The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-02-19

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tell you what think--I think there ought
10 have been more arrests than there have
been; and then these men would not be.
quite SO bold as they are. TCheers.1
| have one thing more to say upen tits
subject. When man can discharge him.
self by taking an oath to sustain the coye-r.
:nent, and refuses to DO T.. be ought not 10
be released | tell you this government is
more to the American people than anything
else YOU have got it is the best government
that is to be found on the globe; this gov
eminent IL good enough for me to be WILING
to take the oath to support it, ifI am req,,ir..
ell to do it. morning, noon and night, and il
man wont release himself by taking tho
oath he ought to lie there and rot, or to be
driven out of the country. a man that
wont take the oath to support the govern
ment ought to join tha Southern army right
away. He has no right to the protection Of
this government. Immense cheering
| know the mass Of the people are right
on these subjects. The mass Of the Demo.
cratic party are just as honest and true as
any other party that ever lived. But I tell
yau. Democrats. yon have leaders that love
party m,re than they love their country. l
have noticed one thing in my life. If you
tell story on n man. it will not make him
mad; but If YOU strike him right on ths
heart you will see the fire hy at once. But
just look at the state Of things in this coun.
try for the last twenty months. The rebels
have been doing their utmost to break down
the government, and destroy the country, and
how many men have not opened their
mouths to oppose it Some OF them have
hecn Presidents, some of them have been
Senator's. some of them have sat in Con.
gresS, but they have looked on, and never
opened their mouths. tell YOU I respect
Jeff. Davis much more than do man lika
that. fon can tell where he stands but
cannot tell where they stand Your coun.
try may have sent thousand men to tho
army, your sons MAY be on the battlefield.
there may be hundred widows and or.
Phans IN yonr county, made such by this
war; and yet these men do not epen their
mouths! Thtse men have nothing to saw
IN favor OF sustaining this government, and
putting down this rebellion /! But supposing
YOU had had victory instead of q defeat at
Bun Kun These veIy men would then have
been the rankest Union men in the country.
and would have sworn that they were always
in favor of the war! Leughter, and cries
OF, mt them again, and great applause.l
Well, now. what do you think of a man
who has been in Congress- in the Senate, in
the Presidency, and in these times never
opens MS mouth in behalf ofhis country p
Shouts of He is Traitor Yes. jeff.
Davis is an honorable man to that man
This is no time for any man to be still. We
are told on high authority that 6 He that ia
not for us is against us"
Rut then vhaf bayo
what is the matter with you? Both parties
have SAID that you mnst put down the re-
oeiiion: wen, then, somebody must act,
must they not? And who is to begin2--
Abraham Lincoln is the man. is he not p
lie Is President he is responsible for the
maintenance OF the Government; he is Com
mander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy
Wen, ne acts. The first thing he does is ia
call out seventy-ive thousand men; and
some OF you said: "That is wrong. WHY
does he call for so many mene" Then Con-
gress came together and called out half a
million. Then the President was right: but
this was wrong Then Congress passed an
act that the army should not return negroes
to disloval masters; and what did they say 2
why they sad, "it is outrageous. II viii
never do. The niger must go back
The President took another step. He said
they must be used to dig bitches, to build
fortifications,to drive wagons, and they said
the President was right before, but he is
wrong now. The white men are able to
put down this rebellion without getting the
niggers 10 help Then the President took
third step and you come up to the sec.
ond, and say that the President was right
about chat but was wrong about the third
tell you what is the matter. You are in
curing for public opinion, and not for what
is right. The President may do things
which do not approve of but I will give
him credit for honestly intending to preserve
the Union. But you find fault with everv-
thing that is done, and then change as pub.
lie opinion changes. You found fault with
the first step: and then the first was right:
but you cannot get man to say now that
the Niger ought not to dig the bitches and
build the Notifications. And will tell YOU
IN twelve months you will put gun in ev-
cry nigger hand and swear you were al.
ways in favor Of doing it. [Cheers and i'm
mense applause.
But you ask now, is the public in favor
OF it. Shame on such democracy. This il
not the old Jackson democracy.
Still there is another thing. IL il was
not for the nigger question there would be
no question to talk about, would there be
Well, there is a set of men who 90 all thro'h
the country; they 60 into every manufac-
tory and workshop, and tell every day labor.
er, These men are in favor Of getting MIG
gers to do all the work" If it was not for
that lie you could not get ten votes in this
town.
Well, let US enquire abont this matter
w Ill there be any more laborers in the coun-
Try when the niggers are free than while
they are slaves Will there not be lust as
much to do then as there is now These
men don't believe what they say. They
know better than that themselves. But then
the President does not want to send negroes
among you, He wants to colonizs them.-
Ana II yon take the negroes out Of the coun-
try, want to know if there won't be more
room for white men, and more work for
whito men to do.
There L. another thing. Grea. capital was mad.
y"sS AZ sI Las, Congress reeognizing Liberia we
.urs 10 Ssys ssen ~ Am proud oft This nation
ed Liberia to the family Of nason. Rrsncr ~. as'eom
land did so twenty years ago. But when It vas pre-
ern aristocracy said you must not do IT, They have
coffee aud palm oil bnt must not have any ,rea.
" With them because they are black LAS sxhter i
with u<At~ harm would retut from making treaty
miles on? They At . distance Of several thousand
Indian; IL Is no disgrace rdiscton to treat with an
red man but IT win never do 20 rfa4a treaty with
Why, We treat with them We mus, have thesrigger,
sentative At seat Of Go eminent and that vanla
never do in the world
Well now, friends, this Is rltogether commercial
pie You treat wlh the more Sou get your
IL brings up the price of your grain and your cattle
and your pork. But Ii you want to exchange com.
medities with them you ust treat with them You
must have treaty with them 70 get their coffee aud