Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-05-11

Ihansa sFart saa do Ii. Taaa, eaaass W.
agrea2 We caa III "a will ard eoma To.
grshsF and save the eoanxry.
In saying what hare said on fhls 90
uasiun, Dir. President lave doae Il In
sisw of daty shas / fslsT ewed 70 ny
| constitasnts, thas owed 70 my ehildFsns
that 4 owed 20 myselE Without rsg~nd
% saaasnees hare saksn shs poaitfo1
have; aad whsn the sag eomas, when
are ssfascd after all hoangabls iHsanx
hasa been exhausted. then II i That I
will parish ia The last breach yss, ID the
lanraags os the patriot Rmmes: I will
iisputs esesy iach of grsnnd; viii barn
ssery blade Of grass and the last Ia
ltssnahmans of frseanm shall be my grave
Then, lot M stand hy the CA.astitatien j
and In preserving she Gonsaisagioa We
shall save shs Uaion; and, In saving the
Uaiun, 10 are saying ths greatest Gov-
ernfnens on EARTH.
| ssE thank the Senats for their kind at
lsension.n
GECaogs soT gNCLUDgD TN THa DECIARA-
| TON or INDEPENDENCE.
| EFrsa mE, gsAnssass spsssa, pes, u. fsss.
/ sin the discussion 90 Thursday last,
sha Senator from Illinois attempted 70
| lag down the doetrlne Of the Republican
party and TO give his construction ofIhas
doctrine. In doing so he called our at
tention 70 their platform, which, be says,
Ia b mere reiteration of the Declaration of
Independence LAT least, that is his idsa, J
as It was formed By our fathers. To
make myself Ineligible and distinctly
understood, will read that portion of
ihe pla,form which be quoted
sst tResoEred, That, with our republican
fathers, we bold j. 10 be a self-evidenI
truth that sill men are endoTed With the
liaalienable right of life, liberty, and the
pursuit OF happiness, and that The primary
objecs and alteriog desiga OF our Federal
Government Is to grant these rights to all
persons under its excellent Jurisdiction.
sAs the discussion progressed, draw
ing DEDUCTIONS from this part of tbs
platform, the Senator seemed TO- think
that was the tenor Of bis argument that
bY reiterating the Declaration Of inde-
pendencs ia this platform, they were en-
| hraeing the docEFines laid down by Mr.
! Jefferson, and showing that he really
/ meant to Include persons OF color in the
Declaration, and that such vas tho an.
derstanding of our revolutionary fathers.
know that sometimes il has been said,
and changes haze been fung on II, that
aIr. jefferson, the apostle of Democracy
and OF liberty, laid DIVA the docsrins
chat all men were crested eqnRl, that they
had certain inaiieaabls rights, that q.
nong these wers life, liberty, and the
pursuit oSsbappineas. Now, it seems to
me that Z party, an intelligent party
that understands all The doctrines ard
principles Of our G3vernrAe EFT, in this
does great Injustice TO that Instrument
and to tbe fran. rs Of the Con
slititution OF she Uaited States.
| " ben ga tax. the Declaration of inde'
pendenca and connect It with che circum
staBc-s under which it Wis wF1itel, il
there a nan throughout the l~ugth ant
breadth of this broad Rrpablie who be
8iisves for one Instant that Air. Jefferson
iwhcn he penned it. had the negro pnpn:
Eiatiau in bis mind Notwithstanding
he says that FALL Iacn are created equal
and that they aro by their Creator endow
cd With certain inalieaahie rights, tha
E.amsnz these are life, liberty, and I'd
pursuit Of happiuess,' is there and insei,i
gent man throughout tho whole country
is there a Senator, when he b.
stripped himself of all party pref
udics, wha xi!l come forward an
tsay that he believes that Mr. JEFF
tfrfsou, xhea he aenned that paragraph o
, The Declaration of ind'pendeBee, intends
il 10 embrace the African population
there Il stntlemau il. the Senate who be
IIieYes aoy such thing? Is thsre any on
! wa1 will stake his reputation on the as
/ sertton That that il the correct iuterprrts
tisa OF tbs Declaration of inasp-ud
euue o. There is not a man of respectabl
, ia;uliigcnce who will hazarsi his reputa
tion upon such an assertion. Why the
indulge in this od captandttta discussion
Why try TO delade and deceive The grea
mass Of the people by intimaiing that M'
; j, iTavson meant Africans or the Africa
: race? How were wa situated when Ar
Jefferson pennrd the Declara ion OF inde
J pendence Y Did be not own SLAVES +
! / Did not most at the persons n the Con
} gress which adopted the Declaration ow
. slaves, aai after the Declaration "a
? adopted, BY war OF giving correct in
depreciation to It, what do wo find incoF
poEated Ia the Constitution OF sbe Unite
/, States? iTers negroes then cansideFe
as property2 sin fxing the representa-
: tion, slaves w1rs regarded as property
: and ouly three ffrha CT them were 20 b
counted, clearly recognizing that the
were one of the form, of property, an
not persons, intenied TO be embraced
the declaration Of Independence, as con
J tended by sows. think il is clear.
"What more was provided In the Cor
, stitutiou Of the United States, ~ way o
] giving a clear construction to the DeciH
I ration OF independence Ii vas prov
! | dsi that fugitives from labor khautd
| restored to the States from which the
/ oscar ed, upon demand being made. Dos
/, that look as if this description of pei
4 sons were embraced Ia the the DeelHvs
4 ration Of Indspendencs, aud wera consit
4 cred equal To tue white raceg IL 10 ey
i dent TO my Eniad, aad il mass be so
! everybody else, thai Air. Jeaerson nesl
!. t the white race, aud not the African rae
: The Constitution gives IL that inserprHt'
ti5u. And bis ewn aess. and lhnss
+ his associates. when they weFe fFauait
the Declaration Of Independence. owuir
;. slaves, and a.terward passing laws az
making wills which provided tor the
! regular descent as property, eonHsEn it,
: Then il saema 70 me that shis dcss o.
! avail shs Senator nesh.n
Q ua. xoSRxsoS nSscLAFMs HETgG AN ALI
q 0F sESAToa wAAK o. ONO.
u s.F am charged sish being san ally
!. the Senasar frnm 0hios 1, who, fro
q my earliest Infancy, or from the sisae
= arsa eomprehendsd pvinoipiss down g 4
= pgeseas tine, have always stood eaftlaii
: Tor the same grsakp pssasiples thai coaff'
Z for mswl Nv people kEow me; lnsy pa
q ssisd ma and yeue little annaanasosa -
J. rear Isttln inairsclions vii uos ssA
: then. even infagiatass seeeding s0al