Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-10-19
sPRKGH k1F
Hon. (. | FAllAiDIGHlA.
wapaksneta,. Asgssizs csaasY. Ghis.
ON
sATuEDAY, sEPTEnBER 40, 1865

-~ IN ltae absence GF any pMEE OF the nsfeG
excitement whieh has characterized the
the last four or five years of the history
Of the Tn ted State, | am here to- Aay TO
speak to you in plain, earnest and siacere,
though animPassioued, lapEsagp. Toe
calm which naturally follows b violent
storm. i'd already upon Us; and Instead OF
seeking 10 gain arouse the bitter feelings,
and fesea aninosities of the past, is she'd
be the dutv OF sll eitiEens 10 seek 5nng
rather to assuage the fountains Of Bit
trrness.
Invited IN May last, To ad3vtss The De
moeracy sf AagiaixF, bat akI that time
unable ta accept. praniseli at, m earis.
period dnsing the eanEasg, sta meet you
in councii. In pnrspance OF that prom
ise. ! mn here to- day.
fnsi nTseif sarrdbndta ,rpaa only ts
the women and thh men Of Anglaixe
county. who at home t.n .yRars ago gave
me fheir earnest surgort, but yfry largely
hv of6ears ana soldiers engaged Fa ffsb faTe
civil war in the United States. ThFy are
here from severai Tegim9nis. Thev are
here especially from th3 gallant 51th.
largely recfpi;ed ID the caunfS OF Ad.l
glaize. Tmean, of souTse. not 10 pass hys
thousands who belonged Il paher snilifsry
orRaiza,i 1ns, and I vi nas. I4an SURE
he understood 10 be iHvpiiens II 1 IsirEie
ont for especial e1utznans. that partieninr
rpginrns. Surrounded ii tla1ss whf dsrfa
TO remember their relitiEal rrIneiplas md
stand BIZ their polt tasa osgania ation 10
them qnita equal TO Thai required ON The
battlefield, to vote fer n az a caadidate
for Governor, whila yet m The ifela, |
shall speak with freeaaas sssA wfthaua re-
straipt, the sincere tantimpnts OF mr.
benrt; more freely, perhaps. thar hnngh
surrounded by thosp aho were mtslfI By
the ealumhies, falsskonds and detEaektoas
which were eonfiHassgE hhaped aTes1 me.
felt destroys, TnftFe esrceiailP, 70 ls
present in the county of AnGlaiGe, he-
eause II was in this cnnnev ihRE the 57th
was orranized--the ueiv regifhtnt from
the State of Ohio In whissn [ received
majority Of the yofss "a regiment which
wRs known thnneefFswRn5 as The s'cop-
perbead reeimeut.@ TLaaghter.l
] observe in nnfica 9fosasd in yoar
streets. thaa upen ndEf Saturday, General
Cog and Two other individuals are to ad-
dress you. and that i special Invitation is
extended 10 returned soIdseTs 70 be rres-
rnt Oh the OCCASION ] tF3w a8 the8e,
turned soldiers ,ara8 aot nf che elassFof
men who will end aeearinbla utteranees
on that occasion. and Tint the Fperches
will not receive fiailRring recf rtion from
meu whe. in the field exeFassed thai right
which cost some Of them their liberties.
and some Of them thsir lives. [Cries nf
t'Thatts SOL Yod. soldiers nF the 5Tth,
had eonficrcc in ma, despite the calnm-
niesand faiaehoods ahirh we're distilled
into your ears. Y0o did net heliaTe that
your fathers ard sour brothers, your
,'s'e.F s'a our 9 = .a s''sa sta-s Ss5aSI
aStie Convpntion ever assembled 10 tbs
State Of Ohio, plaeeti forward as thsir
standard bearer, in the political contest,
traitor. [Apnlause You believed
him 40 be a patriot. Non knew him to
he Democrat. whiut ia the synonym
of patriot. [Arplaase.I
YaRknex him to be Union man when
the Union was denounced BY the late Id.
