Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-09-07
THURSDAY. sEnrEMBER 7, 1865.

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snes sf aa deshsfal paiass 70 cha es.ssl
souree al asshoriss. tbs ssases and sha
peopls. whose ssamber and diversified re-.
latloxsa, secaxfnE them ag#imsk the fnHu.
eaess and eseissmeafs wblsh snay mis-.
lasd their agents, makas shezn no smfssl
dspo.atoEy OF power.n
| u his sigth and lass aaaaal message b
sagas
ssAIl viii admit the simplicity ard sean.
oms 81 the State Gnsernmeats msainlv de.
| pend sn the fass that sannsv has 20 BE-
sarpii@i In sappaYs shssn hsshe satne M "a
CO sEeiT agsnss, wha vote is away In ap-
prspEiatians. . Batff the ssessssisy
of lpvring taxss be sakem from those wha
make the appropriations, and thrown up.
ON snsFa distant and seas rexran able act
Of pahgie agents, who hare pawer 20 ap-
nroaeh ths people by an sndiFert and atrial
thy saxation. there h Feaso8 20 fear that
psodlgslisv will soon sarsrceAe those
eharHesssissics whirs h@ve thus Tar saaaa
~ look with 80 much pride and enn6ssem
Ca the State Goxarnmessss ~ sfe gnainasav
af oar Gnian and liberties. > pyas.
tieails. there wonld 5000 b. bat ana sax
ialg newer. and thas ssss@a in q lsndy nf
saan lar removed from the psseple, In which
the farming and mechanic irsrrests would
seaseely.he represented. The Stats wa'd
Rradasllv lose their purity 81 well as their
indspcnipnes; thss w0sd M doubt Euurraaf
as tha. proceedings n the aseneral Gav.
"rnmenf. lerf they shauld lose their sap
plies; all would be mes ged 10 practical
snusslffation, cementea nv vile. spread
corruption. which would ealy bs sradsea-
ted tg one of these blaedy resolutions
which occasionally ovsrthrew the despotie
syst M Of The Old WoFid.n
We come nnw 20 the closing scenes Of
.JarksoYrss public life. BE there. like
Washington. lesves behind hin bis beat
ceunsels ard admoniiians. Ia calm and
solemn review OF tbepasf and oi anxioas
thought for the uRkn0sh future, be pro-
eeeds to say:
sit IL weil known that there alwavs
have been those among us who wisb to
falarEF The powers 4 the general Gov
eFnment; and experknee would seem TO
indicate thai there Is tendency on the
nart ~ this Government 10 owerssep the
hnua iasies marked out for it hy the Con.
atitutinn. Its legitimate authority ia q.
bnndantlv sufficient for all The purposes
for which il was created; and it's powers
hiring expressly enumsratpd, there can be
M qualification fer elaiHaiag anything be-
Ynnd tbem. EyeFy astempt 10 exercise
pawpr heyani thee limiss should be
promptly and firmly orpnspd. Far ore
evfl sxaaris viii lead to other neasurps
still more mischieyous; and II the psinci
pie ef constructive powers. or supposed
advantages, o. fcmrarary eirrumsrsncsp
shall ever he permitted to justify the aa-
sumption Of power not gwen by the
Constitution. the General Government
sill hpfarp long ahsnrh ali the posxega Of
legislation, apd yon wsll bavr, in effact,
bur one consolidated Government. From
the extent nf our eauutry, its disersiked
inter sts, difTrert purs8its and different
hahits. il Ia too ohvinus for argument,
that single consolidated Government
woaid be wholly inadpquate to watch ov-
or and protect its istFTestk; and every
friend 1T our free institrtious should be
slwavs prepared to rnasntain auirnpaired
and in fall Eignr the Rights and Sover.
-pignay af the Statep., and 60 coa6na the
action Of the General Government 10 the
sphere Of it's appropriate duties.n
The foregoing sriect4nns from The pa
prs Of General Jackson (running through
lha 9 hole period Of bis public cnreesl.
~how havend qusatian bis position n y
State Rights man, and = true ioxer of bis
enunirv. II will not be gong too far to
sew thai the Uuuneraus readers Of s'The
Erisi%s will 6ad their time net thrown
aways II they shoald read those extracts
with studious sttenlion+ = and well remem-
brr the wise iessans they incuicate. It
has heen the pracsier oil msnv 70 catch at
Certain expressions in the South Carolina
Proclamation as aa hnyity 20 jnstlfy lhe
holf assumption of uuwarranfed powers
In the Gsnaraf GOVERNMENT, AT shs *
rense of State Bights Those who think
ar presume thus. viii fHd hv careful re.
eopsf4eraiioR. thst their zeal has not bern
s. according IL knoiFfedge;" - and that il
rreeedeRt for arbitrary doctrines Il
aaaght For with any p3ospeet Of sncepss.
il must he slsswhere than ia the aEseial
acas and declarations Of Andrew Jaekaon
HKSRY.