The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-11-03
Totals. b653,S52 go. l2,l2l ,2si


On the l4th day of April, 1861, President
Lincoln issued his Proclamation, declaring
the existence of the rebellion, md calling
upon the loyal States to furnish men and
material to. defend the Government and re
store the Union In two days after, the
Government was in the power of the rebels
isolated from. the North. and confined to
the limits Of the City Of Washington. Fhe
arms and munitions Of war Of the, Nation
were in the possession ofthe rebels; the Ma
vy-what had not been DESTROYED been
purposely sent to the most rern-te seas. A
vast uinber. Of the men who had been edu-
Gated in the science sc war at the expense
of the Nation had deserted their country,
perjured themselves, and gone over TO the
South. That very day the present Com
RI, rss------i~rzu-s n 1890. z Z 90 \
ers (Commodore Buchananl were in the en-.
ploy and the confidence of President Lincoln
familiar with every thought of the Admin
i''ration, and charged with the duty of pre-
pairing on land and sea to resist the power
OF the rebellion. We had an army and NAVY
to create; we had to educate the peaceful
North to We practice of war; to turn the
reaping hook and the pi,..ughshare back into
the sword and the cannon /; zoe h1,yy most a.
all to learn milo 0ere in synapathy Nth reb
ett'on, and to aceed out from the Government
Nselfthose soho gaze the enemy secret all naa
comfort. We had to abandon the field the
shop and the office, and take on the unknown
and repLlsve trappmgs of war. The rebels
(ike burglars) had been thoroughly prepar
ed. They had their designs matured, their
materials concentrated, their officers eauc..
ted, their men drilled, their 90 lahorers and
spies known and located. They had the in
itiative. The patient, loving and forbearino
Government could only wait and hope. and
endure to the last extremity before it dared
even to assert its rights or defend itself. The
rebels had network of railroads and tele.
graphs, constructed and equipped by North.
ern capital and Northern labor. They were
large debtors to the North for good, that
were stored in their warehouses. The CAPT
tai invested in their works of Improvement
and the debts duo to Northern n,anufactu.
rers AMI merchants they confiscated to the
uses OF the rebellion. For years, according
TO Wee President Stephens, they had enioy-
ed 'taoo-thirds of the patronage Of the Gov.
government that had been ex.
travagant in expenditures at their dictation
ana Tor their benefit. We were forced into
the contest for the supremacy of the Union.
with government bankrupt in resources by
years OF Democratic misrule and extraya.
sance, whose reliance was upon Commerce
ana Manufacturers, and Producers drained
by Southern debtors, who repudiated their
iebts and defied their creditors.
The Chicago Platform says: "Four years
JJdAare demand cessation Of host;lities :"
Let US see how much has been gained. For
he present We waive the moral victories, and
AXE tor comparison the actual area and Don.
llation OF the States and Territories that
we're in the possession of the rebellion on the
til day of April, 1861. the first day that Mr..
lincoln, bv word or deed. attempted to
maintain the integrity of the Union. To-day
october /, 1861. the area and population /
4 the States and Territories Dow held Jy the
ebets may be thus estimated
fdfeS aud Ier'S Are0 in q, MI. ~