The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-01-08
oTTUMWA IOWA, VEDNEsD DAY. JANUARY 8. 1862.
shalt we Have wxr win Eag.

IJoCt Oj tne eCOuIf0voSSy Win 8s54anO 1t0 cor
aicting, atd, tAbsc Who ptoFes. TO- b. xe
informed areI evidently pahming or tbei
mere guessesi for facts But we think "
cannot be mistaken in seeing Indications =
a willingness to yield TO England. beyon,
the poiot where prudence Incomes dishonos
/ in order to asert war. The sfebate in In
Senate on Thursday shows statihis indica
ton isnoticcd by members Of Congress. 4
litevidently is BY the newspaper corrcspon
dents at Washington. Il Il mol strange tlia
the government should be extremely ann
ious 10 prcJefvc peace with an foreign nd
tions while engaGei n domestic stfuggl
which Aaxessppv veissrgies 50 severely. Tt a
their duty to asclt peace By all just means
But national dishonor Is ten thousand Tine
worse tlIl xar This is not true merely Al
: sentiueni practically true: true in
me- lnnterial rcint cfview. In the prescn
casrto Yield 70 an. axunGant demand Of Eng
p wo0ld most humiliating confes
s'dn1 national Weakness and cowardic'
|exckl6dA There ssno American VIII,
e~cuId not forever hang his head with sham,
nt-tla. remembrance Of IT.. 1t would be /
slaiu thst nothing could obliteratcs And IN
stead ofaverdhs fcrsig ,iagsression Il woold
inevita6e Aprovoke and invite il.
The Trent affair does not lie at the bot
tom Of the war ekcitehent ia England Til
secret motive OF It is selfish and commercial
Iris fostessitsnd famed into fury by the
trading classes, who have an interest, a
they think. in the permanent disruption ol
tlO tAmer Union. In tho fifst place a
large amount Of money has been advanced
In England for cottoG that is still on the
southern plantations. bought at . loy 6gurc
on account Of the small chance OF gettsnahi,
early to market The immense amount. .ol
&Sns, munitions Of war, and army clothing
received by the rebels from England, have
not been paid for by southern spccie, but BY
promises Of cotton. The English holders Of
these promises have an interest amounting
to millions OF pounds sterling-a larre pro.
portion Of II pr6fits-iin the opeisinC of the
southern ports And these are the men who
got Up the Liverpool Indignation meeting
and started the war Sfy that now rings fierce.
" through England. twas literally their
I"colden opportunity" and they improved ii
10 the utmost. All the commercial and han.
,lfacturing classes Of England have not the
slime direct obvious interest in the raising
i A.he southern blockade. But they sec, as
] ll+vho,,v n,,st thot ,ffer wA hav, crushed
, re;,e,,;on 900 sb.,, recess,r;,r h,vsss !,
= Il tariff for limo t;me 70 como the efFec,
ii ar
= 'o' vi" y .na' We S'."', '''a'u.ac,ure
~" ss93gS s'''os' e"',s a". ",e'
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II ' and increase our conmers.al' s' ''s ampor-
y w.. but u tney can oeaslpe' tue disso'u- 's
-, ''o' S. - ''a1 -, !" W. ap,,a -
- fcrest q u'e reoeis, they VIII OBTAIN
Is ~" p'roi OF the southern coniederacy
ca, o''.'. '.s su,ii'''ei,o =, =, ."e''
..a. '''u ,or.e ~ ''e . no''nel" o'o' a,'''
y ro'"' 70 'he'r Poncy ih tact 'ney y,
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