The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-07-04
The N. 7. Tribune.

n. 7. Tribune Of the 10Th inst, evil
IDENTIFY written BY Greedy himself,
wherein the President and his Atty
General are roughly handled for
their infamous attempt to override
the will of the people, and the law Of
Congress on reconstruction by legal
|quibbles, and wherein the writer
joins in the now almost universal de-
mand Of the loyal press Of the ooun-
try for q meeting Of Congress in July,
he travels out of tho w.y to give .
gratituitous fling at the patriotic and
benevolent association oil ex soldiers
known as the Grand Army Of the
Republic" in following the manner:
"a number Of Office beggars and
politicians, calling themselves the
Grand Army of the Republic, and
meeting in ont-ofthe-way places
with grips and passwords, are pass
ing resolutions demanding confisca-
ton and farms. This is either
knavcry or madness.
1t is perfectly natural for Copper
heads and their journals, to abuse
and villify this organization Of ex-sol-
diers, for it Is but continuation of
the denunciation and fire in the rear
policy pursued by the traitors against
the soldiers while tho latter were in
the front. But the world never
witnessed baser ingratitude or more
infamous trcachery than the assaults
Of Horace Greedy upon the Grand
Army'of the Republic. At the close
OF the Revolutionary war Gen. Hen
ry Knox matnred the plans of SIM
Ian organization called The society
of the Cincinnati, to which all off.
GERS and men who had served in the
patriot army, and were honorably
discharged, We're eligible to member
ship, and this society existed q d
fiourishcd so long as tho gallant spir-
its Of 76, survived.
The G.. A. r., is a similar organi-
zati0n OF cx-soldicrs, having no 9TH
cr object except those contemplated
by .Thc Society Of Cincinnati" to
wit: The perpetuation Of the social,
personal and loyal associations IF the
camp and the field and the support
and protection by voluntary, dona-
tlons and cnactmcnts, OF the needy
widows and orphansof those disabled
or slain in the battles Of their coun-
Try.
It's political only to the extcnt
that it is loyal, and all assertions to
the effect that ii is an Office seeking
or political organization are more
wilful and baseless colnmnics whcth-
ernttcred through, the medium Of
the degraded and disgraced candle
appendage Of Jefferson Davis, or the
venal corrupt and disloyal copper
head papers Of the country. But
from the time when the added pated
philosopher of the Tribune ut the
opening Of the war advocated tho
right Of secession, in the abstract and
afterwards yelled in trumpet tones,
Con to Richmond" and then later
during the most trying timc in our
history went off on q wild goose
chase to Canada, to confer with Colo.
RADIO Jewett and GEO. N. Sanders, in
propositions locking virtually to q
disgraceful coanpromisc, whereby the
Rebellion would have in effect tlinm.
phed and slavery become more firmly
established than ever. down TO tbs
moro recent period when he clamor
cd that treason should be made odi,
GUS and traitors punished with ono
breath, while the Next momcnt he
volunteered his name and influence
and voice to rescue the prime leader
|of the Rebellion from his we'll earned
odiain and punishlnent, his conduc
has been ! series Of most iDexplicab.'
and disgraoefal Inconsistencies.
4 TT II therefore 10 thOsoy who hay,