The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-09-23

HlrmInghA n. Friday, Oct l, at3 p. m.
= Ronaparte, Saturday, Oct. 3, at 8 p. m.
vhe Republicans At each point above named are
reVa~sted IN make the proper arranRemens. ana CIR
cdSate notice Of meetings. Republicans, RALLY from
Scwa and country. .Bft4E83te 'st W
By order Of the ,os..,,,.r
1ssI giaY coMMuNrcArEp.
r. ,,a 1919 Col. CARTS. i5a
Our present member Of Congress. and can.
didate Tor reelection, promptiv met his ap-
pcsntment atthe Court Honse last Saturday
md wss ehsered By the presence Of crowd
,ce his constituents and fellow-eitixens. All
seemed pleased to see the Col. looking % hale.
hearty and happy, in spite Of the labors Of
the canvass, oetese0ver had roads and In wet
weather, and always amid the bowling blasts
Of imposition. $685.
1 For severn, hours he hsld the undivided at
tention of friends snd Zoe, telling a manly
and Straightforward story Of the facts and
principles. involved in the living issues Of To-
dav. and wisely letting alone those past and
dead, - well ~ those not likely to come up
Rcs action, which his opponents are very anx-
ious that he should fritter away his time in
discussing. His speech, to borrow the lam
knage Of one his hearers, who voted Tor Blu
chanan, was "aii truth, every vord Of II trse.''
and ito only defect ~ expressed in the language
Of another, and bv the appearance OF the
crowd when he closed, was. that 'it wa. too
short, altogether too short" "The glitter.
ing gsneralities'' Of Rufus Choate, that FAN
cv spec,mea of patriotism, in other words
,'tthe self-evident TRUTHS" in dafenee Of which,
our fathers declared and we still maintain our
Independence. in his hands became solid and
heavy material, in indicating the people Of
Kansas and the present position Of the Re-
puhlicsns. He showed conclusiveiy that the
Republican 1t to-dav, demanded no more than
the Republicans Of '76 or ~, those who fought
the Sattles of our Revolution and framed the
Constitution under which we 1--we, and demand
ed Of US. whether We intended to leave less ia
onr children than our fathers left to u.s.
I, He pointsd proudly to the great States teeming
With millions Of freemen, and blessed with
free institutioas, that now cover what was
then the Great North. West Teritory-all the
territory At that time in possession Of the Gen.
sral Government result az the WELDON
ee onr fathers in excluding Slavery by law.
also to the soil On which we Tread, blessed By
protection in the same way. BY the enactment
Of the Missouri Compromise, and challenged
MS opponents to show why principles that
were Constitutional then are not Constitutional
HoD. He showed too, how the Dred Scott
decision opened the way to plan: acolored POP.
ulation BY la,D on evry acre cf our territories.
He reminded 10 Of The manner in which .egroe.
became nixed up with our own white popnla-
tion, a. he hiA already done the meaeures cui
fathees had taken to prevent the extension Of
/ an eya 10 mpch to be deplored, and left rs To
infer that the position Of the bred Scott De.
cision towards our territories was precisely the
position Of sKiegt George on the same subject
in relation to his American Colonies. He adj
y,.cated idea Of ihtellestusl culture in the 10
borer, however mental hrs employment, aud
showed how decidedly opposite to this, wa
the position Of the Democreey BY quoting from
their speeches IN Congress, which are replied
% 0niy ~ Republicans.
~ BStith8 n0stTsey and telling portion Of hii
speech WAS that which, We think, explains
the reason why bic enemies are 20 fierce ID
raising the war cry Of the aGass lins."
They are evidently snxious 10 divert atten.
tion from stgoid line" OF which the Col
told us. down sosth. through . desert 20 bar.
/, rem that no oss would think Of going there, un
less Tor tha purpose Of carrying of Unel'
Sam. mosey, or that Of somebody else. ans
where the administration Is sending the U.
Mail on its wav to San Franeiseo, to the mic
little tune Of 100000 . pearl While on tn
Central ronte, where the business Of smigra
tion has been carried o. sueeessfniiy for years
and it,. Messure has already constraiusi tn
Adm'istrstion to establish second mail line,
IL carried for $3.50 1000 year, making differ
snee IN matter OF public economy Of the snu
little sum Of $4,000 yearly or more thai
900 per cent, and making ten times that differ
encs, perhaps, from being where it wss need
ed-where the business is TO be done, an
] where ewes southern private emigration, Z,
Il Jiteewn seeasmy and convenience, comes I
eross the mosntains and the plsina. The Co
has indeed INDUCED in one speculstiea to
nsny! To satisfy his opponents be must 4
their s.gold liner alone! It is Far enoug
south % Be truly national! An air line, Z
!, sssn air tight lins'' directly from New Yor
or Philadelphia 70 San Psaaeiseo would BE- ses
tioGal! II II esnes il atall, 1t must come
= No. T., sort Of colorsd person at III
second tsbis and ct less than one third price
!. iwonder Il Tsiahis b IN favor Of the Fo
rel1aAsep, Ksosspqna and Bioomfsld Road
.sselIif -, uhethvs the road 10 built Of gas
iros, o. gold! A REsusIIcAn.