The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-07-16

THE WEEKLY. COURIER
,. M. HEDRrcK, Editor.
The Candidates.

The Candidates.
Tho Copporhead mountain after
long and painful labor, from Saturday
to Thursday has finally brought forth
. dual progeny, bearing indubitablo
| evidence on tho face Of at least one
of the brats Of illegitimato paternity.
Hora.io Seymour the candidate Of
tho Bondholders !, the man who a.
Governor Of New York got up a DEM
ocratic insurrection in New York city
during Lco's last invasion Of Ponnsyl-
vania to divert enough troops from
Meade to enable Lee to conquer at
Gettysburg; in tho face Of his pro-
test that he.could not stand on their
platform and accept differentiation
without stultifying himself, and inn
periling the success Of tho ticket, has
had the nomination forced on him by
the Vallandingham's and Hampton's
of the Convention.
It remains to be seen whether or
not his protest was q shrewd Now
York politicians trick, to create sym
pathy and to secure the nomination
by strategy when he told them yes
terday: "In . question affecting his
duty and honor, he must stand BY his
opinion against tho world. He could
not be nominated without putting
himself and the Democratic party in
peril. When he declined the nomi-
nation he meant it. He paid an elo-
quont tribute to Pendleton and his
magnanimity, and in closing thanked
the Convention and said your candi-
date l cannot be-" All of which will
be explained by his acceptance, or
rejection of tho nomination.
For the second place on tho ticket
they have SOLICITED Francis p. Blair,
of Missouri, renegade second hand
cd Johnsonized Republican and q
third-rate soldier, who was elected to
Congress as a know-nothing, who
was promoted beyond his deserts in
the army on account of the pernicious
influence his pcstilcntial Father and
Brother had upon Mr.. Lincoln, and
who, finally, when the latter was ig-
ANONYMOUSLY kicked out of Mr.. Lin
coins cabinet, for pure unmixed
cussednoss, followed him straightway
into the enemies camp.
The Platform and candidates pre-
sent tho most transparent swindle
ever offered to the American people.
Its head is Seymour, whose unan-
swerablc arguments in favor of hon
estly paying the public debt as con-
tracted, are familiar to all.
The Platform may be appropriately
termed the belly Of this hybridized
monstrosity, which means, if any
meaning can be made out of it, that
they are in favor ofcovert and indi-
rect reputation oftho nations sacred
obligations, while its tail is FRANK
Blair Lincoln hireling soldier cele-
brated principally for being the son
Of his father, the greatly overrated
and insatiate office-seeker Francis p.
Blair, Senior.
It is gotten up to secure votes at
the sacrifice of all tho cardinal prin.
ciplcs Of the live and radical. members
Of the Coppcrhead party, and the
juggle is just as plain as It was in
1864 when this Same party attempt
cd humbugthepeople with soldier
candidate for President, secessionist
for Vice President, all on a four years
of failure platform.
Now as then, the Copperhead lend
ers have overostimated the number
of knaves and fools in the country.
At the ides of November next, this
catch penny platform, together with
the tools who stand on it for Office,
will be buried out Of sight by an hon.
est, intelligent, and loyal people.
In its personel and platform it pre-
sents the strongest combination Of
weak elements that could have been
hotch-potched together.
With Bondholder at its front,
and Lincoln Butcher at the rear.
as can be established by referring to
any orthodox copperhead paper, the
ticket may be termed the Bondhold-
ers and Butchers ticket, and togeth-
or with all the dupcs, knaves, fools,
thieves and secessionists that follow
it will be run over by the loyal col
umn in the approaching campaign,
like Missouri Butternut Malta be-
fore the invinciblc veterans of Grant
and Sherman.
Hard on Old Dirty.