The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-10-18
The Democratic Party.

The Democratic Party.
The result Of the recent election shows
conclusively that the so called Democracy
is precisely what it always has been, an in
strumert and tool of slavery. With some
most honorable and conspicuous exceptions,
the entire concern did the work and obeyed
the behests of their old masters, as scrupu-
lousy on Tuesday, as they ever did before.
If a wire had been extended from jeff Davis
to every individual Democrat, with power to
make him dance as the Snowman makes the
puppety they could not have gonthrough the
motions any more artistically, or truer to tune
and time. They were truly beautifully
yariagated set. The men who had fresh
upon their lips abjuration of their allegiance
to this government; who have said they had
no further interest in it the open and avow-
ed secess:onist, who admits the justice Of
the southern cause, hopes for its success and
is sure Of it; the Missouri bush whacker,
guerrilla, and horse thief, as well as those
who yet claim some decencv, honesty and
patriotism, all found home and welcome
in the capacious and friendly bosom of the
Democratic party all embraced as hail fell
lew well met all mingled as kindred drops
into one Shakspeares Caldron with its
heterogeneous compounds, was no touch to
it, neither did that famous receptacle of all
dirty and filthy compou nds any more truly
Boil and bubble
Toll and trouble,
than does and will this Democratic Party,
until the incarnation of the witches and evil
spirits who control it is completely broken
up and destroyed. The Democratic PARTY
as an organization, must be regarded as the
enemy Of the human race the apolegizer of
slavery; the justifier of treason, and the
tool Of despotism. It is more dangerous to.
day to the perpetui.y of the Union and the
continuance Of free'igovernment, than the
Southern Confederacy.
There is a consolation, however, in the
fact that the power of the organization is
broken, and that it would have been scat.
tered to the four winds at this election, but
for the absence Of SO large portion of the
Union strength ofthe country, in the army
and navy. The vote of the army, SO far as
ssae E g 5 shR% hs t s~Sasqsiye The
all would be SO but for the unfortunate in
fuence which old associations exert upon
human action.
1t is only astonishing that the result of
the recent election, has not been more DIS
astesous, when we consider that so much of
the Union strength of the country is in the
army, and that the residue has been so
much occupied with the work of enlisting
and recruiting for the army, while the entire
dlsloyal element, comprising the leaders of
the Democratic party, have been working
necessarily and most industriously in organ.
ling for the election. Think of the strength
OF the anti-war Democrats !; the peace Demo.
Gratis; the immense number of rebels who
have found hiding place in the north from
the storm of revolution; the foreign inhu.
ence and money openly and unblushingly
used, and then cease to wonder that the
Union cause and ticket has not made a
clean sweep of everything and everywhere. |
Take any disloyal community, take any dis
loyal class who have furnished no recruits
for the war, and they are to man demo-
Gratis and they worked for that ticket. Under
this state of fact, well may we rejoice that
Iowa is still erect and true to her convictions
as the star to the pole: that PENNSYLVANIA.
the old Keystone, still stands Internationally /
by the Union and that Ohio and Indiana, |
although subjected to so fiery an ordeal vet
are not lost. Vallandingham is defeated, |
and Colfax is elected. We shall have Con.
gress. -aa |
lnview Of these facts and considerations,
it will become unconditional Union men. not !
dIspalring of the Republic, to brace them.
selves up for vigorous and determined
prosecution of the struggle for the rights and |
interests of humanity, and free, republi-
can representative constitution and govern
ment The war will be over after awhile. |
and our patriotic soldiers will return home. |
to aid in the field of opinion, as they have
done on the field of battle, in preserving the
Union. We must wait and work, trust and |
believe, that the better day is coming when
the fogs and miasms, the mistakes and pref
udices of our politics being cleared away, we
shall become truly free people, capable
OF self-goyernment, and going forward once
more with accelerated velocity in our career
OF prosperity, wealth, intelligence, and
glory.
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