The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-07-17
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the fall Of Sunterarore = fortress i'm pregna-
ble 70 all the nnilitary power Of earthin the
uprising" snd,cU.Jreaking patriotism Of an
insui.ed cnd outraged people Forbearance
now ceased 10 be a virtue, an indignant peo-
pie could endure no more Insult A telegram
announces thcfa'I ofour coantry's Gag which
movad the nation as if an earthquake had
shook it from It's foundation The next cash
ofiigIltning that traces the wires brings the
I proclamation Of the President fer seventy.
FIVE thousand volunteers, to come to the res
cue Of their invaded libcrtiegl Such .eIe-
gram neger far on TIC wings OF the lich:-
ming before; the nation at once moved wita
life as though the nightmare had inst lcozei
its death grasp upon its vitlls. a Lind ad-
monition is sent to Iontgomery and to oil
rebel combinations TO disperse and go to
their homes as pcaccablc citizens. This mes
sage was received ia The rebal cabinet by
JEFF Davis ard his confederates with l.ugh-
Ter, treating the highest authority in the
land indignantly. Ca
But turn your eye 70 the lcyal States of
this Union, ard you behold morally sub
/ lime, the grandest scene, ever beheld in the
history of any natirn. Never did man
speak with so much power and produce sucii
al effect as this call from President Lincoln
to the American reSple There was q moral
force in it that az once. reached the great;
heart of American patriotism. As en- Illus
tration Of this movnment lo5lc at the First
| Regiment Of Massachusetts volunteers who
! in forty-eighi hours after The Presidents
cali, were in Washington city and rendering
their services to the War de1artrect. It
had been q question Whether patriotism ex-
is'ed in oar oolutTy as ia 7e, bat uii doubt
on this subject now at once disappears.--
Soon, very soon, the number called FOR is
doubled, as they come rushing from their
homes all over the l7yal s.stss each riva'ing
the other in zeal to do service and sacrifice
in his conntrv's cause. HALT ye sans Of
freedom! All hail ye worthy successors
Of your sires Of '76! fa's
Now let US enqnirc what IS the power that
has effected this-great ''urrising' Of the ma
| ton Il is not for any political party, for
all parties known to or country are rival
ing each other in zeal AMI sacrifice in the
cause. 1t is not to say who shall be the
next President, CT the cause Of the politicai
friends of the present It is not for the ac-
quisition Of new territory, or 10 enrich the
, soldiery on sp0ils Won in war. Itis not 10
change oar form of government, or repeal
! our laws, or amend orr constitution. II is
not for c1nec;once sake, TO change ar reli.
gian either in faith or form II IS not to
avenge cur countrv's honor from insults at
the hand Of foreign nation The men
whose political vision is so blurred and moral
sense so stnpii and corrupt as TO attribute
this uprising to any of these causes, IS more
a fit subject for the mad house than to 50
! about ina civilized community. Isis great
/ movement in defence If Constitutional Lib
! erty and the enforcement of just and ap.
proved laws. Its TO pTes2rya from deseruc-
! ton the best government the world ever
saw. 1t Is practical resistance ef the peo-
I pie TO exchange free and republican gov.
ernment, for monarclGisal, despotic or cl-
egar ,hieal. It is a move il obedience 10 the
livine bahest as declares. in the establishing
! Of civil government by divine autherity.--
| The government Tor its powor) being ordain-
ed Of God, it oe2omes religious duty 10
maintain it.
! He who caf, cherish ary sympathy for
rebellion against any government that guar
antics to man I,is natural rights, should at
/ once abandon all pratension to christianity,
or even an ordinary degree Of eivfiz2 ton
1t is pplsltion Of the great heart cf Ameri-
can patriotism to preserve America for the
enjoyment OF loyal citizens. They say by
this movement in thunder tones that the
government must be preserved. This pat
riotic spirit is worthy of all praise It forms
bright chapter in our nations history. The
motto is worthy enc, VIZ: '.The USos
and the CoSsrrUTIoY one aud inseparatle
now and forever" As this tide rises and
bears the arms Of the country onward, those
glorious old stars and stripes viii rise again
over the battered wall OF Fort Sumter. and
aoat over New Orleans, Richmond, gnd
Montgomery, and on every Hill top and in
every valley--from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific oceans, cheering everywhere the 'land
# the free, and the home Of the brave
Long may that banner foat, unriyalled tie
emblem Of the nation's power ard the virtue
of the people. Ifthis cannot be, let me fan
with the last lowering "fag," let me be
wrapped in its folds and sleep away the long
years of death enshrouded in my country's
flag. Love 10 eur country is the next dlty
to love to our God
Therefore as long as the cross is the en-
sign fthe Religion Of the Bible, lei ths stars
and stripes be the ensign of American free.
dom, taughtus BY hat~bib1e. Let them 10
side by side when Gabriers trumpet shall
dissolve al human government ard summon
all natien 70 his bar. Let all tasi by it as
it was, as il is, as K shall forever be--the en-.
sign of the Union.
Friends and telIon-oi i4eas ,'4ank sou
for your attention.
THE MONEY roa THE War.-The secreta-
ry ofthe Treasury anticipates that it viii be