The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-04-30

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-rn all this, l need not say. there is pot
the slightest similarity, in principle or fact
with the case Of the seeding States Their
inhabitants are not separate colonial neo-
ple but they are an integral portion Of that
zone people" which declared their iindepen-
dence, and which, being loosely associated
uuder the old confederation of States, or
dained and established the present Consti'
tuition, "in order to form more perfect
Un,on." In the Government which they
thus took part in forming. they are repre-
sented beyond the numerical proportion Of
their population, and for the greater part of
the time its administration has been con.
,rolled by themselves. This organic law.
thus formed, has been adopted by the peo-
Ole of each of the States, as much as their
own State Constitutions, apd there is pro-
vision in the text Of the instrument that
this Constitution and the laws of the Uni-
ted States which shall be made in pursu-
ance thereof, shall be the supreme law Of
the land, and the judges in every State
shali bs bound thereby. snythiRg in the
!. Constitution, OF. laws. OF any State to the
coutrary notwithstanding All the powers
ofthe Government having, for the greater
part of tho time since its formation, been
controlled by the people, of seeding States
and by those in other States in political al
lance with them. It is impossible, notwith
standing loose assertions and ciamors t9 the
contrary. that tho seeding States can have
found it an oppressive or tyrannical Govern
mcnt. which, by the principles of the De-
claraiion and by the laws of Nature, they
had right to throw of, or even of which
they had any just right to complain. They
have accordingly re adopted this form o.
goysrnu ent with M essen. .ial alteration, ane
il was Admitted by Mr.. Vice President
Stephens with the exception Of Mr.. Jeffer
son Davis, the smartest man in the South
ern servie, to be the mldest and most se.
iiicent Government know in the history @
tht world. This confession was made afte
the election Of Of Mr.. Lincoln, the imrn' dl
ate pretended justification of the rebellion
A still more important admission was made
by Mr.. Davis himself. in one of his las
speeches in the Senate Of the United States
doth Dec. 1861 body in which he ha
never resigned his membership, and o.
which the oaths now rests upon his con
science.
"Our fathers" said Mr.. Davis, .iearninl
wisdom from the experiments Of Rome and
Greece, the one consolidated Republic
and the other strictly Confederacy, AM
taught by the lessons Of orr own experi
ment under the Confederation, cams TO
Rether to form "a more perfect union,' and
in my judgment, made the best Govcrnmen
that has been instituted by man. Il onl.
j requires that it should be carried oyt in tn
spirit in which it was made, that the circ,rn
stances under which il was made shoul
continue, and no evil can are under tn
Government, for which It has not,an apprc
pirate remedy. Thenit is outside Of th
Government, elsewhere than to its Constitu
tion or to it's Administration, that we mps
look. Men must not creep in the dust Q
partisan strife, and seek to make point
sgainst opponents, as the means Of evadin
Or meeting tbs issues before sus. !.
The fault is not in the form Of the Gov
srnment, nor does the evil spring from tn
manner in which thas been administered
'" Where then is it? II is that our father
formed Government for Union Of friend
Iy States; and though under it the peopl
have been properous, beyond compariso
with any other whose career is recorded Il
The history of man, still the Union Of friend
! y Seatss had changed it's caracter, And sec
tional hostility has been substituted for th
fraternity in which the Government wa
founded"
In an italian church yard there is NOR
ument with An epitaph on q man who, bein
well, dosed himseffto deoth with unwholl
some drugs. Stare 6sas, ma. per star meg
lio. stolqui u was we'll, wanted to b
better and here am" Mr.. Davis ws
living steut two years ago, as he tells y
under the best form of government ever il
stltutsd ty man no mean blessing that. I
begin with, IS tbs world goes. There va
no fsuls to be fond with the manner i
which ithad been administered. OF ho
few governments can that be said, in n
cient or modern times. Yt'woufd, indeei
,,hsye been ungracious in Mr.. Davis 70 con
plain OF It's administration. for II had almo
always hess sontrplcdi6y his'friehds, IN
he himself had been literally educated ,
its expense, and passed most ofhis Iife
Its service, and was then filling one Off
highest trusts. Under the practical worl
ing Of this perfectly constituted and accer
ably. administered government, the counts
be admits has been prosperous beyondco.
'pSrison With anything recorded in histor