Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-06-15
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IL iss indeed, already TO be lasaantad
thas although General sherraais nav nos
haye had the aHthority--aaa ha eiaiaed
nope for himself. referring ali Ia the Ex-
ecnnFe--his plan OF paciaeation and re-
unisn was not promptly confirms 81 by the
Presidsns> ltwas concise, eosn ~ hsnsfga,
completei proving hia not lsss siss and
great In the science Of stasesmaaship taaa
grand and triumphant ia the arts OF var,
And u would base made peaee, insr exiiass
aud sincees, "peses, from the potonas 10
the Rio Grande.o This was his nrpud
congratalatory boast to his asrny al the
end OF the great struggle, and not og auy
victory IN the 6sld. Defeatire the armed
military host& OF the Qoufederacy. hia
aim, at TIE close, vas to Conquer she
hearts Of the people also, aud 10 Be exal.
ted thus as the hero Of peace--lhe only
true heroism 10 civil war.
Upon the great question of resonsarue.
ton, n the Democratic party ID without
poser, SO il is without responsibility. ls
can bat accept or reject whatever NAV
De proposed. II the policy which the
President may recommend shsll eppeaY,
upon calm and deliberate scratiny, best
adapted ia general to secure speedy,
complete, cordial and lasting paei6satioI.
upon the basis OF the Federal Ubion bf
tha States, it will, Ia my iudrnent, be
ht aud just that tho DemocrAcv, wHFibg
all minor points Of detail, Iand 10. him a
liberal, earnest and PATRIOTS aIppsttiin
carrying II into execution. II, upon ika
other hand, 1t be such aa can bsit make
that solitude which coGquera aEs aall peace;
or, worse, If possible, that paa.re wbich
hangs like black and heavy tAaH over
Hungary, ireland, Poland, Ghha i. will be
the duty of the Democrats paEsy, With
determined frmnesg and faAriessneas, to
interpose such constitutional and legal
opposition, through the piaaa, and Ia pub.
lie assem- 2iy, as may be just ard sEkessnt,
till either the President shall De iApaIled
to change both his Cabinst and shs meas
uras to which they may have advised him,
or the people, peaceablY through Ehel bal
lot, shall be enabled to secure Esacihcatiou
and Union BY ehangaof aalaaaissration
and policies. | say ehaHge, f1a part OF
la whole, Of tba GshiHaf. ia haigansa of
tho election; because, remembering the
circumstances under whiah the dfBee fell
TO the President. his advises, sfEha Min.
istry," are rather to be held responsible
than himself. H#. ~ 4
AS to the hitherto Yezed question Of
slavery, allow ms to say for myself that
from the very frat to ths last. With con
sissency and persistence, | oppeaed ali az.
itaticn Of the subject; not f0r sbs sake of
the iustitution-.L repeat IL, net feE the
sake Of the institution. bas because bad
been taught BIZ the Fathsss to believe,
and did truly believE. thai it could end
only in civil war asd di$union, temporal
or eternal. Whether right or wrong, let
the history Of the last fear years decide.
The price has now been weighed oat and
ia part paid. A heavy score yet remains.
But | will not essay to reckon up and ad-
just the appalling aecdunts of debs and
taxation; or suffering, crime and blood ia
the past or to come. Agaia | accept the
fats, rejoieed, indeed, il under the new
order OF things, We and oar children may
enjoy the same measure 0f private hap
piness and public prosperity which Was
permitted to US and our fathers ua1 der the
Old Union, "part slave, snd part free. +"
And noE il without slasesv, reunion and
q paci6cation real, sincere, aad lasting,
together With welfare and security to tha
people of all the States, can b. made sure,
let slavery utterly perish. But in no event
let tho question stand any longer Ia the
way, / still would prefer the Union, the
Federal Union, the Old Union res, sEthe
Union as il vas, unitr the Constitution
as it is"-to oi'her slavery or the aboli.
lion Of slavery. Fanatics at home, and
envious, supplanting Statesmen abroad,
may not be able or willing to con- prehend
this conviction; every true and liberal
minded AmerieanTatriut wlas F
The fasaI mistake Of The Soush-ksr
"blunder," which false morality pro-
nounces worse than eriFaIs, was ia iE-
noriug the great Amcxiqa1 idea Of oha
country-not an impassa, Hot preeept.
not aS&nsEe aspiration of nhk3oaal vanity.
but conan Indment wrslaea BY she digger
Of God upon the rivers and mnantaina,
and the whole face of She land, and graI-
ven thence upon the bstEts u the people
1t was this, not anti slaFery, 3Aibh leld
the border slaye States ia the unson. and
aztirrsd, for good or evil, the v hoJa North
and West to such exgFtions Of military,
navul and fnanc.ai fovsa as uasur bcfore
was put forth ty any nasiang And 1t " rs
this grand and pervadinR aatb1ual sez,ti
ment, hedged by the stust5bn Of dcstiny.
which, according to the measure of nv
ability, undertook to eap9uad and las
tify In the House of Representatives ia
1853, and ty this liAt af areuntntutiah
to establish that the at9n ihrouEh rssAeh
vas inevitable. N1tbing bat tbs rioleuke
OF an intense courtHv rssSien, and the
terrible pressure Of esria war, eaai 4 have
surpassed, even for titua, llse Fs9wcf of
this sentiment among ths people OF the
South also, Had their Lenders forborna
to demand separation and distinct govern.
nenf, adhercing to the ol3 flag, and, With.
in the Union, undeg she Gonatitulioa.
firmly but justly, reqaired nrw guaran-
ties for cid rights betisved To be in ueriIt
tbey might not, indeed, hare had barren
and delaiing sympAtby freta subjects,
ani false hopes OF assistance from kings
aud emperors in Earepe, eager for the de-
cline and fall Of the American Republic;
bat they would have been cheere,l Ly The
cordial greeting and the actiya support Of
finally 80 overwhelming majority nj the
States and people of ska West and North.
Bat, when they established a permanent,
distinct Government. and took up arms
for Independence, they marked oas be-
tween them and 10 high wall and deep
ditch, no man, North or West, cou.l PASS
without the gniIs asii the penalties Of
treason. They xent l,eyond the teaching
of their esn grsatesl statesman OF she
past: for Mr.. Gashoua himaelf had de-
olared, In 1881, that Fsthe abnse OF pow
er, on the part Of the agent fibe Federal
Governmsnt), 10 the Injury of one or
more Of The saernbers tshe Stafesl, would