Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-03-23
NEWS FROM THE SOUTH
Taken From Late Richmond Papers
TiIghfy Elaporlaal KevsIallsas.

The Richmond Enquirer Of the 7th has
a reply to . correspondent, who in
quiFes:
sWhat mean these ransoes Of Senslsl
rial eommittees approaehIng the Ffasis
deaf TO submit to- terms OF submission I
Il thai report sruo2 age aay Senators
or REPRESENTATIVES xhippsdg Have thsy
approached shs Preaidsns 20 press upon
him any such base propositions Whp
were the Senators2 What we're tie
tprppositionss 10 thero any plan on foos
TO forea the President to compromise with
snE,jszatioa Of resign2 IL shase any one
else ready to volunteer resignation ia ease
be Is forced to vacate bis place, and IL be
does, who ID proposed to ill that place 2
issny attempts made by Fanoss TO Greats
lbs inpres4ion that Gen. Leo u ready 10
consider terms for laying down
arms under the pretext Of prevent
ing thu sufferings and sacrifices OF fore
ed surrender? Who are basy Id these
plans Of sarrandering TO subjagasiaE p
speak out; the erisis demands holiness
asd decisieu and determined resistance to
Internal az well as external enemies.
ssThe worss enemies who nov depress
are whipped seceders. This boar Of ag-
ohy Is no time for factious opposition Or
for triaing With peaca propositions,
which can lead 10 nothing bat despair,
rslaxatinn aud ruin. Terms Of recon-
structiou now coming from Congress are
nothing else bat subjugation. Let y
know The worst, that the summary reme-
d. may be applied.
The Enquirer, in response to The cor
respondent, says ID oaanos answer all
questions asked, and then goes On In the
following language
"TEat there is party OF whipped &C.
seders in and about Riehmcnd cannot be
denied. They are eowed and eowardly,
miserable wretches who bronght the war
apon the country, and who Roald neE
sasseaaes 70 the enemy. We have 10
doubt bat thai there vas plan on foot
to force Mr. Davis to Reign, and thai
Mr. Stephens had consented 10 resign so
that Dir. Hunter, as President Of the Sem
ale, wssnld become President. The plan,
we hope and believe has misearried. At
any rate the eonspirators may understand
that II they should succeed, they viii have
placed q barren seepter in their grippe,
thence 10 be- wrenched by an unlineaf
hand, no son Of theirs succeeding.
ssRobert E.. Lee, by aad With The con
sent of the army and the people will grasp
the seeptcr they mar wrench from The
hands of Mr.. Davis and WELD it for the
safety and secarity Of bis countay's lib
erty end independence. No cabal OF whip
ped seceslers shall capitalaEe their eou0-
try iato slavery and crouch as the foss-
stool Of Mr.. Lineoir.
ftThs Congress has utterly failed. IL
10 incompetent and Ia daisg mach injury.
Il has neither capacity nor courage, and
IL wanting in 6rnaess and resolution. ls
Is unit for revolution. The yary men
who were the foremost to secsie ara the
frst to surrender.
A single head and q single arm Is new
reeaed. aud il Congress would eoasult iss
patriotism il would sntrnss all power
with the President and General Lee and
20 hoine. The Virginia Stasa banks oan
furnish one or two lniliioas 10 gold, and
this will secure supplies now needed. -
Let the Legislature promptly aet aad
sarn tho gold over 70 General Lee. The
Congress Is dsfanct. The country no
longer looks 10 il for any aid 10 she sTrug.
gle. The asgrsss hays been withheld
antii il is..now nearly toe late. The sur
reney Is entirely beyond their poser 20
help. Those wAS talk new OF compro-
miss mean spbmission TO sabjugason.a