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

tions hold in our Affairs has recently
brought every European power as clisn
into this Court, and It became every day
more apparent what gigantic and what re.
mote interests were to be affected by tht
decision of the President--one can hardly
cay the deliberation was too long. Against
al timorous counsels he had the courage Il
aeize the moment; and such was his posi-
tion, and such the felicity attending the ao.
tlon. that he has replaced government in the
good graces of mankind. Better is virtue
in the sovereign than plenty in the season,
say the Chinese. IT'S wonderful what
power is, and how III It is uaed, and how il
III use makes Eie mean, aAd the sunshine
dark. Life in America had lost much Of its
attraction in the later years. The virtues oi
sgood Magistrate unda world Of mischief,
and, because nature works with rectitude,
seem vastly more potent than the acts Of
bad Governors. whicn are ever tempered by
the good natures in the people, and the in.
cassant resistance which fraud and violence
encounter. The acts Of good Governors
work at geometrical ratio, as one mid
summer day seems to repair the damage Of
. year Of war.
"a day which naat Of rs dared not hope
to see, IN event worth tho dreadful war,
worth its costs and uncertainties, seems
now to be close before u.s. October, No.
vembsr. December. 9will have passed over
beating hearts and plotting brains then the
hour will strike, and all men Of African des-
cent, who have faculty enough to find their
way to our lines, are assured OF the prosec-
ton of the American law.
FORCE OF TIE MEASURE.
"It is by no means necessary that this
measure should be sudde My by any signal
results on the negroes or on the pehsl ma s.
ters. The force of the act il that it com.
mits the country to this justice-that it
compels the innumerable officers, civil, mill.
tsry, naval, Of the Republic, to range them.
selves on the line Of this equity. II draws
the fashion to this side. It is not meas
ure that admits Of being taken back. Done
it cannot be undone, by new Administra-
tion. For slavery overpowers the disgust Of
the moral sentiment only through immemor-
il; usage. It cannot be introduced a. an
improvement Of the nineteeth century. This
act makes that the lives of our heroes have
not been sacrificed in vain. II makes q
victory Of our defeats Our hurts are heal
ed the health Of the nation is repaired.
With victory like this, we can stand many
disasters. 1t does not promise the redsmp-
ton Of the black race; that lies not with us;
but it relieves it Of our opposition. The
President by this act, has paroled all the
slaves in America; they will no more Aeht
against us; and it relieves our race, once for
oil Of its crime and false position. The first
condition Of success is secured in putting
ourselves right. We have recovered our-
selves from our false position, and planted
ourselves on . law Of nature.
TT that fall,
The pilared armament 10 rottsnness,!
And sarth's base built ON ssubble."
The Government has assured itself of the
best consistency in the world every spark
every virtuous fee ling, every re-
ligious heart, every man of honor, every
poet, every philosopher, the generosity Of
the cities, the health of the country, the
strong arms of the mechanics, the endur-
rance of farmers, the passionate conscience
Of women, the sympathy Of distantuations-
all rally to its support.
Ofcourse, we are assuming the firmness
Of the policy thus declared. Il must not bs
. paper proclamation. We con6de that Mr..
Lincoln is in earnest and. as he has been
slow in making up his mind, has resisted
the importunacy ofparties and Of events to
the latest moment, he will be as absolute In
bis adhesion. Not only win he repeat and
follow up his stroke, but the nation will add
its irresistible strength. II the ruler has
duties 40 has the citizen. In times like
these, when the nation is imperiled, what
man can, without shame, receive good news
ffQp day TO day, without giving good news
Of himss'fs What right has any one to
read in the journals tidings Of victories, If
he has bought them with his own valor,
treasure, personal sacrifice, or by service ~
good in his own department. With this
blot removed from our NATIONAL honor, this
heavy load lifted of the national heart, ws
shall not fear heneeiorward to show our
faces among mankind. We shall cease to
be hypoc7ites and BFetsnders. but what we
have styled our free institutions will be
such,
In the light Of this, even the public dis
tress begins to be removed. What IL the
brokers quotations show or stocks discredi-
ted, and the gold dollar costs one kundre
md twenty. y.seven cents? These tables are
fsllacious. Every acre in tho free States
gained substantial value an the 22d Of Sep
tember. The cause of disunion and war
has been reached, and begun to be removed.
Every mans house, lot and garden are re-
ieved Of the malaria which the purest
winds and the strongest sunshine could not
and purge. The territory of the