Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1852-07-22
Communications.
For the Courier.
To !. G.. RAMSEY:

regularly nominated candidate of The
Democratic party; and as you have a
great horror of Conventions, and have
shown an undisguised contempt fol Con-
venlion candidates, it may be as well for
the people of Wapello county to know
! all about you and your former course OF
conduct. ... ..-....s
| will give short sketch of your acts
during The last few years. Well sir, as
you claim the supper. of the Democra
cy OF this county, on the ground of a
nomination. | want to know how you
can do so and look Joseph Myers, and
his friends, in the face, when you voted
and used your influence to defeat him for
School Fund Commissioner, when he
was regularly and fairly nominated can.
didate OF the Democratic party! How
can you look Gideon Myers, and his
Democratic friends, in the face and ask
their votes. when you supported and
voted for Mr.. Gleason, a Wing nominee
for Commissioner, to defeat the former
gentlemen when he was the regular NOM
inee of his party' How can you look
Thomas G. Given, and his Democratic
friends, in the face, and ask their votes,
when you supported and voted for DR..
j. c. Campbell the Wing nominee. TO
defeat Mr.. Given the regularly nomina.
ted Democratic candidate. Can you
look d. +. Gaylord, and his democrat
ic friends, in the face, and ask them TO
vote for you. when i. is generally belize
vsd that you tried to defeat him for Sher.
if! And although he was regularly
nominated Democratic candidate for that
Office, you threatened to run as an indie
pendent candidate TO defeat him.
You took this unmanly and ,reacher.
Gus course against these men, who are
Democrats and nothing else, and not like
you always trying to break up the par
ty if you or some tool OF your does not
get just such an Office as you want
And now you claim that you are good
Democrat, and that the Democratic par
ty ough, TO vote for you! These men
are more honest and more capable for
Office than you are-and as you chose
for selfish purposes to try to defeat them,
when you knew they were the choice
of the party.-upon what grounds of fair
ness or honor can you expect Demo-
Gratis TO vote for you! Suppose they
should look over all your treachery and
want of political honesty to the party,
and cleo, you,--haRe they any guaran-
tee tina. when your time is out, if they
should fail to re nominate you, or some
of your tools to Office, you would not
bolt again and try to break up and de-
feat the Democratic party! There is
no dependence to be placed in such
Democrat as you are.
II is whispered, (ra!her too loud for to
be secretly among Democrats, tina, you
got your nomination by fraud, promi-
sing that il the friends of candidate on
the South side of the River would go
for you. then your friends would vote
for their choice; but instead of doing so
you threw your influence in favor of Mr..
Cock 1t is also whispered among
Democrats, that you intended to run as
an Independent if defeated in the Con-
vention!
But, sir, how can you ask iaboring
men and farmers to vote for you to
make their laws and watch over their
interests. when your conscience does
not restrain you from depressing and
breaking up such men, by loaning them
money at rs, 80, 40 and even loo per
cent; shaving good mems notes a. enor.
nous rates of discount, and when the
money is due take their farms or prop.
erty for mere song, and turn them out
Of house AID home. upon the tender mer-
cies of cold world
How can you ask the friends of Mr..
Nc MILAN. poor unfortunate man who
got drowned few years ago. to vote for
you-or how can you ask the vote of
any man who has heart, wher you or
dered his property seized by the officers
of the law, before his cold and life
less form was placed in the tomb! Thus
you not only stripped the poor widow
and orphans. who were already over
whelmed with sorrow, but put humsni-
ty to the blush.
Now, sir. when you clear up all this
to the satisfaction of the Democratic
party, and the friends Of the widow and
orDhans and In the hard. veoman