The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-10-23

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lost. Let the lines be al once SHARPLY drawn
between our friends and our encmits. In
crisis like the present, iukewarm friends, or
friends who will be our friends only by yir.
tue of certain concessions to their interest,
or prejudices, are more embarrassing than
open enemies, and do more 10 weaken our
forces than If arraycd in open hostility
agninst us. II these States are for the Union
they will insist on no conditions ircomraii-
ble with the preservation Of the Union; they
will make sacrifices for the Union, as well as
the other loyal States, and there is no rca
son Why they should not. There il ne ,h,r
reason nor justice in Massachusetts, New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and tho
great States North. west Of Ohio. pouring
out their blood ard treasure fer the gra,if-
cation of the s.aveholdns pretcrtions OF
Mary land, Kentucky or Missouri Tha.ci,i
zens Of these States who own slaves are as
much bound, If the preservation Of the Re-.
public requires it. to give up ,hoir prperiy
in slaves, % we at the farther North are 10
pour out our blood and treasure 10 put down
rebellion which threa.tns al;ke then, and
us. If they love their ftw ,lares more than
they do the Unicn, let them 90 out Of the
Union. We are stronger to fght the latt!a
Of the onion without them, than we are
with them.
EMANCIPATION,
But we lave referred only to the slaves In
The rcbcllous States, and. If il is, or if it be-
comes Iilitary necessity tn .ibcrate all tie
slaves CT the Union, aud to treat the v hole
slavo population as freernen ard citizens, is
world be no mere than just and preper fi,at,
at the conclusion Of the war, the la-si c.'
zens Of the loyal sections tf tie srle!:oi;;
States, should be Unidentified a, resscnaHle
rate for slaves that may have been libcras9j
The States and sections have 10. largo
number of slaves, and, if the Union Is pre-
served, it would not be heavy burden on Il
to pay their ransom; and to paying II 20
patriot or loyal citizen CT the free Ssatts
should raise the slightest objection. Ths
objection, tbercfre, urg;d, though grave.
need not be regarded as insuperatle, and We
think the advantage Of the measure, in a
military point of view, would be TAR greater
than any disadvantage We have TO apprciend
from it.
Whether the time for this important meas
lure has come or NOT. It is fer President, as
! Commander IN Chief Of Cur s:inics, TO le.
termine. But, in our judgment, no single
measure could be adopted hy the govern
meut that would more efiectuaiiy aid It's NIL.
iary operations, do more to weaken the reh-
el forces, and to strengthen our own. Four
millions Of people in the slave States, feel
ing that the suppression Of the rebellion and
the triumph of the Union secures to them
and their children forever the sfatas Of FREQ
citizens, are more than hundred thousand
men taken from the forces of the enemy,
and twice that numbt added to our own-
for they would not only compel the rebels to
keep large force that might otherwise be
employed, at home, toprotect their own fam
lies, but would deprive them of great
portien of that labor by which they now
subsist their armies. Now slavery, tothe,n,
is a source of siren ,h; it would then be 10
them source Of weakness. Its abolition
would, in cur judgment, be striking the en-
emy at his most vulnerable point, precisely
where we can best sunder the sinews Of his
streng h, and deal him the most fa'al blow.
Moreover, it would not only bring to the
assistance of the F, deral arms the op,rl-
ton of the whole colored race in the Union.
but ould assure us what wc now lack, the
sympathy and moral aid of the whole civil
lied world, and remove all danger Of com
ing into contact with either France or Eng
land. The war would seem, then, likely to
effect result with which Englishmen and
Frenchmen could sympathize, and instead
of wishing for the success Of the Southern
Contederacy, they would wish with oil their
hearts for the success of the Federal arms.
II would do more than this II would bring
to the aid of our volunteer force from lOo.-
oVo 10 LVV,uVu DtaSe anu SiaiWaft volunteers
from the free States-aye, and even many
| from the slave States themse,ves--wi.o r,.
not and cannot be induced 10 volunteer aer
services in war which, even il sueccSsag,
promises to leave institution Of slavery,
not only existing, but moro firmly establish.
ed than ever. Every body knows that slave.
| ry is at the bottom Of the whole con.royei.
sy, and that the real object Of the Southern
leaders is not simply to protect the instltu.
ton Of slavery against abolition movement
| where it exists. but to extend it over the
whole Union, and make the American Re-
public great slaveholding Republic. And
there are men in large nuiabers amongst us,
men who have had no sympathy WITH Abo-
! litionists, who see and understand very well
that, even were we successful in putin.
down the present rebellion, no real Union be-
tween the North and the South could be res-
tored, and that no durable peace between
them could be re-cstablished il slavery con.
tinucd to exist. These men viii net enter
heartily into the war, unless they see clear.
| " and feel assured that it will result in tho
final and total extinction Of slavery through