Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1867-10-31
Demonstrated ]
Council BiuiIs siandsrsd by Her
Own Citizens.

should be slaadsssd and Hisrepsssentsd
By her ewn citizens, but ssass has
made 10 common. especially 50 just af-
| ssr oar annual elections. A little over
year age the Dys noines Register wss
the recipient OF The following choice,
saasse, laadasory epissle, iron ons Of
0ar oar eitizsns, known n the tsx:pay.
sss Of sSs eounsy from lately having eu
gsged in the Chrissian, hamans and Toy
al effort TO Eentse tbs people OF this
county Of lhe small sun OF s5S 600;
especial to the State Register.
t'ouncIl Bluffs, Oct. 10, 1869.
Kane township oaas eighs hhudred aud
GhFes votes ia all. Tee huadied in.
crease. mostly rebels from the South
Dodge has tfty one majority. CoGnty
close.
sillls reported twenty for Dodge.
Gees eighty. ikeaty rebel vote up and
sown The Missouri river, mostIy Mfssoa-
ri refugees and Irish On the r4ilroad
O. BALDWIN"
| We believe this was the FIRST eristls
from lho hefiy friend Of coupeiI Blufs.
Tbs Bext favor wiih which The Register
is favor d on the same subject, but much
more elaborate, commences as folloWss
sCorgssyOud~hes q State Register.
Council Bluffs, Oct, Ia, 1867.
Since my last communication another
of those anuaai contests at the polls,
which aetermiSs the complexion Of our
government for the eomipg year has
passed. Toh alreasy doubtless know
the result in PostaEsttamie county, and
feel, with us, THAI II 10 disgrace 20 40
enlightened people. and horrid mocksry
of the i'parity OF the ballot boa, ;" about
which Americans are go scat to boast.
Altar mourning ever the eruciExion
Of Mauhood Suffrage, Negro Suffrage,
and the Maine Law candidates for ths
Senate and House, the writer goes on to
state that at least one hundred III gal
votes we're pOiled In Council Bluffs By
voters being brought from Omaha, aud
The Sioux City brsnes CT The u. r. R.R.
OF the s03 votes pollcd in this preeihes
last fall, G.. BalWia says the Increase
vas mostly rebels fsou the South. This
fall ~e polled over HOO vOses, and the
Increase 10 attributed to Imported votes.
eAnd tbss II ia that L. w. Bahbiss will
misrEpres<at Pottawatta@ie county in
THE 18th General Assembly, and that men
CT like ilk wiIl 6Il The eoanty ofhees, -
isays the correspondent Of The Rogister.
We are perfectly aware that, duripg the
var, Ehsn car city was ia The hands and
undsr shs consssNsf ran,ipg, cantipg,
whinings loyal, lying, hypocrisieal pa
sri1ts, united and banded together BY Sc,
cret osths, and the cohesive power ei
plunisrs cur city did not incrsas in
population or voters, while Omaba and
Nebraska City increased sheir popaIatien
several thousands. But Omaha and Ne.
bFaska City we're not being ran BY
jaFk lantern, midnight oonspirators,
cohgrcgatiDg 10 secret places, known as
Loyal Leakuers nor did they have q
C. Baldwin TO proclaim that tbs mae whc
did net endorse Lincoln aud his iisaE.
ion and dsstruetiou policies, chad sc
riahf tn lea ip tha shnnt% y n. q -
ha has fallen from her high sxtats, her
days OF prosperity are numbered, Shs
is naH under the eontrol of riggsrs and
their loyal albino elliss, which is more
than any young city can bear ard pros
per. When Loyalty took eharge Of Ger
eity aad county cur taxes we're about sDs
aud bali per cent, baE the loyal lar
Eceniss peTpstratei during the dark days
for Council B.uffs have increased them
70 nearly fsur per cent. People thinking
Of Eakiug Coapcil Bluffs their home
must not be deferred from SO dong By
reason Of this tbicyipg taxation. Nor
must they believe The loyal Caleb when
ne claims that SO have 10 in crease 10
our population, and drpFecaias slie pssa-
encs ia cor midst Of iussourians, rebs!s
and Irish. Caleb may laugh, grow fat, and
feel slieksyi4h ossr the robheries perpe-
tFated 70 support the Freedmen's Bnrean,
military despstism. and the enforceme ems
Of negro suffrage, bat IL ia these things
We differ from him, aud would not drive
people out Of the county who differ
Eith as either Ia politics or religion,
re can assure him that il IL nos that we
lore the negro less, bat the citizenship
of Aissourians, Irish and rebels more
ltmay be veil enough to give somo ex-
case fer radical defeats, bat our own
citizens should act send broadcast statc-
menss detrimental to Council Bluff, 60.
psciailJ when they are nos true.
We can assure car friend. abroad that
Council Binfa Is On The high read 10
prosperity, and ~ the last election ex-
pressed her determination to ''make
stealing odioas,' which will reduce orr
taxatiSs, and wiil invite and give vel
come 20 ali who wish to make this the
home Of their choice. That Loyalty
which, during the war, shen the demand
was aos for manhood suffrage, bat man
hood suffering, ahd ths liss wss made
for victims 20 be drafted ihto the lottery
Of death, excused isself on the groasd
of Obesity, Or which later ssill 9Th
brawning hands and sbissing ingenuity
sosgAs 10 sxtort $3s 900 from thu tax.
payers OF thia soansy, shall not new or
hereafter slander the people Of this eoan.
|sy or sisy With lmpunisy. Thas Stone,
called Gsvernor. walsh sadiealiam did