Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-10

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So Fs1as
II has been the pride and boast of
the peopls of this eoanlsy thai the
people rule. That while parties are
organized and the numbers act In
concert, that 30 sOoa - they are
fsaand 20 be corrupt, OF led by
corrupt ana unprincipleti leaders,
that the masses viii break
up the osganlnti0a - Burn
new party that viii carry ost prin-
eaples that operate for the good OF
the whole. This we say WIS the
course In times gone by that was
pursued by the various parties In
this country I; but 1t would seem
from the adherence OF the MASSES 10
the corrupt leaders of the Radical
party, that the people have forgotten
their own interest and a.e willing
for the sake ofparty 10 follow their
le.siers, thougsl the path leadeth to
destruction. They will not listen To
ree.-n or argument, but bilndly fol-
low those that make use OF the par
rot cry loyal" though their acts
prove that they are anything else
but loyal TO the constitution and iaws
OF the country, or to the interests OF
the people. liza Democrat raises his
voice against fhe evils aud eorrup-
tions practiced by the Radical lead
ers, however transparent and forth.
with those leaders viii howl ''sore-
head, disloyal," and the rank and
file viii chime in with the howl
without stopping to investigate the
charge, or seeing it's truth, and adj
mittlng its injustice and tendency to
over ride their rights, interests and
! liberties, will for the sake of party
rush blindIy on to destruction. The
masses follow their leaders who rare
| Iy attempt to answer the charges
that are brought against them, or
offer any excuse for their wrong do
| ing. They consider 1t sufficient to
brand the man who preiers charges
against them rs ''eopperhead aud
fault-dntier," and the masses shut
their eyes and mutter amen and let
the swindle and fraud go on. When
the Democracy points TO the great
fraud of squandering three hundred
millions year of the peoples money
which has been wruag from them
by means ofevery kind Of taxes, dir
rect and indirect, that the ingenuity
of the heartless and dishonest
party leaders ecGld invent, II the
leaders only raise the howl ''dissoyai"
tie MASSES regard that as an excuse
for the stealing, and let the plumber
go on. There is an alarming apathy
on the part of the people, and 1t
would seem that their minds have
becoTne So familiar with frauds. aba
ses and downright stealing, that no
abuse, however great, and that nc
crime or usurpation Of their rights
and Liberties can awake them from
their slumber. 1t appears as If they
cannoe, or will not see that five hun
dred million dollars drawn annually
from the labor and industry of the
country must eliminate in general
bankruptcy and ruin, or seeing the
impending danger, like the raging
maniac stand bravely up before GER
tain death and destruction. VIII
the people neveE,wake up to the dan,
got that is nov surrounding them
they have been warned by the De
mocraey OF the danger of comforting
: another lease of power upon the rad
ical party, but they Needed not this
warnings. The radicals are contin
ued in power, and they are now pre-
pairing TO bond the national debt, IL
order to get rid of the greenbaek 10
sue, and they viii do it. II thep PEG
, pie wake up to their interests ate
that act of inGlmy Is consummated
there will then be another and NOR
i fearful issue than the one Just deci
ded, as the radicals say, against tn
! payment Of the Bonds Ia greenbacks
That issue will be REPUTATION
and when reaction takes place i
/ the public mind, If they find a deb
> of three or four thousand million
E fastened upon them to be paid !
D gold, population Of the entire def
> will be the result. This viii be tn
case If the radicals dare to carry OF
G heir proposition TO bond the nations
debt and make 1t payable In golt
:. Let the bondholle lake warning
4 for W. believe the people will wax
h up and that party will not alwas
rule.
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