The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-03-20
The Nashville Democrat on
Jeff. Davis.

God is just. His vengeance, though slow,
is sure to meet you! "The sword and the
torch Madnan, if hal thee on ship board
| thy neck sho1ld know the strength Of an
| eighteen thread ratlin. I would hang thee
| like Parker, the mountaineer, to the fore
yard. arm, with yellow flag to look at. Ny
countrymen, what are we about, that treason
stalks naked and unrebuked among us?-
Where are we drifting with traitors at the
wheel? Awake, or we are lost forever.
"The sword and the Torch?" Would-bc
Attia let me tell you, the first shot from
your ranks is your death knell and that oI
the Gulf States, over whose destinies you
and the Montgomery clique hold power by
usurpation. Have you heard the voice OF
Tennessee eighty thousand for Union p
Why, man, it is congestive chill to the Sc
ceders here, and the writing on the wall for
traitors everywhere.
VIII on heed it? Ifnot, let me tell you
when you lift your arms against $4,000, 900
of fece people, living, as you say, in "cities
and towns" which it took years of industry
and millions "to build" say, when you
and your rfeIow-madmcn lift your arm against
these, your brothers and sisters" bone oi
your bone, flesh of your flesh you sign
the death warrant to the prosperity of the
Gulf States AMI you institutions, you inaugu-
rate system Of wholesale abolition, and car
ry out the dearest wishes Of the most ultra
madmen ofthe North, and you kno@ 1t. Yes
you and your cZiqus kno, It.; but like the
affrighted buffalo, you shut your eyes, and
rush headlong over the precipce to certain
ruin ~ aH ~.
Worllingmen Of the Gulf States, who are
you? What are you doing? Has dumb.
ness fallen on you? 'l'is time to speak =
'Tis time to work, or you are slaves forever
Is there not Gideon among you? Why
don't the rocks speak to you? You are
American citizens. You have wives and
mothers, and fathers and sons, and daugters
Are you afraid to speak ? Are you such
towards that, to save your own lives, you
would lose all that makes life bearable? II
so, were wife of such man, no child
would bear him. No! would not mother
white slave
Speak out, working men, whilst you may.
Awake! Fear not! God is with you. Ten.
nessce is With vou. The world is with you;
and the flag OF cur Union never failed to pro.
tcct any who sought protection under its
falls. Seize tyranny by the throat, and
hurl it from the land, as you would basi
lisk from the bosom of your mother. Hoist
the Stars and Stripe anywhere and every
where. Speak! speak :! and you are again
free. What part or lot have you in the
Southern Congress! Did you vote for it =
| Who made your President and Vice Pres
ident? Did you do it? Who gave them
power to rule over you with "rod Of iron?'
to tear down that flag which lead our father:
in triumph to victory, and cast it to tn,
"moles and bats?"-to tax you to death, ant
then thrust war and desolation upon you
What hand had you. workingmen, in al
this? You called Convention; that Con
vention chained you. Resist its acts while
you may and can, or your liberty is like
Prometheus chained to the rock of eternal
undying misery and servitude.
i Workinsmen of the Gulf States, awake
Take the stump boldly, defiantly, and yor
are safe. Look at Tennessee! Her name
4 is immortal! Her war cry was, "Workns
men, to the rescue!' Their arm saved hel
and the union of the Border States. Up ant
do likewise! You will conquer and thu;
| save this whole Union. "Resist the Devil
and he will flee from you" Pitch in a
once, for there is no time to lose The hanc
of acorse than Nero is ony