The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-09-29

make peace, and then what is to be done2
But, first. how Is the convention TO be
calleds II requires two-thirds of Congress
to vote for such call, which cali must be
ratified by three-fourths Of the States; and
these votes you never can get. What chance
Is there ofgetting three fourths ofthe States
to 20 for convention for the purpose OF
bringing US under jeff. Davis, or for Givi-
ding the Unions The thing is absurd, If
It cannot be done, what them Then we are
in favor Of any other peaceable remedy
Dear blessed souls! Any other peaceable
remedy; nothing that is not peaceable. a
Now. for Gods sake, and for your country's
sake, look at it Here we are, after between
three and four years war; after spending
two or three thousand millions of dollars; az
ter spilling the blood of a million of our
brothers, and consigning five, hundred
thousand of them to their graves; after con.
quering an extent of territory 1900 miles
in length by 600 in breadth; we have an
army in every State of the COME deracy
and the majority of them under our our con-
troll; we have every. stronghold taken from
them. except Mobile and Charleston and
Richmond; and Notwithstanding all this.
we are asked, as II we we're set Of poltroons,
to disgrace ourselves to the latest genera
ton Of mankind. and to sacrifice everything
we have fought for, and that is worth living
for, and make all the world say free govern,
ment is worthless. that it cannot take care
ofitself. God Almighty in heaven grant
that every man who utters such a thought
may be choked until he becomes, . psnitent
and better man. (Great applause l,oo..
No, sirl ne. sirt We viii never do any
such thing. oweibve peace--iovs il ffor its
owsi sake. They love 9pcace because they
are afraid we will FIRST whip the rebels and
then punish them.ii They want peace that
they may make new conspjtscscs. and the
peace they propose is disunion peace, which
means separation Of the States and endless
ruin to the whole country, Ten thousand
times better would ir have been for us to
have acquiesced at first, and never shed
drop Of blood, than under these circum.
stances and at this time to make such u
peace rs that. t5i' '|3 3ll''1'Sh''i''
IoHInU4l@ DEFEAT AT THE POLLS. G3ilstE
Ihave said, my friends, again and again,
that there is no way under heaven in which
this thing can be effected except by political
revolution at the North. If Ohio, Ind lana.
Illinois and Pennsylvania. make compile te
sommersanlt in October, and give victory to
that dreadful party, it is very possible that
we may be hard rrn'to keep them out Of
the Presidential triumph m November; but
if those States, or the greater part Of them
remain true to the Union cause in the Octo-
Der elections, their hope is at an end, for
Mcclellan cannot he elected without getting
all four Of those States, And he cannot get
New York unless he ge.s all the Others, for
those New Workers. are the sharpest politici.
ans in the world. They have reduced elec.
tons to system, and alwavs manage to he
on the winning side. II they should find
out by the October elections that McClel.
Ian was not going to be eIt cted, they would
be just as far from voting for him in Novem-
Der as though there was no such man on
earth. They could not live without office.
And ifthey were perfectly certain McClel-
Ian would be beaten, and New York be in
the minority for four years, leaving them
out in the cold, they would get up third
ticket and steal away just enough votes
from Mcclellan to beat him in their State
also, in order to place their State on the Ad.
ministration side. R arl
And now, you men, who fear you may
lose Kentucky, you had better understand
what you are about. Instead of e ,ing with
your heads bowed down like bulrushes, you
ought to- stand square up to your work
eravely. The game is with you, and moth
ing can hinder you from carrying your can
didate into power The prospect Of success
was never brighter since the foundation of
the Governments if you will only do your
duty. ,ero,tca fiiw Ea-avaa r;.os
The venerable Doctor, although feeble
from the burdens of long life of constant
duty. delivered the closing part Of his speech
with more than his usual fervency, and
di ew from the large audience a hearty round
of cheers ss be took his seat. 30 ;l9a adi
Excqsesfof not Going IL Church.
A gentleman who pays close attestion to
such matters, asserts that within the past
sig months he has heard the following ex-