The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-12-19

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THURSDAY. D-sembsr 10. 1857
Retrenchment.
One II shs msst sensible things
done time FIR in the. 10th Congress,
w. Hoopsys rssnlutionl inssrae,inx
the Waye and. Meano Committee 70
restrtet their appropriations for tbs
eeming Ascal ysar q $500, 900. 600.
70 bring orr expenditures within
this limit, it will be necessary to in.
aagurate, q vigorous stopping Of
bunghotes, - we'll 90 Of spiggota.
The interest on the national debt
is only $3.50. goo. 900 annually, and il
this Congress cant manage TO RON
the Diplomatic, civil, military and
naval branches, Of the government.
on the other $3.50. ooo.o 900. whv then
We have = faint suspicion that the
people will send men IN their places.
shortly that can and will do 90 One
sfthe things necessary 70 %, 70 rs6s
dor this comparatively moderate, an
Asal sxpenditure possible, Il the
muster out Of st least two.thirds Of
tho regular army and navy.
0snSrAtGrant estimates ,that his
branch Of the service will. squire
S7100O. 900 for tho. coming year,
while Gfany Wolfe, wants s41.0oo :
0oD more, to keep up tho q, mament
on his old worthless blockading tabs.
The country during this generation
10 not going to require more valispt,
willing, Of skillful soldiers 10 ruah 10
itEdsisnce' q the 6rst note Of .larm,
than those citizen soldiers, who
fought at Vicksburg, Gettysburg, At.
lanes; ana Richmond. ~ 1
"A large standing army Is 8 cor. ant
violation of our traditions, land the
genius ofonr institutions, besides ID
the recent Indian war on the. plains,
II proved about a. useless, a. any.
thing could well be imagined, for war
making purposes. The only sensible
thing that crack Drained blathelskits
George Francis Train ever said, was
10 compare the regular army after
indiana. 70 2 brass band huntine
dsc1S with their instrumenta
Ito officers are (with many honor
able exceptions) too many Of them
made up Of the scions Of political
shoddyites. who considered thei,
sons too costly material to beshot a
in the vulgar herd Of volunteers
therefore they got them appointed
Lieutsnants, and recruiting otBcer,
IN the regular army, whore hey re,
maincd iffthe rear during the war
filing clsrical spositionr, to emerge
At lid close. INTO the new army, with
twopr,thrse .breyet promotions each
for meritorious services. The men
conApelin8 thesilesol the army arr
fors3Es ahosf psrssftomths Sswers d
the Sit land .tsLsn asa whoir,.ou
srraS sstabLshment from beginning
70 Saa, hths most costly and ,uselas
efcaf-pnslic. nnisancea, and shouid
10 forthwith. STATED, Of rsssd d5;sksss
TO tie lowost mimimnm standard, DO
sors tho war. 6. .s.s..--- '.--t.,s
Republicans who rscollect that i
WAS the regular army that was used
- an.engine of .despotisn,, TO crust
out1iesfty and plant slavery in Kan
aas, .ad that. furnished the. Davis'i
Lees. Johpston's,' Hills Jackson'e
AMI kongstrsst's Of tho rebellion, and
who,hevs the courage to look tn,
future in the face, and calculate thu
possibility Of the army under demo
cratic rule passing again into tht
hands of those men, or those no bet
ter. like .Baell, Mcclellan. or Fit,
John Porter, ought now while the,
havs:ths power, make haste 10 reduce
this dangerous and expensive luxury
dowp;te : harmless nominal peac.
footing, leaving only snodgh mon .te
garripons,.important poets in Iii
South and on. tho plains, innd tim,
stopa.leak Of atleast $1Oos 900. 900 II
the neutrality-suspicious.. 1.
= -; :. 1885, - -,
oursMationaa Convention
Tsxaearlg. aay 81 which ous Con-
~snaS6 ssssa1ed; to+wit: Mayr'zotE
and its location At Chicago, - gcn-
srally construed BY political prognos
tiearois.. e look favorable for The
chanaseo -Gencral Grant'as nomina
ti0N.
Upon this point our worthy 90
temporary the Burlington Hapk sys
ssys:.
sTho choice Of Chicago, however,