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

, : Siaiuaeu, Is TINS yOt
! have been looking for you all night und
"a wrong name. If I had known il W
you, I'd have caught you au ho
Sgo.
1. And so would.
l,tsonly necessary to say, further, tn
j Tasthe man | was set to catch. ma
aot however, that large amount of Il
Icoterfsit notes, and the plates on whic
Fney we're printed, were secured, and th
erme' Il sent to Sing Sing in due course Z
Henr Ward Beecher's Speech
CONCLUDED.
In tnest place, then, the war in Amer
lca was opn by the act Of the South, VIII
nred upoihat old flag which has coyere,
oo'n 'lie etending parties with glory ant
protec1lon.lCheers.l The war commenc
Hd under ctmstances which obliged the
North to joiksue in order to nroSent -
euss huihli'Pn and subjugation. The
ooutnerhers + in their hands the keys oil
the country. .ihey had robbed our .rsan
ais; they hadhde baukrunt our Treo s,,r :,
they had position of the most ;mnorton.
oinces IN 'heny and navy; they had the
auVah'age oi ing long anticipated and
prepared for tconflict We ON Tho con-
trary, knew nshom to trust Mon nor
sioned py the Ternment had lived on the
salaries paid tisby that Government on
ly to betray it.rh ere was hut ona Jrdas
IN the discipie There were in our
country thous: and for tbe North tor
r''ofy "n'ch we been taught to regard
as a sacred riSut trust, without blow,
"ouio nave oeen lave marked her to all
eternity as mean 'craven beyond express
s'ons. loheers.l the second place. the
honor ana safety osgrand experiment Of
selfgovernment by, institutions demand
ed that so fagitiousiolation of the free.
doin OF vote shouid be suffered to pass
with impunity, as tls minority when out
voted should be able nrn round and saw
to the majority, eff do not give us our
way, we shall have larse TO war;
Would you, Englishmset me ask. allow
a minority to dictate ton after such |
fu.h;ax,o Q rtgNo rosA
fashion? lsNo. no. cheers.l I am
glad to find that dista. Of 2 600 miles
makes no difference in tl,ntiments which
We enterta'n ana woun tie next place
remind you that the prize rof division
which it was ought by tsoutb to intro.
uuce Wouio nave no END. would resolve
nationality back into its dnaI elements
Oh Isolated states nor IS IT, any reason
why it should stop at that ID There is
just as much force IN this dfne of Seces
sion as applied to counties. ,es arltkme-
tic, let me ask, change moor political
principle? Ifit be right fo million Of
men IN a state TO secede whe1ey please
from the National G Governmenthv should
not half or quarter that numbee ;nstified
in secediug likewise? Hear, ri And
if it be right for States and coues to se-
parate at their will, why shoqidt toxns.
and cities do the same thinga lis doc
trine of Secession is huge mill-se. which
grinds national life to powder. is the
doctrine of anarchy and national d,uction
clothed in soft phrases and peripkt;c ex.
pressions. We know it; we havfoueht
with that devil Slavery and undesnd il
better than you do. But beyond ,et
me tell you that no people possessed feel
ings of patriotism and honor would bout
a ST. uggle give up an integral port Of
their territory. Would you do sos No
no."l tits said that the separate Ses
owned their own territory, and that waAe
very question which arose when til
States sat in convention to frame a Uni
In that convention resolution was init
duced by the delegates from South Caroli
and Virginia to the effect that they shou
proceed to frame national governmer
while resolution brought forward on t
part of the delegates Of Connecticut al
New England that they should fran.c co
federacy instead was voted down and nev
came up again. But this question ofwhe
er the separate States held their property
distinct from that Of the whole nation. .whi
for so long time never dared to lift
head, has been galvanized into life as
specious argument to justify that secessi
which has no justification under Heaven.
should like to ask Englishmen, who are u
holders of this doctrine, as applied to Am
lea, how they wo ould like this experime
tried in the case of Kent, the county fro
which ! derived my blood9 / would Ii
to ask him who bawls out in favor Of Sou
ern secession, what would be his feelings
he were to read some fine morning at
breakfast the intelligence that Kent had s
up for itself as an independent kingdom,e
your southern coasts [Hear.] Would
think the step justifable If not. w
should he seek to apply to us differe
principle, seeing that the course which
took was rendered necessary for the maj
tenance Of national territory. of national c
ilization, and national laws, and that 0,
and above these political considerations. 1
Mississippi, which is our Southern door
go in and out, was only to be open for q
use owing 10 the magnanimous pleasure
the seeding States? l should wish to b,
what one Of you gentlemen would say il
returning home he found squad of gips
in his front hall who refused to be eject
but who still express ed their willingness