The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-06-05
Let ms Alone.

Let ms Alone.
IAN that South Carolina wishes is to b.
let alone"
"..All that Mr.. Jefferson Davis wishes is t.
be let alone"
"All that the South wishes is to be let
alone.p
These are the tails of telegraph dispatch
es. They have come-these and their likt
at the rate of about one week for the last
two months. All that treason wants, is tc
be ''let alone" 1t desires "peace." I,
does not like to have war made upon it.
Meantime, it seises all the property bclon-
ging to the United States upon which it can
lay its hands, bombards forts belonging to
the United States, carries on active prepar-
atoms for war, tells its soldiers that they are
to march on Washington, assemblies its
troops in the neighborhood of the capital,
commissions its pirates to infest the seas,
institutes reign Of terror by mobbing and
numbering those who love their country's
flag, and confscating their property, and
then turns its pretty, innocent face North
ward, and says all it wants is to be ''let
alone" The iciness of this protestation
transeends any frostwork we ever saw or
heard Of Language fails in the attempt to
do it justice.
There has been from the beginning Of
this trouble the same outcry from all who
sympathize with secession. Coercion" as
it was called, wasa terrible thing. There
could be coercion enough on the other side,
and that was all right Feeble garrisons
were overcome, forts were seized, stores and
money taken by force, and general plundcr
indulged in, and then the thieves would turn,
and declare that if coercion were resopted
to on the part of the government, the Lord
only knew where the affair would end. The
government must not lift hand to protect
itself, because THAT would be coercion it
must not move in any way to recover the
property stolen from it, because that would
be coercion !" it must not summon regi-
ment to point of aprehcnded danger, or
anchor an armed vessel within sight of o
secession city, be cause that would be a
menance of coercion" There has never
been dodge SO clevcrly played by set Of
traitors as this. 1t is pleasant to know that
it is splayed out" s
Now people have stopped talking about
coercion" and gone to talking about war.
Everybody looked for Mr.. Lincoln's Inaugur-
al, to see il he me ant to inaugurate policy
of "war." When it appeared that Mr.. Lin
coin would be simply true to his oath, that
he would execute the laws, protect the prop
erty of the United States, and repossess the
country of that which had been taken from
it illegally, that meant war among the seces-
sionists and their sympathizcrs, and war was
very Objectionable. No president could have
done otherwise without perjury, or said less
without failing of his duty, yet it meant
"war''; and so the traitors howled. After the
attack upon Fort Sumter, war having been
commenced by the rebels, and threats freely
made to attack Washington, the President
called for troops. The response from nearly
all the border states was an outcry against a
"war upon the South" Even to-day, this
idea of "war upon the South is bruited
all through the slave states, as if the presi
dent could have done any less than he has
done to maintain the integrity Of tho govern.
ment
In what insane brain the idea originated
that this government could be overthrowu
without war, we do not know; but il is
worthy Of the tallest typo Of madness. OF
course the traitors and thieves wish to be lei
alone. They wish to revolutionize the gov.
ernment, depose the present excellent chiei
magistrate, place themselves in power and in
clover, and all without being intertered with
They would like to make war and have NJ
war in return. If there is to be fighting
they wish to have it all on one side They
would like to have sort Of triumphal msrcf
over northern necks, with drums beating and
banners flying. They inaugurate war, carry
their points With high hand, and all tn.
time beg that ano coercion be used, de
nounce war, and declare that they only wish
to be let alone. The government understands
exactly what this means now, and is deter
mined that the South shall have peace under
its old fag-the only flag under which it car
enjoy either peace or prosperity. These pro
tests and catch-words have lost their powe
to bamboozle either the government as tn
people, and no man not traitor at heart eve
uses them.--SprinaJield Republican.
Royalty has its drawbacks ss well as it
advantage and prerogatives. Victoria
daughter cannot make love or get marriet
withot the affair being discussed in Parlia
ment like the tax on molasses. Her Majcst,
/ informed the House of Commons that tn,
Princes Alice was about to be married to
German second cousin and hoped her roya
commons would appropriate something nic'
to enable her to have long train of brides
maids and something to go a housekeeping
with to make the pot boil; and ofcourse the.
did. There is more arithmetic than poetr,
i about these roval weddings. The Primo