Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-09-14

posed npon kIm ~ the representative
haad ef shs Rwpubiiuan psrsy aAa of tbs
sasiea. Shaald be pFope recrsAns 10 chs
great inkaFesls With wh'eh he has bses in
trusted, | shall oppose him ss heartily -
I nor support him.
sosna ef she EevuhaEsan espays ae-
aaaos youT seavensien as d sSpaerheasl
ofEanis1sias I dsnss haliass that shia gra.
tnitous assertion will deter any Of you
from dischayging sonselentious duty Il
tbs appFosehfng siessiaa, or drive yon is-
TO the sappoxs ~ msssafa which does
nst meat Your epprerai. TO be Denounced
~ eoppsrheads by .proIessed political
friends affaf yau have pe4ormea over thres
ysssss faithfui ssryiss 10 she unisa aTaay,
kaaardiag LIFE and fostsse fer toe sap
preston of the yebelhon and tbs main.
tenanee of the laws, simply heeause you
srfuss 70 endorse 3 political fssue, which
lss friends ats<mps 20 esada and repadiAts
ssiaces degree Of rseklearness and dis
regard for truth which has % parallel
Such fibeloas epithets eoms With an III
grace from men who have remained al
hema and taken good care 10 keep out cI
gba range Of she enemy's guns.
That yoa may sallg underataad my po.
sitian, permit ms to sag that lhs Demo,
Gratis have made no oversurcs to me, noi
have made any to them. They hag4
asked no pledges. shall give noae.--
They hare given me no assurances al sup.
port, nor do | ask any. Whether thcy
viii vots for sne or against Ine, On not q
all, are questions xith which have noth
ing to de, and over which hare no con.
troll. Having prescribed ing views, leave
the question OF veting, for the People ol
lows 10 decide.
Fer the frst tirns ID the histary of tht
Cosnlry the South 10 open 90 Free Labog
and the Intreduaaioa OF ell the clement.
OF Local and National prosperity. ~
Thousands of our young men will seed
hozaes in the Soashsrn States, and viii
infase new life and energy into the bods
politic. Society will be changed, ols
corrupt political organisations broken ap,
asa the ghaas system OF GoveFnmens
revolutioaiEed and male to conform ID
the new order Of things. Slavery, here
tofore the great elemeat of power. and
The chief instrument for mischief In The
South, being abolished, the ArissonFac5
will DO longer hs able 10 dictate 20 tbs
masses and consgei The political desiiaies
of tbs country. New. men will eozne in
10 power, ani the old slave dynasty viii
disappear. Liberal aud equitable lRws
will be enacted, and intelligence aad viF-
tue will beeme the standard Of moral
warsh, instead Of wealth. Free school.
viii be Instituted, frss speech tolerated
christianity disseminated, the mechanic
arss ensoaraged aSd labor made honora.
BILE aad 10 process Of time sectional
barriers will be overshroWn, and ths
terms North and South as nov used viii
become Obsolete a Eisit 70 the South
will no longer b atasuded With fear and
dread, but will gIshscome an excursion oi
pleasure to nsspgls in the society oil
friends and rslssivss. Soasban eilies
viii be populated aad their trade and
commerce eonEsolled by ns7thern meE
northern capital.
Tbese arc soms OF the grand results
which are n follow the speedy restoFa.
tion of eisil Cover mens In the SoaihsEs
Sta:es, and IL wise and prudeat eosuseli
prevail in the adjustment Of our psesen
dif6 nitiss, their progress will be mncl
more rapid than appearances pew indi
cate. lam, very Respectfully,
Your 0bediens Servant,
TI0s- II. BENTON, Ja-