The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-09-24
e Those that Live in Glass Houses should ns throw Stones"
READ! READ, READ.
T.. l.. Burton Declares Himself a
Believer ian the DOcl. inc
at SeceSsiSn!

III bstieres the President hail no poper TO
cali out tho 75,001 men. or any aumber to
nut down tie rebellion Il teU oeeks ago
he Is opposed to the nar. Says peace can
nerer be obtained by fighting. and IL OPP.
Posed to any more men or mpney tn carry
"a on. a fsw ,oesks later. finding it un.
7'opa,ar, he pretended to be in tauor of a
cigorous prosecution Of the acar. u
Mn. BuRros Agreeable to promise
rsslm, the further invesug,tion of your
record. List week eniesvored 10 prove
from litoral article in y.mr own paper
that at but tbs tim, Of tn. arrest Of Shew.
ard All Mahonsv, You denounced thu in
the most severe and u,favorable terms rs
radicals and extremist. of dangerous ten.
denotes, that you ibid not take any
stock in" and that few weeks later, find
ing that this was unpopular with you,
political friends, yoi tackled square about
and c,mlnencsd euleg.zns Dennis and
David as Unexpectedly as you had shortly
bsfore reprobated the n. But in y ,ur has,
issue | perceive that yoi try to sneak nu'
ofthis by CLAIM ,g that not oas of the EHty
rial ar;i;!,,s ws-e writtea by you ani shar
y,u emienn.i ut the tims the .,r'ials,in
relation to NJ. M.h,ne,. Ca t.ip PISS.
be. kr. Barton. tat Juig. Hsaa9s'ptt ~.
willing That You saonl! lay all tbs bnptaas
upon his sho ildersf Hs
IL you condemned tho article at the
timo why did you MT keep, from your
.papers Did the. Judge persist against,
your protest? -9e ,-.,.v "a; .,i,7r
All! Mr.. B ,rton, this dplge Of yours
rsaiids me Of those line, in In librs.:ag3
A creature Of amphihious nature, isr
On land beast, fish Ia water"
IA what purports t. be your reply 70 me-
Ia the last Mercury. you cpmm,nc. bv con
p'aining that my previ,u. communication
wss toe lengthy to suit yon. have no
doubt but that it was,) and by critisisin.
my rule OF composition quite severely, 4,
sustain You in which. you refer TO declara
ton which yen say Capt. Stuart once made
Of ma. This may all be true. l h1ps
believe no controversy with you upon the
rules Of composition. claim no excellence
in this direction but suppose ought
not to object to your INDUCING that vain
instinct Of yours to c,mmend yourself.
You seem to have acted in this instance, as
you do frequently in many others, on that
saying which goes: 'blessed be he that
bloweth his o xn horn. for il he bloweth it
not, it BETH not blown" Ae#1
Capt. Stuart, Mr.. Bnseon, viii admit is
g refined scholar, q strictly truthful and
brave man, who is now fighting the battles
ofhis country; and as you seem to think
that his declarations are good authority, I
propose to give you and the public the fol-
lowing ones Of his under oath.
The large caps are ours"
STATE OF IOWA, wAPELLo COUNTY.
/, Addison A. Stuart being duly sworn.
On request, do solemnly state that l
have had several conversations with e. L
Burton Esq. of Ottumwa in reference TO the
present rebellion and the secession of the
Southern States and their right 50 to do. m
which he took the ground THAT ANY
STATE HAD THE RIGHT TO SECEDE
AT ITS OWN PLEASURE, and that the
Government HAD NO POWER OR
RIGHT under the Constitution. TO PRE-
VENT THEM. Trecollect in particular
conversation or argument that occurred be.
tween Mr.. Burton and g. II. Stiles in .~hich
I also took part. 10 the Refreshments room
Of George Soyer. ia Oitum~a. Tie faDkl