The weekly Ottumwa courier., 1862-11-15
A Great Demonstration. q

One Bon .fre-F5ur H,uses Muminatsd-.
General Augustus Ceasar Dodge, Speaks q!
The Mahoneyits had what was evidently
intended to be, grand pow-wow at this
place, on Thursday night The ostens.
BILE purpose was to rejoice over the recent
elections, but Judging by the result, it was
rather intended to concentrate here, and
strengthen the disloyal element in this State,
and increase the FIRE in the rear on the ad-
ministrssion. The programme embraced
speeches, bonfres, an illumination, &c.
The speechifying. orrather speech, came
of, and no less parsonage than General
Augustus Cmsar.[ Dunham notoriety] Dodge,
ex-minister to her majesty of Spain, and ex-
candidate for Governor of Iowa, was the
orator, and We do the distinguished bearer
Of these numerous ex-s, no injustice, when
we say, that an equal amount of disloyal
and reasonable utterance has not been heard
from aay man in this country, in the same
time, since this rebellion broke out. It was
a concentration of all the bitter venom of
the disappointed, soured, malicious set Of
discarded and disgraced politicians in this
State, the Dodges, Mahoneys, Stewards,
Hendershotts, ct id omne genus, who have
20 often been weighed in the balance by the
people, and found wanting, that like defeat
ed and desperate gamblers, as they are in a
practical sense, they are striving to over
turn the tables and destroy the game they
cannot control and win.
We would not polute our columns with
the disloyal utterances of this old broken
down political hack, if we had the room. 1t
is sufficient to say that not a single word
was uttered in the course of the whole har-
rangue, which could be tortured into cen.
sure of f5cf Davis and his Southern hell
hounds, while almost every sentence and
word was Misrepresentation and abuse Of
s1he government to which he owes allegience
and fidelity. He professed to have no abil-
tv to read tire thoughts Of men, but he said
Judging by his acts, the President of the
United States was traitor He condemned
the removal of Mcclellan the arrest of Ma
hony, Steward, and that class of traitors,
the leaders and organizers Of northern Cd.
position to the Federal Government, and in
fact, every leading act or measure of the ad-
ministration, that he could think of, or that
time or his limited knowledge of the English
language enabled him to give utterance to-.
So far as A. c. Dodge is concerned as an
individual, it matters little what he says, for
he was too intimately connected with the
South during the earlier stages of prepara-
ton for rebellion, and his doughfacei eism
and miserable subserviency to the present
leaders of the rebellion. is too fresh in the
recollection Of the people of this State to
render anything he can say of any import
ance whatever. He, and such as he is, h ad
too much to do with binding she giant limbs
Of the North, and preparing her for the sac
rifce to Southern traitors. to justify the re-
notest apprehension of any harm from him;
but as the recognized leader of party or
ganizing to oppose the administration at
such time as this, as one who has Joined
issue with the government in this time of
public danger, as really as the rebels in the
other extremity of the Union have done, and
unblushingly proolaims fixed and set.
tied purpose to make systematic and per-
sistent opposition and political war on that
administration, the matter becomes serious,
and calls for decisive action for it is as true
as that there is a God in Heaven, that un.
less these traitorous scoundrels are in some
way thwarted in their designs and operations,
our armies might as well be disbanded and
the key of our citadel Of liberty surrendered
to the bloody conspirators who are clutching
for it,
The illumination was indeed brilliant
affair. One entire building was resplendent
with tallow dips, and three others indnlged
in feeble imitation, all serving, in light
night, as beacon to guide the faithful to
homes Of their friends.
We don't know but Ottumwa is as suita.
ble place as any in the North for such a
demonstration. but Richmond, Va. would
be much more suitable place and as they
are celebrating there and throughout the
South. it would be becoming to let them
have monopoly of the business.
So far as the elections are concerned, there
is precious little occasion for rejoicing on the
part Of the Mahoneyites It is demonstra.
ted fact that owing to discouragment of en-
Iistments. large majority of the Democrats
were kept at home TO vote, while a larger
majority of Union men and Republicans,
were absent in the army The result could
easily be arrived at by the simplest rules of
common Arithmetic. Had loyal men occu-
pied the bench in those States, the soldiers
would have voted, ard then, instead of
Seymcur's pitiful majority of 10000, he
would have been defeated by 10000. But
wait little longer until the soldiers get
The very able reply Of our neghbor to the
witty remarks Of the Star, precudes the |
the necessity of a reply from US The SUBJ
lect is exhausted. and Ottuinwa is vindica-
ted. We feared at first that people would /
be induced by the Star, to stop on Ne.
aock creek to trade. in spite Of our