The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-11-01

was closed up with nre. ms ones uo
bristled with DANGER but through Is Was IN
sole safety. The measure he has adopte'
was imperative. It is wonderful to see tn
unreasonable aenility cf which is called tht
Peace Party, through al its masks, blindin
their eyes to the main features Of the wal
namely, its insvitableness. The war exia
ted long before the cannonade of Sumter
and could not be postponed. II might hav
begun otherwise or elaewhere, but war wa
in the minds and bones Of the combatants
it was written on the iron leaf, and 20,
might as easily dodge gravttation. If VI
had consented to . peaceablc secession o
the rebels, the divided sentimentIof the Bor
der States made peaceable secession impos
sible, the Unsuitable temper of tho South
made il impossible, and the slaves on border
wherever it might be, were an incessant fue
to rekindle the Hre. Give the Confsderacy
New Orleans, Charleston and Richmond
and they would have dem anded St. Louis
and Baltimore. Give them these, and they
would have insisted Washington. Civ,
them Washington, and they would have ~.
sumsd the army aud navy, and. through
these, Philadelphia, New York and Boston.
II looks - il the battlefield would havs
been at least as large in that event as it i.
now. The war Wa formidable, but could
not be avoided. The war was and is an i'm.
mense mischief, but brought with Il the i'm.
msnsa benefit Of drawing line, and rally.
ing the free States to Ok il impassabls-pre.
venting the whole force Of the Southern
connection and influence throughout ths
North from distraeting every city with end
less confusion, detaching that force and re-
duping Il to handfulls, and, in ths progress
Of ofhostilities, disinfecting US Of our habitual
proctivity, through the affection of trade,
and the traditions of the Democratic party,
to follow Southern leading!
THE SOUTHERN SOCIAL SYSTEM.
These necessities, which have dictated
the conduct Of the Federal Government, are
overlooked, especially by our foreign critics.
The popular statement of the opponents Of
the war abroard is the imposibility of sue.
cess. "If you could add" say they, ito
your strength the whole army Of England,
Of France, and Of Austria, you could not
coerce eight millions Of aeople to cone VA
der this government against their will."-
This is good thing for an Englishman, .
Frenchman, or an Austrian to say, who
remembers the Europe Of the last seventy
years-the condition Of Italy, until 1856
ofPoland, since 1793-of France, of French
Algiers-of British Ireland and British In.
dis. But granting the truth, rightly read, Of
the historical aphorism, that "the people a.
ways conquer" it is to be noted that, in
Southern States the tenure of land and the
local laws, with slavery, give the social sys-
tenn nota democratic, hut an aristocratic
complexion; and those States have shown
every year more hostile and aggressive
temper, until the instinct of self preservation
foro d us into the war. And the aim of the
war on our part is indicated by the aim Of
the Presidents proclamation, namely, to
break up the false combination of Southern
society, to destroy the piratio feature in it
which makes it our enemy only Is it is the
enemy Of the human race, and 20 allow its
reconstruction on just and healthfal basis.
Then new affinities will act, the old repul.
sions win cease, and, the cause of war being
removed, nature and trade may be trusted
to establish lasting peace.
EFFECT OF THE PROCLAMATION.
We think We can not oyerstske the wis.
dom and benefit Of this act Of the Govern.
ment. The malignant cry Of the secession
press within the free States, and the recent
action of the Confederate Congress, are de.
cisive As to its efficiency and correctness Of
aim. Not less 90 is the silent joy which
has greeted il il Ill generous hearts and the
new hone It has breathed into the world.
ltwas well to delay the steamers at the
wharves until the edict could he put on
board. It will be an INSURANCE to the ship
as it goss plunging through the SEQ with
glad tidings to oil people. Happy are the
young who And the pestilence cleansed out
Of tho earth, leaving open to them an honest
career. Happy the old, who sec Nature
purified before they depart. 30 not let the
dying die; hold them back to this world,
pnti! you have charged their ear and heart
with this message to other spiritual societies
announing the melioration Of our pla-
net.
:Incsrtainties now crown themselYes assured
And Peace proclaims olives of endless age"
Meantime that i'll fited, much injured
race which the proclamation respects win
oss somewhat Of the detection scplptprsd
'or ages in their bronyed countenancs, ut
'sred in the wsiling Of their plaintive music
- raee naturally benevqle4t, joyous. do
lie, Industrious, and whose very missries
,praag from their great talent for usefulness
which, in . moral age, win not only defend
heir Independence, but win give them
,spk among nations.
When ~ impudent Democrat asks you
Rhy the Republicans didn't accept the Crit
enden compromise and avert the war, ask
him why the loqslas Democracy, long be-
ore the Crittendep compromise was propos-
ID, did not accept the Breckinridge plat
orm q. Charleston and avert the war. The
Democrats cannot condemn Republicans for
,ot making surrender that they would not
make themselves.