The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-11-29

gain and the goqd cpure 70 the NQrtn.t How
shor, sighted anS fallacious is this calcula-
tior, need not here demonstrate suffice
II that Il is very generally made, and that
the result Is not merely general mercantile
callonsness to the iniquities of the slave
holding system, bat current sentiment
which regards it with active and positive
favor. drra 3H k Ea. .aa sg. Iat
v. D:supion heing an accepted fact, and
peace restored on. that basis. the Republican
party, which has Intellectually resisted the
aggressions Of the Slave Power and directed
the national effort to maintain and preserve
the Union, Is beaten and PROSTATE The
Democratic party rallies under the banner
Of sReunion at any price What price will
be sccertedY Simply and obviously, Adop-
tion Of tAsl MONTGOMERY Constitutioa, and
application 70, odn;ssion under ii into the
Southern onfSderacy. True, that Consti-
tuition inexorably prexcribes that
The citizens Of each State shall have tie
right Of transit and sojourn in any State Of
this Confederacv with their slaves and other
property and the right Of property in, said
slaves shall not thereby be impair cd" a
'Sojourn in any State you perceiye-'not
for a day. but for all time That clause
alone makes Slavery universal and impcra.
tive throughout tie Contederacy, and no
State can eyade or override it. But again :
The Confederate States my acquire new
territory y in all such territory negro
slavery. as itsnow exists in the Confederate
States, shall be recognized and protected by
Congress and by the territorial government;
and the einhabitants Of the Confederate States
and Territories shall have the right to take
to such territory any slaves lawfully held bv
them in any Of the States or Territories Of
the Confederate States e
There are more provisions like these ;ibut
they are not needed to make every State
that qadheres0 To- the Con nfederaoy . Slave
State. and every ,f,ot Of territory which may
be conceded TO or acquired by it, slave soil
To abasement at the foo.stool Of this tri-
nmphant wickedness, everything yenal and
sordid in the yet Free States would inevita-
bly, and intensely gravitate: commerce seek
ing customers manufacturers eager for mar
kets shipping greedy of cargoes and freight;
but, above all. Democratic politicians hun,
cry for power and pelf, and having the
strong instinct Of American unity and na-
tionaliiy as their fulcrum. They would grad
ually but surely undermine the mutilated
fabric Of our- once glorious Union, and tear
away its pillars TO strengthen and extend
the pile whereof Slavery is the ACKNOWLEDGED
cornerstone. The Union would gradually
crumble and disappear, and the SHAREHOLDERS
Confederacy he built mp frcm its ruins the
Slave Power would resume its arrested march
toward the equator. dragging the Republic
behind It's triumphal chariot wheels Mexico
Central America, Cuba, Hayii. &C., would
be gradually annexed by it domestic OPP
position 10 its dictates would be summarily
suppressed as treason or abolition ; the
masses of our people would become like the
Roman populace under The Cesars the
forms Of a republic might for 4 season be
preserved, hat the essence would speedily
levaporate. leaving vast. powerful. rapacicus
Slave Empire, ruled by some master spirit
of the slarsholding oligarehy. snd xiclding
all the power ofthei nation for The gratiflca.
ton ard agrandizement Of that grasping. nm
scrupplous aristocracy. Having, ceased 10
be the refuge ofthe hunted and the cynosure
Of the oppressed. this country would thence.
!orth awe the nations Of the Old World hy
its military power. and shock them ny its
proflicacy. whercofthe Ostend Circular and
The murders and fcreeries Of Kansas we're
hut foretasies. until God il His riehteons
wrath should bring upon It soma visitation
! Ike the preseni. and huri it from its pinacle
in mercy TO mankind. ss aa ,....s.
Ny friend ! we mnst fight on til We. c.n
qper. We have ro alternative lut absolute
rnin Our triumph is lar nearer than il
seems. II we can bnt animate ihelcysl States
to put forth their whole stieneih for the
contest. Our armies are mustered our
leaders arc chosen; our munitions provided;
and 1.-The Proclamation OF Frede m Ia an i'm
mense makc-weight thrown into tae right
scale. We must and shall Conquer, and
save the civilized world from s.scourge more
balefui than any Alaric or Atdla. ,s.,.a 4
Yours. trnly. HoEAcE GREELEY.
Il An Iuct0clSa I'm the Carr.
A correspondent relates the -following in
cident which he witnessed ia the cars:-