The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-11-28


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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER -, 1861
What Should b Done.
Congress met yesterday and heard
the majority and minority reports
from the Judiciary Committee on
impeachment, and tits probable tina.
this will be the absorbing question
before that body, until finally diepo
sed Of Let rs implore you Messrs,
Congressmcn, to settle il promptly
10 one way or the Other. We can
sssure you that tho people are tired
Of the batting, hesitating, piddline
policy, pursued in regard to this a.
we'll as other matters ofgrcat impo.-
tsnce to the welfare and quiet Of the
country. They cry out aloud IN one
voice IN the language Of Macbeth
"lfit were done, when IT'S done
Then 'twere well, II were done quicklv.'
Another thing that requires ,mme.
date action, is the passage Of 1nger-
soils resolution introduced the other
day-or something like it-looking
20 the stoppago Of the depicting pro-
cess, whereby DR.. McCulloch il re
ducihg the currency and bleeding the
:
body polite to death At the rate Of
four millions per month.
Tho people have no sympathy with
the Secretary's intense desire to get
back at all hazards to specie pay
nent, and have no more hankcring
after the old timcs of narrow track
hard currency money, than they
have for Lycurgus' pot metal curren.
cy, that required yoke Of oxes to
haul twenty dollars oft.
The eighteen or twenty millions in
interest pad annually on the Capital
of the National Bank currency, is an
anmitigated outrage, and ifthe whole
system is not abolished, and the old
fashioned non-interest bearinggreen-
backs substituted in their place, then
tho people will abolish this Congre ,s
by sending men to the next that will
do SO, in our humble opinion.
The question Of rctrenchmcnt
and reform is one Of paramount i'm.
portance, ard can no longer be neglec
ted. IF there is no other. practical
nethodtogetrid oftheswindlingrisgs
that manage to plundel the treasury
cut OF two hundred millions Of dollars
annually in whisky and tobacco tax,
than by their adjustment, then in
God'sname let 10 get rid ofthe whole
system and all Of Andrew Johnson
revenue thieves at once, and establish
some new plan Of collecting the rev.
enues Of the country on the ruins Of
the present iniquity, whereby tho
wealthy, as we'll as tho poor shall be
compelled to pay their due share Of
the burdens Of taxation.
The law Of July %, 1866, paying
soldiers additional bounties in equal.
ization, has been practically nnlIifed
by Andrew Johnson's men, Brice ard
AlcCulloch, and they should be stir
red up with particularly sharp stick,
and compelled to pay these claims
sometime during the life time Of these
soldiers, or else the law should be
repealed, and Congress shonld SUR
render ut discretion to the potential
power Of bureau red tape in the treas.
ury and pay departments. These ard
many ether matters are pressing up
on the attention Of Congress. It lea
body Of men Of undoubted loyalty
and wisdom, and we have unlimited
faith that they will all be satisfacto
rily adjusted before the close OF the
approaching regular session, which
promises to be one Of the longest and
mos: important in our history.