The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-10

h; Our Justification for laying the
following extracts fromthe last doub.
lslsaded editorial in Brick Pomeroy's e
Democrat, before our readers, is that
II 4 from the well recognized organ
ofla powerful party, and that it
doubtless reflects the true sentiments
Of the majority Of that party in this
and similar articles, appearing in it
from day to day, and thatitis highly
important that theloyal,1 and gov
erning party Of the country, should
be fully informed Of the heighth and
depth, and length, and breadth, Of
the political depravity, ofthe disdom-
fitted Confederates who seek to get
that control of the government by
dnesse, which they failed to over
throw with the sword. a
"Yet, Lincoln, with all his sport
and bacchanalian indecency,, was q
God beside he whom the people have
chosen to administer their govern
ment for the next four years of un.
certainty. +.fs.5s .i-
Look upon the face Of Ulysses s.
Grant! Examine the conformation
Of the head which is TO direct the
destinies Of this nationl Did Ma
ture's God ever place such head
upon the shoulders Of other than
mediocre !? Look through the lart
galleries of the world, rnmmage the
studios of earth's sculptors, take
down from the cob-webbed shelves
the busts of ancient and modern men
Of mark, and we defy the discovery
Of All imbecile's head upon the shoul-
ders of even Q famous criminal
And yet this man, this creature of
circumstance, this distinguished
nothing il tho world of letters, id he
who is chosen to carry forward our
high civilization, the last hope of
republican government, and the des-
tiny OF continent. t..,..
We cannot conc Give o more vivid
picture to exhibit to the world of the
total depravity Of the times, than
the comparison between the great
men OF the past, and he who has been
chosen to rule us iD the future. If
this picture does not hpmiliate the
public sense of the nation regarding
the ''iitness of things then It is but
further proofof the hopeless condi-
ton of public morals. n
Like the man, low, worthless,
without alma mere bubble floating
on q summers torrent-were hisspar-
tisans. He is, as the country knows,
the creature Of Washburne, an eleva-
ted pauper, without brain or aim
Expelled from the army, when po-
sition in the army was q distinction
often sought for and rarely obtained,
we find the new President OF the /,
United States q pawnbroker at st.
Louis, under the happy title of
Boggs J. Grant. Then he electrified
the Western States as q travelling
agent for his father and brother
(Grant 4 Son, OF Galena Illinois), as
q buyer of green hides. We next
hear Of him as moneyless loafer a.
Galena, then as general in the vol
unteer army, in every battle of
which he got well "threshed." But
the foul, blood-lapping administra-
ton Of Abraham Lincoln, had resolv.
ed to destroy Met cClellan, and . suit
able tool was necessary. Grant, the
hide buyer, pauper, loafer, and pawn
broker, was the man, and about two
million men were placed in his
charge to crush handful at Rich
mond.under the great Lee, who could
not be overcome by the, smaller pa
per collared army OF the Potomac,
which Mcclellan was only permitted
to have.