The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-11-12

In this. country, at this tiaN there is but
one ealissue before the publif mind. That
is, whether the integrity Of the Union is to
be maintained, through the authorities
are alone charged with its iefence--by war
and all the just,fiable instramets Of wars 81
whether the Uniop is to be ab andonded N -
order to secure peace. Accordingly. there
can be but two real parties in this coun Wy, N
at this time first, a Union War party, Ids. q
termined to uphold our democratic institNlnl
ticns at all hazards, and against every foe, ga
foreign as well as domestic, and whiekfis, ~
therefore, properly the Democratic party or
the day and second, a Peace. party; which
is willing to relinquish the unity ofthenaaionsVi
to the demands of the insurgents against it,sa
or to patch up such a nominal reconclatiop vi
of the dislocated parts as may serve for the
time, but will be sure to lead to . fntnra j;
rupture still more bloody and terrible than. n
the present. Both these parties. are legitins
mate, because they grow out Of. the ,actnaly
question of the time, because they represent i
not merely formal but u substantial diyis,,;,
ion of opinion, and because the issue OF
events must be in accordance with the views
and wishes of one or the other
Thus the vallandigham or Wood partyyf
which is openly opposed to the war sand
comes out squarely for peace with the rebeisie
which means dis1uion--is a'pesfectiysd
legitimate party, whose ends are easily guIi-ts
derstood. Thus the administratio ion party,
which insists upon war till the armed hostil-.5
ity to the government is abandoned and
abjured, is legitimate party, arising ont off,
the necessary facts of the times, and quite
ineligible as to its methods and purposes.ai
But the so-called ''Democratic Paftyn Off
this State is not legitimate in any sense, isi
not an honest birth Of the time, does NOT
represent any essential antagonism Of opinsdi
ion, and therefore must sooner or later lose
itself in the embraces Of the Peace party, ass
it has done in this city by its juaction withsu
the Mozarters, or rise to the level of the.si
Union War party, which has become thsoI
genuine Democratic party of theunation.-i-p'f
Its present Janus.like aspect-with one face
turned to war and another to peace lis too
inconsistent to endure. 1t cannot favor the 4
war and yet organize its forces against these
only authority entrusted with the conducts
of the war. To send men to the field of II
battle to fight the enemy: and to give votes
at home which delight the armies Of the en-
emy, is dupliclty so transparent that the
blndcst mole could see through it. aud must
be fatal wherever it is adopted AS the old
Pennsylvania democrat. whom we quo ted
the other day, said Ti1 1 aoi,i7oisn
"To send my son to the war to kilIfebelssrs
and to stay at home myself to vote againstfti
the government, is like, hitching a teamttf
oxen to the end of a wagon and d team of
horses to the other, when the only re-
suit will be Of pulling the wagon to pieces''
We already note the practical operation
of thess principles in the political action 81
the several States. The sincere friends Of
the Union, everywhere, men. who have
Confidence in our democratic theory, ana are
williag to uphold it, in war as ID peace, arss'
rapidly concentrating, without regard to :
former names, into one great national party
This is most conspicuous in the Western
States. where opinion is more electrical and y
society more mobile, aud where al sound
Republicans and all sound democrats coalesce 4
into single compact mass, and carry their
candidates with an energy and enthusiasm
which is almost astounding. Those stu
pendous victories in Ohio, in Wisconsin !
and in Indiana, are due to the fact that ti1e's
issue of war and peace was honestly drawn, q
and we of the East ought to rfoIlowlthesh
example.-NeU York Eoea;ng Post, oct. .TI6.liH