Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-08-17

HS MUkssAFSS ~ 4
We nssiss that sss l fsw e sksnqna-
lleaa leadess are tryiae 10 dsdgs - be-
gre issue raised By the ssRspsbiisax Plat
form.n They say they are ass 10 fsvss
OF Negro SuErages but still shsy win saer
port che Republican aosinses, who stand
pledged IL faror q Negro Suffrage. We
eannes commend their consistency; but
on shs oshef hand We ara forced TO dss-
piss their Hypocrisy. Bat this aedgisx
will not avail thesa anyshisg. Thsy have
taken their stand npea rhs negro equality
and suffrage question and must stanA by
it. Even . vssy eaasixseRt(s) neighhos
Burke who took the Ministerial Coassa-
ton held In this city 10 task Ter .aavosaa-
ing negro suffrage, ss % eas In favor Of
1t. VERY consistently Indeed 10 Bsrks
but be il pursuing the very oourss shss
We said be would lake.
The following resolusioa was offered by
w. S. Burke at the Republican township
meeting held in this city on Saturday the
18th inst.
ResoIrea That Kans Tewnship will
expect Der delegates in the osunty con-
vention 10 vote ONLY for azsa wbs gill
support the Republican PlasfoSa OF Iowa
without an "if.n
The 4lh rssolation Of the Repahliesn
Platform reads as follows:
4. That With proper safeguards 10 the
purity of ths ballot boz, shs elective
franchise should be baasd apcn ioyalsy to
the Constitution and the Uuion, ~reeegntx-
ing and affirming the equality oil all
men before the Law; therefore We are In
favor of amending the Constitution Of
our State By striking out the wera waite
in the article On suffrage.
This fixes Burke and the Rspubliesa
party Of Pottawattamis ooansy anAitsTa-
bly, in favor Of giving the negtO the right
10 vote and hold ufBse 10 this Stats- So
Far a. Burke, and the Repablisan party Of
this county are concerned, sbsy openly
adopt and advoeass the negro suffrage
equality plank of the Repablieaa Plat
form, and can dodge Ii ns lesger.
Not only Is negro suffrage and sssality
advocated "~hersabouts, % but ws and that
the STATE Register, the organ Of the Re-
publican party, and Published at the Cap
ital of she State ID out In plain ssrnss In
favor of giving to negroes all political
privileges that whise men ssioy. In an
article upon thai subject shs Rsgisasg
says:
"It is Narery which has been mainly
instrumental in planting this prsiudios
against men Of Ethiopian blood. II de
graded them, and then taught essn the
free North 10 bold them Ia contempt
Their patriotism and heroism during the
war have elevated them In paint eli inai-
yidual merit high above all ether classes
in the Rebellious States, and 70 the axttnl
that political privileges can reward them
for their fidelity TO the Gag, ne are Ia IA
voref extending it 10 them, not only in
all of the insurrectisnary States, bat In
the free Northern States as vel. II Ne
cannot afford to be generous, u u our
duty 10 be Jast.''
The issue is fairly made between The
two parties. The Republicans favor ne
gro suffrage aud equality ia political priv
ileges; which would give the negro, the
right to aspire to the ~Presideney OF the
United States, while the "0ppoaitioaf'
contends that this government was estaS-
lished for white men, and therefore, OPP
pose negro suffrage and negro equality.
Il now remains for the people not only
of Potta wattamis county. bus Of Iowa
and the Union, to decide whether Ehi.
shall be q white mans government or not
If they are In . favor Of sustaining I
white mans government they will veta
against, Stone and all Republican Homi.
nces.