The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-09-26
j., II, FLINT.


tits presumed that every man,
woman, and child, in Wapcllo county,
who has been able to read the papers,
or go to the hastings since 1916, must
have aniintimate acquaintance with
that inveterate Office seeker whose
name furnishes a caption TO this arti-
Gle. Since the first settlement of this
county, he has been State Senator,
Representative, and county Judge,
an indefinite number of times, besides
having had the honor Of being de-
teated for some other office, about an
equal number of times. Every old
line Wing who ever heard his cv-
erlasting .whangdoodlo speeches, in
the early history of our county, can
wildly call to mind his fierce assaults
upon corporation Of all sorts, inter-
nal improvements, and more especi-
ally against banks whether private,
State, or National, and their shin
|plasters. There was noinvectiye in
his prolific vocabulary, too bitter to
be hurled against the paper money
1nonopohsts, as he called them; and
his bitterest denunciations were
cheereds to the echo, by his party.
"But, what change is here my
countrymen'! this same jill. Flint is
now (for say ahoutt the twentieth time)
canvassing Wapello county, and this
! time openly and'boldly avowing him
sell, in favor, of issuings2, 600, 900, 900,
of government shinplasters, where
with to pay off the long time, low
interests, bearing bonds, issued to
the. nations creditors, to procure
powder, shot, shell, guns, bacon, CLOTH
ing, and men, to suppress a most foul
and causeless democratic rebellion.
At Blakesburg in this county on
last Saturday when driven to the
abby Charles Dudley, he (the hard
currency man of yore), said that che
was in favor Of issuing. greenbacks
in lieu of the bonds, and when ask
ed what he would do with the green
backs then, said, she would keep
them in clreulation until they were
worn out y Is there an honest dem,
ocratiD lWapello county, that has the
intelligence to investigate this mat
ter, that does not know that this il
tantamount to, and ten times mean.
err than open out and out repudia
tion?. The greenbacks never would
have paid debts, and been sought af-
ter as the best currency we ever had
1Ihad it not been forth fact that they
were ultimately to be redeemed
4 in some shape or other, and M
! man knows better than Judg,
Flint himself, that, if his polio,
were unfortunately to prevail AM
that an immense irredeemable bate
: of currency were to be issued b,
the government, on the expires
understanding that it was to be wor
! and torn out, that it would be tota
Ily worthless, except for waste paper
fl and that like the rebels during til
last years ofthe war we would hay
to carry our money to market in
i bushei basket, n while the stuff W
bought with it could be carried HON
in our vesfpockets. Asaresult ofthi
jpolicy, prices would be inflated b.
yond parallel, speculation would ru
riot, and have an insane carnival, q
to be followed by the refnen. tide
that would sooner or later SWEEP
everything away and leave tn
business and trade OF the country to
tally and entirely shipwreckcd. whil'
in the wreck we would loose what's
of more importance to MS, and more
highly regarded by the world in
individuals or nations, to wit our
honor. 4g
In the hour Of our extremity, when
1T was a matter Of national life or
death, to issue government bonds, to
meet the thousand wants Of the gov
eminent, the voice of Judge Flint and
all OF his kidney, could be heard al
most above the din Of battle, pro.
testing against the constitutionality,
and value of 'greenbacks. Now
That they were issued Id spite Of
them, tho rebellion to their great
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