The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-11-29

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,Irron tire Rlsh4rnd Dispassh. November is.l 81
.AsIit seems to ba incontestible that the
Democrats absent from home In the Yankes
armies are inahe proportion of AZ least four
70 one to the Republicans, III. victory which
the Democrats have just won at the polls il
The most astonishing on rerord. What does
| it signify.l aJ- 80 @'f H7t
In Our humble Judgment Il. means this
ond nothing more: The Democrats have q
vast deal more sense than the Republicans,
anil canuot fail 10 see how completely the
latter have sdcceeded IN destroying the pros
perity Of the North. They always opposed
the suicidal policy afthat factionAtheir con'
tinual asgrcssions upon the South, and their
systematic effbrtsto make the niggsr the
onlp question in the Congress ofthe United
States. They opposed this policy because
they could not but forcsee that itwould lead
to the destruction Of tee Union, and all the
material interests which, so far as the North
was concerned. they felt to be bound up
| in it.
The very negroes, for whose sake they
were constantly threatening the South, were
4 source Of more profit to them than :hey
have ever been to their masters. The cot
ton and tobacco Of the South were. indeed.
the grand levers that set all Northern trade
in motion. Without them New York would
never have risen much above the figure that
represented her population in 1910, and
New England would have been. where she
ought to be now, at the tail Of the Union.
The Democrats now wish to restore that
Union, because while it existed it was a
source Of unalloyed prosperity. They see
plainly enough that If the North be compell-
ed to paw the same duties with England,
England will suppiant the manufactures Of
the North. They see that II direct trade be-
tween our ports and England be once firmly
established, New York will cease to be the
money center of America. They see that
if the coasting trade be thrown open to com
patition. England will do the larger share OF
lit In a word. they clearly undersand that
the destruction Of the monopoly. they have
been SO .lcng enjoying, will be death blow
to all Northern interests. for they know well
enough the difference between framing tariff
to shut 1t all other people, and having tar,
| ifs framed to shut out themselves.
When it Is too late, the Republicans sec
this, too and seeing also the hopelessness
pfrestoring the Union, they are waging a
savage war for the purpose Of rendering a
desert those portions Of it which they can no
longer control The Democrats. however,
take q different view Of the subject. They
believe restoration still possible In this re.
spect they do not manifest their usual sagac
ity. They have the incredible folly to be.
lieve thatthere still turks among the body
Of that people who have fought against the
Union, secret attachment 10 ''thc old flag.
which is the most detested Of all earthly
symbols to the whole body Of the Southern
people They do not reflect that while. e.
them, the condition which il is intended t.
represent has been productive of unaIloyed
blessings. it is associated in the Souther..
mind with images Of commercial poverty and
sectional op ,ression. To this imagin ed feel.
ing OF latent LOYALTY to the Union they are
willing to appeal. They have no doubt
that they win be snccessful. But FIRST they
must beat US into the humor for submission.
They must make us know their strength
They must teach Us that they are our mas.
ters They must kill an hundred or two
thousand of our men. They must take
Richmond. They must crush the rebellion
And then they vii, offer us terms, having
first asserted the supremacy Of the sAmeri.
can eagle as they are fecetionsly wont to
,era. the Yankee buzzsrd. They care, and
pretend TO care nothing for the niggsr They
viii be willing, after having conquered Ms,
TO agree npsn any terms. provided the Un-
ion be restored. Theyw coatent 10 intro
tluce slavery into every State in the Un'on,
provided this grand object be attained.i II
the Southern people will not agree to all this
AZ most assuredly they wall not. then they
are fsr carrying on the war to any extremi-
". that would satisfy, the most ultra Of the
Abolition party,saT Thry viii never consent
let John Van Buren say what he may-7to
lei the "wavward sisters" depart in peace
/. Itmsy tbe that . Dsmocratic Congress
might propose 70 the Southern States, IS .
condition Of re,enteripg the Union, to loyal
ze slavery everywhere, AID this befors pro-
ceeding further with the war Bat ev, n
were the Soath disposed, under any circnm-
stances, to re-enter such state Of bondage,
it must be barne IN mind that the present
Abolition Congress has still one year to run.
In that time some of the most desperate
battles the world ever heard Of win bave
ben fought, and the Yankees win already
have conquered us or been expelled from
our territory, So far, then, as the war 10
concerned. we shall gain nothing BY the
laies democratic victores,rat least for the
present. As inithe case afexpectod inter
yention, we wan our peepis 70 trqst 10
'theinselyes, and nothing slse Nevevthe-
less, Il is pleasant to And Old Alb. thwarted
in the dearest wishes OF ais heart
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THR GApa--Tha Gan. in tha Rn. Ri "a