The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-10-17
Extract from Henry Wilson's great

Extract from Henry Wilson's great
speech in st. Louis, October 9th 1872:
But gentlemen you have heard a
great deal about reconstruction. Re-
cancellation, Reconciliation, is the war
cry, and the men who aie so anxious
to shake hands over bloody chasm
have no c0nciliation towards General
Grant or any man who supports him.
Applause.] They can forgive every
man whose hands have been red with
the blood OF ouI countrymen, but they
cannot forgive the great captain who
marshalled usto victory. EApplause. ]
They have conciliation for JEFF Davis.
but
NO CANCELLATION FOR GEN. GRANT.
Well gentlemen, this word concilia-
ton, rs 1t Is now used, means no more
nor less than concession. 1t is the old
compromise talk. Why, l remember
twenty years ago. how, whenever the
slave power demanded anything, no
matter how great the crime against the
man, or how great the sin against God.
While men in this country ran up and
down the land begging us to compro-
mise Applause lcompromise gentle
men. II is the same cowardly spirit
now that asks conciliation. tApplausel
Gentlemen lam ready for conciliation,
but, with Gods blessing it must be a
conciliation in which humanity and
the laws of Almighty God are not sac
rificed. Applause. ] avn ready to be
conciliated with any body. do not
know a man or woman on the face of
the earth that eannot meet and shake
their hand in friendship. l. do not
like quarrels. | would rather be abus-
ed any time, and bear wrongs than to
infiict them. Bpt gentlemen, one
thing is clear, we had a struggle in
this country for forty years, on the
one side was the spirit of the
LIBERTY BORN IN HEAVEN.
a spirit that lifts everybody up and
pulls nobody down. On the other
hand was the spirit of slavery, of caste
of privilege, that odtrages humanity
and divides mankind into classes-a
spirit that drags everybody down and
lifts nobody up. We had 1t in peace,
we had tin war, aud we have had it
since the war, and gentlemen, at the
sacrifice of blood, of treasure, Of years
Of strife, we have marched up and
reached the shining SUBMITS where
liberty dwells and heaven rains down
its choicest blessings. 3
+ Now gentlemen, instead of going
down from the heights we have strug-
Stand we have gone nn nsarar f.hd
and tried to carry the world mn with
MS instead of going down want to
reach down to omr Sontharn l,rathren
and lift them mn "a the lofty nlanc an
which we stand. IApplanse. / I'wanf
to breath into their sonls the sn;rit of
patriotism, and of that Lore of eonu.
trvstllst 6scri riicesapro0Ieftv and /; IS II.
self to save. i want IL breath into
their hearts the love of fihortv--l;l,nrt,, !,
for all classes and condit;nns nf man
/ want to make their hInoJ ioyal ana
their hearts To beof with sv,nnathv I
want to hear them saw that thev win
build their school l,ouses. and that thav
will teach the chil,lren and tho naonla
the truth-the trnth that reaches ihe
faiherhood of God and Tho hrofhar-
nood OF humanlIy. IAPpEltisei. + Wsat
10 understandJus where we are, and
Win Gods help, stand there firmly !:
ana = time and the providence OF God
Work ia our favor, ana DO all We can
70 take our southern brethren out of
,he depths where slavery and the war
ie1t them
CARRY THEM UP ON THE LOFTY PLANE
ON which tho nation now stanas
fApulause That l. tbn yyar ~
conciliate; n Ia chanoo of
heart and reason of our nrr;no and
miuou;ded conntrvn,a,, Hn,.. sa,,,,al ~
men humanity demands II M. f.nd
Of oi,r cnunfrv demanas /, ,,a honos
Of com;no.years demand !, ana ths
Good cod above h;Is ~ Ja ~. A.
nlausc1 ana gentInman Whom ,on al.
me IN come Jown ana sboLa ha,as "a
ioin with men who arc ,yronn % ;ns4.ad I
of lifting them uD, to.make them more
weak than before, ] don't join in that
work ana pray Tod to Keep me from
y. tAPFlahse.I bnt. gentlemen, this
ufeeley movement Is dead, tapplausel !
ana don't peiieve there are many
,nournefs IN the country. Laughter. ]
's ~, irienms .n,, aoh Know howit dled' but
1 VIII tell yon why 1t died. II was
against the logic OF the country. Ap-
piause.J IL was against the fruits OF
the war. III was against the demands
OF patfiousil, ana against the demands
oi iioefty, OF justice, OF development
ana Chf'stlah culture M this country
lAppause. lou remember last
spring lew. men VINO mad no constit-
uenls met together IN Cincinnati, and
snortiy afterwards men who had con-
stl,uents but no principles met togeth.
III baitimore. And those men with
OUT constituents made platform, and
nominated candidate. and those men
without principles but With constitu-
ents indorsed the platform and indors-
eu Tue caliaiaate. NOW, u there are
any democrats mere tonight, ! want
10 say 10 them they
HAVE BEEN SOLD
hut not vet de,;vered fronnh, ,,a
annlause.l And 7 rive ,ban, .his NV;
tation now inst To como ris,ht n,,ar i, !
to tbe Rennbl;can ranLs ana Won Lnnw
Uo Rannh,;eans wara ainor. ,nnasaa
to delivering mn fngit;ves opf wa
won't deliver Won mn fAnpIsnsa and
lanohterl p''ss '''N'
| Now oept,aman wa pon,b,;o.ns
for seventeen Years bave haen sim
mine the Democrotic Marty ever, naar
and taking The cream r;rht off from, Il
ITAnnIanse. n We alwavs taoh ,ha hos,
mart Of Tho Danoc,st;o nart., and ~
have uot n,;ll;nn ~ n,ar J.. a,,,. 49,
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