The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-08-22
Secession Thunder in 1867.

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SO called Democracy at this time, is
the great wrong, as alleged BY them,
Of the want of taxation Of our gov
erament bonds. ;Theirstump orators
and papers are attempting, by a
wholesale system of deception and
falsifying, to inf1amo the popular.
mind upon this subject. They have
seized upon this matter, well know
ing that there is nothing which SO
qickly awakens attention among the
masses as that (which touches, their
pockets,and that there isno question,
perhaps, with which..they can better
mystify and hoodwink the people,
They syinv upon it, too, because it is
in keeping with their antecedents; is
the natural fruit of their rebellious
hearts, and but a continuation Of tho
old cry against the currency. Of the
nation which they so defantly and
contemporary spouted forth during
tho war. Is tsy d qtasr.,
These bond. haters are the same
old .coons who believed and hoped
and prayed for the success Of rebels.
They are the identical chaps who
would sneeringly say, few years
ago, that "greenbacks would soon be
bought for ten cents bushel |! " that
national securities would soon get
so low that they would not be worth
quotingt" that "these shinplasters,"
as they were pleased out Of the cuss-
edness Of their hearts TO style them,
would not be worth as much per
yard as wall .paper."
We did not wonder much ut this
then, nor is il now a. matter Of sur.
prise that they hate these bonds as
they contain the plighted faith of the
nation givcn to her supportersin the
great hour Of her peril, and are the
representatives of the one great lever
without which all else would have
been in vain for the preservation of
the country. BY. means of these
bonds rebels north and south were
soundly thrashed they paid, fed aud
equipped our armies and built and
equipped our Notifications and yes
sells of war.
When the crowned heads Of Eur
ope looked on cxultingly at what
seemed to them the certain destruc-
ton of the American Union and civil
liberty, and dcrisively said, "what is
the use to struggle on i;-where are
you to get the money to carry on the
war ?" the wise and patriotic rulers
Of the nation saw the people by hun.
dreds Of thousands voluntarily shout
dcring the musket to fight orr bat
ties, and they rightly judged that
such q people would also furnish tho
means, and they gave them an op.
portunity TO loan their money to the
country by tho nations plcdging it's
faith to pay in the shape offve-twen-
ties, seven thirties, &C., and the loyal
people eagerly and generously re-
sponded, and none more SO than
those who were breasting the ieaden
storm on Southern battld-felds.-
They had faith in the nations cause
and in her integrity, and to-day they
Indignantly spurn the idea that the
nation shall repudiate her contracts.
When these bonds were thrown
upon the market, Copperheads, Of
course, did not buy them, no, no; the
salvation of the nation hung upon
their negotiation and their love for
the "Lost Causen and hatred Of the
lamented Lincoln's administration
was suoh that the offer Of the securi-
ties ofthe nation exempt from taxa
ton was no indncement to them to
purchase. In this respect they were
in the same category with the aris-
tocrats Of Europe, both alike laughed