The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-03-12
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HON. Il JAMES T. F. i WILSON


OF IOWA, IN rHs Houss arrRsss srArrvss, ssB. Cd
on tic Btu (H.nR No. 76)to grG;ss 6ddi-
j tional Soldiers for taessrrice 1ef clio Gov
srnmsnt-, siyast fst d s>gnb hafi,ois ~
" ia xtu9lit tCono:sdsd.l,i ,oGnre 81
d The sentiment contained insdthato para
graph is in exsct harmony with sentiments
embodied IN hundreds and thousands of sp-
tpaals now being made to the people of the
North by the gentleman and his friends
Iholdsin my hand aresolutiop passed by .
meeting of the gentlsman'spoliticali friends
in which they give endorsement to the SEN
timent contained in the Richmond iExamin.
cry And Estate that the organization to
which the gentlemen on the other side have
attached themselves, isbusy, not only in my.
State, but inp Illinois, Indians and all west
erh States, IN d determined, organized eff
fort toaproduce q Feeling Of hostility towards
New EHglaads snd 1t istims f0f thssapcople
throughout the country to understand qthis
thing seiit9us ii arsHi ink SssanB :,
i Il do not know but gentlemen expect to
save the Union in this wsy but I do know
that, whatever their expectations may be,
they are pursuing the only sure policy Of
bringing al,outa dissolution Some, have
no doubt, desire t. The resolutions to which
tIsrefer a. having been passed blythe friends
OF the gentleman and one Of thosea friends
was defeated candidate Of that party for.
Congress in the State1of fIcwa--read as fol.
lows :oss si.si ~ hgA .9tlssb h1pcw ers
a"sa That wf,esr, we iarfv survey our a present
unhappy difficulties asa country, as well as
their origin and surroundings the-responsi,
sbiiitics Of their. authors, aud 4their -conse,
quences to future generations,i the, solemn
and imposing proportions Of the subject in3
spire hs with contempt for everything Of des
ceitfal or time serving character. and impells
to speak frankly and make this solemn
declaration, that bad il not been for the "a.
naticism and peculation Of New England.
our generation would not have witnessed
the ghastly specter Of dis0nson; and were
IL not, ,f0rlthel same causes lstillepatext for
evil. these difficulties could readily. be adjus-
ted !: therefore, we have exhausted every
reasonable effort for the restoration, OF the
Union as II was. Should New England
stand in the breach, We as western men,
will consult western pride,i which alike for.
bids that the great Mississippi valley should
ever be divided, and thereby rendered trib.l
utary to rtiinous system OF yankee intoler.
'ance, icupidity, and clan legislation No,
they great Mississippi valley, 'ssnow and forev-
Ia
shss,ally SAY ssy e e. New Engl.na With al her
fallies, and noral'turpitodss 1--WE b,dyou good,
BY, remembering youonlyfor the wrongs,
you have done.n lrr-a fsvfi 4 3a s9s8H
This resolution was passed, as II stated,
by d convention Of s0-called Demoma.s Of
my own State. It would he good treason
for the latitude Of Richmond An through
the States in the, west you may 6nde tLis
same thing going on. In almost every
township, the same kind Of sentiment D. be-
ing promulgated, aud nneeasing, adetermip.
cd efforts are making to- excite iths people
against New, England audsths Govern,nent.
Every man engaged lin asthiss Gtreasonable
work, belonss-to tho po,iticaliorganisAtion
represented by the other side Of this House.
But, again, sir, it is said by the opponsnts
ofthis bill that the employment Of negro
soldiers win degrade as. I would like to
ask the gentleman who made this srgupent,
kieis pors,d degrading erA dissyaoeiol for
Tor this government to receive into its navsi
and military service colored men, and pay
them for their services. than il is for slave
holding gentlemen toliys upon the asunre-
Quilted toll Of the same class If persons, II
you need the services Of the black, man.
there is more honor in employing him and
paying him what his labor H. worth, than
there il in appropriating his services, With
OUT pay and il there is any degradation in- !
ivclvstl IN the employment Of Africans, then
three hundred and Gay Thousands of the .
citizsns of the. United States are 4 most
deeply degraded people. Sir there is,no,oc-
ess.on for fearing this degradation, When
grntlcnsa spesk ef ths snpssierity Of the |
Angld-saxon, ,qpesaAndA it'd Ability to take
care Of stssM, ,,shey nlmt trsnsmbev'tha that |
sscs of auhich khey speak So proudly : sxndi
to.yhich they are 70 proud % belong. isnow
divided sgsiut itself |; and that, whena they !
claim this superiority, they ana chimng Il |
sor both parties to this contest. We. like
sensibls msp should afollov the exsippls satt
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