The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-09-18

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but much more can be done by the crushing
power of public opinion, branding as infa
nous, socially and politically, disloyalty
whenever and wherever encountered. Ap
plausel These men are, morally, at least
guilty Of the death Of those who fill in de
fense of the Goysrnment, just as much, as j
they had met them upon the battle field with
the. deadly weapons Of war, In your rail
road cars, upon your steamboats,, in yo,ll
thoroughfares, in every business and socia
circle, disloyalty should be branded and
blasted as leprous and loathsome thing
[Great applause And therefore, my friends,
when you see these men, be itupon Change,
or be It in the social circle, and they offer
you their hands, look well to them, for il
you have the eyes that ! have you will see
that they are red with the blood of brave
men, your kindred it may be, who have per-
ishcd, and vho are perishing still on the
battle -feld-turn away from them in dis,
gust and indignation. sqs ris Fos4 =
o Fellow citizens, know there are some,
for it is true, who do sincerely believe that
this Republic question Of public honor
out of question, out of view-that this Re-
public could be separated, that peace could
be patched up, and that the two Governments
thereafter could i've on prosperously, peace
ably as before. No more false or fatal tho't
ever crept, serpent like, into an American
bosom. [Great cheering You might as
well tell me that the boat which has been
turned adrift above the cataract Of Niagara
will have tranquil voyage. [Cheers. Ifyon
will 60 and stand, as many of US have done,
amid the ruins of crumbling empires in the
old world-ask them, they viii all tell you
it is delusion if you win 60 into the cetn-
etery of nations, and hold your ear to the
sepulchre Of those young and generous and
high spirited nations that have perished
through the convulsions of civil strife, they
will answer in accents of broken-hearted.
ness, it is delusion. And if you will not
listen to the voices Of the past, go into Mex
leo and South America, and ask the inhab-
tants Of those bright lands, blessed with
climate the best of earth, and occupyinga soil
of exhaustess fertility, and living amid lakes,
rivers, and mountains Of grandeur and in
spiration-they will lift u2 their bowed
heads, amid Generalization, poverty, and
dishonor, and they will tell you it is delu-
sion. [Cheers.l
citizens, I rejoice to believe-nay
know-that the spirit of loyalty at this time
dwells richly and abundantly in the popular
heart of the North and West. But do be-
seech you, you who have deep stake in the
present and in the future of our country
you men Of culture and Of fortune, and Of
moral power, do inplore you, by all means
possible add yet to the power and ferver of
that loyalty. If it grows cool amid the cal
culations of avarice, or craven under the
discouragements of defeat, our country will
be overcome. What we now need is pat
riotism that will abide the ordeal of fire, a
patriotism that is purged Of all selfshness,
and from all fear, which is heroic and ex-
haustless; which vows with every throb of
life, with every pulse, that it will rally-if
stricken down it win rise again, and that
under the pressure of no circumstances of
defeat, of sorrow, or of suffering shall the
national flag be abandoned, or the honor of
the country compromised Enthusiastic ap-
plause.] What we need is a patriotism
which rises fully to the comprehension of
the actual and the awful perils in which our
institutions are placed, and which is willing
to devote every power Of body and mind and
fortune to their delivsrance. lCheers.) A
patriotism which, obliterating all party lines
-[cheers long continued, andrepeated again
and again, breaking forth in a loud hurrahl
"a patriotism which obliterating all party
lines and entombing all party issues, says to
the President of the United States: Here
are our lives and our estates use them free
| " use them boldly, bat use them success
fully. For, looking upon the graves Of our
fathers and upon the cradles of our children,
we have swor n that though all things else
should perish, this country and this Union
shall live. [Great cheering, the assembly
rising to their feet and waving hats and
handkerchiefs.] It is such q patriotism as
this, and such only, that viii conduct you to
victory. And I rejoice to believe that this
spirit has been everywhere awakened thro'
out the loyal States. The capitalists have
come nobly forward [chcers,l and risking all,
have exhibited a grandeur of devotion to the
country which. while it will astonish the
people of Europe, has inspired the gratitude
and the admiration Of every true American
heart. [Cheers.l All honor to them! They
have proved that if there is much gold il
Wall street, there is much patriotism there
] [Cheers.l Not a Summer patriotism, which
fourishes amid The poeans Of victory, but .
patriotism which struggles, and suffers, ane
is prepared to put all things to hazard. ever
in tie Winter Of national adversely, and il
the hour Of national defeat Cheers.l Un
less this country can thus feel The sun Of he
national life, which is now obscured, may
yet go down forever, amid storms and dark
ness--if all our great material interests ar
crushed to earth by the shallow which i
passing over that sun, what would be on
condition il that shadow should deepen int
the night Of permanent defeat? Is ther
nothing to live for But the gains Of commerce