The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-11-17
The NEW-YORk TRIBUNE,

The TRrBuSr-now more than eighteen years old,
and having over Two Hundred Thousand subscribers.
and Territory Of our Union-will continue in
what has beeu--the ear nest champion OF Liberty
knowledge, and Prosperity. II viii continue to nrge
the aucpation not only of the Black laborer from
chat esm and egai impoten but OF the White like
wise from Land Monopoly, Intemperance, Ignorance
and that dependence on remote Markets which par
alyzes exeron by denying to Toll any adequate and
morally certain reward Believing that the chief evil
Of our time Is the inofdnate multiplication and dis
proportion Of Non-Producers II will continue TO war
against whatever tends to degrade Manual Labor or
deprive II of its just and full recompense will In
Hexibly commend the policy Of winning hither from
needed the Artisans as WE'LL for whose products
country Is now running recklessly into debt, while
our l,borers roam in fruitless quest Of employment
leaving their children In want Of bread though the
farmer often compelled to sell his crops at most
inadequate prices. In short, while battling against
Fillibusterm and every other o. that
evil spirit which seeks through the spoliation of other
countries that ACKNOWLEDGMENT which Is to be truly
attained only through the due development and cu.
sa ., the
Freedom Of the Public Lands, the construction Of
Railroad from the navgabe waters OF the Mississippi
seems 30 calculated to enhance the dignity the
recompense Of Labor and promote the wellbeing Of
Mankind. -, E 1855 EIH eE9i
Right, Inertia and Progress, Slavery and freedor,,
moves steadily onward Isolated acts Of folly and
madness may for the mo.pent give seernisg advan-
tage Wrong but God still reigns, and the Ages are
true to Humanit and Right The year 1860 must wit
ness memorable conflict between these irreconcil-
able anita gonists. The question-'Shall Human Sav-
ery he further strengthened and d6Ised hy the power
and under the flag Of the Federal Union?" lie now to
receive amomentous II not conclusive answer. Land
for the Lapdless. Negroes for the Negrolessis
the bat,e.cry Of the embodied Millions who having
inst swept Pennsylvania Ohio, and the North-Wes',
appear in the new Congress, backed by nearly ever
Free State. to demand recognition OF every mans
right to cultivate aud improve a modicum OF the
earth surface wherever he has not been anticipated
by the States cession to another. Free Homes and
the conservation OF the virgin soil othe Tcrritoresto
Free Lahor---two requirements, but nne pncy-musf
ensuing session, as of the People in the succeeding
Presidential canvass: and, whatever the immediate
issue doubt that the ultimate verdict will
he in accord at with the dictates Of impartial
Philanthropy and the inalienable Rights Of Man.
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