Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-05-04

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wsong Aa oppressi0ns was the teaahiaga
0foaF Ashers. The staay Of our early
history ll not Ief Sas forgcs 1t, and MAJ
itInever9
This oeuntry wns formed for the sraile,
d ls for The black man. And looking up
on a fyisdn Siarery from The ssme stand
point haId by the noble framers Of eur
Canstisolion, /, for one have ever ccnsii-
eaesl Il one Of the greatest blessings both
far themselves auI usl that God ever be
s1uwed upon favored nation. Witness
h4rctofsre our wealth and power wit
Bess tktir elevation and enlightenment
abnys thtir race olsewhere. | have lived
among it most Of my life, and have seen
las harsh treatment from master 10 man
than have beaaid In she North from
father to saEls Tes hearsp knaMs, no one
aould ba willsng ID III Rssiy far kAa ns-
aro race Than |, coasa fsst go . waT 70
aliil beAs@- their c;anslitiDn.
But Idne0lffs penty - arIy preparing
the way for their totai annihilali0n. The
Sonlh are not, h0r hare theg beeRt fight
inc for The continusilee Of slavery. The
hrss hattie ul Built Ran did away With
khat idea. Their causes since for uGT
have been as ao5is and greater far than
Ethoss fhot aTosd our fathers on. Essfl
should se alios thky we're wrong at The
IIh ginning Of Gsas contest, cruelty aaJ in
i.jasfice have made the wEous b come the
fright, and they stand note (befure~ tht
X wcntier and admiration OF the woFld1 as a
Huohie band Of paEiotlc heroes. Hsreas-
Tier, reading of their deeds, ThertaoTyia
will be Forgotten.
Nheu aided il the eapture and exce1.
tiou uf John Br2tu (~h0 was murder
ct on our Westsga border, ard who wss
fairig led and e'ttfrtsG, before an ina.
partial judge ant jury, OF treasoR and
\ who, By The wuy ,tS since bern made u
god, | waa prodi Of my listie share ia
I The transaction, fit deemed it my duty,
and that was hrliing our eonmon coun-
Izry to perform ad aet on Justice. Bat
whag was 8 t1imc b poor John Brown i,
4 uow o5Hsidsred (iy themsoIvss} as thc
greatest and only Nrss'a - - -----l.-f n :
| pabIrcan TsaEty. Strange trankniGrA'
sian! Pfts 10 bGgame a ulrttie, SIMPLY
] because more iadsge init.
| EhcnghE then, as ao'c, THAI the Rboii'
tiouisis were The oaiy ,raitoFs 10 The land
and that The entSs party deserved th'
same f,ts Of popa OH Brewn, not be
cause they wish tp Hitolisb slavery, bu
on aecoanE of d. EBenns they havg eve
cndeavored 70 aset TO effect thai abolition
! If Brown. were living. / doubt whether b
himself would set starery agalnaE ~
Union. Nest or many II The Nort
DO, and ayrpIy eurse The Union, it th
South are&o return ard retain sing
right g-arntccd to thctn by evFry II
Which we tnce revered as SACRED. | b
! tSouifea arsnaks no choice. Iii eithe
I s..terrainason orslayery for ihenselr'
twogse thah dea:b) to draw from.
know my aoice.
Il hav @so studied harl TO discort
upon u bat grounds the right OF STAT
20 seerds hA been dsrsied, when our yer
J name, unifed States, and the DeclATf
,ion 5l Independence, bofh pFosjded {,
=ceassiuas kaaa thgrs is 20 tilse q
Ewor8s Taxrsts in ifsste. know DO
fosIs9b shall be deemed for ubdertakir
! sueh step asyihjs, Ehevo, on the az
side, have many friends ard ererstbir
10 make mg happy, where my pToteSs'e
: alone has gainel ma an ioegme OF me
than twenty thousand dollars year, al
where nv great re. sonai ambition IN "a
profession has such q great Acid Tor /
boF.
On the other hand, tae South have b
! slowed upan me cae hind wor5 pia
: uow, whore / have, except beRca'h q
/ sod: a place where must either beco5
pfivate soldier or a byggar. To q
! uu all Of tie former f1r the tdfier, besI
: NV mother aud sisters whom ! laTr
r dearly (sighou@u taey so WILDLY dia
e With nae ia opInion), seems insauei b
( God is ny Judge. | love justice p'o
: than / d. q cogRtry that disaSps u; mo
z than fame aud wealth more (iieay
pardon me il wrong) than happy hon
= have never been upon bstsls- bel
], tbul U, my counsTympn, could you all
: see the reality or effects Of this horl
i war, as bsse seen (in svery STATE, sa
: FiEginia1, know you " .uId think Il
mes and would pray the Almighty TO c.
mta in the Northern mind sense OF ri
aud Justice (eren should it possess
seasoning Of mercy, and that heaV
would dry up this sea of blood betS'
lus. which is daily growing wider. All
poor country, il she TO meet Der tnFent'
cd doom Four years ago, | would b
re given a thousand lives - see her rem'
J. las have always known her) power
a and unbraken. And even now wo
:. hold ms life as naBghs, to see her "
she was.
4 o, my friends, il the fearful scaQes
Is Ihe paSE four years had never been enh
pc ed. on if, that has been, bad been bu
n frightful dream, from which we co
nov awake, With what ovcr8owing hes
:! could we bless oar God and pray for
n, euntinuel favor. Haw haze loved
Isl aEd aaQ, can never now be known.
.. few vpars since, and the entire VIC
Ia coal / boast of none 30 pure and srotE
!, But have-of late been seeing and he
" ing OF the bloody deeds of whieh she
% been made the emblem, and would CD
ed der to think how changed shs has gro
,er d, how havs longed to see her or
- from the mist Of blood and deaih
circles around h2F folds, spoiling
beauty and iarnisbing her honor.
an lno. day hy day has abe been drag
Ish DEEPER and DEEPER into cruelty and
| preston, till nov fin my eyes1 her {
he bright red stripes look like bloody 81
on the faca of heaven. louk now Q
my early ADMIRATION Of her glories
aot dream. My lose laathinge stand tot
of ia for tha South alone. Nor do ! y
"a. ii aishonsr fn attempting TO naks
Der prisoner of this man, 70 whom
n.y. owes &c much of misery. IL success
ar tends me, 4 70 panniless 10 her sd
nd They say she has found that ssiass dill
nd which the North bare so long darS
pe. and bean sndsasoging to feFee her IN
All getting they arc cur brothers, and
ave iiiss impaIltic 10 goad &c enemy 70 !
xill ness. Should / reach heT IN safety
Ter fass Il srus, will psoadgs beg psfnsis
10 triumph as die ia thai saiaa sai
int. by hpr side.
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