The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-12-21

ent rights in such hot haste, by aiding and
abeting the fitting out of piratical crafts to
prey upon our commerce, and driving the
c,rryiny trade of the high seas into their
Own keels.-The Fenians from New York
TO shutdown dancing with delight over the
prospect of "A shindig with Great Britain,
thus aifordiny thsm an opportunity to eN-
ecute "A favorite and long contemplated
flank movement on the land of Potat,es.-
The miserable thin skinned, thin blooded
mercenaries, living i'm the States of Cam
den and Amboy shaking in their boots at
the manly throttlng of the monopoly that
furnishes them their principal source of
revenue and black mails the unwilling
victimg of eNtortion, compelled to travel
over her man traps of railroads, her des-
erts of sand, and swamps peopled by abor-
tons of humanity, called wreckers on the
coast and copperheads everywhere, dis
tinction. confess, without much, if any,
ditference.-The radicals rejoicing at its
radicalism; the conservative with his one
eye in the back of his head (simiar to the
arrangement the teamster in the army,
made so that his mule could indulge i'm
his favorite Observation-Disclosures over
it's conservatism. jeff Davis having his
pious soul stirred up bv..the unkind allusion
TO the just punishment awaiting the au-
thors fthe rebellion, as soon as the nh
chinery of civil courts car be put to grind
ing, where treason was actually commit
ted, and so on everywhere, over this
mighty continent, almost simultaneously
with the delivery here-thanks to the
march of science and the wonders of the
nexplicable telegraph-will the people be
reading the annual message OF President
johnson to the Representatives of a re-
| more than three quarters Of a million gifts
| best men.
have but hastily glanced over it, and
am not prepared to give an elaborate re-
view, audit will have been read aud crti-
ciZed and ceased to he "seven days won
DER long before this letter reaches you
and appearsin the ponderous columns of
the Daily Courier. Goke); my impressi ,ns
however, Ego on just the same; and they
are to the effect that il will generally prove
satisfactory to the mass Of the loyal and
practical common sense people of the
country, and who cares for this opinions of
the dsoyal? or the vaporngs Of the never
satisfied, visionary, lineal descendants of
the individual who travelled around the
country with Doesticks. sometimes called
"Damphool' for short.
1t must be apparent to the most casual
observer that the political theories taught
by the ancient Democracy, upon State
Rights; opposition to monopolies &C., has
not been thrown away upon Mr.. Johnson,
and comparison Of his speeches made
here ten years ago in the interests Of De-
mocracy and its twin relic slavery, with
his present manly outspoken truths about
slavery having been the skeleton in our
political and governmental household, the
disturbing element and fruitful parent OF
treason, that must be abolished by amend
ing the Constitution. as condition prece-
dent to the admission into full commun-
ion of the late Rebel States. furnishes Us
the most wonderful illustration Of the
magnitude of the revolution in mems ideas
and tangible realities, and in his individu-
nj casp shows the volume Of this irresista-
bile torrent Of reformation, from the lowest
ebb Of Loco Fnco pro-slaveism, and ma
tional as well as individual debaucherv
ND to the high water mark Of universal
freedom. national Justice. equality ofrights
for all before the law, which is Republican.
ism.
1t Nigh have evinced more spinal col.
vnn and manhood upon certain subjects.
and been less Ambiguous npon others, but
upon the whole, to my mini, it is an ac-
Gsptable State s pabef wien We
consider that it's author. was man grown
sitting cross legged on his Tailor's bench,
as well as making cross marks for his sig
nature without being able to read and
write, down in Tennessee hut few years
since. 1t is the message of President
not off clique, party or faction, but of the
whole people, and now those doubling
Thomas ought to be satisfied of his loyal
ty and yield him hearty support i'm Con-
gress as well as well ms out. for Andrew
Johnson is in about as much danger of go
ing over to- or being appropriated by the
miserable Junk Shop Party Of malcontents
and Copperheads in Congress, as the Devil
is of taking to holy orders.
| Hawkins TAYLOR, late of Keokuk, was
defeated for door-keeper. by the incum-
bent, Goodnow, of New York, who, on ac-
count Of certain ring combinations, past
and prospective patronage. having his vo-
tiers all near here, and voting. secured the
great States Of New York and Pennsylva-
MIA. and thus carried too many guns for
Hawkins; notwithstanding, he made a
gallant fight, coming as he did from Bleed
ing Kansas, with her one vote. His sup
port came from the West and enough of
his pleged supporters were absent to have
elected him, very much to the disgust of
the subscriber, and Col. Taylor's numer-
Gus Iowa friends here. Hiram Price was
detained and Geo. w. Julian, of Ind, had
n previous engagement with Sol. Mere
dith, which kept him from being MP to the
scratch, although / saw him on the street
Yesterday with his face badly scratched up,
hohbling along the avenue, one eve her
metirally sealed, and looking much like
a badly demoralized and slightly wound
ed soldier, going to the rear from the Skin
mish line. TavIOr's friends seek cOnsola-
| ton in the fact that he was only beat nine
votes, but to my mind, there is no conSo-
| lation'is this fact. A defeat is defeat. Mer-
cntiO's wound twas not as wide as a church
door, nor AS deep as well, but it was
enough;" better lnck next time, and Haw-
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