The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-05-22
Washington Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, Nav II. 1852.

EDITOR CoURIER:-Ihlngs here are moving
much as they were when you left All class
es gradually getting more bitter. Every
Union victory shows ,he scccssionists the
hopelessress of their cause. The mastery
manner in which the campaign, both BY
land and water, has been and IS now being
conducted by the President, as well ms the
Foreign and home financial policy, show the
old fogy Locofoco politicians, who sympa.
thize more with their old southern masters
than they do with freedom and the Republi.
can Government, how hopeless their chance
Of power is becoming. The abolishing Of
slavery in the District Of Columbia; the act
of Congress making a crime and offence
for officers Of the army to return fugitive
slaves, and the general discredit that's being
attached to Pro-slavery officers the reno.
val of Sherman from South Carolina and the
appointment Of Hunter 10 his place !; the re.
moval of Sturges and Denver from Kansas,
and above ALL the evidence Of determination
of the President to stand by freedom, has
made the heretofore .fa1ning Pro-slauery
Union men, the most rabid opponents of the
President and his administration, and, SO
far as object is concerned, there is now q
perfect union between the Traitors, North
and South, the old l;nc bunker Democrats
and the Proslavery party. To consummatt
the Union more completely. there was .
meeting Of the members Of Congress held ir
the House of Representatives, at which per.
feet harmony is said to have existed, where
Garrett Davis and the notoriously Traitor
Powell, 81 Vallandinghnm, Crittenden, the
Traitor Senators from Maryland, and Della
ware. with Dick Richardson and Shutdown
Cox, all harmoniously acted in concert, t.
defeat the "Aboltionists and Secessionists, =
ut which meeting, besides there being grea
harmony, there were many speakers, al
ready to destroy Aholitionists, but not q
word was said against the Traitors. The
Aboltionists have votes for, freedom, thu
Traitors for slavery, hence the necessity Il
kill the former and preserve the latter S.
far as this Conservative meeting was con
cerned. Kellogg, of Illinois, is the only mem
Der who claims to be Republican, who dis
graced himself by being IN this caucus o
Traitors. 9.Haaf hag 7a aaad1Essi,
This Congress has done many noble acts
They have abolished Slavery in the Distric
Of Columbia. They have passed the Home
stead law. They have nobly stood by th'
President in putting down this unholy Re
bel!ion. and they will pass Pacific Railroad
Bill but / am sorry to say that the Senat'
done very shabby act a few days since II
passing law limiting the number of Briga
dier Generals to 200, number less thanth,
number now appointed and within fen. o
the number already confirmed. That 20t
is enough is probably true |; but it is notori
ously true that at least one half that have
been appointed. If not totally unfit, are Al
least far less fit than many others who arr
now serving in lower capacities. A mar
conscious Of his avn capacity, is not spend
ing his time getting endorsements. There
are now not less than fifty Colonies acting
as Brigaders, (no less than six from Iowa J
not one Of ,ohom can, If this law Of the Sen
ate passes the Hoase, be promoted to the
title and pay of the service that they are
now performing, simply because the Presi.
dent has appointed, on the endorsement Of
members of Congress, and the Senate con
firmed, men unfit for the position, and who
cannot safely be entrusted with the com.
mand Of Brigade. -
The news is just ,receiv d Of the, taking 81
Norfolk and the blowing up Of the Merimack,
and within the next week or ten DAYS, we
WI hear Of the taking Of Richmond, Memphi,
and Mobile, and the defeat Of Beauregards
army but the end of rebellion is not yet,
nor will it be until the slave power is des-
troyed, and the people are not ready for that
just yet. It takes time. Slavery is as tenac-
ious as cat and as hard to kill. But its
last hopes are now conferred in the result Of
the elections in the free States this fall. The
drunken Richardson, Of illinois, told the
conservative" caucus Composed Of such
conservatives as, Powell, Salisbury. Ken
nedy, and that class Of traitors that "when
we come to assemble here in future Con-
gress, the extreme abolition party will not
have enough members on this floor to make
a roll call" Now bear in mind; that this
conservative" caucus put down all as aho-
litionists who propose to confiscate the
property and liherate the slaves Of Rebels
You may send an army into, the field, say
they; to shoot a rebel but you must pro-
tect him in the right to hold his slaves, that
stay at home and raise cotton. bread and
meat, that feed and clothe the Rebel army
And this conservative" congressional eau
Gus pledges the election ola Congress this
fall, ready to do the bidding of their pro
slavery Rebel sympathz'ng Aunkeys. viii
Iowa help 70 do this unholy thinge We
shall see. God forbid Iowa. /.
r. 7s'. Homestead Bill 49, hiif
The Homestead bill, giving every man
who will settle upon and cultivate It, free
farm from the public lands. which passed
the Senate by vote Of 80 to Z. had previ
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