The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-03-12

were honest pstriotic,and would like to pur-
sue that course nearest right, and that con.
duced most to the interests and welfare of
the whole country. and that they would do
this il uninfuenced, and let alone, by the
corrupt and miserable demagogues and trait
ors, who, aspiring to be the leaders Of the
Democratic party, have grounded it upon
the shoals of treason, while engineering it
to subserve their own base and selfish ends.
Until recently these political guerri'las and
traitors hare studied discretion, and strove
to accomplish their purposes under the spe-
cious guise ofloya!ty, and by dissembled
Difference to popular opinion on the subject
ofthe war. BY pursuing this course they
have been able to persuade many an honest
and patriotic Democrat TO believe that they
were in favor ofa vigorous prosecution of
the war |; that they were by no means op.
posed to. the war, but to the method in
which Il was being conducted that they
were hostile to the policy upon which the
war was waged, not to the policy Of waging
war tall. But, recently, being encouraged
BY the temporary success Of their allies At
vicksburg emboldened by the inactivity
Of nur army, and the Ion Of its artillery, be-.
longing to that class who 60 up when the
country goes down, and down when the
country goes up. taking courage from the
immunity with which such villainous truck
ling traitors, as George W. Jones, Mahoney,
and Steward have declared their vilest Of
treason, they have thrown of their specious
disguise and now stand self-confessed, self.
convicted traitors to the government And
while they do not. in so many words. say
that they are ready to take up arms for
their Southern friends, against the "Aboli.
ton despotisn 1t Washington, use
their own expression yet their every act
indicates their willingness SO 70 do, and that
they wait only for the fortune Of circun,-
stances to protect them from that danger
which they have not the courage to face.
and from that fate which win surely over
take them II they raise the hand Of open re.
bellion They are upon the brink Of anar-
chy and revolution, ana If they make Is
rapid strides in the ensuing, As they have
in the last six months, they win be dashed
in pieces on the rocks of that abyss, into
which they are striving to throw tie coun-
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They have adopted the a1ndacity Of Dan.
ton without possessing his cunning and So
gacity, and think that by the very boldness
and audacity Of their course, they viii be
enabled to confound and cover the honest
patriotic men who HAYES been heretofore, but,
are no longer. deluded into their support
They no longer CT, for vigorous prosecu-
ton Of the war, to deceive the people. but
clamor for peace, and say that war is and
has been always "antagonistic to peace
and that they are and always have been op.
posed to il. They clamor Tor pescs and .
truce to hostilities, when the traitors who
control the rebellion. sag they win have no
peace, no truce except upon the terms Of 81
broken government. and the recognition Of
their bastard Oonsederacy. Over the graves /,
Of two hundred thousand Of our sons, they
stretch their traitorous hands to shake those
Of their murderers, dripping With the blood
or the defenders Of our households. when
the rebellion is encompassed on every side,
weakened and lettering ana almost exhaus. |
ted; when the united and determined ac. |
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