The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-10-29
Conditions of Peace wish Rebels.

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In an article in his Qsarsvio Rerie1 on
the return OF the Rebellious SNles, the able
Roman Catholic writer Dr. Brownson, dis
cusscs the conditions of peace with tho reb-
els. The gist Of his remarks may be infer.
red from one or two OF the closing para
graphs, as follows:
"We have urged the abolition Of slavery,
and, as far as practicable, its perpetual ea-
cusion from che United States, foe rea sons
of state, and chiefly IS necessary to the fu.
ture internal and external security Of the
Republic. We have in NJ. instance taken
the ground of the Abolitonists, and we,
have refrained from doing SO partly because,
we do not wholly agree with them, and
partly in Difference to the passions and u
preju lices of our countrymen. But it is ty
n, means inproper for q statesman to re-
fleet that slavery is sin on the part Of n,
nation that, having the power to remove It,
authorizes, or tolerates, OF connives at its
existence; and that as nations have no
future life, national sins are and must Q
punished in this world. Our indifference
to the wrong done by slavery, both to the
slave and t, his master, has slready been
visited upon our nation with one of the
most formidable civil wars that history re-
cords; and it will not render the Great
Arbiter OF nations less Opposed to smile on
our patriotic efforts, and to give success to
our arms, If he sees US resolved to put away
the evil OF our doings, to remember his poor,
to raise up the bowed down, to help the
helpless. and 10 set the captive free. The
Government has now the right under the
Constitution to wipe out from our national
escutcheon the foul stain of Slavery; and if
it refuses, or if the factious spirit, the bitter
prejudice, or the cold-hearted selfshness
ofthe people prevent it from doing so, what
right have we either to expect or to ask God
to give US success in the field, or to endow
us with wisdom in council to defeat the
Vaccinations Of our enemies. He fights
,ainst an offended God, or without the
Lord on his side. Ills very victories are
defeats, and his triumphs are failures and
death. He is thrice armed who has bis
quarrel just; and ours can hardly be called
just, five are resolved not 10 use the victory.
we may win, to remove from our midst that
grossest outrage man can commit against
humanity, negro slavery. We own that
even on moral and religious grounds, We
should fear that we had taken no security
for the future, if we suffered Slavery to be
re-established anywhere within she Ameri-
can Union. We are not in the secrets of
of the Government; but we are confident
that 1t has no intention Of restoring any
seeded State to the Union as saveholding
State, or without having given constitu-
tional pledge to abolish it.
"The Government has given pledge of
freedomto the negro race, by organizing
negro troops, and using them to fight the
battles of freedom. We have never urged
it to do that; nay, we have opposed it,
fos we hold none but freeman can be Justly
called upon to bear arms in defence of the
country, since slaves have no country,--un-
less there is determination on the part of
snpremc authority to recognize and treat
them hencefotth as freemen and citizens
As we read it, the Government. in raising
negro troops, and employing them side By
side with white troops, has gwen solemn
pledge of negro freedom and negro equality
and though we did what we could to dis
suade it from giving that pledge, now il =
given, we insist that 1t shall not be broken.
1t too late now to talk ofgradual emancipa.
ton, Of colonization, nr to oppose negro
troops. Their blood has been mingled on
more than one battle field with that of white
men; and it is idle to wrangle about the
brotherhood of race, when we have establish
ed the brotherhood of arms. Hcnceforth,
whatever have been or still are our preju-
diccs, we are bound in honor to treat tho
negro rs our cou ntryman, and as free
citizen, having as much right to call this
his country as we have to call it ours. No
man has better right to call country his
than he whose blood has concecrated the
soil; and never let the man or the mans
race be enslaved in country that he has
pourd out his blood OF given his manhood to
defend. The Governmeat has go.le further
han we wished, further than we believed
wise or prudent, but we accept what it has
done as fait aceoapti, and hold it to the
logical consequences of its action, as far as
in its power, to icl!ow thea-."
SCENE IN STREET CAs.-The following
incident is vouched for by correspondent
of the Christian Register:
A daughter Of Massachusetts,, living in
New York, was riding in crowded street
car. An intelligent young soldier, suffer
ing from lameness, was standing. This
lady kindly offered him her seat. which no
politely declined whereupon city dame,
occupy ing the next place. gathered up her
robes and scornsuily said she thought things
had come to aprctty pass when New York
lady offered a seat 10 man especially y sol
der.
''Shame upon you madame" rejoincd our
humane friend, shave you no dear ones in
the armys
NO." was the reply,''iny husband should
not Co."
Indeed" was the patriotic answer. "I
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