The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-10-08
Judge Lowe in Otsumyya.


Hon. X. p. Lowe, Republican candidate for
Governor, addressed large and intelligent
meeting of Republicans aud others, In the
Court House in this city, on Saturday last
The several Townships of the County were
well represented by those sterling men and true
Republicans, whose presence and interest in
the meeting was an encouraging evidence that
the party pulse is beating healthily and strongly
in old Wapello.
The Judge had kept all his appointments,
and as consequence had seen such hard SER
vice as naturally taxed severely his physical
powers, and BESIDES was suffering from tn,
affects of severe cold, seriously affecting his
lungs, and rendering speaking at all anything
but pleasure TO him but notwithstanding this
with scarcely an apology for himself, he gave
us: in speech OF over two hours In duration,
decidedly one of the most triumphant viAdica-
tons Of the principles and policy CT the Re-
| publican Party, that it has been our fortuae to
listen to, one of those concise, methoaical, con-
elusive arguments, which carries c)nvic-
/ tion to honest minds, and makes converts of
candid and honest men. And the matter Of the
speech was not its only merit the manner was
also commendble. It was eloquently deliver
ed and characterised by a courtesy Of bearing
toward the person anG positions of his absent
opponent, to whom, of course he was COM
PEELED 10 allude, that stamped him the high
minded and honorable gentleman that he most
certainly is.
l. tyxyil he Ia hare 70 AT 4
cellent speech beyond the above brief allusi,n,
and we shall not attempt it, except to say that
it showed the position of the Republican Party
upon the Constitution, upon banking, and upon
State policy generally to be clearly and un-
questionably right, and the negro in the Con-
s,itution TO be clearly mon est inreatus, and
finally anG briefly showing, in such striking
contrast, the difference between true Republic
canism and pro slavery Democracy upon the
Slavery question, that it seemed, as Mr.. Buch-
anan says, wonder how any one with ID head
| to comprehend and heart to feel, could fail
to be converted from the one to the other.
AT any rate, the speech evidently made a
strong impression upon all who heard it. The
| Republicans present were highly pleased and
edited, and proud of their cause and candidate,
all of which they testified by frequent and
hearty applause. The sham Democrats Were
uneasy, and took early and diligently to read
ing news papers, some Of them, while others,
unable to bear the heat, fairly retreatei, all Of
which symptoms we were glad to see, as it
was proof gratifying, that the Judges shots
| were well aimed and took effect.
/ MIR Samuels was not here. He parted COM
pany with the Judge at osceola, we believe,
retracing his steps TO the North in a pretty
straight line for Dubuque, where we see he
arrived in safety, and where he is expected to
remain until he has permission in the official
result, to remain permanently, in the bosom of
his family. We regretted not to see him here,
as was expected. Sorry that the air Of the
South didn't permit him to remain longer
among us.
But we were consoled for the absence of the
/ Candidate OF our sham Democratic friends for
Governor, by the presence Of Mr.. Gillaspy
4 the candidate for the second Office In the gift
4 OF the people, who came, as the bills said
to answer Judge Lowe, which he did, we I'M
derstand, in his usual bombastic way, among
e'se@.eass tths rlh ait Ae
was promptly contradicted by several gentle.
men present. This was mean in George. but
entirely characteristic. What blessing he
VIII be 10 our common schools if he should
unfortunately get the control Of them For
tunately there is the smallest possible chance
or 1t. The people are too deeply interested in
them to confde them to any such man, we
have great satisfaction in believing.