The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-06-25

NO OIlO md1 ueSuS IniOTuStiou as W
who Jack Brough is, and every Democrat
should heed his words as an oracle. We
publish some liberal extracts from recent
speech made by him at Marietta, Ohio, his
native town.
need not tell this vast audience, assem-
bled in this my native country, that, from
the days Of my boyhood up to this hour,
I have been ranked with the political party
known as the Democratic and believe the
time has never been, from my entrance
into its ranks till now, that have ever wa
vered or been false to it. I am, in all things
appertaining to the general policy Of the
country, Democrat today, and ever hope
to remain one, without mitigation, without
change, in all those great principles on
which political parties divide, But when a
crisis of this kind arises, it is principle
of my Democracy-and shall not attempt
to interpret other gentlemen's Democracy
for them the first great duty every man
owes is to his country, that this is where
the principles of his party ought to lead
him.
Although there is President in Office that
I did not help to put there, and although in
all human probability would not cast a
vote for him tomorrow, yet in the great
contest I acknowledge him--not the head
or n ,,crtv b,,k n a tbo bo,1 oe tho cnuorn
ment, as the executive officer Of the nation.
[Cheers.l And, like soldier fighting in
the ranks, hold it to be my duty to obey
him, my commanding officer, in all things
without questioning his policy in this great
contest. By and by may have something
as citizen, to say on that subject but at
the present time my duty lies in another di-
recti0n. 1t Is true that have differed
with Mr.. Lincoln on many questions. but
they are minor ones, and this is no time to
cavil. 1t is not whether this or that mans
rights have been infringed upon, or whether
some cannon wheel has been run over cor
ner of the Constitution but the question
| is, what is the duty Of every man to his
Government in this contest Let us first
settle with these rebels, and when we have
done that, we can begin to take matters at
home in hand, and have no doubt we will
be fully equal to them.
In discussing this question shall neces.
sariy recurc to a topic on which public
speakers profess to have great delicacy in
treating, but on which have none at all.
have no more delicacy in approaching she
topic of slavery than any other but in do;
ing it will first say, that with slavery as a
domestic institution, both as TO master and
slave, have nothing whatever to do.
have no care in regard to it. Whatever
may be my opinion in regard to the relation
of master and slave in the South, is entire
ly immaterial in this discussion it has
nothing to do with this contest. Ihave
been always willing to leave them free in
| their enjoyment ftheir slaves and if it be
their curse, have no right to complain
that they hug it to their bosom. And as
between the master and his slaves, l have
al Ways been compelled to believe that the
servant had the best of it. l have been
content that the Southern people should
have all the laws they desire for the recove
ry of their slaves when they escape from
their bondage, and would be willing to
it now. don't wish to disturb the relation
existing between them, if they will keep
their relations to themselves and away from
the people of the free States, 1 have no
disposition to meddle with it. 1t has cast a
blight and mldew over their whole country,
but it has cast none here, nor do we desire
that it should.
But there is another character of the in
stitution of slavery, and against it do fight.
It is the political character which has been
given it for the last five and twenty years !;
and that is the character which our people
are looking to to-day--So long as the slave
holder was content to keep the institution
on his own territory, it didn't become an
element of alarm to either section of the
country but there came up, as long ago as
the notification times Of Calhoun, the idea
that slavery ives to be made the balance of
the political power in this country. 1t was
contended on the part of Southern States
men; that whenever free State should he
admitted into this Union, slave State
should enter at the same time-that in
Congress free and slave States were to be
represented equally. When speak of sla-
very in this connection. desire to be un-
derstood as speaking of it in political char
actcr, and not as domestic institu-
ton.
Now we come to inquire what ia tho
great cause and controlling spirit of this
rebellion with which the country is now
concerned If we would look to the end,
we must first find the beginning. Two
causes have produced this state of things,
and ifany gentleman in this assembly i'm.
AGNES these causes have suddenly been
sprung upon this country, he has not been
good political student of the times in
which he lived. The frst of these causes
was the inordinate thirst for political power
and domination on the part of the South
ern leaders and the second was the deter
mination to make the political character Of
slavery the balancing power of the nation,
These two things have precipitated the
rebellion they have been the cause work
ing for long period of time toward this