The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-10-07
Vote for Samue n. Curtis.
And preserve the honor and dignity of our
Stain. -.
That Grand Fizzle.

ana preserve the nOnor ana dignity or our
State.
That Grand Fizzle.
Along with others who were DESTROYS of
hearing what Democratic candidate for Con-
gress could say in defence Of his party
and its measures, we took position in the
Court House on last Saturday, and awaited
with some anxiety, tor the appearance of that
great water-spout, H. H. Trimble.
Well, after the Town had been promenaded
by the Bell Boys, who sing out, what the Con-
goes, no doubt. thought would be charming
would be indicated at the Court House at
2 o'clock, and sundry tunes playedb by our Brass
Band, and the exertions of the indefatiga Bile
Clique, the audience was made, and consisted
(by actual CONT, of one hundred all told
thirty of whom were Republicans. Mr.. Ma
jor, who formerly represented this county in
the Legislature, and who by the way, is anti
Cliq-e, was called TO the chair, and soon there
after water.spout was introduced to the audi
ence
Poor Trimble his name hes no charms, and
those who went to hear speech, were miser-
ably bored with regular dish Of hotch potch,
a mess Of stereotype nonsense, that had been
dished up for him by some man Friday.
The FIRST thing he did was to try to make
his audience believe that the Democratic party
of to-day was the same that it had always
been, that the history Of the Democratic party
was the history of the country, and ttat the
principles of Jefferson, which every school
boy, who has been through McGufey's first
reader knows to be false, he said the Democra-
tic party was peculiarly fortunate in setting
forth its principles, the principles OF Jefferson.
Shame on the man, who has the brazau effron-
terry to make such an assertion; why, the very
countenance and manner of the man, the way
he paved the air, in the vain endeavor to EN-.
phasise this..point, was conclusive evidence to
his audience tina. he lied, simply lied wheu he
made the assertion.
Next be said the principles of the Republi-
cans were hid under a bushel, that he knew
enough about them to know that they were the
Mr.. T. they are the principles Of opposition
mol Of faction, the opposition to the stealing,
undermining principles of the one man power
hat you and your party inculcate, and too, not
one Of his audience, but had read the republic
can platform, and he could have heen convict
ed of wilful Misrepresentation by his audience
to man. Then ne touched the slavery question
and Oh how pittifully he labored through it,
the only question before people he desires
to represent, he said the action Of represen-
tatives was the action Of the people, that the
only question between Douglas and Buchanan
was as to the manner of submitting that ques-
ton to the people; that the Democratic party
were for letting the people of the Territories
settle the question for themselves, when the
fact has been male patent to the country that
this same party through the administration
did all they could, used every exertlon, bent
all their energies, and squandered millions of
the peoples money, to deprive the people Of
that privilege of settling tina. question for them
selves
He said that no free state had been admitted
into this Uaion, except through democratic ad-
minisrations, citing that prove that the present
Congo Democracy avere not pro-slavery. Mis-
cradle subtertuge to call AN argument. He said
the issue aolo was not what it was in SO, and
that the Republicans endorsed Douglas, and
then went into iabored argument to show
that Republicans stood just where.they did in
Sc Here followed lot of Stereotype and stale
gibberish about Republicans wanting to make
the negro equal to the white man, the same
nonsense that was worn threadbare by the
Stumpers Of that party two years ago nd
which nobody except that water-spout " did
repeat; but he had to take up the time, and do
something to divert the attention Of his party
from the great and all absorbing question Of
constitutional Liberty which is at stake in thi:
battle that is being fought now. He ther
went into backing up argument to show the
people that the Republican members of Con
gress carried out the principles Of the party
by voting against the Lecompton constitution
here an old line wing, and FOR merly WiImo
proviso man, suggested something about Min
eSOtd OcNiS d rTCc Otdtc Which, WdSeI.SpOu
caught at as pretext for getting out Of tn
corner in which he found himself, and afte
wandering about, and plling and re-piIing IN
enormous mass Of Documents, he told an anec
dote. II did not seem to take so he told it again
this time it elected three stamps o. some man
foot. The reason it did not meet with heavie
response arose from the fact that the audienc
was strongly Curtis. He then undertook to in
dict those Republicans who voted for Mont
gomery's mendment to the Lecompton Swim
die, and said the Republicans stopped to Con
qsser. AT this point idea seemed to strike hin
that he ,Oas candidate for Congress, and b
started over the bred Scott Rapids, and GALE
said Scott sinister" he said the decision wa
that negro was not q citizen Of the Fedora
Government: and that Congress cannot legislat
on slavery in the Territories; he said the Dem
ocratic party did not recognize the right of tn
Supreme Court to made political platforms TO
them, and said he did not endorse that decision
which created quite hustle, and caused Ger
tain editor, who is watching the interests Q
that party, to lean forward in a listning attitud
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