The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-30
Copperhead Rejoicing ever the
Release oftheir Great Leader,
Jefferson Davis.

Ccpperhead Rejoicing ever the
Release oftheir Great Leader,
Jefferson Davis.
) Wepublish below few extracts
taken at random from some Of the
leading Copperhead papers of the
North over Davis release.
Their satanic glee, must be pleas
ant to Horace Greeley, Gerrit Smith,
and Republicans Of that kidney, who
have been chiefly instrumental in af-
fording the double dyed traitors and
enemies Of their country an opportu-
nifty to show their true colors.
IFrom the Milwaukee News.l
Time has tempered public opinion.
The appetite for blood is appeased.
The popular Judgment is calmer and
clearer. More candid and more ration
al views ofthe great national contro-
versy through which, we have passed
begin to obtain. It's even doubted in
high places whether Jefferson Davis
was ever technically guilty of treas
on. tits at least q question whether
he would be convicted if tried.
[From the La Crosse Democrat.]
Glory to God in the Highest In
spite Of Ru,np tyranny, Abolition
malice, johnson tiinidity, and the ha-
tired of the fanatical and bigoted.
Jefferson Davis once more breathes
the air Of freedom, Chat is to say, as
free as ii can be in a Rump despotism)
and walks among his fellows, 'the
noblcet Roman of them ALL" Long
life and happy years to the bravest
mar of our country and age.
JEFF. DAVIS RELEASED ON BAIL.
Our readers VIII be surprised by the
announcement at the head of this ar
ticle. Surprised not that a federal
court with any degree of justice, hui
mainly or legal accountability should
release Mr.. Davis on sufficient bail,
but that the vindictive Jacobin crew
who are running the government,
state and national, should permit the
Confederate chief to escape the ven
geance they had prepared for him.
The simple fact that one of the
leading Jacobins appears first on the
list of sureties for Mr.. Davis will not
palliate the treatment which the VIC
tim has received at the hands of his
and the country's bitterest enemies.
Il. This is the conclusion Of the farce
enacted for the canonization Of Mr..
Lincoln; the immolation of the Con-
federate leaders; and the permanent
ablishment of a consolidated des-
potism under the auspices Of revolt
utionary organization.
The New York Day Book, which
claims to have the largest circulation
of any Democratic newspaper pub
lished in the United States, has the
following in the course of an article
on the release of jeff Davis
"Mr. Davis Imprisonment has been
cruel and infamous, but on the whole
it's result, has been a great triumph
to himselfpersonally. He has vindi-
Gated his position most nobly and
heroically. and comes out of prison
without a stain upon his honor. If he
will now come out for a restoration
of the Union upon the avhite basis, zoe
do not see hoio the Democratic party
could do better than to nominate him for
President in 1868. Put on Edgar
Cowan, of Pennsylvania, for Vice
President, and we do not see why this
would not make q White Mans tick
ct that would sweep the north, re-
store the Union, and at once inaug-
urate the era OF good feeling" The
idea of nominating Grant and Lee
has been suggested in some quarters,
but Davis and Cowan would be inf
nitely more appropriate"
A correspondent Of the Day Book
recently uttered the following senti-
ments, which it published as sound
Democratic views:
When Robt. E. Lee surrendered
his army to Grant, in Virginia, the
sun of Liberty went down in a sea Of
blood, to rise no more on this Cont
nent during your life or mine. No
bic old Virginia the mother Of
Presidents and the land Of heroes
and statesmen, she resisted the ty-
rant till>she could rcsistno more, and
fell stricken with wounds, bleeding
at every pore, but covered with i'm
mortality. In her fall, behold the
triumph of despotism and the shame
of Democracy. Every Democrat
should have enlisted under General
Lee and fought a common enemy ;
had they done SO, the Abolition
monster would have. been dethroned
and our country saved. /"