The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-05-18
Good Advice.

The Catholic Telegraph closes an article
on the obsequies of President Lincoln as
follows: ....----. a...--.
What ale the benefits which Mr.. Lincoln
has bequeathed 10 his countrys The pros
tration Of the institution rnf slavery, and the
anni;ilation OF tn; demon Of secession. II
he had lived, slavery might have gathered
its broken images aud mendrd them with
compromise clue according tn the Constitu.
ton Of the United States, and the chiefs of
secession might receive the kiss Of pardon,
and inoculate the rising generation with the
vi,us which has robbed our homes of our
dearest and bravest, and crimsoned many
Fields With the precious blood Of our kinS.
men His assassination has smashed every
link Of slavery. ground to powder the idols
which a haughty and imperions class wor
shipped, and stamped every syllable of the
Emancipation Proclamation upon the grea
+. loyal heart Of the North The murderer,
may not have intended to do so much against
the cause in the interest of which he fought,
as cold-blooded assassin ON his own &C
count; but he has done much to knit TO-
gether the people Of the Nnrtll, and when
they put their foot down it stays down. and
the impression made thereby is ineffacabe.
"
ident Lincoln, II will. perhaps, be benefit
to our whole country. We would rather
at he lived hut the expiring wrong of the
10Th century. in the paroxySmS of ven
z atlcc and hate, has scaled IFS doom with a
red seal that will never be broken until the
u name and insignia of freedom are banished
from the territory Of the United States.
Over the grave VI Our murdered President
LET MS examine the exieenccS Of the hour, a
he did during the past four years. Calmly
but resolutely. let us nerve ourselves to the
work which he commenced, let us bv no
puerile or un,nanly act do Gr say a ything
that would be oaersive to him when Ii wing :
let us cease thu.,Ining tonnes for facts about
kings and greens who have met With VIC
lent deaths; let us bear in mind for all
cop~.,g time. that Abraham Lincoln slowed
-als country and served his kind" that IN
his bloody shroud he lives in our hearts.
AMI. as he rolled back the stone from the
Sepulchre of slavery, let il he our duty to
explore and renovate the cavern, which has
Held the black man in chains, and so com
port ourselves that we NAV in the future. in
the days Of gray hairs ard the slippered
pantaloon, say, Abraham Lincoln was mnr.
dered for obeying the laws have perform.
ed my part in completing the work which
he commenced and almost finished.
,ytfI9secreiary Stanton. #..
IN an editorial justly commanding Score.
tary Stanton for the valuable Sc, vice he has
rendered tie nation in the performance OF
the aiduouS duties OF his office, and for the
earnest patriotism ever evidenced by him IN
all the past eventual fur years, the New
York Times well SAYS: 81 rs-- = s.
When we call to mind what. for instance
the organization of the English Campaign in
, the Criinea was, when the armies were only
q few miles from a water base, ard TIE prob
lem was for the greatest naval power Of the
world, 10 feed and clothe and medically care
for $4,000 men the ineXtricable con usion.
the want Of rations, stores. clothes and med
icine, the sufferings of those brave men from
this most stupid want of business capacity
10 the of1ic ais, until the Ciimean campaign
became a spectacle to the world for it's mis-
cry and stupidity, and then reflect that fn
four years Mr. Stanton and Ills officials have
been feeding, clorhing. arrning and taking
medical care oil some 500, 900 men each year.
Transporting them with great rapiity thous
ands Of miles on the sea and the land, and
that no instance has occurred Of short sup
plies, or irregular transportation. or deficient
clothing or ai1plDg, or Con any large scale)
of a want Of medical sup. lies, everything
seeming to be just where it was needed, we
must admi, that somewhere in our military
service there has been. q great organizing
brain. -..-' 49,. :
More than this. never We believe were
such vast sums of money spent so honestly
and economically, so far as the department.
cond contIo, the expenditure Contractors
who.have dealt with the Secretary and his
immediate subordinares. will confess that
very little has been made out Of the Govern
ment, either honestly or otherwise, in this
wal. Aud .iot the bitercst enemy Of Mr.
Stanton can ever charge him with the slight
est faint of corruption or venal,y in his high
Office. Handling hundreds of millions every
year, he has never incurred even the sus
picon of approprlatng single dollar to
himself. s.- .....