The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-10-03
"All the electors oftbe State, there.

"All the electors ofthe State, there
fore, are requested to participate, in
the election of.delegltes to this Con-
vention Apho favor d speedy termination
Of the existHN mr.; who will maintain
the Union sby . strict observance OF
the Constitnt,on Of the United States
in letter and spirit: and who will in
siet upon their right at an miriam
meled election. to expeffrom power,
and bring to condign.punishment the
guilty leaders ofthe sectional parties,
North and South, who are prodigally,
nay, rccklessly squardcring the lives
and fortunes of the American people,
IN n most rindicffiiUs partisan wdsTdrc,
mhich Is napsftshy desty,ucti'y AZ the
Constitutional Union ofthe States, and
is rapidly tending 10, bankrupt ITO bru-
tdli-e, and to Afffuni-e TIE nation.
~ Z $ IL GRAND lsYINaroN,
r'ti aldo !" pm. CASSIDY. 'ns H
/, old -s6a ri9fA w. CARPENTER, aots
a9so abaat FRANK PLuMER, 6
49,. ,,3b "a. E. SEBEReER,' .
We understand that Mr., Burton
spends most Of his tipe trying 70
prove that he supported the war for
the y suppression Of The, rebellion, hit
here in the, above extract from BY.
ington's call. he recommends "speed,
and dishonprable termination Of a par
tisan ,car ,aanfestly destructive Of the
Constellation ~
In the Mercury Of March g., 1865
we find the following 10 reference to
Mr.. Lincoln, and ask our reader.
| whether this kind oflanguage applied
TO the Chief Magistrate, together will
the hope expressed in. the extrac,
published yesterday, "that God il
his mercy should rid y, &c Dix snc
Stanton and his master, was no,
intended to educate some Booth VI
to the point. q Riding the earth .
I, such 9 monster as they represented
!, Lincoln:
"And Lincoln the gneatest ,crimi
,, IA. on the face Of the earth, for no
only did he not attempt tornonrisl
and fostcr!w hat little 'sUsi0nl. senti
asnentn there was, left in the, seredin!
States, but, hy his own acts, aud thos
OF his partizans 10 and out Of Con
1gress, destroyed that SENTIMENT an
1.-The peopleiof the Soutlr are NOR
firmly dnnited than everu BY his ow'
folly be has brought about this stat
ofthings, and the; future historian
will 30 record it. j., '4
On the 9th Of February 1863. ]
, 4. Burton, through his paper pull
hshed q speech Of the traitor ValIar
digham with the following cditoris
endorsement: s
/" Do not fail to read Yallandis
HAMS great speech, a portion (
which will be fonnd on the outside (
this issue. Road and rciect."s,i /,
\ arAnd from that speech, which
, brimafall of treason from abeginnin
to end; we make the following OK
tract.} 19g@iaa a 1oH i3iVaa lniG gpi
"NOw sir. on the the 18th Of Apr
ii believed that coercion would brin
!. war. and war sdisunion, more tina
that, believed what you in oil 70,
: hearts ueffevc to-.isty : ei,s.s Ui.o ss. I
could never be conquered. Never
: ! thought that il war was disunio
. on the, l4th Of April, it was equal
= disunion Oh the 18th Of April, and |
s all times. Believing this | could nj
as an honest man and a patriot len
an active support to the war, and
did not Iwouldi rather my srigl
arm were plucked from it's sock
d and cast into eternal bnrnings, ths
81 with my convictions tothus have d
Q filed my soul with moral perjury"
III 81 did not support the war and +
: day j bless God that not the smell
n so much as one drop Of it's blood
y upon my garments" s.
4 The following from an editorial
:. the Mercury Of Nov. o. 1863, CT
! bear but one construction, and that
: its evident 7 intent to prompt son
t democrat like Booth to assassina
II the President y .4s4s. Z IS tf
III Ghid