ministration "a s league with death and
covenant with he'll. [Applause.l Con-
6diug ia the patriotism ct yeur relatives
at home, and trusting 70 the patriotism
of the candi late though exiied beyond
the lines of the enemy first, and after
wards in a foreign ccunkry, ettking the
protection which he was sntitlfd to under
his own Hsg ron stood by him IN the
Geld. You knew that upon sons qaes-
items there was a difference nfopipion be-
tween yourselves md mysclf. Yoa, in
the true spirit Of Ds#ateraqy, tolerated
these diff Tepcfs, far soieTHtioR lies at
the very fouudalien of the morals ard
ethics of the prnqqfsitiD party. We,
thank Go,i, allow earb osher ti dIfsw in
orininfs as to miAur snHitess. Yon knew
vas Uuion ufAn. Esa khew | haki my
pariicnlaF eririops ~ To he ticss uiode
If preserving the U75nn. You knerr that
there was aot oae ssenp "a blodd aepKiag
through nv veins shsE w,sA NOT siHeerely
and earnestly patT5esie. ] an he1e TO.
iay to return nv tashks % y6u. clipper
head regiment hs vou are. Nhb has
dnredto stain vou &izh TIE impatasion Of
cowariice? What AboAitionist Nill tciI
you here that the Ffglmtna whipA nad the
courage to stand ir1s 80 sts poftieal pria-
eiples, vas mstAs 90 e rnea who weFe
.lhemselses eowerAs2 let the record ap-
on the battle tieEd speak: let that dag seud
forth its utteFHnsa :. Ereedofa's banner,
torn but 1ying.'' | (Apniapse. Mark It's
taftered remnants. sk}rne an hnIf hun-
drcd battle flelas, ita standard. bsarer
shot down no less shna four timss, and
each time q naw stanaafd bearer found
tostaka the place ss the fallen one, and
bear the flag frfaBnss iEl the ranks; yet
every standard NJ Afers thoae Who died
and those wbot survived, aiik& rhsed for
Clement L. ValsndEghauI for gpyeypbr
tao years ago. rAsplall4e.l RSsbs veil
phail rempm lses EhAs Fegiment; NO shfn
the nsst var esnee, If soma llmuss -.
ard srasEin aspa Ii viii MT be N civil
war when 0tas agAta calls FOR Der nal.
lant sona TO march 10 4hei battle feid. ut
the 57tsi Regirikns be Fe+orgauixed, and
then, under Usannssrklio admiaiztraaSon.
that regiment !sl bo sas Fsgimszs nf
honnr-a regimenk that, rs fhis tatterea
Gag proves, established ard ytndtSatea IT'D
courage In the prassasa eli ihs aFtned foes
of thA MOS, yet whose soldiers dared 10
vidicste sheir sigbs 10 Eaigos as citizens.
lArplauss.l
You hare heard mpah against me,. II
you hass not alr'sAsis AeeIased hy roar suf-
frags tAas roo pas ths stamp Cd falsehood
apou these rspe#ts miahs vi deliesGy
have hesitassd 10 k3ve said aazhs. Ana I
bare so-siay persoa@Ily 10 give ron asaG-
rance that vouF es.si Eaesee WIS not rass-
placed. soa sre ssia, soldisfs, thai
voted agaiasl supp sssa 70 teea assi eloshf
you. Ii In .faIsls EArrlaase 4 usyts
gaze vote sEaiFss aFss measnrs iufing
the entire Tharfy seventh Congress- begifu
aiug wishe wss. Ia ssa = lxe. On CO., b Il
Mareh. 1858. hasiesf H. interest ar Esi-
fsvr sf - ssakaisfs. IAlplaase nssei
wlthheIA nv vais froms aias bill Whsrsin
tE,pv were 5ntssrss*d. IL was s&ho pse
r.sesa IN g4s yna fifteen dollars Ma4aR6s RI