The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-10-17
Tho Signs q the, Times.

FRIDAY =. rat,hsr ~. iass.
Tho Signs q the Times,
1t he trotting match tho other
day 1T St. Louis, one Of the horses
entered, was named. Robs. y. Lee"
and when his,nsme was announced,
tho democratic. $:roaghs,. thieves,
pi.ars and returned rebels and bush
NA4ykeri, who seemed to make up
tho majority Of the crowd, commerce
c'i cheering, until it passed around
the entire ring, in deafcnins cheers
ri hurrahs for Gen Lee. We have
heretofore published from the Evans
slle Indy Journal and the La Crosse
tW;s) Democrafa both leading Cop
nerlsad papers. str 'ng arliclcs, en-.
dorsing Ice and DAvis, sas the purest,
AMI best patriots il the csinntry, and
boldly announcing leeds eho;-choiea,
and the choice of . great majority 81
the copperkdkdsnalth, sra IF /. abe
rebels south-for tho mex. Presidency;
IN Ohio the leading. man Of. tho
late canvass, on the Confederate side
WINS vallanlighar, who will be- sent.
80 the U: s: Senate, provided the OIL:
c'al returns give The legislature TO
them. He: wss noteriorsly: a rebel
during the war, and on this, accoant'
wa. scn4 Aouths into the. enemies lines
where hs was treated with contempt
by the robela 10: arms, because OF his
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS If devotion. to
their Gauss, and 9betray al,of his own
4;.lc and :sec.;;ons They liked the
treason: bnt .despisea the traitor.
In Iowa they ran Charles Mason.
Washington City rebel, who grad
mated at West Point with Leo, and
who sent the latter a largo package
of his circulars TO the people; Through
the Post Office at Muscatinc,s md
whose reasonable record has been
thoroughly ventilated during the late
campaign. I:
In Pennsylvania they have. .elec=
ted sharswoed. for. Judge Of the 81.
rreme' Conzt, because he. hadin. Ills
official carsei.y as Judge Of one Of
the subordinate courts, pronounced
the legal tender actnnconstitltional;
and in tho 10Th district in, that stass
they have elected the notorions.tndge
Woodward to gil. = vacancy in. Con-
rrcas,:: whose. decision proponneing
tho law allowing OUR soldiers to
vote ns Unconstitutional, must be
fresh IN the:mirds Of all our people.
One Najor Fayette Hewitt, who was
Adjutart fors'Ben. Naraius Helms
r,hel brigade. that fought az Ch:ckr
amauga, has been appointed Omar:
Ter Master General Of Kentucky, on
the Governors staff. TKo frankfor,
Yeomadllailsays q his appabni1Ment viii
he peculiarly acceptable to those who
once adhered to the lost cause" 1t
also alas what esery me knew from
his antecedcnts and associates, "that
Re !. 4 true democrat and the
Louisville Journal says: =, 49,, -.
TIE selection is a fit, and indeed a
r"ms.kablyhappy, exprcssidn IF that
no,le amnesty which Is associated
with the sound principles and paths
otto sentiments that nnderlie the or.
CARNATIONS of the Democracy"
From these indications and manly
more that might be stated, H. seems
TO Re plain that the loyal and WEI
element ofthe democratic party has
been Totally absorbed by the disloyal
or Confederate element, ard that Il
on scconnt of onr ssdissensions and
side issues, they should succeed al
,hepol!s. at tho next Presidehtia
election, Davis Lee, and Johnston
vii be there President, Senator'S and
Generals, that the Emancipation
proclamation and amendments tothe
constitution abolishing slhvcry: wi!
he set aside; that the rebel debt vii
be assumed, anisrebel soldiers. pcnsi.
oncd. and the rebel cause "a suhstan
TALLY triumphant asif they had whip
p"d ~ n the ficld.,.- Thpse are plain
" the signs ofthe times, to be seer
AMI s,.lly appreciated in. all. thefl
fearful import, ty those who are.nn'
witf,lly or ignerantly, blind TO III
tendency or the I modern so;ca'rel
democratic: party. .'-.*s--,.
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