The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-04-02

( whether any one ever heard Of tho s,,bior,
ftion of oftwelvemlll,as pf'p ,ppleI d,tur.nirel
ito be free.NoWe reply that hi>torys ancicn
and molerny Is full of in stang ,sIor tn. opl,
4 sort Of conquest or sbbjngatIon which an,
Z sanscman propo ses, shall he submitted d
I7by the South No one thinks il possibly o.
necessary, forths purpose in View, tolocu
/ fpy the whole South xith. garrisons, but SIM
pie tosdes,ray the only support upon xl,icl
fitsi arrogant pretensinp< are based, na,uely
ITS military power. This gone, what bs
comes Of all ths. rest ?ani this .re,nainins
where Is there ard hope of perss ne1t peac,
/ and safety touse nForf what il alt W. ar b,,
an aPpealto force to settTelq,astiun 4 nfua
+t'onal Interest, dwfichs speacefui, discussion
has failed to settle aud what is an army
but only y.anot her argument, the ultinsa va.
ito, which, " successful in decisive b,tt,es
must give the law to thu conqneretl p To
SAY nothingsof instances in ancient 1histerr.
Polandc Hungary and ahombaf,iv, lin oar
day, were just as determined to be free q $
the South Is, and quite, as full Of martial ar.
dor; and certainly Prussia, Spain under the
Bohapsfts dynasty, aid the French Ehpire
are all examples Of nations which valued
their ladepsndence. and had teafoll1 the re
sources for maintaining it which the .sSontb
possesses yet the capture of Warsa,v, the
Surrender Of Villages, the battles Of Novara.
II Jena, Of Sil ,manca. aud oe,,Y aterloo res.
pectlvely, settled as detinitively the fate Of
the inhabitants of those countries and their
future condition, as if the terms imposed by
the con4herns army had been freely and
unanimously agreed upon By The represen-
tatiyeseofthe'people id Con sress assembled
And. in like manner, can any one ionbt,.
boxing at the present co Imperative, 9resour.
&c S Of the two sections, that if we should
gain two decisive battles. yonein toe East
and and the other in the West, which should.
result in the total tdisorganzation Of the two
rebel armies. and thus enable. us to, inter.
pose an impossible barrier between them
we should soon hear voice impIoring. in
unm'stakable accents, peace on our own
terms It wqaldnot be d matter of choice
but OF necessity; . simple question Of how
Jar the progress ofexhaus.ion had been oar.
rled, and that once settled, Iand no reasona 2
! Ole, ie, nope Of success remaining. the war
would not last q week longer, This is the
experience Of all nations, and our Southern
rebels, notwithstanding their noisy i boast boastinr
DO not differ in their capacity 81 resistance
.ffomshe rest Of mankind .sffard poo,unnding ndi
this. gentlemensp saidthe Duke or syel;ng.
tonic his officers, as he threw timse,fw;,hs
10 one Of the pnbroken squares ef. his heroic:
infantry at Waterloo, shut awe,Ills see who
can poandithe9lonses,;p and the abi,v Of
that infantry to!.",pound the lopgest' on that
day settled the fate, cf Europe for genera.
tons a
JT:yC,9 ssd g.! ..zYi 'sesl .Ey9I5t1 ~
Letus bend, then, our nniteu energies to
secure, as much as in Us lies, succe S in the
held, and that sfccess sained, ~ We NAV be
sure tbataii things win f5Ilow. let us Re.
cognizewi'h confidence las co workers in
tfls great object. all. never1mind wbat opin.
ions they may safertaia about the Ca ases Of
the the war and the new issues which its, pro
gere gress has developed, who desire in, all sin
cerity, 20 matter from what motive. the sn &c
cess Of our arms Upon such basis, the
wi.derahd more catholic our faith becomes
the better 'sTn essentials Unity twin IN no non
essentials liberty In an things Charity ii
this should beour motto Pie only 'possi
BILE hopefor the Soutlois IN our own divis.
sions. Let us remember that with success
al things are possible, yithoatsit, allg.our
hopes and tn 'oriss tvsnisA toto thin air.
With @ success in the Geld, We should not on +
y dsarm the rebellion, and rid ourse.ves I
forever ofthe pessilent tribe Of domestic 1
traitors BY hurying them deep 10 that pollt.I
cal'oblivion which covers the Tories eess1o Of The
Revolution, and those who sneered al the +
gallant exploitof our snavy in the war pf1
lSl2. bntc also force public; ;opuipns abroad,
sshoss falthlessness 10 the great principles
which undelie all modern civilization, has
'een one Of the saddest developments Of this +
ad war, to. exclame at last, '..Iaridiam qto.
ia sapsrasti." '''I - Z ''l''''f ~ +
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