The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-04-30

WA, THURSDAY
Der Of the Committee of Thirty three, from
Alabama, that if the North would tendel
the South blank sheet to write her own
terms Of compromise, the offer would not be
accepted. 3e, s,,-.s-g ff
No, my friends, there is no alternative
but to acknowledge the Independence of the
Confederacy, or to subdue the rebellion by
the strong arm of military power. To sup.
pose that there is hope Of any other settle.
ment is, the grossest delusion. s,
Can you then recognize the independence
Of the Oonfederscy? Remember that i,
carries with acknowledge defeat. in q war
of aggression arrogantly provoked, by an
enemy notoriously inferior in numbers,
financial means, and all the resources Of
war that peace made on that basis
would be standing invitation, not only to
foreign powers, in all our disputes, to disre-
gard our rights, but to an insolent antagon.
ist, flushed with triumph, to resort, on ev.
cry future occasion of controversy between
the two Governments, to menace, insult.
and INVASION We mnss not, as showing
the characters Of the antagonist with whom
we have to deal, forget the immediate cause
of the present war, which is too apt to be
overlooked, in consequence of the vast d.
mensions to which the contest has swefled.
II was simply that Mr.. Buchanan refused to
enter into negotiation with q depu-
tation from South Carolina for the cession
or the sale Of Fort Sumter. Now on the
supposition that the demand of Carolina
was as legitimate and reasonable as it was
groundlsss and absurd, still to rush at once
into war for such reason was what might
bo expected Of . tribe Of sayages. rather
than from community of civilized men,
Whati In q time of profound peace, and
in the face of'a disclaimer on the part of the
President Of an intention to increase the ar.
mament of the pos, then occupied but by a
single company, to open upon il. without a
shadow of pyovocation. from IL batteries
to cannonade' it with red-hot shot, because
the General Government did not see s6t to
eyacuate it and surrender the public proper.
ty at the first tap Of the rebel drum--why.
it is the work of madmen, sufficient of itself
to justify the reply of Judge Petigru, who,
when asked by a, stranger the way to the
lunatic aylHm, told him be could not go
amiss in South Carolina. Can an ignomln.
ious peace, at the close Of war thus inau.
gurated, lead to anything ubt a renewal Of
bostilitiss on the first paltry dispnte2 sT
Then, too, we must. remember that the
recognition Of the Confederaey is the pros.
tration of the Government and the dism.m.
berment Of the territory of the United
States, over which that Government is leg
ally and constitut;onally established. Such
has. rarely. if ever, been the case-at least,
to anything like the same extent--in the
revolutions, the civil wars, and the rebell-
ions of Enrone Most of tbese w.r. have
been dvn.s,;c s,r,ao,e. - con,o.,. - rn.;,
tain the bal.nca Of he nower ~ .rst.;n
the national ;nt,,encs ond honor 1,n.;,.a
changes Of jurisdiction have some times fol-
lowed. but never surely such . bideops te-
ritoral sacrifice. as this rebellion demands
of the Government Of tho United States -
Twice within the last quarter of a century
and while our politics were controlled by
the South, we have been on the point of q
war with England to maintain our right to
q corner of the State of Maine. and Is sn
island on the pasific coast VIII icb. till the
difficulty arose. sas not of conseouence
enough to have been laid down in the mans
of the region. We ara now ernected "a
Give uu to . foreign power Ne l.ndt. !. bstisrly
hostile foreign nowsr Il viii, he, and tbat
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unon . vre.cha6 met.nhvs;c., ou;hh,e h.,f
mus 'a'r tesr''o'v % the United Stages;
sea coast OF 2'ooo miles some Of the best
harbors and military stations Of tho coun.
Try; the forFresses that guard our coast.
wise commerce; scme OF the great lines Of
communication East and West, North and
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