The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-07-12

an arr0n cement would have beef1 Siaof16 as ta
have ,presenteda dissolution Of the Union
and psrhaus ciy,l-war. Nv latest dates, Are
to the 22d February and tremble at the
thoughts Of receiving other dispatches. &C.,
lest they shall announce the existence Of
OWL war. nv prayers are regularly offered
up for the reunion Of the States and for the
peace, concord and happiness Of my coun-
try. -a,But let what may conc to pass you
maylrely upon it, rs you saw, that neither 1
or, mine mill erer be found in ,ths oranEs Of
our (your) enemies. May. God Almighty
aoert ciuit ,oar, but If unhappilg. Il. .ssall
come you may Tthint pouM doubt doubt
less) count on me e mine & host, ofother
friends stanaing shoulder 30 shoul9sr IN tb,
ranks Nth aiou and or other Southern
frieads q yelatiues sohoss 4i0hfs like mn o,sn ,
have been disreonrded bv fhe Aho,;t;or;sts
/ love iowa and Wisconsin, for Tho borors
conferred bv them on ma and beca,,sc /
served then, always faithfully b,t I u III No,
make war with them against the South
whose rights they sha harpef,llv, nep,ected >.
Nor will ever ssnot;onl anv e}fbrt to coerco
the South I'd submit to the North IN refer.
renee to a question fSlavervl With which
the North has no risht to interfere AM, thar
too in pn,psb,e viola ton ofthe Const;tnt;or
of nv country-the treaty with France
the law of God himself and every princ;n,e
OF Justice, reason and the experience Of the
world. The history OF the world shows that
negroes are wholly unfit for sefe. government
that thsv sre a aftrossand t;nes h,nn;er ! !, !
slaves m the Tinted States' and e,sewbere
than when free in .he;r avn native land q!
Even those who are heed IN the United
run off into the North and in Canada are in
a worse rondition-as in this Republic and
in the West Indies4-thau when slaves II
was and is so with the slaves7 whom / took
with me to the North and paul ,dm;ttea IA
me that be n.ver wac 90 wer fed or clothed
or provided for after he got his freedom as
he was whilst he was my slave. He de.
nounced the Abolitionists who cheated him
out Of his earnings. and he begged me and
my wife to lot him return to us, but we
would not because he sued me, though I
beat in the case. -.
thank Won. for your efforts for nv son
William, for your letter and for the Con.
sressional Directory. Nav God bless YOU, ~
your family and yonr own sunny South
which 7, viii still hone and prav shah be re-.
united to the cold North. When you see
them make my warm regards to all nv
Southern friends and espacislly to Clay and
his Father, Toombs, Mallory and their fsmi,
lies. n e 2
The dissolution ofthe Union will pr,bab.
" be the cause Of nv own. ruin as well As
that ,,f NV country and NAV cause me and
mine to 20 South. Your friend = aa,r
e Sincerely and ferventlv
GEO. w. JONES. !
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