The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-08-18
FOR The Courier.
"shesl.Kark. Peeled.

iIUul tile ploilIiC pen VI SlIii'i'dth. NV
has. with mastery effort Of head and
hand" demonstrated clearly--in his own
miod--tbat the Republican purity is distin-
guished hv nothing but BLACK! at has
always entered the lists arrayed in black
mail, x an expression worthy its modest
author and worthy the cause he has mag
unanimously undertaken that Of seeking to
VIA place in the heart of that Democracy
which admits of nothing in its deyOtees, save
a blind submission TO everything that ema-
/ na.eS from their late apostle, John Calhoun.
The expression comes with an eyDeciat grace
from those who are seeking, by every means
in their power, to Roti0Ealizs slavery, and to
sectonalize freedom Who are they that
are endeayoring by all means in their power
to spread the hlackneSs of hummelshine,
~ and polygamy--all over our fair land? Is
it the Republican party? Arrayed in black
mail say you? had supposed that those
who are in the constant habit, at Washing
ton City, of robbiug those in the employ of
the government of part of their wages, for
the purpose of carrying out party schemes,
were the persons "arrayed in black mail"
Those, high in Office, who are squtndering
the peoples money, in trying to enforce laws
in the territories, abhorrent to the majority
of the inhabitants thereof, in my humble
opinion, are the persons engaged in this
"black MALI business.
We are very sorry indeed, that "Shcll-
Bark" has had the misfortune to have his
sensitive nerves shocked SO often and SO
long, by certain sounds that, doubtless, DO
CRATE harshlv upon his ears. Indeed, we
happen to be in possession of proof strong
as Holy writ" that CERTAIN sounds do pro-
duce such unpleasant effects upon the minds
of certain amiahle gentlemen, as to cause
them to become very nervous, and utter ex-
carnations that convey strong evidence OF
their having received a wound in a very ten
der place. wide Joe Streets gentlemanly
department towards Kirkwcod.)
In the language that "Shell Bark" has
such fancy for indulging, we can say of
Street:
4" He is a soldier, fit to stand by Cesar
And give direction: and do but see his vice,
lis to his virtue a just equinox,
The one as long as the other; tits pity OF him. ="
1t seems as though "Shell Bark" and his
co-laborers, would like to have Kansas :"
matters entirely forgotten; and, also, to
hear less "hypocritical cant about slavery"
AS lar as an informed, the democratic par
ty is the only party that is keeping up the
eternal cry of niggers, MGGERs! Why did
the great Augustus say at Oskaloosa b" that
the African Slave-trade was ci0ilisiag
christianiaing institution, rendering the
poor a. friean a fit subject for Heaoen!" Is
this sentiment hypocriucal, or in good faith
Does the democratic party endorse it?
If they do, why not be as honest as Mr.
Fowler, and say So Now, gentlemen, make
a clean breast of the NATTER and tell US
whether or not you believe the institution OF
slavery to be ordained of God? If it is, are
you not under obligations as christian be-
levers, to exert all your ''ransomed powers"
in spreading the sable curtain everywhere !?
If you believe in obeying the commands of
your God, in preference to the commands of
men, you must be consistent and use every
possible means within your reach to assist
in bringing every black son of Africa from
the sunny clinics Of his native country, and
place him in eternal bondage, where he can
enjoy all the inestimable blessings of the cot
ton field and rice plantation, as long as God
or his master sees fit to let him live; and,
when he ''shufiies off this mortal coil" 90
straight to everlasting rest in Abraham's bo-
som, where he can join his earthly master in
singing the beauties of Christian .Slacery
throughout endless ages of eternity!
This certainly would be ''consummation
most deyoutly to be wished" A consum-
nation which every christian minister in
this christian land, should preach and pray
for. Why not? would not the end Justify
the means? If the great object of preach
ing is to save souls, we certainly think it
would. viii not our ministers wake up to a
long forgotten duty, turn Democrats, and at
once enter upon this labor of love and hu-
mainly?
But, this fell destroyer of Republicansm,
this new apostle of the Slavocratic faith, has
made great discovery. He says, "why
don't the Republicans attack the Constitu-
ton Of the United States openly instead of
coyertly9 Why not have the courage to
own that which their actions SO plainly tell
that al heart they are rabid abolitlonists p
Ii this is not cool, downright impertinence,
do not know what to call it. A man of
sense, in this enlightened day and age of the
world, to stand up in the face CT truth and
justice, and say that the Republican party
are disunionists, certainly requires more fool
ish hardihood, more impudence, a greater
loss of all sense of honor, than supposed
could be presumed to exist in the head or
heart of any man, no matter how thoroughly
he had become welded to his fatal delusions
"Ephraim is joine' to his idols, let him
alone" Ssloh. l presume that "Shel
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