The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-02-05

tons which humanity, christianity and en-.
lightencd patriotism may present TO to puri-
tanic New England, that plague spot of ia
naticism, will not join in this effort at ad
juStment, then in Gods name-in the name
Of a nation hankrupted-a country desnat-
ed-a people murdered and mangled, in the
name of the memory of 100000 Americans
slain by American haads we say, let her go,
let her remain out in the cold.
Here We have the base purpose which they
have all along endeavored to conceal and in.
dignantly denied when accused of, openly
avowed- the grand elimination of Northern
iiSlovaltv luxuriant blossom of full
blown trcason-ths final goal in that road of
disgrace, which these miserable plotterS have
been seeking TO grade, for the North
into the Southern Confederacy, over the ru
ms Of the Government Here they openly
declare their opposition to the war upon phi
losophical principles. They are opposed to
it, they say, because war and peace are
antaeuristic terms, because war can never
bring peace or republican liberty :" they
say that it NAV bring subiugation and vas
sallage, but never peace and republican lib.
ertv."
Indeed; where did you find this out p
when did this new light dawn upon your
minds? Has it been since those times when
you have taken occasion to try to convince
men that you were true and loyal, By declar-
ing that you were opposed to secession and
for the suppression Of the rebellon-when
the Government had not as yet become en-,
barrassed by your devlish Vaccinations and
influences, and promised certain success to
the cause of the country? No! MOI You
have had no new re7elation you have made
no new discoveries in the field Of moral or
political philosophy. The apparent change
is not in the mind, but in the manner You
are no more opposed TO the war now than
you ever were. You have all the time oppos
ed it as much as your craven souls dared, by
endeavoring to frislten the people against it
by fearful cries Of coercion, and by draw
ing the most gloomy and forbiding pic
lures Of the Abolition Despotism " to
which the Government was drifting, and the
" suhjugaiicn and vassallage" of our South
ern brethren. This you have done ever since
your Southern conductors first raised against
the Government the armed hand OF {, eason
You do no more to-day in such articles as
the above. The only difference is, that be
fore You were afraid of virtuons power. You
consulted yonr safety, and strove TO concna,
your treason, though it would occasionally
overflow the bounds Of discretion and fret
tingly ooze itself ont, as the poisonous ver-
dgris follows from the application of the acid
to the base metal. Now, since a want of
military success has created dissatisfaction
in the public mind. your treason is more
outspoken, and your policy is becoming
cryistalzad into more definite shape.
Your first grand principle is opposition to
the destruction % slavery, under any and
all circumstances for the sNle Object Of your
political action being the recovery of the
power you have lost, and the consequent
distribution Of its offires, your Energy is nec-
essarily direc ed against the removal Of that
system upon which alone you depend as the
machinery to hoist you into political position
and power; hence you are in favor Of peace,
because you forcsee that successful prose-
cution of the war will efflce the system of
human bondage, and thereby destroy your
corrupt political hopes. Hence, you are in
favor Of that peace being followed by the
drama OF the Great Northwest crouchinc
upon her knees before the Rebellion at Rich
mond; and there in the basest posture, and
upon the most degrading conditions. repu-
date the old Government of our fathers, by
formin. a new confederation between the
Northwest and the Southern Confaderacy,
leaving New England, Z" that plague spot of
fanaticism, out in the cold, there to remain"
The "plague spot" which these conspira-
tors see and fear is not the fanaticsm Of
New England as they pretend; it is her
schools, her intelligence, her enterprise her
morals, her love of liberty, and most of all,
her Senators and Representatives in the
National Legislature, who will temporize the
balance of that power which, without New
! England, the slave interest would be able
entirely to control. Here is the plague
/ spot" which these miserable consprators
desire to leave out in the cold" This is
the peace which they invoke. Such a peace
as Satan might be supposed to give to bis
victim before finally dragging him down to
| the bottomlesS pit.
Men of the North west are you ready for
this ? What say you Shall we lay supinely
on our backs and suffer these modern Gaia
lines to consummate onr final ruin and dis
grace; or, shall we not arouse from our
lethargy, renew our oaths Of fidelity to our
country, and teach these Juggling fends +"
lesson they will not soon forget-give them
to understand that sink ~ swim, live or
die, survive or perish" we vii, stand TO the
last by the Ark Of the Constitution of our
Fathers +?
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