The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-10-07
Vote the Republican Ticket
And restore peace, prosperity, and plenty.

Republicans, we appear before you this
week, through the columns Of our paper, for
the last time, previous to the election. On
next Tuesday, the battle is to be fought be-
tween US, and the supporters Of that doctrine,
which declares that slavery, in the language of
President Buchanan, ssexists in Kansas to-day
by virtue of the Federal Constitution, with
just as much legality, as it does really exist In
the State Of Georgia; that the Federal Con-
stitution sustains and protects Slavery in all
our Territories" So that il Greenland were
Territory Of the United States, the slave
holder could take his slave there and hold
him as such under the protection and by force
of the Federal Constitution, the wishes of the
people thereof to the contrary, notwithstand-
ing; that the people of the Territories can only
exclude slavery through their-State Constitu-
ton, when admitted into the Union as sovereign
ern Democratic doctrine, is it possible, to ex-
clude slavery but partially; for, says Mr.. Blu
chanan, s'the right of property vested in slaves,
which may have been in the Territory, cannot
be infringed upon; right which accrued too y
az he says by virtue of our boasted Federal
Constitution, made by our Revolutionary Faith
ers as the Organic law of land Of freedom.
This is the doctrine of the Democratic par
) ty Of 1858; and is almost identical with that
OF the old nullifer, John C. Calhoun, and
which he introduced into the Senate of the Uni
ted States, embodied in series Of resolutions,
years ago, when Clay, Webster and Benton
sat in our councils, from whom this doctrine
received unqualified disapproval, and severe
and merited rebuke. Shall it stand and -four
ish as now revived and resuscltated, bearing
the sweet sounding name of Democracy p
Shallits adoption and use as the policy of this
nation curse the beautiful and boundless Ter.
ritories of the West? We trust not, fellow
Republicans. We think we see in the times
the downfall of the present Dynasty, ane
that in 1861 we shall have in truth, and il
fact, a real President of really free people
Republicans Of Wapello county, it is your
to take an important part in this struggle it il
yours to redeem our county from the thrall
dom Of such mastl Gus doctrines. No higher
VI nooicS oUJeCt was cNeT OdtCteu tOI oy dul
party since the organization of our government
See to it that you are at the polls on mex
Tuesday early in the morning. That 20,
vote early, and then devote yourselves unceas
ingly during the rest Of the day in polling ev
cry Republican vote in your Township. Sc
to it that yonr tickets are correct in ever
particular. That the names of our candidate
are correctly spelled-that the right name j
not used for the wrong office-that the wron!
county is nor inserted-and above all, tina
there shall be no illegal voting, remembering
that under the present law, A residence Of six
~ days in the county is required. See law
Of 1853, Chap. 159 p. D. Give no heed +
false and slanderous reports against our can
didates that may be put forth by our oppo.
nents right upon the eve Of the election, for /
Is too true, most wofully 80, that the Ottumw
clique cannot be trusted, and their power o
eircnmvention, from long experience fathom
the lowest depths. We confidently expec
every Republican will de his whole duty OF
next Tuesday. Let each and every one o
you say as yon read this article. if you hay
not already done so, Some day For my country.
and with hearty good will carry ont the say
ing. Do this and Wapello county is redeem
ed.