The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-09-21
Important Letter from Hon. J. W
run0 Grimes toe. n. stiles, ESQ.
~ RIrRIINaTnN Snnf Il

7 10 MY DEAR n SIR:-T am astonished tolearn
az I do bv your letter Of the l2th inst, that
anv cne has asserted or believed for one
moment that do not fully. freely. and as
3 enthusiastically as am canable Of doing
it. support the entire Republican ticket in
thu pending canvaSs. You saw the report
IA that 7 am Indifferent to the result ''on
arcnrnt of the rIrcaI'ed for and unwise
action Of the Union Convention on the
ssi,ffraph question" certainly d'a regard
tha. ac.ie, ne unra,'n1 for ard imrolt'c.
and bod bann a member Of the Conven-
ton Iwo-'1 have orpcsad the introarc-
ton into .ha rra+forrn of any new isetre
a-,-r any S,rhiAct however inst mirht
I hnlinve thn rrfrrir'o ~ he. wnn'd have
hopp~scSi " benanse I believe that there has
7 been mn time during the last four wears
wh or, II wae more naceSsarvthat theJTnion
trartv ~ tha nation should present IN I'm
broker front and stand as a unit. than at
: tfe present moment. and I wonld have
done nothing. consented to nothing that
would have tendency ii rnnel single
voter from a supnort of the Union rartv,
(which is the support of thn Union itself
7 believe every vote wi+h 1rewn ut this
tine frnm the sunpnrt of the Union ticket
,withdraws iust that mrrh ri"-al support
Efrorn tn Administrator snd that that
lsunport is inst ne necessarv 70 the Cow
ternrnent in the present c-isis as II was nee
Eessarv to support our armies when in the
Ffeld. "7t sf''.-f $500 '.'''.'t'' '@.-
(" Theyery fact thet in nv view The Con-
ventinn erred bv Introducing alocal issue
into the canvass when the minds 81 the
people are verv properly engrossed bv the
Itranscendantlv great nationali-sues press
inc upnn them so far from berettng din
difference" would give me- mnch greater
anxiety as tn the result of the election. and
would call forth rorresnondinc e~ertinn
didn know that the people Of lows
thoroughly understand the question. be-
fore them. and cannot he diverted from
their support Of the Government hv anv
side issue like this Of negro suffrage in
this State. . .-,s r-"." ... -".
There "a not an Intelligent man In the
State who does not fully comprehend all OF
the subjects legitimately embraced in this
canvass.
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in good faith their obligations assumed du-
ring the war. and to secure to the country
"a the fruits Of four wears struggle perme-
nent unity. peace and prosperity.
We all know that the Democratic party
desire md intend to coalesce with the re.
turned rebels from the South. BY that
means. il they can succeed in distractinp
the supporters Of the Government and Sc
cure 4 few Northern States. they hope to
obtain control of the Government, and
then will follow the assumption Of the reb
ell debt the restoration of slavery under q
, less odious NAME and the return Of the
+ leaders Of the rebellion to power. It was
to this end that the f'rre was enacted few
> weeks ago at Des Moinas Of nominating .
, Soldiers ticket BY THE DEMOCRATIC PAR
, ~. ...s sf=" l'.r ...a.
/ But OF this folly II is hardly worth Will,
/: to speak. have neither seen or heard o
, 1t is only calculated to make the actors il
Il It ridiculous. and it's only final result will
;. he to add one disappointed man to tn
n Democratic party. .srr..- .fE .a.#. .
Z No, nv dear sir. there never WAS tim
I in the history Of the Government when
: was more incumbent upon every good cit
t izen to support the Union ticket. whnteve
4 may be his opinions on the subject Of uni
i versal suffrage, than now; and if be
llieved that there was the slightest douh
q about the result, though I am admonshe
It bv my physician that can no longer safe
d tly speak ont Of doors. as I should rener
I ally be compelled to. would al once ente
v personally iuto the canvass, and use whs
Q strength have TO urge upon the peopl
q the importance of the contest. Bit ther
b is no need of it. The people will not b
d deceived or misled on this subject. Th
~ Ijugglerv at Des Moines. when Col. Bento
received the nomination of the men wht
during the last four years, have throw
every possible impediment in tho way
a. the Union ca,ise, was too transparent {
1t deceive any one.
8 Your cbedient servant,
, | -... ..H JAMES W CRIMES