The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-09-30

easily meet bis argument and overture II
especially when you had such q good oppor-
tunity and belaborea Yourself to DO II. OF
course you could and since You did not do it,
but undertook to make flourish built upon
Misrepresentation in regard to his positions
we conclude You dare not undertake such
fun. Bu. as your article will haven effect on
sensible men we are willing to let. most OF Il
rest where it is.
All You have 70 say about the immense
crowd of people that come cut 10 hear Curtis.
on account of posting Gov. Grimes name, Gas
Won sav) is by wav Of excuse for the lean and
insignificant numbers that went to hear the
profound parry who made that great s,eech at
the Court Housa sometime back-,hat grrai
erowd that dwindled down to some half dozen.
when Perry concluded it would not nav TO
sneak longer and quit. What Won have to
say about Curtis making a regular abolition
speech and in favor Of negro equality, &c.. is
simply false. What you say about him Staying
Mr.. Buchanan is simply true-yes very tine;
but we doubt whether the gods will shed any
tears. When Trimble comes around no doubt
the gods will shed tears. aud surely he will
about the 2nd Tuesday in October, and prove
himself a swater-spout on,a pine knotJS
But Mr.. statesman LEI us drop this mat
ter and talk abent other things. Is it a fact
that the "Ottnmwa, clique" lahored and sweat
day and night TO kill Mr.. franklin and Mr..
Baker in the Democratic Congressional Con-
vention for, the purpose OF getting "Water
Spout" 1rimhle nominated, in order tn pre-
vent Trimble From defeating Judge Hsnier-
shott in your Judicial Convention? Is il a
fact that thousands Of, Democrats denounce the
action of the Judicial Convention that nomi
mated Hendershott as corrupt and fraudulent
and are they going te elece Townsend whom
thew say was cheated ont Of the nomination
Isit fact that your leaders not only de-
fraud Republicans but drive thousands OF
honest Democrats from yonr nominees, who
have hold of the ropes, by fraud and corrup
ton Is it fact that Hurst, your candi-
date for clerk did mount so high on the ladder
Of Fame as to become the President of a
Democratic Club of Blakesburg? Does the
Democratic party endorse and support, as did
Mr.. Perry at the Court House, the doctrine
laid down by Senator Hammond that the la
bnrers and mechanics Of the North are the
@Mud Siils' Of society and are on par with
the negro slaves at the South? y1a,a lars
Does the statesman say and; hold with
the Washington ~Union," The urgan of Biz
+chanan that neither Congress nor the people;.o
aterrItory have any power to prevent slavery
from entering in the Territory, and that the
doctrine of Squatter Sover eighty is exploded
and was "abominabls before the bred Scott
decision and is incendiary now" zf
Is it a fact that the State Board OF Eqnali-
cation have increa sed fhe Tax Of Wapello Co..
for 1858 and is it not a fact that after all your
noise and pltiful crys OF corruptionin regard to
this matter, that the state Bnard of Equation
reduced the taxes OF Wapelio Co., for the year
1853 a,out- 81, s97 .4S? 5 "a as .aifs
y Sa~.,Mr s.Statesman,' face the mns,c and
please answer these questions, sand il you an
swer them correctly and right nicely, van shall
Ego mp head' and we will ask you the frs,
question the next time. aFs asf9
i 4a Your most OM., ali5
IS cl'r ls-MUD SfLL.si