The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-11-19

o. Wv, ali Tive WOriu over, men llylnl
n mountainous regions have been lover
liberty; and from the first hour ofthe br
ing out Of war to this moment the maio,
Of the population of Western Virginia. f,
7 ern Tennessee, Of Western North Carroll
r and OF Northern Georgia, has been true
$ the Union and does not wish to 90 out Of
These men, then, contend, have ric
to turn round to the national Goyernmt
and to demand that their rights should
I defended, in fulfillment Of the compact
the Constitution. ICheers1 Again, ,
could not suffer line Of fires to be esta
ished along 1900 miles Of our southern B,
der, out OF which in coming years shou
start quarrels, wars, and disturbances
every kind. A people who never kept fai
IN the Union we know would never keen fai
out of It. They disturbed the land as d
Ahab of cursed memory and when liber,
found this Ahab in the way be said to he
art thou it that disturbeth Israel pr
l"Hear, hear," and laugh. Weknow Ii
nature of this people; we know that . trnc
with them would be to create cloud bree
ing thunder and lightning, and simply {
furnish them with time, means, and onpor
tunlty to renew their purposes to take DOS
session Of an entire continent in the nam
OF the devil and Of Slavery.
one other reason why we DO not wish {,
let this contest end and this people to 90 !,
that We do not desire to become miy;tary
nation. A great many men say that Amer.
lea is too strong, and that she is dangerous
to the peace Of the world but let me tell
you that if you permit or favor this division
the South will become military nation. an 4
the North will be compelled to become so too
Along line Of 1 800 miles she must have
lorts, and men to garrison them. A force
'f not less than 100000 will constitute the
natural standing army of the North, and
when na'ion has a standing army wc u+--
inow she is in great danger. Before this
var the LEGAL nlEahAr as -----.~Sreny
vas $4,000 men, and the actual number 1S-
100. We required no more, But let the
country be divided into two great beligerent
,ations, and, instead Of paltry 900 SOL
liers, you will have $50, 900 on one side and
900 on the other, and whcr., owing to
POLITICAL disruption, Americas forced to
maintain this vast number OF troops, she will,
ike boys with knife, always want to
yhittle with them. (Cheers and laughter
t is the interest, then, of the world, that
America should be united, and that the
whole nation should be under the control Of
hat portion of it which has been always for
,eace Ga laugh,) and should be rescued
rom the policy Of that which has ever been
n favor OF the acquisition of more territory,
If filhbustering, and Of snubbi"g other
(cheers.) But this is not all.
The religious minded among our, people feel
hat in the territory committee to us we
lold high and solemn national trust, and
hat God gave 1t to US not merely for terri
orial aggrandizement, but thatSthere, we
night plant the seeds Of Christian crviliza-
ION, and build up institutions which should
lfford spectacle Of the wor king of the
Church Of Christ, which would make all
good men glad. We could not help the sx-
stence of Slavery before the war, but, now,
since it has been divested OF its local defense.
md has become declared public enemy, it
IS our duty to see that It never again is in
, position to blight our fair Western land,
TCheers.l When look out upon that i'm
mense territory, feel that the question is
brought home to me as an individ ual man,
as citizen, and as a ch ristian minister
Will you permit that territory to be darken-
ed by this hidcous spot from the A tlantic to
the Pacific? [Cheers.] Why do we send
our ships round the globe, bearing mission
aries to the Sandwich Islands, to Asia, and
to Africa, if we are to follow the advise Of
those who counsel us TO abandon the work
of rescueing our own home from worse than
heathendom and to deliver it up to the de-
vii 4? (Cheers) Independent Of pounds,
shilltg gs and pense-independent of nation
II honor or--independent Of all material and
eecular considerations, it is surely the duty
if every conscientious Hap towards his
. cd to endeayor to secure that continent
r IN the blast and blight of Slavery.
b heers.l Yet how many are there over
s lyland, whose voices are raised, exclaim-
ifsLet Slavery CO." II is recorded, if |
rellect Alright, in the biography Of oae of
! thnost noble Of your countrymen, Sir F.
Il Buon, that on one occasion he took by
n theAroat dog that had been seized by
= -lhydphobia and dashed it here and there
II hgai,t walls and fences in order that il
It hnigido no injury to women or children on
d rs VIZ and is there mar, let me ask
g thonl address who is not impressed with
h @e NAL nobleness ofthe man who thus, fol
If tle san Of others, placed his own life in
$ IjApard ? If that be so, why condemn us
It ifSe rease to let that heil.hound Slavery
, ru abot mad in the future, biting millions
e inl,s csrse. (Chee,s.) The considera
y tiof wh,h nave laid before you are no
It exa}eratd. No man can understand how
e poHrful hey are until he stands in th'
' MIDI ofusin America. We believe tha
r this lar iIa test Of our institutions; W
II belieh it Il be life and death struggle be
e tweettwo Finciples-Liberty and Slavery
o We Hieve .urs to be the cause Of common
lr peopllan ths world oyer I'VE are firm.
of peIsuted that every struggling natonalit