The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-04-12
From the Home Journal.
who rs Iowa Fore

who Is Iowa Fore
/. Who do the Republicans of Iowa wish for
candidate for President?
IfCol. Fremont should be put in nomina-
ton, he would carry the State again by a
largely increased majority. There would be
poetical justice in re-nominating the man
who led so calamity the new, uniformed bat
talons of the Republican forces, when victo-
nv was almost snatched from fate. Rut
Col Fremont is buried in the mines of Cali
fornia. His chances have been annihilated
beneath his ponderous quarts crushcrS and
while the memory of him g'itters through
the hearts of the masses, no cunning polti-
cal machinery is being put in motion and
operating to bring it out and mould it into
golden success. John G. Fremont then be,
ing out of the question, we say, unhesita-
tingly, that WILLIAM H. SEWARD is the first
choice Of the Republicans of Iowa. He was
their first choice in 1855. and had it not
been that "availablity" and personal admi,
ration ran away with cool judgment and de-
votion to principles, he would have been put
IN nomination at Philadelphia. Undoubted
ly he, like Fremont, would have been defeat,
ed, and probably by a more decided majority
From the very fact that Mr.. Seward has
been the first foremost man of the opposi.
ton party, for many years-the man on
whom all eyes have rested, whenever an op.
position president has been spoken of,-hc
has had to encounter this msfortune-that
all other aspirants for the position have
looked upon him as the obstacle to their
success; and they and their friends by busy
tongue and active pen, have forever been
manufacturing an imprcssion--a sort o
vague sentiment, that though SEWARD was
just the man for PRESIDENT, yet as a CANDI
DATE, he was not avaiable-somnbody's un
cle's wites relation would not vote for him
because he was an abolitionist--or because
he didn't believe in burning Catholics-oI
New jersey would not vote for him or he
could not carry Penngvlvania-or. the Silver
Grey Fillmore Know Nothing Liquor mlu.
ence would defeat him in New York
would rather risk him in Pennsylvania
than their own Simon Cameron. He would
poll larger vote in Missouri than Edward
Bates, and would run neck-and neck with
Chase an Lincoln in their own States Say
what you will, even the Fire Eaters of the
South would have more confidence in having
a just, statesman.like and impartial admins.
tration, under Seward, than under your Bates
or Bolts, or Bell
The eyes of the South as well as the North
are upon him, os aur Candidate. They see
no one else--They think of no one else (or thai
position. They know that he is the very
Observation-Disclosures ''real presence of tbC
free labor-free thought free speech
free press-free land and free man spirit o.
the country.
They know-we all know that he is h
embodiment of the great American System
whose great Champion was Clay-that Sew.
ards great soul is in tie developing of on,
common country and that instead of proSti
tuition for Legislative, and Judicial, purposes
and employing the power Of our Govern
ment in preparing new breeding grounds
for slaves he would rather build up our
manufacturing and mechanical interests, anC
thereby every other interest of the country
by suitable protection through diScri'nina
ting tariff; would rather push on our intern.
al improvements rivers, harbors, and raroad
through judcious and constitutional assis
tance and aid from the General Government
and in fact, as ''Ben Wade" would say,
would rather "give land to the landess than
niggers to the niggerless."
We already know-the whole people
know Seward, as well as though he had beer
eight years our President. Nobody eve,
thinks of asking "Wi,at kind of President
10 you think he will make ?" Then if Sew
ard is the man we want--ifhe represents as
no other man does or can what he wish--i
he will carry what we desire, let us have him
and no other.
I don't want Iowa to 90 to Chicago with
her finger in the corner Of her mouth, lik,
bashful country girl Don't 90 there as
m Ike weight, to be used by any set of bodies
Don't say Iowa is ready for "any body, good
Lord she ant particular!" We want Sew
ard. Count Iowa eight for WILLIAM II
SEWARD. HENRY.