dlseahnwnled erimi
Which the trainers Of the Constitution Ia
tended to guard against in the deslaTa
tion that unusual panishments shau 20
! be Indicted. Stanton has 'riaed mails
be has iusulted the tribunals OF justice
be has established Star Chamber; be hs
dune eYeEy oshsr ediuas and aboninabl
thing knewn 20 sbe history Of tYranny
and ghat assurance hare We thai be hs
DOT afso pracliced tortuFe9 The argu
menE effsred for bis Star Chamber woui
j eaaEily jAstify torture rs means OF a.
ltnrting svidencs and who ever sapeci
| ed Stanton Of scrupllng 70 carry oat
| tyrunnicai principls2