The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-02-26

Maryland, OF Gov, Hamilton, OF Texas, o'
Gen. Butler, and Of Rev. Mr. Anghey, and
at least seven-cighths of the Union refugees
from the Rebel States. that Slaverf Is the
melting cause, the vital impulse, Of the Re
belIion, is not confuted by the factthat some
loyalists from that region dissent from,it.-
It is within the truth to state that seven
eighths of the Unionists Of the Rebel States
concar in, the judgment Of Gov. Hicks (him.
self slaveholder,) that we can never again
have peace in this country till Slavery is ex.
PEELED from it. That Rebellion and Slavery
respectively are strong and weak in precise
ly identical localities in the Cotton.
growing and Sugar.making districts; strong
where Rice and Turpentine are produced
weak among the mountains, in the German
settlements, the Quaker neishborhoods, and
wherever else there are few owners Of prop.
srty in Mad-ought Of itself to be conclu.
sive. t' i5
But, though the correctness Of the Pres.
ident's conclusion in the premises is demon
strable, it is not essential. The vital as.
sumption is not that he has judged wisely,
but that he has acte din good faith. He is
charged by the Constitution with the chief
command of our Military aud Naval forces
with the general conduct of the War. He
il solemnly sworn to maintain the rightful
authority of the Government aud enforce
tho laws Of the Union. He decides, after
giving the experiment fair trial, that he
cannot do this and uphold Slavery that the
Union must be lost unless Slavery is out.
lawed Suppose, for arguments sake, that
he is mistaken in this, what citizen is there.
by released from his obligation loyalty tc
serve and save his country? You believe
the President has erred in judgment: ad.
NIT it aud what then? Has his error af
fected your duty /? True you may temper.
ately, respectfully, expose his mistake; bu,
may you say, Because of that error, viii
refuse to obey his legal requirements p Is
that tie way to save the Union from disrup
ton and the land from anarchy?
The recent Democratic demonstrations ir
Congress and the Legislatures Of New Jer
sey, Indians, Illinois, ETC., justify sad fore
bodings. Their drift runs substantially thus
|" Unless the Government is administered
and the War conducted according to oul
notions of propriety and policy, we will i'm
pede, obstruct, embarrass, the prosecution o
that War to the extent Of our power" Blu
they forget that, while it was so carried o,
for weary months, half of them wereas hos
tile to it as they now are; while the Repub
licans, whe deemed the Border-State polio,
then prevalent palpably fatile, did never
.heless recognize and fulfill their obligation
to stand by their country. And this exam
ple the Opposition will yet feel constraine,
to follow.
The War will go on. Intervention, Med
alton, Arbitration, will only be talked Of; o
if seriously proffered, will prove unavailine
There probably never was, and there Gel
tainly is not now, any danger Of forcible in
reference in our domestic quarrel; sine
France, which has alone been suspected Q
purposing it, has at least a good years wor
before her in Mexico, and neither ability nc
taste for complicating this costly enterpris
with another still more formidable Let e,
cry loyal citizen realize that now is the tim
for arduous, combined, devoted effort; an
that, while each has perfect right to pla
!, and to suggest, yet that success is attaina
BILE only through the concentration Of all e
forts, the union Of all energies, under the d
rection and lead of the legally constitute
authorities of our country.