The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-05-19

tee8o case or Ourselves. Snb see enNIue5e. y
SHINE, Smiling, ,as my PIseiag m.~lfsso oDr'
spi ssosssy smprg the wAnsIS Saxen race,
hut lido it onathe datoopperheshahehorisy
IIswss,sdewn h. Maissl not kns agos And
bmadssas speechsfhcfe thich s0rss of tho RI.
sstbissn papers thu .lse vsry ssod tn pvpre
tfasthe' Negro fnh kaseizssss ise ~slk a
tothsfmeps wherearo6 thsiropp yMir-
nsfIr@mss nsst-+' 'Dau ,lasir' Why nthat
proves nothing sfpr theo negvo raceGhis
speech proves nothink Douglass IS a white
maetraY 4sso gs s7o6T
sSipHe thsnf haze .f,t m the other side oi
Abe boSsets {Gsst htehterh gor,oa
H., There IS one feature of this matter, about
/ the elective. frsqchise, that / think cannot
be .pre;enteli too often 70 vth, Ic,n'idration
l'fr!9 Of opr felsw citiz,as hare wt0H t0H cavern.
ment mwe than any other government on
earth, require, ,fr its successful operation,
frienis-that the men who are governed
shall b. is fr.e9ish We are not merely
citizens, we are not merely subjects !, but we
are friends, each to all and all to each. The
day. that shtl witness the downfall Of y,this
rebellion and the, re-ssaahlishnent Of, u our
government at the South, ywhee Al she lead
,ng trait9rsv shall have been destroyed or
d.iyen awty, will also- witpsssa rank under
growth in the South, of treason AMI hatred
to this goyer9peptro | haye 9 statesIpan's 8
reason therefore sin urging the ,reag'est our
friends have opened. yftis this: that We
shall want in that resionof mabgnity and
enmity to.this gnverRnent, a. counterpo;se
to that hate, Applause and Sg,od. y "A
natural counteryois, 70, this hatred is to be
found in colored men like those We have sep.
resented here ,tplnight from the South ?
They are yor frienl,, every yhero,',' says
Mr. S.w,ra, Cet us give every. man his aue)
;--."everywhere, the .An,rcal general has
received his mast rqlisbls inf'smatipp from
the b. colorea Tgasn;9f ~ ha;SntA, "syaryyhsre.3
We want their frieadly raaeo,isn-u 10 ~
sgAgain. heret " another, thoushtI a,aod
shall, giyerry ryap.o we, the !Amarioanosov.
erp.lElHsnt have called1upoa. ,hpse men os the
Snuth toidrop their hos 1; ia, ,tssve their ma.
ter's, anllterelly .aalsr the Star Spang ed
Banner. fs Ns knew their msstersi hated
the.n heebrc., We an know that th!s act 81
thsGS viii increase the h. h re on the part, ,of
all that Il rebellious in the South, against
those cgo.sdl spen.' ssWiayits hesgrsdtuie,
will i be gensteus X, ,us, after we, have ups
held our fsg hy meansoflthosso ocolo,ed men
of the s nth ,atth ,teby ihfis,a aTf intenE
sifi'd the hstrel ofathsir former ohnres sors,,
tn strip of IL the eh fofthis war all elective
francbise, ara give that franehise into the
hands Of athe eheasy Of the government .
("No. No "pnrrwe do this we shall not act
the past of sensross sren. nnnr Or iiast men. en-
But this III what we d re si,lw ddins r,ractfcg-
allvest shs South. I'VE Gre taking the elect
i've franchise fronour friends ana placing il
in the 'ha ads of orr ene;n les. Let as give
the elective franchise to the e,iored N IA of
| the South wherever I'VE reorganize and re-
construct the Smfe. IL tell you those men
wsihnntonsyImkscsre or their own liberties.
busithsy 'viit tdsfari themselves and defend
| thisg,veenm mt sgsiast AIT the rank unllsr-'
| gso~sh as sltrsason shst may grow up there
iwhen. the rsbelion is;oy er.usms9osd X COS
These itir'uyhts pcshtow out erddely.o- O.
They beasupnnattse subect.i snd an, hap!
pyandmsst thankful thas our worthy Pres.
idsatsins,ecea kihd sncugh'to can me o6t.
in order hAsif.,nighs say so,smSch. r am
Iinot altogether hapelesS, 'however. not 1t slI,
althan ghiinhaSsnmy adoubtsa based upon q
tphilosnphioaprino;pJsos Eknow that when d
rnahshas bsenspst u,i i,rr the intense blaze 81
any truth, ahdihas been almost converted
talm,st bnv.ght to theik noyislge of TIA,
ltrath. iftaen he resists that truth. I know
that itwills require m intenser,kgkt. an IN
senssr blss, to bring him to til. trdtS gain.
And now if, aAefsws have grappled' win,
this rebellion and have bees, passing through
|shs siqestins proc sss by the loss of sons,
tbyethsl les if.br olbsrss BY she ioss or thoSe
dear nntHsds. .cswe hsh,liu faH hack from
shs stsst trutfs from ,hes great principle ~.
tgeslsd sbyithe ,sr.sth nfV ttssn haar iifwilI'bs
m'ohrssrs d'tasa'saa briasas tothet,1th
l;herea6cuthsn il has been nov. riE16aoH :
Ia Sske " .iss the irons hot 7 Lei az have
10 ooo"sfy bus sftes cAaAt ryglberty fof III
tAndc,kias rnpIs lisf .sthss haSe SSelav i
Il
one gospel. sq'ssl rights f"r al. AMI am
ls,rs G'd,s Blessing win - uhnss Us hid Va
S'rslbs a .prespfrJas and glosi0us nation.-.
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f. -H''ssPSss laeS % 'stsek..
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sIptn 6 c'ptraoseaas theiu uConxay Rails~y
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