The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-06-30

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and men from the Northern States, that Sla-
very is dead. It was not murdered by me.
] told you long ago what the result would
be II you endeavored to 60 out Of the Union
to save Slavery, and that the result would
be bloodshed, rapine, devastated fields,
villages and cities; and therefore
I urged you to remain, in the Urion-r In
trying to save Slavery you K lied it, aul
lost your own freedom. Your Slavery is
dead, but did not murder it. AS Macbeth
said 10 Banquo's bloody ghosl. - !.
! coz Never shake thy CORY locks a me-.
fhou @ INST not say did IT,"
Slavery is dead, and yod mast pardon me
If do not mourn over its dead body !; you
can bury it out Of sight. In restoring the
State leave out that disturbing and danger.
Gus element, and use only those parts Of the
machinery which will move IN harmony.
Now, in regard to emancipation, + want
to say to the blacks that liberty means to
work and enjoy the fruits of our labor. Idle
ness is not freedom. I desire that all men
shall have a fair start and an equal chance
in the race of life, and let him succeed who
has the most merit. This. I think, is a
principle of heaven. I am for emancipation
for two reasons: first, because It is right in
hself, and second, because in the emsncipa.
tion of the slaves we break down an odious
and dangerous aristocracy. i think that we
are freeing more whites than blacks in Ten
nessee.
Iwant to see Slavery broken up, and
when its barriers are thrown down. want
too see industrious, thrifty emigrants pour
ing in from sll parts Of the country. Come
on / We need your. labor, your skill. your
capital. We want your enterprise and in
yention, so ID 1t hereafter Tennessee may
rank with New England in the arts and me-
ohanics. and that when we visit the Patent
Office at Washington, where the ingenious
mechanics Of the Free States have placed
their models, we need not hush that Ten-
nessee can show nothing but mousetrap,
or something Of about as much importance
Come on |" We great you with hearty
welcome to the soil Of Tennessee Here is
soil the most fertile in every agricultural
prodpct;a delightful and healthy climate
water-power, and mines of inexhaustible
richness; come and help us redeem Tennes- :,
see, and make her powerful and flourish,
ing State. s'a'~ s;'' @ ao''aafn2s s.f' gd
But in calling Convention to restore the
State. who shah restore and re establish ii ?,
Shall the man who gave his influence and
his means to destroy the Government? Is
be is to participate in fhe great work Of ro.
organization? Shall he who brought this
misery upon the State be permitted to con-
troll its 'destinies2 Ifthis be so, then all this
precious blood Of our brave soldiers and off.
GERS so freely poured ont will have been
spilled. All the glorious victories
won by our noble armies will go for naught,
and oil the battle fields which have been
sown with dead heroes during the Rebellion
will have been made memorable in vain.
Why all this carnage and devas' alton p
It was that treason might be put down and
traitors punished. Therefore I say that
traitors should take back seat in the work
Of restoration. If there be but Ave thousand
men in Tennessee loyal TO the Constitution,
loyal to freedom, loyal to justice, these true
and faithful men should control the work Of
and reformation absolutely
loud and prolonged applause) I say that
the traitor has ceased to be citizen. and in
joining the Rebellion, has become public
enemy. He forfeited his right to vote with
loyal men when he renounced his citizen
ship and sought to destroy our Government
We say to the most honest and industri-
ous foreigner, who comes from Englani or
Germany to dwell among US. and to add to
the wealth Of the. country. "Befose you can
bea citizen, you mnst stay here for five
years." 1--we are 50 cautious about for
eigners. who voluntarily renouncs their
homes to live with us, what should we say
to the traitor, who, although born and rear.
ed among US. has raised parricidal hand
against the government which always pro-
tected him ! Ny judgment is that he should
be subjected to .. severe ordeal before he is
restored to citizenship. 4 fellow Who takes
the oath merely to save his property. snd
denies the validity Of the oath, Is pejured
man, and not TO be trusted. Before these
repent,ng Rebels can be trusted, let them
bring forth the fruits Of repentance He
yho helped to make sil these widows and
orphans, who drape the streets of Nashville
in mourning should suffer for his great
crime. p Ssis' aeiAsa'G gJs 2
= The work is In our own hands. We can
destroy this rebellion, With Grant thun-
dering on the Potomac before Richmond,
and Sherman and Thomas on their march
toward Atlantis, the day will ere long be
oprs. Will any madly persist in rebellion ?
Suppose that an equal number be slain in
every battle, It is plain that the result must
be tho utter extermination Of the Rebels
Alb, these rebel leaders have strong per.
sopal reason for holding out to saye their
necks from the halter. And these leaders
must feel the power cfths Government -
Treason must be made odious, and traitors
must be punished and impoverished. Their