The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-09-10

One of the resolutions adopted by the sham
Democrats at their recent Convention reads as
follows:
THAT the late constitutional convention
composed of large minority of Black Re-
publican members, openly advocated the equal
i'y Of the Black and the White people. and
unanimously. recommended, through an APP
pcndage 10 the constItntion,s that the word
swhite' should he stricken from that iflstru-
incentive therefore feel free to charge upon
that party the design of abolitonizng the
people of this State, and placing the negro up.
on an equality with the white man."
This is OILY another proof thai the sham
Democrats are determined If possible ID ride
Tito power this fall, OF a wave of pop1lar
prejudice against aboltionisn. Everything
indicates that they will spare no effort, how
ever desperate il may be, TO excite that pref
utIce and thus accomplish their object The
above resolution is specimen of their practice
IN this line, and we may look out to fad them
as thick as melon-wagons.
The author of the above resolution we think
mast have been under the inll tence OF s.yc
beverage" at the moment of inspiration, for
he says the slate constitutional convention
unanimously recommended that The word
''white'' should be stricken from the Cbusti-
trtion which would include the would be,
Lieut.. Gov. We do not expect to make any,
thing out Of thfs little m;stake--such things
are not'argumerts--we called attentioato ii to
show that the author of the resolution Is as
careless of his grammer as he's of the truth.
The resolution says, or rather means to say,
that the Republican members of the Constitu-
tional Convention, '.nnanimously recommend
ed through an appendage to the Constitution
that the word white should be stricken from
that instrument" The Republican members
did no such thing. They voted that the peo-
pie should have an opportunity to vote wheth-
er or not they desired to have the word 'white'
stricken out of the Constitution, which is a
very different thing, surely, from recommend
ing that the word white be stricken out
Those who heard Col Gilaspy's speech on
the new Constitution, on the Saturday before
the election, will remember the history he
gave of the 'scolicil.' 1t was that at first the
Republicans, with few exceptions opposed
'HSei Ctii, tie splfdGe cidilSe, OF 1atlflg any
thing to do with il; but that Clark, of Hem
ry, and sobeboly else threatened to defeat
the Consultation unless The separate clause
were attached, aaG that rather than suf-
fer disaster of this kind the stcodicil'' was
aSsented TO.
So much for the unanimous recommends
tion' of the resolution. The resolution fur
thcr says, "we theref ore feel free to charge
upon that party the design Of alb ,litionzing,''
&c. OF course sham Democratic Conven-
ton may sfee free" to charge this or any,
thing else. 1t is perfectly in accordance with
their nature to sfeel free'' to bring any charge
however false, against their political oppo.
! nents, ar resort to any measures however des-
pcrate to gain political triumph. In this re.
spect, We cannot conceive of greater freedom
than the sham Democrats feel and use, of
which freedom the statements in the above
resolution are very fair examples.