The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-11-19


OF national strength, upon the alter Of
,ak country, believing it to be better that
NY the North possessed should perish than d
ST we should betray this hope of the oppres;
'a' this Western civilization. (Cheer
10 And If on our side we arc willing to do
:. this, and we say, "Let stop be nut to 1
ht contest for the sake of these slavebolde,
n' and that it may enable them to lord It ov
oe 100000 of men with impunity ?" re-,
" no."1 III the love OF liberty lives as it on
- lived IN Ensland-if you are really success
. ors Of those renowned names which ref]e
!. so much honor upon our country. you wi
~ understand our firm and unalte rable dete
- mlnation to fight this battle through at
!" hazards and at every cost. (Cheers)
: permitted to standsupon its own merits. n
: one could dare for moment to dispute m
justice of our cause. II 10 sought. therefor
to tarnish the light Of truth and to falsif
facts. Twill not mention names, but tber
Is an important organ in Great Britain whiel
has deliberately knowingly suppressed tn
truth IN this matter. IL has declared tha
there IS no sincerity in the North that :
treats the blacks worse than the Sontb
NOW, that from beginning to end isa mon
strous lie. (Cheers) Ithas declared tba
emancipation is mere political trick. and
not moral sentiment that this contest :,
the squabble ofmen run mad with nationa,
vanity. Now, even il all these monsrons
lies about the North were true, il would not
alter the fact that Northern success would
not bear with it liberty ;for when societies
clash against societies the results are NOT
what individual motives would make them
when your soldiers fought at Waterloo thew
did not know the tremendous moral conse.
quences which depended on that battle and
II every Northern man. wer, juggling hxp.,
ocrite tha. tL.-.--------- rfic, COM
stitution of the North, her free labor, or
nrauaes s'Ss ~"
stitutions and ideas should she prevail. But
hear a loud protest against all war. There
is a small band in your land and mine
which is opposed to war under any circum-
stances, and although cannot accept their
judgement, bow with profound respect to
their consistency. But putting those aside,
regard this British no: ror of war as some
thing wonderful,a It phenomenon of
itself. On what shores, let me ask, have
the prows of your ships clashed 2 What
land is there with name and people where
your banner has not waved above your SOL
diers ? When the great resurl ection reville
sounds, it will muster men who have fought
10 your ranks from every cline under heav-
en-. "But," tits said. "this war against
your own blood" How long let me ask, is
it since you poured troops into Canada,
and caused all your dockyards to work night
and day to avenge against your own blood
the taking oftwo men out of the Trent?
(Cheers.) Old England ashamed Of war
of principle! She gained her glory in such
contents. (Cheers.) Old England asham-
of war of principle Your national en-
sign symbolizes your history the cross on
the field of blood viii you tell US who
are your descendants, and who you inherit
your ideas and your pluck, that we must
not fight in such cause as tha, which L
stand here to advocates (Cheers.) All !
the child must pay heed to the parents, un-
til they get so old as to tell the child that
he must never do what he used to be whip
ed for not doing. Then the child naturally
says, "Father and mother are getting too
old. They had better leave their present
home and come and live with me-" A
laugh) And whereas England comes to
that state that she dare not go to war for
principles she must emigrate. (Cheers and
laughter.) Next to this newly born dread
of war. am struck at the attitude Of
Great Britain in giving her moral sympathy
to the South. cNo, no y am, l con
fess, very much psrplexed to know what to
think upon this point. am like the great
majority of Englishmen, suppose. do
not believe in The Times and all says.
| TGroans.l nevertheless, like the rest Of
you always read it. ca laugh.l Every
Englishman meet tells me The Times is no
exponent of English C'No, nor') opinion !;
and yet have taken notice that when /
talk with men their last arguenent is, some
how or other, the last thing they saw in
The Times A laugh.] Now. | think it
was The Times or Morning Post that said
that the moral sympathy Of Great Britain
was against the North and in favor Of the
South, [no no s"l but let me tell you that
that portion Of the people Of Great Britain
which is represented by newspapers are
like men that have arrows and bows strong
enough to send their shafts 5000 miles,
and those are the men who synpathise with
the South while they who are in favor Of
the North are like men who have the ar
rows but not the bows to shoot them to a
sufficient distance. (Cheers.l I, however
viii have different stery to tell when
a get back from that which has hitherto
reached my countrymen. fRenewed Cheer.
! A yoice--"What about Russians?" A
J gentleman asks me to saya word abou
the Russians, and as this is q little private
, and confidential meeting, do not mine
telling you that the whole affair, so far a.
relates to the Russian officers in New York
! is simply little piece Of coquetry. Blu
: you will say, sis it not an indecent thinI
7 for America. now that Russia is engaged Il