The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-10-11

itself, said now is the work completc.
Good Good!
How much have been checre1 in this
long contest, by seeing that cnlv stolen, sur
reptitious advantag IS were gained bv slavery,
in the form of receipt and ,'dict' and laws on
the statute book, while the cause of free
dom brought in, first California next, New
Mexico. with her constitution claiming free
dom; next Kansas; next Minnesota; and
next Oregon; yoI may ali know. ifvou pos
| sibly remember the song Of iOv, MT 81 p1-
etic, but as full IF truth and hspTiness, rs
| the song Of Miriam, which then uttered.
declaring that that was the end and The vic
! tory was won. Loud applause The bat
| tie is ended and the victory is ours. Why
then, say they, why not withdraw from the
| field? For the simple reason that r the vic.
tor letires from the field. the vauquiShed
will then come back, and the battle w Il not
be won. Why should the victor withdraw.
and surrender all his conqnestS TO the con-
quered enemy: Why should he place the
enemy back upon the Fl Id, and withdraw his
legions into the far distance, to give him a
chance to re-cstajli,h the line that has been
! broken up?
| This Republican party will ROW complete
this great revolution. / know it will be
cause, in the fr~t place, it clearly perceives
/ lis duties 1t is unanimous upon this sub
iect We have had hesitation heretofor.
but the creed to which have already ad-
yerted, which issued from that Council
| Chamber now b fore me- announced the true
determination, and emholics that great. liv-
in-, national idea Of Freedom, with which 7
began KNOW that the Republican party
| will do it, because it finds the necessary for
ces in all the free States adequate. trrr t, to
| achieve success. aud has forces in reserve,
and increasing. in every Slave Stata in the
! Union, and only waiting until the suoc ,SS Of
the Republican party in the fee States will
be such "a TO warrant protection TO debate.
AMI free suffrage in the slave States. Tap.
plause. But above all, know it. because
| the Republican party has what is necessary
| in every revOiutIor-ch0sen the right line
Of policy. 1t is the policy oC peace and NOR
al sslasion; OF freedom and sufrqg,; the
| policy not of f,r,c, hut of reason. (qnpIausa)
| 1t returns kinlnesS for unkindncss: fervent
! increased loyalty for demonstrations Of dis
! loyalty; patience a. becomes the strong in
contention with the weak. (app'ausc.)
1t leaves the subject Of Slavery in the
slave States to the care and responsibility of
! the slave States alonc-iloul cheers 1-a',i-
/ ding by the Con >titution Of the country.
which makes the slave States on this subject
| sovereign g; AMI, trusting that the end can
not BE- wrong provided that it shall confine
! itself within it's legitimate line of duty. there
! by making freedom paramount in the Fed
eral Government, and making it the ;ntnrc It
Of every American citizen TO sustain It aS
such. | know that the Republican marty
will succeed in this, because it IS a positive
and an active party. 1t is the only party in
the country that is or can be positive in its
action. You have three other parties or
forms of parties, but each Of them without
the charactcris,i les ola party. You are to
choose. The citizen is to choose between
the Republic lean party and one Of these.
Try them now by their candidates Mr..
Lincoln represents the Republican party
Hearty applau, He represents party
which has determined that not one more
slave shall be imported from Africa, or trans
1 terred from any slave State, domestic or for
eign, and placed upon the common soil of
+ the United States. Cheers IL you elect
him, you know, and tn world knows what
| Won have got. Take the case Of Mr.. John
! Bel, an honorable man, kind man and a
!
man whom | respect, and in social inter
course quite rs much as everywhere else, as
| here where my word may be regarded as
| simply complimentary but what does Mr.
John Bell, and his constitutional Union
what is the name of his party? Constitu-
/ tional-Union, is it not? Laughter. -
What does Mr. Bsll and his Constitutional
| Union party propose on this question? He
proposes to ignore it altogether not to know
| that there is such a question. IF we can
suppose such thing possible as Mr.. Bells
election by the people, what then? He ig-
nored the question until the day of election
came, but it viii not stay ignored. Kansas
comes and asks or demands to be admitted
! into the Union. The Indian Territory, also.
south Of Kansas, must be vacated hv the
| Indians, and here at once the shareholders
present the question as they will also do in
the case Of New Mexico. 1t will not stay
| ignored. 1t will not rest. II cannot rest
| You have postponed the decision for four
years, and that's all Postponing does not
settle it. When defending lawsuits, have
{ seen times when thought won great ad
vantage by getting an adjournment. laugh
| ter, but always found nevertheless that it
was great deal better to be beaten in the
| first instance, and try it again, than to hang
my hopes upon an adjournment. Renewed
laughter and applause
| Take the other: Mr.. Breckenridge repre-
sents party that proposes policy the very
| opposite of ours. They propose to extend
| slavery and to use the Federal Government
to doit. Let us suppose him elected. VIII
that satisfy the Americas people: [crieS Of
"No, no,"1 VIII that settle the question /?
! No, no That is only what Mr.. Buchanan
has already done. Aud if should put a
vote to this audience, an sure should get
! no vote of confidenc, in Mr. Buchanan No,
! no, no That is Of course But il | were
| to go into Bell-and -Ev, rett National Union
/ party meeting, as vast as this, and ask for a
| vote of confidence of James Buchanan, thev
would say No, just as emphatically as You
| do. In the demonstration for Mr.. Douglas,
which is to be made here day after 20 morrow
| i shall not be here, and would not have
the right to appear if were--but any of YOU
! have the right by their leave and you ought
not to do il without, to offer and put to vote
a resolution Of confidence in James Buchan
an. and you would get precisely the same
negative response that you get here, only a
little louder. Applause aud laugnter. =
Then the people are not going to elect Mr..
Breckenridge, because ne proposes to follow
in the footsteps Of Mr.. Buchanan, who is re-
ljected. Grant, however, that owing 10 some
strange misapprehenSion, or some strange
combination, they may obtain all they hope,
and indirectly, if not directly, make Mr..
Breckinridge President. Suppose that Mr..
Breekinrilge is elected Does that settle the
question in favor of slavery? Then you win
have the combination, not only of the Re.