The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-05-14

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The sham Democracy are making prodig-
ious efforts 10 defeat the new Constitution.
There il furious storm--the political ele-
ments are let loose, and there is a commotion
in the political world as dire as was that
among the elements of nature on Friday last.
Some Of US are naturally enough surprised at
all this, and put ourselves to some trouble to
discover the wherefore Of the STERN. We
must acknowledge that we have CROPPED con-
siderably ia the dark, and have been in pur-
suit Of knowledge under great difficulties, but
90 Far as our researches have as yet extended
this fact is established, namely: that the Con-
stituton itself is all right, acceptable generally
to the "Nationafs." The provision in regard
to Banks is one Of the most important of the
changes in the Constitution, and there is no
extensive organized opposition to this provis-
ion. And SO with most of the new features in
the Constitution. They do not please all, but
they ara not sufficiently Objectionable to call
forth an open and systematic opposition to the
Constitution itself. II is true some OF the
sham Democratic journals occasionally make
furious attacks upon the Constitution, and
with mighty flourish Of trumpets, and some-
times apparently are about to anhihilate the
thing. Some Of them, among the rest our
neighbor, the Fairfield Sentinei, vow stren-
uously that they are against it in toto, that they
are opposed to it, in their own classic phrase,
from shead to tall" and when we set out to
read one of their articles, we always expect to
see the Constitution beheaded and curtaied,
and its body otherwise horribly mutilated, but
when the very worst is done, nothing is dam
aged but the tail, no other part is vulnerable |;
indeed, there has been no blow aimed except
at the tail. Aye, il is . fact; the valiant De-
mocracy can do nothing but batter and bang
away at the caudal appeEdage Of the new Con.
stitution. Nevertheless, they have raised 4
storm, and furious one, and 1t RACES with in
creasing fury from day to day. On the polit-
ical heavens otherwise 50 clear, there is a
cloud, black cloud. That famous, that aw-
full, that most terrible "codicil!" II is the
spirit Of this .spitiless storm.'
Let Us see what there is about this s'codicip'
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