The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-12-31

ated the people of Georgia. So much So
that were the Confederacy ack nowledged I
day, GeOrgia would not remain two year
under him. heard Confederate Geners
Of great prominence, who understands tn
feeling in that State, 80 declare. And a
significant of this Gov. Brown Of Georgi
gave to Gen. G. W. Smith, meanly an
spi:efully driven out Of the army by Ds
Wis. the Presidency of the Etowah Iro
Works, with salary larger than that Of hi
salary as Lieutenant General. He falsifiec
all his promises to Kentucky and took Gen
Humphrey Marshals command away from
him, turning it over to his political rival
Gen. Preston, to crafty the partisan re-
quirements of Kentucky citizens, who hat
suddenly risen from TIE obscure position O.
pork packers, to that Of Senator's and Rep
resentatives in the Confederate Congress
and jugglers in that political Sedan. In
word he has enriched and honored hi:
friends, ruined and impoverished his enc
mics Has given over the people, thos,
'f Arkansas especially, to plunder and op.
preston by his favorites, and in no instanc.
punished the offender.
l admit that in some things he looms ur
above other men. but, he has so many de-
fects and weaknesses beneath others, that
it reduces him to very poor second
rate character. And you can never change
him. His life has been wrapped by politi.
Cal intrigue. His prejudices have been mar.
rowsd, and bis hates imbittered by years Of
partisan strife. And you had as we'll take
the oak, which has been bent while twig,
and beat upon by the storm Of centuries,
when its boughs are falling off, and its
trunk decaying, and attempt to straighten
it up towards Heaven, as to attempt the
strengthening of . character, so warped and
bent by years Of political storm aud in1ri-
que
WHAT SHALL WE DoP
This question naturally comes up after all
that has preceded. 1t Mr.. Davis when he
held the lives and fortunes of many millions
in his hauds, so blundered as to lose his op-
what can we hope from him. now
that . scene Of blackness. of anguish and
desolation reigns, where wealth, happiness
and plenty smiled. Ifhe woul1 not protect
Arkansas when he could, but, instead, gave
it over to plunder and oppression by his pets
what have we to hope, now that he trembles
in Richmond for his own safety. and wakes
up at last to the terrible reality Of his weak.
ness, folly and indsctetion If We ,sere not
protected when zoe could hdre been, and il
we cannot now be protected, what must we
do? Some say continue the struggle. Let
the last man die, &C., &c.
think differently. We ought to end the
struggle and submit. But you say it is
humilia.ing. No more than to sure nder
when whipped. We have done that often.
Always where we could do no better.
have tried the experiment twice and found
It by no means foolish. Submission is but
We have been fairly beaten in the
whole result, and should at snce surrender
the point: ...
If we don't get the happiness we enjoyed
IN the old Government, we can get no more
misery than we have felt under jefferson
Davisi But look for peace ..there. We
had it many years. Even while we. are ar
rayed against it, find that hostile forces in
our midst give more protection to citizens
than they had when Holmes and Hindman
were here, 1t is true, the Johnsons tell you
that Gen. Steele has imprisoned and OPP
pressed people here. Not word of truth in
It. And they know it is all false. In q
few months, when no mors Confederate
m oney can be invested, and nothing more
made out of the people, they will sneak back
and claim his protection.
But we are whipped-fairly beaten. Our
armies are melting and ruin approaches US.
Will continuing this struggle help us ?
Every battle We might gain ought to wiring
tears from the hearts of Southern men
We are just that much weaker-that much
nearer our anal ruin. Anguish and sorrow
md desolation meet US wherever we turn.
The longer the the struggle the more Of
it. ae
Don't let yourselves be deceived with the
hope that the United States will abandon
the struggle. They can never do it. They
have toiled and spent too much to see the
solution of the problem, and not foot up the
figures. They scarcely feel the war at
home. The cities are more popplous and
thrifty to-day than eyer. For every man
that died or gets killed in battle; two emf
CRATE to the country. Th,ir villages and
towns, their fields and country flourish as
fresh as ever. Theycould sink their armies
to-day, aud raise new levies to crush US and
not feel it.
How is it with us |? The last man is ir
the field. Halt our territory overun. Ou1
cities gone to wreck-peopled alone by tn,
aged, the lame and halt. and women and
chldred |! While deserted towns, and smo
king ruins, and plantations abandoned ant
laid waste, meet us on all sides. And an
archy and ruin, disappointment and discon
tentment lower over all the land
IA FOREIGN INTERVENTION
Yon rely upon Foreign Intervention
Alas and alas How many lives
hopes and fortunes have been bufied unde
this fatal delusion. 1t has held US on to
hopeless struggle, while The belt Of des