The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-01-08

and s. B. Evans, has made it's
appearance in this city. being successor to 9
the Democratic Uaion,' lately published
here by J. Fl. ID. Street. IL
As business enterprise Of gentlemen and
with whom our personal relations
have been kind and cordial, our feelings
prompt us to extend the courtcsies Of the
profession, and wishes Of pecuniary success.
: We are sorry that we cannot extend !
to the principles and doctrines an.
nounced as, a political creed of the
Mercury, the same cordial greeting. We
call the attention of our readers, to the
"Platform, in another place. We print it
in full, in order to do our neishbors full
jastice, and not misrepresent them.
Read their Platform. The bold, startling,
and most misclieyous declaration will be
found there in the second clause of the first
article, that "rather than see these States re-
main disrupted, are could prefer that slarery
should prerailoce epery free State Of the
North" The very thing originally and per-
sistently asked by the rebcllious South, and
on. account of the refusal of which, the re.
bellion was commenced ! And now, after
stealing our forts, assaulting and firing OH
our flag, numbering our citizens, and bring
universal yisoa, distress and ruin on the
whole country, this paper comes out and in
dicates willingness to accede to all their
impudent and Infamous demands, and per-
nit the accursed system ofslavery TO have
free course, run and be..glo,aied, over every
one of these free States of the North. To
say nothing about its demoralizing influence,
they would in this way paralize and destroy
every industrial interest among us BY intro
ducing thatsystem Of labor which degrades
the white man below the negro slave, and
would convert our Independent, SELF rcspect-
ing aud intelligent laboring men INTO things
or chattels !; for be It remembered II is fun
damental, and essential principle of the sys-
semsef slavery, thatcapital must own labor.
What beautiful conception Whata price
to pay for Union. No we cannot place a
price upon the Union. 1t lis above all price.
Bat this is no price, no consideration, and
thank God, weare not reduced to the neces-
sity of choosing. The Union is ours by
choice and birth-right, and not thing to be
trafficked, bartered or compromised for the
price of slavery. Not to be mealy -mouthsd
about the matter, to deal in perfect fairness
and condor with our neighbors at the out
set of their. career, We must remind them
that they have adopted as a material and
leading idea in their platform of principles,
the oil of those infamous doctrines ofwhich
the teachings of the DIy Book and the
Dubuque HeroL were or are but the essence,
for this is the first fi'ae any journal in the
North has even ventured 10 prepose so vile
and insulting proposition. Many have
justified and defended slavery, b1,,n.ver
before has the proposition been broached
even in an alternative, shape, to extend the
blessing to the North. Doubtless the propo
sition would meet with favor from jeff. Davis
and ms rebeIs, and possibly, ifhe and rney
could be satisfied OF the sincerity of the
proposal, they might be induced to lay dowr
their arms, and send the Floyds, Cobbs
Masons and Slidels back to Washington.
But il the alternative proposition of ou
new neighbors, to buy the South back tt
loyalty at the price Of fastening slavery OF
the North, is objectionable, their introduc
ton in the second clause Of their platform
proposition to re- organize the Democrat,
Z Party, is not less liable, to criticism and OBJ
1t would seem tor~s. looking a
the matter IRON ~.-- stand point, r.>4 IN,
eloquent end patriotic examples Of sue
Democrats as Butler, Dickinson, Holt, And
johnson, Douglas and 10, OF others, wouI
have been more patriotic and better plat
form for slr ne;ghbors, on this point, thai
the one they have adopted. We commen
them to the words of Gray, Of the Cleyelan,
Paindealer. High above all consideration
"of self, obligations to party and the person
"al friendships of mcn arises duty of owe
Try public Journalist to his COUNTRY
'in this its hour of need" And those 9th
CT immortal words of Douglas, that "Who
sever is not prepared TO sacrifice party Or
CARNATIONS and Platforms on the altar o
"his country, does not deserve the supper
"and countenance Of honest people" w,
are inclined to think that the work of re
organizing ard rcuni:ing the Democrats
party, is somewhat Of job. Wouldn't tn
Party as it existed somewhat more than
year ago, be a jolly looking set, REUNITED
and recognized. just fancy Buchan
an. Jeff Davis Claib Jackson ct I'll omne qe
nus, rc-organizcd with Butler, Gushing, Dick
inson, Cass and other patriotic Democrat
who 60 for the Union and their Country il
preference to rarity. Wouldn't they. Aas,
jolly locking set, as the world ever saw IS
We can only notice tho above poiists
in our neighbor's creed this. week.
We shall hope that fuller develop
ment Of the views Of our ncighbors
will prove less exceptionable than thci
Platform seems to Indicate. ! If So. il
will afford us much pleasure, to acknowledg,
that We have placed a wrong Interpretation
mon it.
Tn.
u;re 80 a;n,;gental Monthly. the new Maya.
hasd, and folly ,ns sceUsed for has come {
the announcement inspi ess expectations
with reception so much more c o mas me
expected, that its proprietors nron;, y laI