The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-02-12
Peace

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Mems thoughts tu.n toward Peace They
oughtto. War. even when necessary, is a
dire remedy But nations. weary Of the Eur
dens and losses Of war, are prone tdss.aceept,
at length, the mere appearance and preterses
Of peace; and after a. breathing spell. the
body fury Breaks out again, and new
war is the commentary upon an unwiss
peace. It is proposed by some, and especially
by our friends aboard, that we.shnuid with.
draw our armies, acknowledge the indepen'-
ence Of the .reyolted states, aud settle. all dis
puted questions by commissioners firm each.
Should, the North be defeated. ord, by force
Of arms compelel to this .cour,e. she must
take her fate, and do what she can, rather
than what she would. But roluntDiiy to ac-
cspt this course,, would be-, effect to yield up
every principle on which we stand. 1t would
ycsacede the malignant heresy Of state inde-
pendeacc in o Nation Of states. There is no
more room or, authority for nationality when
the separate states may so at their own viii,
without regard to the common welfare,
What kind of an. army would that be n
which, each. soldier claimed and ,excerc:s ed
the right of withdrawing and returning to
his home whenever he pleased The fun.
damental idea of the American Union is at
stake, The who,e future ofthe nation turns
on this very point. II we maintain aid
establish the -d2ctrine that states in confede
racy, are not absolute sovereigns sitting in
eolnci', but that they have Yielded their
sovereignty for the sake of the. greater good
Of National Unity, and are only in local
matters sovereign, while ingeneral interests
they are, mere integral units ola Greater
Whole. we shall have .achlvel a victor, thai
will go far to assure glorious. Culture. anil
worth all that we shall have Suffered and
PAID, and . thousand times mo,e, It's a
matter of infinite, concern whether this con-
tinent shall pc scene of conflicts for gener-
ATOMS 70 came between, petty soyereignte;
or whether, by enduring war manfully for Z
time, We shall lay stable foundations of Ma
tional Unity, All other questions are. sob
ordinate to this. There is not az o her DO Mt
which so profoundly concerns the peace Of
the future, and on the scale of a continent,
as this question between Local States and
Nationality. Already We see The beginning
Of tine end. What are the .eoun>els of peace
pretending ,DenocIats Il bef9ie hcy have
made sure Of influence or power, lhey burst
with eagerness TO disclose their iutention OF
instisuting new intrlgues for a futher, dism
,eggatlen " the north. what. win thryido
whep they shall have ascendency Tile
first step is one Of hypochrisy, 1t is preten-
.dsd that Pc c,is, sought. tits War under
forms 81. pea;c that is lneani. Do they not
already avow that when the Confederacy ID
Acknowledged, the Northwest is 10 be sc,
tached-that one by one Pennsylvania and
New Jersey and New York are to be broker,
of? AID then these Gigantic Gamblers
propose to employ these thirty states as so
many cards, to be stuffed and cut and dealt
a. the exigencies Of The Internal game of
unprinciplJd Politicians Shall require lfths
people consen, to such wahton plans,5 they
are struck with Judicial mindless That way
lies an eternity OF mischief TIE peace
which Democrats 'ha.kcr after is lie peace
which wolves bring. There Is not even the
pretcnse Of sheep-sk:n on these brindleds
plolters,, who move around the fold Of llber..
~. swapping their teeth. aud prcparin, to-
reni aid dcvonr. go 's'As''s 9'sf 2 ss1.
It's amazing that the people do not .ise
up as storm TO overwhelni these plotteis
for nat dnal ii>lneInberment mud tho EXITING
ton OF liberty. saos7 9 ?" a7'sa
The plea for Southern Independence is 10
reality plea TO-. National Disrnenberment,
for irpnmerable schislns, for Disintes grafton
through the length and brs adth Of The land
Under . prcntense Of peace, these desperate
md deceitful plotters are breeding and
,rsedipg, q storm in the tuturs, compared
With which the disturbances Of the present
ire tranquility itself!