The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-01-12
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| No oouol ~ h'a "ee'i 'iio
book called the 'Tmpending Crisis of the
Soulful not, thee surely have heard Of
it; for our Congressman as yet, have talked
about little else.
As the Book has been made the occasion
of bringing our National legislation to a dead
lock and as Mr. Clark as leader, and many
prominent men in conjunction with him,
have charged, that the book advises the slaves
to"rise, Gu tn If masters Threats and burn
their dwellings," thee may be sure felt
quite anxious to know if Horace Greeley
Cassus M. Clay, AMI manv others of the
best men in our country, hal actuallv recon-
men led such doctrines to the public favor
They certainly praised the book, and advised
Is all to buy and read it; but was murder,
robbery and arson counseled in it ..
The Crisis lately came into this neigh
borhood, and lost no time i'm getting sight
oft think have carefully read it /; bear
iny constantly in mind the murder and arson
charges; and marked every passage which
has the slightest tinge ofviolence in it. The
messages will be found or pages Is, 1G, So,
~, 81, So, 65, Is. Sc, 129, and Oh will
/ transcribe a few ofthose references, selecting
only those co,,ched in the strongest language,
and then both thee and thy readers will see
what magnificent mares nest Mr.. Clark and
his friends have discovered ;--On page 33,
Mr. Helper says, "ere long, mark orr words
there will ascend from Delaware, Texas, and
all the intermediate States, huzza for free
dom and for equal rights, that will utterly
confound the friends Of despotism; set at de-
fiance the authority of usurpers, and carry
propagandist" on page, 43, he says,
"Do not reserve the strength of your arms
until you shall have been rendered powcrless
to strike; the present is the time for action
apathy or Indifference is crime'-page 2 4
he says: 'if the slave Oligarchs do not quiet.
ly submit to the will of constitutional ma
iority of the people, as expressed at the ballot
box, the first battle between Freedom and
Slavery will he fought at homeland may
God defend the Right" r.#
Now Friend COURIER, what dost thou make
Of these quotations war with deadly weap-
ons ?.-most assuredly mott is just tn,
very form of speech used by thee and by all
journalists during an election campaign may
! further. thee and thy Brethren of the types,
talk even more warlke-the frank and file''
-''horse, foot and artillery" are hackneyed
expressions in the litorial Corps. "Shoot
the deserterS," means, turn him ont of @ flee
if he doubts the Political orthodoxy of Pro.
Slavery and when out, his 'head' is said
they are figurative expressions, Of course
and it is strange indeed if Mr.. Helper may
not touch the putril carcass of slavery, in
the ordinary language of his own country.
The careful reader will observe that when
Mr.. Helper comes to propose his plan fol
getting rid Of Slavery, his language is toe
clear to be misunderstood or perverted. He
proposes, LIST, Thorough organization, and
independent Political action the part OF
the non-slaveholdng whites of the South.
2nd, Ineligability Of pro-slavery slavehold-
ers. Never another vote to any one who
advocates the retention and perpetuation OF
Human Slavery. Sd, No cooperation with
pro-slavery polticians--No Fellowship with
them in religion-No Affiliation win them
in Society.
4th, No patronage to po-slavery Mer
chants-no guestship in slsve,walting Hotels
no fees to Pro-slavc,y Lawyers-no EN-
ployment to Pro slavery 'Physicians-no au-
dience to Pro-slavery Parsons.
9Th, No more ming of slaves by nom
shareholders ..
9Th Abrapt dis-continuance of Pro-slave-
nv Newspapers. 9TH, The greatest possible
| enco,,agement to Free white labor.
Let this plan, or one embodying its prin-
cipal features be adopted forthwith; and the
last wal of Slavery will soon be heard, grow
irs fainter and fainter, till it dies utterly
away; tobesucceeded by the jubilant shouts
of emancipated millions"
We here see that Mr.. Helper drops his
fgurative form of speech, and uses that only
ofa.strict business kind Here we have his
"pan" for abolishing Savery-tis not the
cannons roar, the muskets rattle, or the
Sabre's clash--tis not midnight murder,
woman's shrieks, or homes in flames-tis
nothing of all this but it is the peaceful and
the constitutional mode of ef,cting Politi-
cal regeneratIon-a clash of iatelects and Of
ballots Polls the battle ground.
This "plan," and Mr. Helpers accompany
ing remarks, furnishes the true key to all the
passages about which such clamor has been
raised The only passage which refers to
actual war, to deadly conflicts, is that found
on page pa AMI to that expression every
lover ofour country will Civ. loud AMEN
and may God defend thu right.
Now will thee and thy readers just turn
moment with me, to Mr.. Clark and his
associates. He and they, have charged be-
fore this whole Nation and the world, that
the "Impending Crisis advises the slaves
! to 'srse, cut their masters threats, and burn
their property" How wilt thou, and how
will thy readers be astonished to learn that,
between the covers of that Book, there is
not one ,oord addressed to slaves, nor even