The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-12-06
a Graphic Picture of n South
eria Empire.

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The Lonlon Duly Ne'cs draws this pic.
ture Of the character Of the South and the
probable con ,eqnencas which wonld follow
its achievement of "independence."
As far as England is concerned, VIC may
judge from the past Many people sag. in
excuse for their state of mini about the
war. that they dstest the Americans. Very
we'll and what does this mean? 1t means
an association of ile,S made up Of troubles
about search Of slavcrI at sea, and brag
about the Monroe doctrine. and threats nf
Canada, ard SANDERS abont our cruisers in
the Gulf and outrage on San Jnan, and the
bullying of the General Harney<. and the
sharp practice of c.h;nets at Washington,
and agyrc<sions NON o,ir sctnn in p,rt,
and universal r,I1enesS to orr representa-
tiveS in the States. and 70 our government
through American representatives in Eng.
land. All this, with Impressions Of iibn<.
terin- threats about Cnbr, an unreprcssel
ciaulestine slave trsle, lynci law, m,rind-
ing Kansas, bragg about liberty together
with tar and fe,lhc~s, c,w-hilin,. slave
marE,tS. hnm1n stock <-brc ling all all the.
rest Of it-,heSe inpra ,sion; c,nbin, to.
make mp the sentiment expressed hy tho
avowal ''T deteSt the Americans" But for
every element Of this impression Confedor-
ate society i answerable. 1t was the South
reigning at Washington, the Sautl, import
ing negroes. the Sou h crvcting Cuba and
Canada. the South sending Walker and
Lopez into the'terri,nrE IF ally to stir mp in,
surrecton, the South senlins General Har-
ncy to S,n Juan, the South getting up the
Monroe doctrine, the S,uth lynching clergy.
men, and bura.ng alive travellers suspected
of Disappearing slavery ry--the south as UNI
versal aggressor, bully, bras CART. traitors,
m;schlef.maker anil thorough bore--that
societ- was getting to dn.est more and mnrc .
every year. What follows, il this same
South, inflated with pride and revenge,
could actually recover her dominion
The Drcd Scott decision would he active
| " enforced, and the whole territory Of the
Union made slave soil. The popular vote
would be overule,l, or practically prccluded
as hitherto in the South ani rights Of cdu
cation, Of free speech, anil Off free press,
would he extinguished. Labor being dis
credited by the extension Of slavery, tho
paupcrism and degradation of the free work
ers of the North would corrupt society to its
core. The concubinage os the South would
spreal beyond the present dividing line, and
the 'no:als of the whole nation would be in
danger Of becoming like these of the slave
States. which are grosser than can be con-
ceived Of in any other part Of Christendom.
Every other nation would be perpetually on
the verge Of war, or engaged in it, because
the slave power cannot obstain from aggres-
sion. nor maintain its position by the arts Of
peace We should sec a retrogrede period
arrive more disastrous to civilization than
the advent of the first Napolean. We
should see buccaneering nation turning
the progress Of political liberty into mock
ery, destroying the freedom Of the seas, and
the security OF territory, and the prosperity
of labor. We sSould see the natural laws
of industry and trade tampered with, civili-
zation turned back, a canting paganism set
up in the name Of Christianity, and the old
j World infested with the piracies Of the New
in every department Of politics, Of business,
Of territorial possession, and of intellectual
u ov,l ,rfa thn faf1a fao
could prevail, and re,nstate the spirit and
policy of the South al Washington, it would
be the greatest calamity that has befallcn
the world for centuries But it will not be.
The American people will not permit il
and the rest of the world, once aware Of dan
ger, will not endure il. a*
A travelling gent in passing farm, saw q
boy at work in the corn field by the road
side, and being of an inquiring turn Of mind
he stopped his horse and thus addressed the
youth:
my son, whose farm is this ~
"Dads," was the lsconic reply.
"Does your father raise any stock ~
ayes, lots Of 'um.'
"What kind ?" ontinued the stranger.
! "Cornstalks mostly" was the reply, as he
proceeded to hoe a hill of the article, and
the stranger went on his way musing.
A well known planter, living not far from
New Orleaus, wrote last spring that four of
his slaves, who had run away to the YAM
} KEGS, had returned "They had enough Of