The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-03-01
A little Plain Talk to the Re.
pnblicaus of Syapei,O County.


Mr.. EDITOR: propose this week to turn
aside from the consideration of the doctrines
of the Democracy, to address myself to the
Republicans. do this for two reasons
LIST. Because 1t is Of the utmost Importance
that something should now be done to arouse
Republicans from the lethargy into which
they have fallen. 2nd. Because it will be
just as easy to knock the sand from under
the Democrats in subsequent articles.
And now few candid words with you
Republicans of Wapello county. We are
Just on the eve of what will be a more i'm
portant and exciting political contest than
has ever occurred in this country. Indeed
the contest has already commenced. Your
enemies are engaged in laying their wires
and concentrating their plans; the halls Of
Congress resound with the rattle of political
arms, and experimental explosions of stump
| oratory; County and State Conventions send
up the war WHOM, and pour forth immense
Union savingand Union smashing speeches
| which load down the press and fash over the
electric wires to fire up with excitement
every section Of the country. But you sleep
and sleep soundlv. While the true friends
Of the Constitution mr." aronsing and organ
| izing to vanqTsh the vandel Democrats that
would rend the government to extend slave
ry, You slumber profoundly. and suffer your
political power to be wrested from you.
w
always been the victims of a species of des
potism. You have suffered Yourselves to be-
come the underlings in this. political barn
yard, and you have been horned about from
pillar to post until your ambition is gone
You have suffered a class of men to acquire
power and become your masters (bv placing
on the prejndices of the ignorant who have
disregarded your rights, the interests and
welfare of the county and country, all for
the purpose Of stuffing their hungry car
casses at the public crib. They acted upon
you," you help me to this office and l will
help youto that; aud while they tickled
each other, you have been sorely taxed to
| pay for the tickling. And still you submit.
Whose fault is it |? Simply your own. Why
is Wapello' county to-day in the hands of
these miserable Democratic tricksters2-
Simply because you permit it. You have
been remiss to your duty and your interests
You have permitted your neighbors to be
cheated by the lying charges of these hun.
CRY Democrats, without exerting yourselves
to brush away the fog and show forth the
truth. You have stayed away from the polls
on election days; you have permitted fraud.
ulent votes to be cast, by neglecting the
polls; you neglect county meetings and dis
courage a general attendance by your neg.
lect; and generally, you neglect everything,
are whipped at every election, and have to
submit to the iron rule Of the ''tricksters'
who hang around. the crib. You have been
whipped so often and so easily that your en-.
emies have counted certainly on the exclu.
sive possession Of the crib and have treated
your power with contempt by fighting among
themselves for its contents. And, thank
|
ton. The men that you SO long omitted to
slaughter, at last turned their hands against
each other, and the leaders have been killed
and buried forever. Their rotting bones
may rattle in their collins as their respective
friends and enemies wander around then
seeking their destined political graves, but
they can never rise. There is such load O
corruption, fraud, meanness, dishonor ant
contempt resting upon them, that resur
rection is impossible. Yes they are gone
and not tear has been shed or an ey,
moistened, except possibly by a few under
strappers, who lament their fate in missing
some small crumbs at the second table
Yes, they are dead, and forever. We bic
them good bye and throw UP our hat.
But, Republicans, these:Democrats are no
all dead. The command has fallen on new
heads, and it is your business to roll these
upon the block and scatter their forces
Arouse, implore you, and suffer yourselves
no longer to be cheated of your rights the
canvass of 1860 must not find you recreant
to your duty. A Republican President can
be elected if you will Join hands with the
Republicans of the nation. To do this you
must awake and put yourselves to work
You must organize in every township and
school district in the county. You must have
books and papers and speeches to convince
honest enquiring men who desire to be right
You must fight to the hlt that class of men
who DO NOT want to be right, and who regard
politics as all dishonest game, devoid OF
principle. You must work hard and earnest
ly, and as sure as light will dispel darkness
and truth error, just so sure will you see the
principles Of the Republican party prevail
By one earnest, determined effort, this coun
ty may be redeemed, and when once Republi
can it will be no more Democratic forever
1t is now Democratic only through misap
prehension of many honest men in regard
to the principles of the Republican party
Once let these misappreheu. be corrected
and they will be with you, they will not b,
deceived again, but they will support thu
principles of our Revolutionary forefa.hers
Let it be the business of the Republican,
everywhere to pin the lying charges of tn
Democracy that you are Abolitionists, sup
porters Of John Brown, and that you endors
everything that appears in the Helper book
and let it be your business to make the trutl
known and understood, and you may conten
yourselves as to the result. To do thes