The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-09-11

tle prosperity VI tttS Couhiuy p"Stcu o'o
destroyed; regret to see the great loss OF
human life that must ensue. But il these
events must come, they had better come
with country preserved than come with a
country divided and destroyed. We must
fight battles, and bloody battles We must
call vast numbers of men into the field. We
must not go as boys to general training,
with ladies, and idlers, and members Of Con-
gress to see the show, but we must 60 in
earnest-go prepared for action-to fight it
as battle. not to fight it as a play SPELL
We must unite as whole people, going
shoulder to shoulder. And when we do SO
we shall conquer. And why? We Aase
the right, we have the prestige Of Govern
mcnt, we have the sympathy of the disinter.
ested world, we have the moral and material
element to do it all, and to insure victory
Rebellion has not the financial ability to
stand long war, with all their gains from
privateering and piracy, and issuing Con-
federate bonds-made lien upon the prop.
erty of people who were never consulted as
to their issue, and who repudiate them
worth as much as June frost, cold wolf
track, which no financier fit to he ou side of
the lunatic asylum would give shilling a
peck for They may vcx, they may har-
rass, they may destroy, they may commit
piracy, but the reckoning is to come for all
this. They will be brought to the judge
ment of the American people-of their own
people. They will be arraigned, and who is
there will be ready to stand up as their de-
tenders ir the name of the Constitution?
81 tell the Culloden dread echoes shall
ring
With blood hounds that bark for thy fu-
gitive king"
What glorious Constitution we shall
have when it finds such glorious interpreters!
How strong our institutions will be anchored
upon such foundations! The Constitution
viii then literally
"Liye through all time, extend tho all
extent
Spread undivided, operate unspent."
know there are some who fear the war.
like power Of the rebellious States. They
had great deal Of power for good but they
have great deal less than they imagine OF
is generally imagined for evil. We are a
good deal slower in waking up, but when
walked up are a good deal more in earnest
The tone Of the Rebel press is exceedingly
braggart in regard to its men and its victo-
rics. 1t reminds me, when hear of their
selflauded prowess, of the Snowman who
spoke Of the great capacity of the animal he
was exhibiting; Ladies and gentlemen" !"
said he, ''this is the Bengal tigar, measuring
fourteen feet from the tip of his nose to the
tip of his tail, and fourteen more feet from
the tip of his tail back to the tip Of his nose,
making in all twenty eight feet" Laugh
ter Now think their estimates about their
forces and capacity are just about as liberal.
And they are to be looked at accordingly
Nevertheless, they have great element for
mischief. And if Satan himself had been
sent on earth to scourge mankind, and to
cover the land with desolation, be could not
have performed his nilsson more successful
ly than by assuming the shape of rebel
demagogue, and preaching Secession. =
["Scund.l. Now, have clear and we'll
defined, and distinct theory, ofwhat would
do with this matter to attain peace. | do
not know that this Government ever can be
brought back to where it was before, and in
the enjoyment of all its relations; but be-
lieye it can be. In population, wave sue
ceeds wave in generations as wave succeeds
wave upon the ocean, and the men of to-day
pass away Tomorrow. | believe it can be
brought back, but not by fostering rebellion;
but it is by treating it as treason, robbery
and murder. And if this Government can
ever be saved, it must be by summary
chast;sement and overthroY of rebellion, so
that the loyal people Of the Southern States
can come forward and administer the Gov
ernment Of these States as before. Who is
the missionary that is going with his peace
propositions? What is he going to say?-
What will he say to this party in rebellion !?
1t is pretty thing to talk about and for the
designing to dupe the North it is very
awkward thing to reduce to PRACTICE. If you
drive out rebellion, you will have loyal pco-
pie South as well as North. Then they will
do all that Virginia, and Missouri, and Ma
ryland are trying to do, and what Delaware
and Kentucky are doing. Are there any
men here who want this Union divided p
["No."l Then do not sympathize with trea-
son in any form, in gender, number, person
or case in any Of its ramifications. Hunt it
like ferocious monster wherever you find
it. Is there any who wishes this matter let
alone to perfect the rebellion so causelessly
commenced
| ''Who would be a traitor knsve?
Who would fill towards grays?
| Who so base as be Save?
| Who Tor Union and for Lao
/ Freedoms sword win strongly draw,
/ Freeman stand or freeman fall,
Let him foltop me.''
And that is, fight for the Union, the whole
Union, and nothing but the Union. Let
every American citizen, instead of crying
Peace, peace, when there is no peace, rail-,
! ~ ..yS =