The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-03-05

1et UlBrlct, j. ". F00te, Ues MONIES county.
ID !" Frank Street. pos.ax...am,s county.
4th Morri: McHenry, Crawford :.
9Th G. w. SlaReI. Jefferson
9Th Thomas Hughes, Johnston
10th Samuel Merrill, Clayton
18th !" +. o. Mccall, Story
More about the Peace Meet
ing and it's prominent char
acters.
Reader are you an honest thinking Dem
ccrst, Ifso take my arm and let us 20 to
the Peace ~ Meeting-and as we 20 along
together will tell you, If you desire, what
know about its history and object On
the 18th, last Saturday, in Pursuance Of a
call joined in by some of the best men in
the County without regard to party, there
was here a large gathering, grand out
pouring of Union men who came to listen
to that old life long Democrat and fearless
patriot Joseph A. Wright Of Indiana-C.
q. Cole another able and outspoken demo-
erat, and David Roror still anc Their able and
time honored democrst-by the way You
may honestly think that these men have
forsaken their democracy and joined the abb
olitionists. Ofcourse shall allow you to
differ with me, but think you win be in
duced to change your opinion before you re-
turn from the Peace meeting. But to re-
turn to the discourse As I have already sta.
ted there was grand out-pouring of patriotic
men at the Union meeting, and the result
was that the patriotism OF ths people was
aroused, and their devotion to this blessed
Government renewed, aud their determine
ton strengthened, that It should be preserv-
= ed for our children, and its enemies over
thrown. In q day or two after this, or per-
haps l should say after the Union meeting
was called, there appeared in the Mercury
the call for the Peace meeting to which we
are going the call though, instead of being
signed by citizens Of the County as was the
call for the Union meeting, was not signed
by q single person, and seemed to be author
lied and made by the Editors of the Mer-
curry alone. Shortly after fac simih of the
call appeared in hand bills that were posted
over the County. Itused you know to be
the good old practice of the democracy to
insert in such bills, sundry quotations from
such noble democrats as Andrew jackson,
Stephen A. Douglas, Joseph Holt, John A.
Dix, Andy johnson and the l:ke-but in
these billsithis was entirely omitted, their
authors deeming it proper and advisable to
use but one solitary quotation, at the end
of the call. Who do you think this was
from you answer-of course it was from
some renowned and virtuous Democrat /:
yes, it was from rem o,oned democrat, but
not of the jackson or Douglas School 1t
was aquotation from no less person than
the great leader and father of Geo. W.
Jones and Dennis. Mahony Democracy
OLD SATAN himself, who, we are told by
Milton, after having rebelled against the
majesty Of High Heaven and being thrown,
by the Almighty arm, down head-long into
the burning Pit, at last resolved to make
one more great and final effort at rebellion
and rolling his huge carcass in the lake of
molten fre. and filling bis vast lungs with
tho fumes Of burning birthstone be raised
bis stsntorian voice and IN laundering tones
that made the farthest arches of Hell resound
called the lesser devils, who then PROSTATE
lay on the burning lake, to make one grand
strike for liberty and successful rebellion,
and concluded his Aerce appeal in the words
OF that remarkable quotation: 3.
Awake Arise or be forever fallen -
But here we are now at the meeting. We
come late and the benches not having been
taken out of the Court house, and the Jury
rooms closed, we find the court room too
much crowded for comfort. Although /
should like to hear Claggett. who, with uncle
Joe, (good honest soul D has been life.
ong democrat, ever since the old wing par
ty died. yet THINK We ". had better stay in
the han f,eiow and ,;s..n 4. Ter
Tho they say viii soon oommspes.
There goes up the box now, and upon it
there mounts the speaker an elderly man
with arather ford face, slightly wrinkled
WIN age, and considerably around the cor
aefs OF the eyes, in consequence Of a rain
togasash squins of those organs, which j. not
- progressing IS pleasant. On the whole
'nere IS nothing in his appearance or man.
', -. .na' Indicates the man Of fine feelings,
lure rsule or brains, ,apt much to ss,e contrary.
,s,,, naa you may differ Wit. me in a., = this
i. - -" quarrel about that. But who !. !,
r mani Why that is Colonel Thomns ~ . :.
a.. .snep,a' A Douglas Denocra1 , p', w '
800 une Of his bitterest snsm;s. 40 m
I rpOl'er Of Lecompton in 1857: o. R..., Of
''ose,n iS6o'and his hearty endorse .a rit
you doubt its then hear him !. ;. now. sx
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