The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-10-15

Kilpatrick.

This brilliant cavalry officer made
a speech at the recent monster Sol
der and Sailors convention, at Phila-
delphia, from which we make the
following eloquent and pointed ex
tract:
We are assembled to ask ourselves
this great question, Shall the onrepent-
ant Rebels of the South, and the miser-
able, yile traitors Of the North, take
possession of the nation thai our banner
has PRESCRIBED [Cries Of mo, not
Shall these men of tho North, head,
ed by Horatio Seymour, who refused
to work with us in the vineyard, par
take Of the rich fruits Of the labor
Shall these men who deserted the
ship of State when the waves rolled
high, now man the deck We have
assembled tonight because we be-
lieve the nation in danger. Every
gale that comes from the South
brings to our ears the same old yell
and cry that we have SO often heard
and answered on many a battlefield.
Who have we to oppose us? The
same mon who opposed us during the
rebellion, both in the South and at
the North. Who are these men at
the South who have joined hands
with the Democracy Of the North?
Why, Robert Ould, who will be re-
membcrcd by many here present who
were confined as prisoners in the Reb-
81 pens. He is the man who, on
opening many of the boxes sent
South BY your loving mother, said
he thought the articles were too
highly seasoned for men of sedenta-
ry habits. Then there is Wade
Hampton, who said to me that he
would rather his arms should wither
than live with the mudsills of the
North, and that he hoped to live to
apply the torch to every Northern
home. He occupied a front seat at
the New York Convention. Then
there is Ex-Gov. Vance, of North
Carolina, the man who addressed his
troops with the remark that he want.
| ed them to fill hell SO full of Yankees
that their heels would stick out Of
the third story windows. He and
Wade Hampton had gone into the
guerrilla business, but the ride of 13(
miles on an old mule which l gave
him had the effect of dissolving that
partnership. Then there is Forrest
the butcher, who surrounded garri'
son of four hundred men with a force
ten times as strong, and under cover
of a flag Of truce, marched his force tc
the rear and murdered nearly all tn,
garrison. He buried dead and alive
in the same ditch, and nailed negroe.
to houses and fences and there burn
ed them. These are the men who arr
opposing us.
When Robert Il. Lee was driver
from the Wilderness, and Gen. Sher
man, with an army 10000 strong
was marching through Georgia, th'
Democratic party, at Chicago, were
declaring the war o failure. Well, i
was afaiIure-for the rebels. Laugh
teri Gen. Mcclellan was defeated
and so was Robert e. Lee. We viii
learn these Southern people and theil
Northern Allies that we will not for
get the past. Can we forget tina
while we were at the front there wa!
a pitiable band OF traitors at hom,
who called us Lincoln Hirelings. No
we will march through the street!
from now to November, and faun-
our banners In their cowordly faces
The election of Gen. Crane will be :
pledge to those who have fought ane
those who remained ut home minis
tering to the wants of the soldiers O
protection and sympathy Of The
Government Of the United States.