The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-09-04
The IL EercckisnEilgc s'ioi E.spcses.-
The scheme OF Brc ifaridgc
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and EEis Party. aasegsa .,.
The evident design Of the Breckinridgc
PARTY in carrying out thcir schemes at Charles
ton was the ultimate dissolution ofthe Union
4 In the fall Of the Democratic Party, the
I Northern Democratic sentiment was divided
the South was politically estrnged, and
the issue which threatened as the. result of
/ Mr. Lincoln's election. was pFeciptatetfupon
I the country. Thatissue, by their own wick
ed intrigucs, involved civil war, !, The c'ec-
| ton of the President was nothingamore than
! theipretext for the eonsumation ofa long ma
fturea scheme springins from, the brain Of
| John G. Calhoun, and the friends of Mr..
Breckinrdge, in the last election, were the
| mere agents ofa deep, end dark. conspiracy.
/ They executed the duties of their agency
until the close Of Mr. Buchanan's Admins
tratiofo They, in the North, insisted upon
llumiliating concessions to the South, and
| clamored for a most disgracelul; surrender Of
tour national honor. They encouraged Mr..
Buchanan in his weak and timid policy and,
as State after gtaty seeded from the Union,
| they attempted to lull the nation into a false
sense of security. They talked of thewrongs
I OF the South, and prepared compromises
while the South talked treason and prepared
batteries at Pensacola and Fort Moultrie.-
THE outrage at Fort Sumter silenced but did
not subdue them The smoke Of that bonn
bardment has passed away, and the country
! is resuming its wonted cal,nness, while men
I who, previous to it, we ANXIOUS to degrade
/ the nation, are again before the country With
the same motive. The means have only been
i'changed. Then their cry was eoinpromise J;
now their cry is pedre ~, go. Z. 'r'''
u Senator Breckinridge having ,heenrapudi-
hated by his own State, is now talking disun-
4 ion in other States And the friends Of Mr..
Breckinridgc are busi'y eudeagoring to man.
/ ufaeture public sentiment tor him, and TIE
.cause he represents. They rally under the
/ flag Of dsunion, and fraternise with the enc
| mics Of the Union. They are as deaf and
! blind to the wrongs and forbearance of the
North, as they are deaf and blind to the
treachery and cruelty of the South They
/ base their course upon the ''usarpations OF
! Mr.. Lincoln," but say nothing of the usur-
pations Of the great Conspiracy. Mr.. Lincoln
Isuspends the 6abcas corpus, ipprisons ,sai-
| torous and seditious persons, defends the
/ capital, and endeavors to execute his great
and solemn OATH ard he IS denounced as a
/ military tyrant and a usurper. Jefferson
Davis steals our forts and arsenals, sends
pirates out on the sea, builds batteries upon
the Mississippi, and equips an immense army
for the purpose Of waging uponus an often
sivc war, and yet not oac word is said of his
4 usurpations, and instead Of tyranny he is
complimented for his forbearance and long
suffering. According to Encouragement the
South is fearfully injured and oppressed
community, while the Norty is its malignant
land implaeahlc foe. Il They call this ssBlack
Republican, war;" and almost in the same
voice they complain of the want of courage
on the part of Republicans, and say that
Democrats only are fighting it. They show
on every. occasion the utmost contempt for
our flag, aud exemplify it by afiiliating with
those insurgents who have endeavored to
disgrace it. An their actions point 10 one
purpose, and that purpose is the dissolution
of the Union. r .a
They are selfish and ambitious men And
every selfish and ambitious reason prompts
them to attempt dissolution of the Confed-
eracy. In a regenerated republic they have
no future. The hour which. witnesses the
restoration offederal power witnessed their
downfall finally and forever. They have
ionly lived by the existence of dishonest
Edisloyal, and disunion sentiment. That sen
timent has prevailed in the legislature for
/ the last quarter Of a century. 1t went into
our political conventions, and into the feel
Iings of the people. Ithved by constant
I system ofintirnidation and bravado. II was
sustained by the patronage of several sue
I cessive administrations. It was fnstered by
the social feeling which the peculiar insttu
tons Of the South engender. 1t was siren
gthened and emboldened by the submission
and acquiescence OF those men in the North
who are now prominent in the movement foi
peace This war has ended all that, and sht
only hope which the crinsins and time sery,
! ing politicians have is in the creation of q
, peace party, the cessation Of the war, AM
: the dissolution Of the Union on such terms
, as viii humiate the North, and give to it
new and perhaps permanent lease ofpow
er. Hence their intrigues and disloyal mach
: nations. tf ,saas
On the framework Oft the old Breckinridgc
: organization this Peace party is b2ing built
There Is the same timber in the rafters, tht
: same handicratt, the same furniture ant
household appointments. With few indi
vidual and isolated exceptions, this is tht
: truth Throughout the whole North. Where
) ever we find an earnest peace man we know
he was supporter of the ex.y Vice President
, The newspapers who labored for his success.
now labor for the success of his principles
} Here, in Pennsylvania, heissne is becoming
closely and clearly defined, and it enly want,
some such eminent aud retiring statesman
! as Mr. William b. Reed, to come from hi.
books and his solitude. and give it The in
tluence Of his experience and sympathy. w,
find in the editorial department such news
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