The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-05-26
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You will ask how you can do all these
i things You have already answered that
question Yourselves f,r voi have said that
public opinion is the law of America. Con.
tribute, then. each Of you in his sphere, to
make up that public opinion. Where you
have the electoral franchise, give your vote
to none but those who will assist you in SO
holv q struggle. ar- fs9s aTal
Under p,pu!ar government, the man
who has right. and reason, and Justice, and
charity. and Christisnitv itself on his siie,
has great instruments Of Legislation, and lie
gal power He has the elements about him
! Of the greatest utility; and sven il he shnnld
not succeed. he can have the h,srt setliny
consolation Of having epdeayored to do
great and good actions. Hecan enjoy, even
| in defeat, the sweet comfort Of having en-
deavored to promote heneyolence and char
fity. on
1t ia nm excuse to allese that the Congress
is restricted from emancipating the slaves by
one general law. Each particular slave State
has that power within its own precincts 7;
and there is everv reason to b" convinced
that MARYLAND and Virginia would have fol
lowed the example of New York and long
ago abolished Slavery. bnt for the diabolical
practice Of ''raising," as you cali it. slaves
for the Southern market of pestilencc and
death
| Irishmen, and the Sons Of Irishnen hive
many of them. risen to high distinction and
power in America Why did not IriShmen
and the sons of Irishmen write their names
in the brightest pag- s of the chapter of hn-
manity and Lency4lence in Aaerican his
/! tory
Trishmenl Orr Ga,irm,n ventures 10
think, and we agree with him that he has
claims on the attention of Irishnen-in every
quarter of the globe
! The Scotch AID French philosophers have
proved by maEy years of experiment that
+, the Irishmen stands first among the races
ofman. in his physical and bodily pnwers.
America and Europe bear testimnnv to the
intellectual capacity of Irishm,n, Lord Nor.
| peth has demonstrated in the British Par
liament the snoarf,r morality ee the hnmb
ier classes OF Irisi, in all social and family
relations. The religions fidelity. of the Irish
ration is blazoncd in glorious and proverbial
certainty an splenlr. #-,l ,.ls3
iIrishpen sons osIrishneni descendants
ofthe kind Of heart and affectionate in dis
and compassion on your colored fellow
creatures in America, o Ter them the hand
Of kindly help. Soothe their sorrows =
Seattle their oppress0r, Join with yolr
countrvmen at home in one cry of horror
against the oppressor in one cry Of sympa
| thv with the enslaved and oppressed.
erin nrensin the dust slavery shall b. hurlei,-
Its name and nature biotted rom the world"
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the unseenly, as we'll as the silly attacks
YOU make upon the advocates Of abolition.
without reminding you that you have bor-
rowed this turn Of thought fn,rn the persons
who opposed Catholic & Emancipation in IRE
land, or who were the pretended friends OF
the Catholics. -.a hoa s-. M fs..-
Some Of you must recollect that II was the
custom Of such persons to allege that but
for the evidence" and ",nisconduct" of the
agitators, and more particularly Of our Chair.
man, the Protestants were about to em,n-
cinate the Catholics, gradually. 1t was the
constant theme Of the newspaper press, and
even Of the speeches in the House of Parlia
rnent. that the violence and misconduct Of
agitators prevented Emancipation. 1t was
the burden of many pamphlets. and especi-
ally of two, which were both written under
the title Of "Faction Unmasked," by~Pro-
testants Of great ability They asserted
themselves to be friends of Emaneipatiop in
the abstract; but they alleged that it was
impossible to grant Emancipation to persons
whose leaders misc 'nducted themselves aS
the agitators did. They gratifae1 their ha.
tired t. the Catholics as you crafty your bad
feelings toward the negroes, by abuse Of the
Catholic leaders as yrulent as yours Is
against the Abolitionists. But they deceiv.
ed nobody. Neither do you deceive anybody
Everv human being perce,ves the fntility
and folly Of your attacks upon the Aboli
tiOnists, and understands that those attacks
are but the exhibition IF rancor and malig.
nity against the tried friends Of bulaanity
You say that the Abo;itoaists are fana-
tics and bigots. and especially entertain a
virulent hatred and nnchristian zeal against
Cathokeity and the Irish We do NJ can to
deny, nor do we wish to conceal that & here
are among the Abolitionists many wicked
and eliminating enemies Of Catholiciry and
the Irish, eSnecially in thar most intolerant
class, the Wesleyan Methodists; but the
best way to disarm their malice, ia not by
givi.s up to than the side of humanity,
While you. Yourselves, take the side Of Sla-
very. But, on the contrary, by taking a
superior station Of Christian virtue in the
cause OF benevotenoe and charity. and in
zeal for the freedom Of ali msnkini VI
We wish we could burn into your souls
the turpitude attached to the Irish in Amer
ica by Lord Morpetb.s charge. Recoliect
that it reflects dishonor not onl v upon you,
hut upon the land Of your birth. There is
but one way Of effacing such disgrace, and
that is by Becoming the most kindly toward
the co!ored population, and the most ener
getic in working out in detail as well as in
general principle, the ameiaration OF the
state of the miserable bondSmen- ta,sgvy
You tell Us. indeed. that manv c,ergvmsn,
and especially the Catholic clergy, are rang
ed on the side ef the slaveholders. We do
not believe your accusationa NJ f
The Catholic clergy may endure, bns they
assuredly do not er courage the sla"e-own
ers. We have, indeed. heard it said that
some Catholic cIergymen have slaves Of their
own; but, tbs added. AID we are assured
positively y, that no Irish Catholic clergyman
is slaveowner. At all events, every Cath |
olic knows how distinctly slaveholding. and
especi lily save-trading, is condemned by |
the Catholic Church. That most eminent |
man, his Holiness. the present Pope, has,
by Allocutjqn published throughout the |
world, condemned al dealing anil traffic in |
slaves. Nothing can he more distinct nor
more powerful than the Popc's denunciation |
of that most sbominable crime Yet it sub. |
s>ts IN more abomina5le form than his |
Holiness could possibly describe, in the !
trafi which still exists in the sale Of slaves |
fro n one State in America to another.
What then are we tn think of von !r;,b