Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-09-05

States where ii is admitted that they
exist. Tie acts are excused upon the
ground that they are, committed by
young, misguided and passionate cit
liens, intlamed beyond endurance by
the wrongs Of which they have been
the victims. Speeches. submission
to these fragrant violations of the So
cial compact is called pacitication and
harmony. Tacitus has fifty described
this condition of things in single
sentence - "Solitudinem facient ct
paccm appcllant"--they make a des-
ert and call it peace.
When a repentant rebel is
Gagged AS A CABINET MINISTER
and made the chief attraction of a per-
ipatetic menagerie, called out at eve-
nv railroad station and compelled to
speak his little defamation like
naughty pupil by his master, telling
the multitude that he has been very
wicked, but means to do better and
hopes in time to become a good YAM
kec, the spectacle is edifying and in
structive. The emotions of the cap
tive may be imagined, and the re-
spouse of the south is significantly
solid. We must be reconciled. We
must love each other. We must for
get. Let us wash the crimson from
our flag, because it is the hue of the
blood shed by patriots in defense of
their country !; the blue from its field
because it was the color of our SOL
dier's uniform, and their gold from
its stars, because they shone upon the
epaulcts of our heroes
| No, Mr.. President, let us not de.
ceive ourselves nor be deceived
There can be no truce between right
and wrong. In the conflict of idea.
There can be no armistice. The gigan
tic revolution through which we
have passed did not arise upon {
point of etiquette, and it cannot bt
:. ended by polite apology. 1t was q
lgrcat struggle between two hostile
, and enduring forces which must con
, tinue until one or the other shall be
J come displaced and expelled from oul
system of government. 1t must &C
: on either till the right Of one man, OF
/, class, by violence or force, to pre-
: scribe the opinions, control the acts
n and define the political relations o
e others is freely conceded, or until tn,
E right of every individual, however
) humble, to think, act or vote, in &C
: cordance with the suggestions of hi
: own judgment and conscience un
!. der the law shall be absolutely un
1 questioned. So long as this right j
8 denied or abridged under any pre-
l text, or in any locality. North. South
n East or West, in the shadow of tn
It mountains, in the great valley, or b.
8 the shore Of gulf or sea, SO long tn
d conflict must last. 1t will never en-,
: till the unity and supremacy of tn
h nation is undisputed; till life is SO
e cred and liberty secure till the OF
l. portunities for knowledge are as UNI
Il versally diff'used as the desire I
" know, and the pursuit of happines
t. az unlimited as the capacity to enio,
t. In view of these considerations on
he exercises to-day have a profound sis
IT nificance. Her territorial pupilag
a educated Kansas to freedom, and 81
st has not forgotten that bloody tuition
n. Twenty-one years have elapsed stint
ir John Brown and his associate
es died that the State might
ut free. l see before me many who pa
d ticipated with them in those ear
re contests, aud who still stand as slee]
Is less sentinels upon the watch-towe
ID of liberty. The siren and seducti,
song Of peace will not delude the
x vigilance nor lull them into secnrit
ts The passions engendered in TIL
b. epoch have subsidized, but its lessor
he remain, and this monument which v
ns dedicate is not alone momento
ID the past, but it is an admonition f.
he the present and the future. 1t a
It. nounces that, against all the blandis
m ments, the temptations of place,
as profit, CIR expediency, we dedica
es ourselves to assert and defend tho
We vital principles of justice and rec
We tudc which are the foundation n
alone of all individual welfare, b
of true national grandeur.