Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-06-03
kEosAuQUA PREACHER TELLS
OF DEEDS OF VALoR.
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abundantly satisfied when they greet
each other in that glorious reunion
whore wars are no more.
Whatever others may say or do,
comrades, you and must be INDUCED
in the sad and joyful remembrances
of the past
Our government was called into
being by declaration of indepen-
dance recognizing the existence of AL
mighty God and declaring for the di-
vine rights of man. The right to life.
liberty and the pursuit of happiness,
yet some of our people traded in the
lives oil another and helpless race, al
though that race was created of one
blood with themselves. They denied
liberty to multiplied thousands of men,
women and children and made misery
the heritage OF the dark continent
from whence their slaves We're stolen.
mot long since we heard public
speaker declare that the declaration
meant to say that only white men are
created equal He did not say how
white 4 man must be or how dark com.
plected lie might be to come within the
meaning of the declaration. The poor
fellow had studied evidently only a
garbled and doctored history used in
some Of the public schools of our land.
They never say q word about our
fathers making provision in the early
days of our government for the grad
the slaves. They say never a word
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from it's very inception and so declaf-
ed by the United States supreme
courts. IN
Surely no one can read the, history
of the declaration of our independence
and not be impressed with the fact
that the studied intention of the CON
tinental congress at Philadelphia was
to make that document express the SEN
timents, not of any individual, but of
the general public. They act in the
name and by the authority of the good
people of those colonies The i'm
mortal document sets forth by AFR
nation the self evident truth that all
men are created equal, that they are
endowed with certain unalienable
rights that among these are life. liber-
ty and the pursuit of happiness: that
to secure these rights governments
are instituted among men. Their
unalienable rights, such as cannot be
taken away from them by any mere
human authority. Again our fathers
say for the support Of this declara-
ton with firm reliance on the pro-
lection of divine providence we mu-
tually pledge to each other our lives
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Was there ever more sublime exhi-
bition of a nations faith in that I'M
seen power which for us is more than
all that can be against us. Knowing
the battle was not to the strong alone
but to the vigilant, the active, the
brave, the devout and trust in the God
of justice to raise up friends to fight
their battles with them. Upon the
troubled waters, the waves running
mountain high, they launched the ship
of state. Nailed to her mast that
holy flag, set every thread of sail, and
gave her to the God of storms, the
lightning and the gale How marvel
ously God has honored their faith. To
: day, we have the grandest ship af1oat
on the sea of national life, but of oak
of our northern mountains, pine of
our southern hills, our midland cedar
and iron, our whole lands linking
wills. All hail! glorious old ship of
state! Sail on and on, bearing the It'd
ing of redemption along the shores of
all lands. AS the gospels of our Lord
are the legitimate offspring of Moses
and the prophets, in the development
of Gods plan for the spiritual redemp-
ton of men, SO our republic and her
institutions are the natural outgrowth
of the principles which God has given
for the civil government of men.
"There went into the war for the
confederacy no less than one million
seven hundred thousand men as brave
as ever carried gun or fought a bat
tie. This vast army was Differed
largely by men of military experience
and training. Many of them were ed
ucated by the United States govern
ment.
From March to July 1, 1851, two
hundred and fifty-nine officers from the
army and more from the navy went
over to the rebels. They could put
nearly all these men into battle. Their
four million slaves without regard to
sex OF age were required to work in
fields and shops for support of this
army. The work on Notifications, en-
trenchments and stockades was near.
ly all performed by the slaves. They
formed line of battle two thousand
one hundred miles extent. They
fought in their own country usually on
ground of their own selection or be-
hind Notifications of their own build
ing.
They received the almost unani-
nous support of the public sentiment.
How different the conditions on the
Union side.
"Mr. Lincoln came into possession
OF the chief executive Office of the gov
eminent under the greatest possible
disadvantage. Every resource of the
government on the brink of ruin. Ma
tional treasury empty. Credit Destroy
ed. Navy scattered in distant seas.
Army broken up into small detach-
ments and stationed in remote parts
of the country. Arsenals, arms and
ammunition in the possession of the
rebels.
"The loyal liberty loving people re-
CARELESS of past political affiliations
rallied to the support of the legally
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