The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-09-27
Falsehood must Succumb.

FalsehOOd must Succumb.
Mr.. NORRIS
1t is truly astonishing to this
community, that the ''yoang orator of "our
great principle" would so debase himself as
to course his pencil in the lines which appear
as the leader of the last Union. His words
'The 18th was glorious day for Democracy
of old Wapello and encouraging to the lovers
Of the Union, who desire to see scctionaity
and abolitionsm crushed out and the coun-
try restored to it's former state of fraternal
feeling, peaceful pro tress and national pros
perity," is the burning eloquence of the
young mans elaborate mind and no doubt
future generations will rally to the support,
vindication and preservation of our modern
Style of Democratic effrontery. The young
mans numerical qualities are much limited,
we must say now, he only calculates that
two-thirds of the people assembled here on
that day, were democrats Granted. One
fourth of that number were voters, the bal
ance minors and we would ask the gentle
man how many voters there were ia the
ranks of the $40 Invincibles +? We will an
sver for him, as we had a good opportunity
Of ascerta ming there We're about 126 =
Noble Douglas Magnanimous Invincibles !
Out of fre companies Of S. A. Douglas In
vincibles, sthe voters hal minority of
tacelre
Now, we will look at the other side -
OF the Agency and Ottumwa Wide Awakes,
two companies only, there were 173 in the
Ottumwa Company there were about minors;
in the Agency Company, not more than II,
leaving majority of voters--153 "Oh, fie,
for shame, You ought to be ridiculous" "wid
yer backs to lays and yer face to Toms,
forards an march, flip, fops ~
The gentleman is very liberal in his way,
speaking of the "severe rain that had the
effect driving many away from the ground"
what was the effect of driving near all the
Invincibles away before the rain had dis.
turbed any of the ladies that WAS on the
ground, and while Mr.. Curtis was yct speak
ing? We supposed, as many others, that
they were afraid the red would get wet and
fade, and that they had gone for coats, but
10, they came marching back, just as the gal
lant scattering Cole had risen to make his
last speech, with their red shirts displayed,
banners flying and music in front, and no
coats And we wonder, too, that the young
mans conscience don't trouble him when he
ponders over the willful falsehood he stated
in regard to the drums beating up the Wide
Awakes, as also, the shouts he heard He
is very badly mistaken, or else he is very
economical Of the truth. There was not a
drum within the hearing of the speaker, for
they were entirely outside of the crowd
And we suppose that the way Mr. Curtis
was so completely picked and skinned" in
that half hours speech, was because Mr.. Cole
had the audacty to attack his competitor in
the presence of his party coadjutors alone,
knowing with what tenacity he held the
greater portion of them and their sympathies,
and knowing also, that if Mr.. Curtis had had
the privilege of speaking in selfdefence, it
would have all fell harmless Oh, unwar-
rantable and insulting Black Knights, be-
ware, lest the curse of aye Gods and little
fishes" be upon you. Know We not that
inasmuch as the weak Curtis was so COM
pletely demolished by Cole, who is now
walking with braced nerve, like Blondn,
the springing wire or"unterrifed Democracy
of Iowa, whose main guys, Samuels, Dodge
de don Caser, & Co., cannot loose their ten
sion, till the 9th of November, when the block
and tacle, supes for the main stay "young
orator. viii swell, burst and launch the
parsonage of beloved Cole, and the main stay
-Stephen-into oblivion, and the squatter
ruins will be looked upon with disgust by
code investigators and inoincible patriots.
| HARRIE.