The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-03-15
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nation and having the power shall not also have the
courage to remove, constitutionay, every Governor
whether he he the supreme or subordinate may please
;" no,an h.h;as sn, arc ,nJeed undar tyranny and
servitude, as wanting that power which is the
and source of all liberty to dispose of and economic
II" ."e Ian. ""'," oo" nav" soa s s"e ',ui,aao
without which natural ami essential power of free
nation, though bearing high their heads, they can,
III uue esteem De thought ''o pe''e' .i anu
inbor;,;nrro-a whose ,ov.,p,oao, ,b not iue,,
or intolerable hangs on them as lordly scourge, not
as free government"
The Republican party knows, as tire whole
country will ultimately come to understand;
that the noblest objects OF national life must
perish, if that life shall be lost, and, there
fore, it will accept the issue rendered. twill
take up the word Union, which others are SO
>, willing to renonnce, and combining 1T with
that other glorious thought Liberty. which
has been its inspiration so long, it vii! move
firmly onward, with the motto Inscribed on
its banner, "UNioN and EABERTY, come what
may, in victory as in defeat, in power as out
of power, now and for ever"
1.-THE Republican party maintain reunion
who and what party is to asSail it Only the
Democratic party, for there is no other VIII
the Democratic party take mp the assault
The menaccs Of diSunion are made, though
not III its name, yet in Its behalf. 1T must
avow or disavo" them. Its silence, thus Tar
is pnrtentous, but is not alarming. The ct
feet OF the intimidation, fsuccesSi''i' would
be to continue the rule Of the Democratic
party, though minority, by terror. 1t GER
tainly ought to need no more than this to
secure the success OF the Republican party
lf indeed, the time has come when the Demo
cratic party must rule by terror, instead o.
ruling through conceded pubic confluence
then it Is quite certain that 1t cannot be dis
missed from power too s"on RuIlng on thai
odious principle, 1t could not long save either
the Constitution or publc liberty: But
shall not believe, the Democratic party VII
consent to stand in this position, though II
does, through the acton Gifts representatives,
seem to cover and sustain those who threaten
disunion. know them now in their waning
strength. do not know possible dIsunlon-
list among them all. believe they will b"
as faithful to the Union now as they were in
the bygone days when their ranks were full,
and their challenge to the combat was always
the war-cry Of victory. Bat, if it shah prove
otherwise, then the world will all the sooner
know that every party in this country must
stand on Union ground; that the American
people will sustain no party that is not capa-
BILE of making sacrifice of its ambition on
the altar of the country; that although party
may have never so much OF prestige, AMI