The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-11-12
The Richmond Press.

We have before us a file, Of the
Richmond papers, Of the 9th instant,
(thanks to the kindness of Col. Thad.
d. Stanton, U. S. A. and submit the
following extracts from them, as Gu
riosities Of political literature, and as
specimens of frst,class walls from
Southern organs, over the election of
Grant. 9qaa
The Enquirer says: ai 500 &
"That the election of the candidate
of such party is a new declaration
of war upon the weaker section by
the people who ,nhabit the stronger,
is painfully apparent; that the 10 gicai
sequence of passing events is increas-
ed bitterness towards each other in
both sections, which can only end in
renewal of the war and a contest
continued till one or the other is ex-
terminated, or until anarchy comes
down upon both, to be succeeded by
despotism, cannot be doubted by any
rejecting man who has read history
and is versed in what is called human
nature; that the terrible calamity,
which we cannot but regard the cleo
ton of General Grant, has been for
ced upon the country in spite Of the
genuine wishes of the people, by
means ofincompetent managers and
lukewarm leaders upon one side, and
the most unprecedented absence of
principle, the institution of false is
sues and the pretence of pure inten-
tions on the other, is also clear"
A little farther down the writer
RECEIVERS his nerve, and belches forth
the following terrific threat, which
coming from man with his Apo
mattox parole in his pocket, and
hurled at his Conqueror Grant, has
the sound of impotency about, it to,
putt mildly: 1s-
"Our adversaries dare not yet dis.
card the forms of Republican govern.
ment, and by the proper use Of the
means we have in our power we shall
still make those forms avail us for
salvation, at least until tho whole
country is caught up in the tide Of the
coming revolution. We shall soon
find our metal, our determination and
our endurance tested il a fercer fire
than ever, unless we do not read
Alright the signs Of the times"
The Dispatch says: d rs,5 3s.: s4..
"The nomination was the weakest
that could have been made. Mr.,
Seymour is most proper and capa-
bic gentleman--as man irreproacha-
BILE, and endowed with fine abilities.
But he had nota national fame was
reserved and undemonstrative had
no extensive popularity, and person
ally was entirely devoid of those.
forces which were indispensable in
the nominee who was to beat Cen
eral Grant. 81 eds. os] sgf.f
The Convention involved itself in
passion, gratifed its several revenges
by arriving at a lame and impotent.
conclusion, and adjourned. It disap.
pointed the nation and struck so
great a blow to a powerfnlpub SEM
Iiment in the midst9of its rising and
swelling career that it soon expired
~
AS If the unfortunate effects Of the
disiointed campaign werenot enough
to bring defeat On the Democratic
ticket, when the recent elections
took place, prefguring that defeat,
it was gravely proposed that the
ticket should be changed and one or
two new names placed upon it. This
was the climax of folly, and had no
precedent in the history of elections.
That alone was sufficient to have de-
feated almost any party. Panic fol-
lowed, and the alarmed partisans be-
sieged Mr.. Seymour and stimulated
him to a desperate effort. He hurri-
ed with all speed to the West, and
harrangued the people as often as he
could within seven or eight days, on
his way back to his own home. 1t |
was freak of despair, and had no
more influence upon the result than
does the beating Of a tom-tom over
The bed of a dying Indian.