The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-08-23

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ilghto of history before adopting it as 2 col
trolling fact in legislating for the perpetuit
Ola great nation; and they need not trav
back ytry far on the page history to di
cover how surprisingly naked the falsehoo
stands. Ireland was crushed, Scotland wa
overthrown, and all their people were mere
ed with the English in a common nationalit!!
The English themselves have been MOI
than once completely overrun, and were fir
ally subjugated, and their whole feuda1 sys
tenn completely changed. Poland has bee
conquered, divided, and her nationalit
wiped out, so that she no longer has plac
among the family Of nations srsusEE
Mr. HCOWAN.c Allow me to ask the ger
tleman whether it was not the dissension
Of Poland, the very fact that she was nc
united. that caused her overthrow ?si,gbr
q Mr.. HARLAN. i will answer by askin
where is Hungary, . more recent case of re
bellion? There were many million peopl
practically united, martial people, ,highl,
cultivated, struggling against a despoti
power for their Independence, who, within
the memory of these boys acting as pages
have been crushed by the superior. military
power oftheir enemies. DO ssa1 ri ss's,
i !. Mr.. COWAN.:l Ifthe gentleman will al
low me, will refer to Hungary as one of tn,
strongest examples against his theory.
will ask him whether there were not in Hun
gary three or four distinct races ofmen; tha,
they have never been able to unite them in
one solid compact body |; and whether II
was not by means of their dissensions tina,
the Austrians were enabled to overcome
them; whether they do not divide and con.
quer them alwaysP 7''A '.gA'i.''s
Mr.. LANE. ofKansas.g If the Senator
from Iowa will permit me. 4 wish to say
but slngieword. The Senator from Penn
syiyan'a Is opposing q propos't'on upon TINS
moor that ne wen knows VIII DIVIDE and ar
ray four m''''on people against SIX million IN
these reoellous States. =
Mr.. HARLAN. Although what the Sen
ator from Pennsylvania says may be techni-
cally true, that the inhabitants OF Hungary,
many ages back, may have originated lndiff-
erent nationalit,es, ne knows very well that
in that struggle they were practically united
The Austrlans never were able to'organIze q
loyal army in Hungary from her own peo-
pie until they had crushed out the armies
led oy the Magyars, and scattered their
leaders as tug't'Ves over the face ofthe earth.
Nor was there any division OF the armed IN
OF Poland to obstruct the success
OF her armies IN ngntng tor a nationality
then as old and as firmly established as the
other nations of Europe. Poland was crush
ed because her enemies were able to WELD
superior physical power. 7;ue1 gaa} saE
5 But, sir, the history of the world is full Of
Where is Mexicos Ten mil.
lion people practically united, large part
of them of Castilan origin, imperious and
martial in spirit and habits, accustomed to
the use Of arms, as profession and for
from childhood, inhabiting a
far more difficult than the rebel
States, and led by a. gallant and successful
general, whose successes had secured him
the title of the Napoleon of America, were
crushed by your own arms, when your en-
tire population did not equal the. present
population Of the loyal States of the Union.
You sent your armies and munitions of war
a thousand miles by sea to invade their
homes, and fought them many hundreds of
miles south of New Orleans, and yet, in two
short years, you completely crushed her
armies, and scattered them in guerrilla
bands to prey on their own people like a
cloud Of. locusts. Her nationality was so
crushed that your generals were compelled
to organize for them provisional govern
ment with which to make treaties of peace
and amity, your own Government debating
the terms. But, sir, I need not repeat
minor examples. / will ask the Senator. If
France, within his own memory, was not
crushed by the opposing Powers Of Europey
In civilization and refinement, in a know.
ledge OF the arts and sciences, in the mar
tial spirit Of her people. in the courage. ex.
perience, skill and renown of her field
France has no superior and vet,
while under the leadership Of Napoleon the
Great, France was crushed. The. Emperor
Of the French was carried by his captors ts
an island in the deep sea, where he lived