The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-07-30
Palnlers Speech.

Major Gen John VI, Palmer. Re
publican candidate for Gov. OF HI
iaois, opened the campaign at Ma
fion, Williamson County of tina,
State the other day in powerful
speech. AZ A IN
We submit below some Of its sa--
lent points, L
CONTRAST nsrwKss ,TuE cASlnDA4Es.
Now, fellow ,citisens, let MS tora!
moment and ii, making up your
mind as to what ought to he your
vote il is important tn understand i,
AT the character efthese two men.
Democratic speakers claim tor Mr..
Seymour the highest reputation for
learning and craftsmanship, Ii that
ciaimra,rbc supported by the facts,
1T deseryasyuur most attentive con
sidera,ion Where is the evidence
of itg Contrast these two men and
lev ns see for ourselves, without re-
gard 10 whatever may be said-by poll
iticians and partizans. Take the.
lives OF the two men, irrespective of
the parties to which they belois,
aud let us sec which has the strong.
est claim upon your confidence at
she present aif ~ RI tfs4
At'ttc, beginning of the war. Gen.
Craft lived at Galena rs private.
citizen: He had been educated by
the Government MS d soldier. He
understood that the frbrllios, could
only be overthrcwn by arms. He
had NC doubt OF the right Of tlie
Government to protect Itself He
canle town to Springfield and offered
the sword. ri hich had becd conferred;
upon him by the bounty OF his coun
try, to lis service He accepted a
| position TO dc fora time whatever
there was for him to DO He was
for a time Asliatant-GcncraI ana
mus erfng officer He became the
Colonel OF regiment; afterwards,
Br'gadief General afterwards, Major
General. Now, yon have his views
OF the true policy ut that time.
| What was the course and theory
of Mr.. Seymour? He held that the
Government had nc right to compel
Ito eo3 Dee tlse pcoplcof the South
into submission to the authority Of
| the Cover nmcia. tits u fact that
Mr.. Seym"nt' nepcr did admit the
pow"e et the Federal Government
to protect itseif, but denied /, habit
|ually and systematically. Now,
from these facts then, rs evidences OF
bis political wisdom which man wa
the wisesn the manwho believed
that the Government had the power
Of self defense and selfprotectlon, or
the man who believed tina, this Clio
rious fabric, reared by the. wisdom of
| the fathers, existed at the mere will
Of such bad men as might choose to
overthrow il, That i The first con
| trast,
AS the war progressed, men were
| required. Gen. Grant invoked rein
iorccntehts for himself and for the
army of the North. lie recommend
ed voluntary enlistments lie recon-.
amended the draft. He had no doubt
about the powered the Government
to draft men and compel them to
fight fol the protection of the Gov
erament which protected them.
How was il with Mr.. Seymour
Mr.. Seymour held that the draft was
| unconstitutional. He SO declared.
He held that tho Government had
no power to compel the Involuntary
service OF the people, and that, if
voluntary enlistments ceased, the
Government must perish OF must
| make terms with those who were in
arms against it, Who Was, the
wisest man there2
After SOME time, it was discover
cd that the policy of the war widen
ed and deepened TWAS discovered
that tho institution 81 slavery stood
in the way and must be destroyed as
a means of ovcrthrowiug tho rebel.
lion, and upon tina. the opinions of
both these men arc upon record
Gen. Grant expressed his opinions
and declared slavery was standing In
the way o! the restosa-
ton OF the tiovefnment-I read as
printed, During the progress Of the
war, and even in the advance OF the
craftsmanship Of Lincoln and his
Cabinet. Gen. Grant foresaw the ne.
cessity Of emancipation, not only as
\ means Of snppressing the rebellion
butas a means to the future peace to
the country, and on the both Of Au-
gust, 1862, he addressed ii letter to
Mr.. W.shfsurn, Of Illinois. il, these
words.
"FIeksBuaG, MISS. Aug. 30, 1862.
Dear Sir The people need not
quarrel over the institution of sla-
very What Vice President Stephens
acknowledges as the cornerstone of
the confcdcracy, is already knocked
ont, Slavery is already dead und
cannot be resurrected. 1t would take
a standing army to maintain slavery
IN the South if we were to make
peace to day, | never was an aboIi-
toms, even what could be call
ed anti-slavcry, but | try to judge
fairly AID honestly, and it became
patent to my mind early in thu rebel
lion, that the North and South conld
never llytiin peace with each other,
as one nation With slavery. | am
anxious to see peace established. As
allNlous as lam for peace, | would not
therefore be willing TO see any set
tlcmel until this question is settled"
y Just about the same time Horatio
Seymour made u speech upon this
and other subjects, He says: alfi is
true that slavery must be abolished
TO save the Union, then the people Of
the South should be allowed to with
draw themselves from that Governs
mcnt which cannot give them the
protection guaranteed by its terms.
This Is the language of Seymour.
Lincoln dc;larcd after Grant, that
if'he could save the Union with sla-
very: he would save it ii he could
save the Union BY Il partial destruc-
ton of slavery he would save it /; but
II nt cessary TO the preservation of
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