Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1866-01-04

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lai b a6s nritssn b Mrs. Dawxlxa. II
Fnsinia, II The request d friends. We
knss ssthlng of shs history Of sass so-
bls woman, bat judging hss from The
nobis seasimsnts and soaeAing sppesls
n&te n the petition, che must b. oaa oil
ths besi Of Women and Ia worth more 10
Iihe nation and shs world, than q thor
Iaasd she representatives Of shoddy, who
paFros like, ara eontinually shoating--
Isshang Jef. Dsvis.n Les every woman
OF sense read the petition aud 80 hope
asery man Of seasa sill also read Ii, Tor
it presents 10 q thinking mind many
things for serious consideration sud calm
reflection. 10 this country where our
motto is For Popusi Rox Dei-ean a
MAJ be deserving Of imprisonment end
death. for hscoming the representative Of
the will and wishes al eighs millions Of
freemenS
To Has ErcslFeney Aadress Johnson,
President ef ths United 81 4tsG
We, she undersigned, acting on the
part Of the wemen of your rxeelIeacy's
native eiiy, add aetuatcd by the spiri.
which animateg che wsmen Of the entire
South, most respectfully beg leave 70
pTesent TO your exeelleney our petition.
This is In behalf of Jefferson Davis,
lately invested with all tbs prercgalises
II a position similar to The ore in which
-FOUR excsaleney, BY the direct intsrposi
ltion Of the hand az God, has been placed,
lDow eaptlve fanguishiag in prison.
wheshsr that PRISON be che just doom OF
him who Is suffering from It's efferts il
NOT question TO be argued by Us. II il
be conceded that ,he man he l. ihe repre-
sentative Of. people must suffer tbs com
sequences Of saeh representation, Ehen
the decree which consigned NJ. Davis 10
imprisonment in land which has hithnr-
70 been the wssld's synonyra Tor freedom
vas the most proper one, and be Is nm
d1eoing only 6tting expjation for tbs
offended majesty Of the law, But hw~ne
not suffered it sufficiently longs1s y
impossible for iastice To Is SempeFea
With mercys VIII not the sresoaFees o.
your exceliency's mind 5estse some means
bv whieh their aasageGism may be re-
moved?
| Ii not America sufficiently Rloriersi
has shs nat been proved sufbuientEy great
70 aIlow her 10 rise superior 70 the petty
conventional codes of smaller nations,
and exhibit to the weTll at oBce her
pawer and her magnauimity, By extend
ling fres pradon 10 one who, though ne
Imav have erred xras iousiy sEainss her,
| IA eiiIl her child and still loves heE?--
will not vour cxceIiency be AmeFica's
agent il this NATTER viii you not, at
The embodimeut Of her strength and
greatness, ungoose The bonds Of The pa
sisns sufferer. who has so meekiy and un-
eomplainirgiy seen the spring blossom
iato GUNNER and suraner fade into al.
tumn- seen il through tka prison bsrsY
Will you not release him before The
dreary winter comes, bringing with 1t 20
much OF material discomfort 10 bis grail
and delicate body, and what il far worse
than the most AGATE physical suffering,
The wfutry ehiikof hope deferred TO bis
soul which pines for freedom? Gsve bim
back, we empiore yoa, 20 the women OF
she Sosih. lie is ours and Ne love him!
We bound up our hearts and souls in
him and the cause whieh be once repre-
scented. God has SEGA &c 10 permit that
eause 10 be lost forever, and We bow to
His decree. Ia all tie broad South there
Is no one % mad rs 10 cherith hng- 'hat
| Mr.. Davis MAJ, in Any WE e'.hnees-.
ed with fusare c0us<~'asni whh What eur
wishea wsye N hrs be vas invested wNh
The dignG which has proved 80 fatal to
him. SO such thought has an exisienes;
&C. hs4 no future, and All our hepea in
him were connected wholly With the past
and are dead forever.
But we would be less than women il
we forsook bin With whom thu cause
which we loved and have less Was identi
fed. and, women like. We cling to him ali
the more closely because be Is suffering
and stands in need Of our sympathy.
The sweetest and haiiest season Of the
year is fast approaching, bringing to hu-
man r. membranes film who on ~. the
prison. doors Of the eucBaiaed fkxserse
and gave freedom to q rausomed World.
VIII not your exeslleney mark the
Christmas Of 1865, year which has wit
messed the reunion Of glorious cauafry
and made you its eLlef magistrate, by
Giving As 8 Chrisfmas- gift, to the women
OF The South, she freedom ut Jefferson
Davis7
Lisssn, We implorc your exeellency, 10
our PLEADING; give as the boen We ask,
not 60 much beeaa.e you NAV consider
the gifs right in itself, bat because there
10 no wrong in IL; and because 80 want
II 70 nuch, and beg for II enasnsstiy.
6iye hack Mr.. DaviAtn bis own little
children; giFs him back TO us. whe once
stood in thai reisfioa toward him. Do
nof. we beg you, permit death to Rniiei-
pate you and give 10 biz sorelY tried spir-
il The freedom which Il is now in the
power OF your exeellensy TO bestow; and
by bis release make for yourself home
in every Southern wpmHu's heart; cause
your name to ring With praises in every
Southern woman's mouth, and go up to
God, night and maTaihg, with every
Southern ,woman's prayers, loaded witb
ble4ai ngs and shielded by petitions fer
your long life and felicity
Give Us back Jefferson Dasis, and by
90 giving 10 yeur own right, do shat, A.
your excsiienuy Is very veil aware, has
nrrpr vet been done, CONQUER The women