The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-03-03

charged his high trust as Chief Magistrate
Of the Nation and that he is the 8rst ehoict
of this Convention rs the candidate Of, the
loyal people of 1.-THE Union for President in
1864. ;ssi vlul. 1c dtfG
~ 9Th. That we find language entirely mad
equate to express our gratitude to. and ad
Emiration of loves brave soldiers. On every
battle field, from Wilson'S Greek to Mission
Ridge, they have crowned their own name.
and their State with glory. and now with {
patriotism unparalleled in history, after tn,
trials and hardships Of three ~ ars' active
service, they are rushing into the ranksTte
Eput the crowning glory on their deeds. Th'
living heroes should, as they will be, tn
constant object Of our esteem and regard
land the memory Of those who have glorious
Ely fallen in. defence of liberty will be forever
enshrined in the hearts ofthe people
9th. That'our first and earnest efforts az,
due and will be given to aid our Governor II
Ibis prompt and patriotic efforts to fill the
raTks ofthe Iowa Regiments In the field and
preparing to render the most efficient aid t.
the Government in the coming. and as ".
hope and believe. the final campaign of tn.
warn ,vusn. JON ora gsfj fgfdyf st.s ~
/, Mr.. NOR moved that they be adopted with
out dotting an "i'' or crossing a 81. Car.
ried
The question then arose on the resolution
Of the morning, and the substitute reported
by the COMMITTED. 81 ~ss7sH#a -as.Haa
"a Mr. Nourse moved to take the vote on The
substitute by counties. la tnsTag q febs gTa
Mr.. Tracy was in favor of the Substitute
WITH the amendment proposed-.to add Union
to Republican, and make this Republican
Unior, Party. Iiaas.i 'qaaE9 .ytRa7 aia1
Mr. Sullivan said Democrats did not wish
the meme changed. They wish to march un.
der the banner OF Abraham Lincoln He
could act with hi. associates. even though
they may have been original A5o1ittonists
NJ compromise with rebels or their syTpal
thizcrs! He would dig up Slavery by the
roots. Let "Rep',hlican" remain and il
any weak kneed Democrat needs the pill
coated let Union be added. 1t can do nc
harm and may do much good. 'i'n.i ''is4
Lieut.. Gov. Eastman made short speech
full Of witticisms and the dryest kind Of hn
mon which kept the Convention in a perfect
uproar He believed In retaining the old
| name Republican. under which we had com
menced putting down the rebellion He
wished the same party, with the same name
and under the same leader Abraham Lin.
coln) to finish the job, and make the rebels
submit to Uncle Abraham and the Republi
can party. = q Ha 7st5t.a' h1s1ai'a 7'ii ,fss7
Mr. Russell Of Washington. folIowed in
one Of his haepiest moods, in which he allu
ded to the rapid progress of his Democratic
friends who seemed to be out. stripping him
in radicalism. He favored the original reso.
luton. While he admired the manly inde.
pendence Of these Democratic gentlemen
who had spoken on this question, he could
but remember that there were many weak
kneed gentlemen who would more readily
unite with the party under the broad name
of" Union Party ..lsa, q. Il s.....-.ff
Mr., WIthrow believe tho substitute as
prop ,sel to be ananlei would suit nine
tcnths OF the . Convention. The National
Copyenpon shond alo ne decide this matter,
| 50 tnat W my have N.tia 'al name, ,.,
Mr.. Stiles o5ie:tel {, any, jokes upon
those who ha acted W tn the. Dem aratic
purity. The War Dem ,crats hal done no.
BILE work for tha .Goyernme The R.pnb
IicanS hal President of their cii,c. t. sus
tain, but the Dem ierats, laying aside party
ceiling, came np nobly to the support Of
Lincoln. and had been found at the post Of
duty from the be ginning Of the war. r..
cared lttle for names. The proposed e,tn-
bination would silt him. e 81 <'1tg 1T
| Capt Moore had offered the original res
olution, not on his ova account. out be-
cause he thought the interests Of the party
.lsnanaed It. He dda't ea,e unir what
name he fought. SO il was a good and hon
orable one. Hs wish,d to serve his coun
try first of all and to that end he was will
ing to Law aside every other confederation
Mr.. Nourse was willing to see the chris
tening 60 on. He balieved the Convention
was ready for it, Too much Importance
had been attached to this measure. The
good old Re ,ubHcan name had never bsen
iishonored that he was aware Of, and hence
he saw no geed reasou Why itshouid be
discarded. g - s1Si 50. faF fN,| ir ~
Mr. Butler m,ds an esrusst AMI forcibls
speech against the Efforts to changes name
ander'whielr we had fought and prospsreH,
and which expressed the sentiment Of the
party. Union was not sufficiently definite
Everyboay elaimed to be Unioa He would
prefer Abolition Republican,. That would
express the real vie vs. Of the party!.h Such
4 name would suit him exactly; but against
any attemptto sugar over our good old ex !
pressive name to suit the palate Of weak.
kneed people he must protest He slsoiop.
posed instructing the delegates to the Ma.
tienal Convention Lst them act for the
country, and for no man only he carried
out the views ofthebyai people. He woald
prefer Lincoln now what would be bis
ehoiee few months hence be knew not. q
The amendment 4othe substitute carried,
and the Tssaation as amended was adopted,
when che Gonvention adiourned. a haitff
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The Union men Of Indiana have gratiied
The whole country by their nomination of
1 Coz MOrfan for n. elAef;nn He has ,lnna