Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1866-08-30

ling together voluntarily and sitting in
council, with ideas, Eth pgisciples and
views, commensurate with all the States,
and co extensive With The whole people,
fsnd contrast IL sish the coIlecsion of
gsntlszaep who arstrsisg TO destroy the
Ieeuntiys regard ss ~ mere Important
than ony c,nventioa shAz has sat at least
since 1877. lLoud cheers. think
may say also, thaa tbs declarations that
were there made are equal 70 she ieelar.
alton Of independence itself, and here to.
day ! pronounce It q sasond declaration
af iadepehdeace. fCriss Of . Glorious, -
and most enthusiastic and prolonged p
ipiaase.l Your address and declarations
are nothing more nor lsss than rsalEr-
natien Of lha sanstisalion OF gha United
ISssles. ICsias d kgoaa, aai sssssrs. II
Yes, | aiIi gp furshsFs and say that The
declarasion you have made, that the
principles yoa hays sasneiated in your
address, are seesnd szaaaoipasisn proc.
lamaliea to the PEOPLE Of the United
States.
For In psoeaaiming aaa re proclaim.
Ing sssss grcas sEatas, yoa hasa laid
down o1nstiEasional platform apon
which all eaninake tbmnon qansa, and
stand together for che restoration Of tbs
states aHd tbs preservR93en Of 1ha gov.
ernment Hishoas refereaee 70 party, The
only question is ths saivasisn of the
country, for our eoaatfy rises
above all patty epnsideratiens
or Influences. [Criss Of ssgood" tha
chsers.I Now many thsrn aaa fa the Uni
ted States that nov reqairs 10 b. free,
that hare the shaeksss spoA saeir limbs,
and are bound as Eigtllf y though they
we're in fact in slaTsa Irfpsat, then,
THAI your deelarasiaa ia The aeeend proe-
Iamatian to tbs pa2Fis al The ualted
States, ani ofsrs sflnmOh ground up N
whish all patriots tts staal.
Mr. Chairman and geBtleHcn, let me,
in this connection, ask yoa What can
Wish more thsn she advancement Of the
public welfare | an sa mues opposed
to The indulgence Of sgoslsn a. any one,
but here, in eeaFeTsationaI aannsr,
whils formally reeslEipg the proceedings
4
Of this eonVentien. I may be pernitsed
70 ask you what hass 10 gaia In human
ambition more than hare gained? My
rase is rearly run. / bars been placed
ia the high sfiea which ! occupy ander
the constitution, and may say hare
bel | almost every Peaiaas from the low
est to the highest, waieh . nan may AZ
tain in yoaE govsrnmset. ! AaiYs passed
through every posisiRa from aldeEman Of
i village to the prssi zancg, aaa surely,
gentlemen, this shou be enough so sat
isfy d reasonable ambition. Ii wanted
Office, or wished 70 reFpesaase my oRn
power, how easy il woaila have been to
WELD and hold that wAseh vas placed IN
ny hands by the zn8asare called the
, freedmen's bureau. daughter and ap-
tplause.l With an array which it placed
at my disCi etlon, s9ald hAve rsmained
At the capital Of The united States, and
With its City OF sixty millioss Of appro.
priations at my disposal, VITA the ma.
ehinery to be worked by ny can hands,
with my satEaps and depeadants in every
town aud village, and then wish the cig.
il rights bill following As an auxiliary,
Il [iaughterl in eounectian With all the 9th.
er appliances Of lhe government, coulG
j hare proclaimed myself dictator. (Criet
lof "shat's trus,n and sthres cheers fol
the presidens.''l Bus, gentlemen, M
pride and my ambition has been 60 occa-
, Ipy thai position Hhieh retains sll pewsl
ID the hands Of the people. Isfis upon
J that hare alwaya rslied Il ID upoE
that reg Hsw, "a voscs--4sAai th,
. people vail aos aisappsfss you. y and
repeat, that neither the saaass nor th,
;asYs N flon0rs.. ma, os ! sa,.asa..;n,
nrs.. ean s,iys us fro.. az &c. 7
Taeknowls,oaI 40 ,,r,,svisr srssv,I n,
God--ths author of aay existence ant
! the people Of shs uniasA States. TPFo.
i lenged and euthasiasfhs uhesxiag.l Hsl
.Aa 90 trv "a ohav Iii r. 60. III
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