The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-09-27

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The State has right to command all its
men and money to maintain its in tegrity
and whether in the field or otherwise ever,
mans best efforts should be devoted to til
cause of his country. High. or low, bondlo
free, black or white, all are eq ually liable t
public draft, and If necessary to save on
country, letthe last man be called to tin
rescue.
Liberty, republican liberty, civil and re
ligious liberty, is above all price. The RICH,
and power Of self government, the hope o
ages and the dread of despots is here invol
we'd in the cast of single die. We are &C
countable to the world and posterity. Free.
dom must survive or perish in this contest
Let us prove ourselves worthy of our day and
generation, worthy Of our ancestors, and
equal to the awful responsibilities devolved
upon us.
seek to escape public controversy, but
lmay suggest our reciprocal duties. Iowa
soldiers consider their cause your cause, and
your liberties are theirs. We prosecute Of:
fensive war thrusting our force into the enc.
my's lines. He never gives battle excep,
where he has superior numbers or choice Of
position, and yet the enemy has gained NC
decisive victory, and we have no cause to
despond. The progress Of our arms through
the strong holds of rebellion has shaken il
to the foundation. You cannot realize the
disasters Of war. The path of hostile armies
everywhere is wide field Of desolation.-
These disasters in the South are enhanced
by cotton burnings and conscript laws, and
general mutiny of the slaves. Slavery has
received death blow. The so called Con.
federacy has resulted only in anarchy OF
despotism. Wide spread ruin and wretch
edness follow the flag of rebellion, and the
people feel that it is like lighting the en-
blem of storm.
The inhabitants Of the southwest were
deceived or coerced into the field. They
sadly deplore their lost liberty and security.
The only power that governs in the South
is military power. To-day it may be the
Union army, tomorrow the rebel force that
swaps their destiny. The unarmed peacea.
bly, disposed citizens, cannot control their
own affairs. They are obliged to yield ODE.
dience to the dominant powers, and do
yield. But shifting and changing as our
forces are. they dare not, they cannot avow
absolute unconditional attachment to either,
and must shift and change with the force.
They all desire that one or the other shall
prevail and become permanent and in my
judgment large portion, probably major
ity ofthe whole South, CONVINCED of the fall
lacy of secession, hope the power of the Fed.
eral government may predominant and pre-
vail. Pride of character and dread of hui
initiation, and hatred of Yankees, cannot
much longer deceive and delude the masses.
The power of the old Government, press
ed with unfnching undivided force, not
against geographical sections, but against
rebels everywhere, will secure ultimate sue
cess.
Break down the rebel armies, confiscate
the property of their supporters, deprive the
rebels of their slaves and their substance.
PROSTATE foes and elevate friends; and the
Union men in thousands, who now tremble
in the presence of the apprehension of its
return, will proclaim their devotion to our
government and unite with us heartily in
restoring peace and prosperity in our once
happy country. M.u....
have campsigne6 through three of the
so-called Confederate States. and express to
to you ray observations and convictions
The republic cannot be severed. There it
no geographical, moral, or political line, on
which to divide. No foreign power could
prescribe one that would satisfy either party.
We have embarked in death struggle and
have no alternative but to steadfastly press
forward the engines of war and all honorable
disturbing elements till rebellion, weary
and worn out, and overpowered, abandons
its wicked designs and yields to the Con-
stitution and Laws. -
Bands of robbers, such as we see in Mis-
souri, and elsewhere, will survive the war,
and society will for long time be pestered
with thieves and Migrants who only carry on
their raids for plumber; but local organiza-
tons viii ultimately stiAe such elements,
and peace and security will gradually return.
While l thus advocate the prosecution Of
the war by the exercise of every means
known to civilized warfare, that will disturb,
weaken and demofsh the confederate rebel
lion, would never lose sight of the only
legitimate object Of war, which Is to secure
honorable and permanent peace for ourselves
and posterity. Laying aside revenge, NAL
ice, pride and prejudiccs, we should always
be ready to embrace honorable terms of ad-
justment, and at the earliest occasion'seek
to terminate struggle that7has already de-
vastated nearly half our country, consigned
thousands of our fellow mortals to the grave
and clothed every house in the nation in
habiliments Of mourning. d
Iagain tender you my thanks for an ova-
ton which | respectfully decline. 1t is a
tribute intended and acknowledged os due
to the Army of the Southwest, which have
had the honor to command. In behalf of the
officers and soldiers Of that Army l have a
right to respond.
They have borne your banners triumph