The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-08-20
Compliments.

OOIup1lm0uCS.
Among the last things written by
Miles Q. Reilly, for his Citizen o(war
democrat we extract the follow
ing complimentary notice Of Brick
Pomoroy's democratic bible. l's.s,i.!
THE LA CROSSE DEMOCRAT.
The gigantic and sudden success of
the above named paper is fact we
may deplore, but cannot ignore.
How can it DO accounted for? n
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What one would have thought its
main source of weakness, but which
apparently has proved its tower Of
strength, tho paper advocated prin-
ciples, and advocated them in q style
which would most likely have, led to
a riot, the cutting of the office, and
coat Of tar and feathers, ifnot some
thing worse, for the editor, in any
other part of the country.
The La Crosse Democrat, from the
hour of its wolfish birth down to its
latest issue, must be recognized as an
energetic protest against that somno
lizing dullness, that disgustingly
tame uniformity to which the system
Of our Associated Press thous-
and papers Of every hue, locality and
interest, all receiving the Same news
has fast been reducing all journal
istic opinion, and the expression
thereof, in these United States
Wild in its views as it has always
been brutal in its personalities as it
very often is--the views and the
style Of enforcing them are inyaria-
bly, original; and for good or evil,
they are suggestive, rarely failing to
set the reader thinking: much har-
der thing to do, by The way, than is
commonly supposed
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We have not yet reached the days
in which Jacobins Of the Butler
school, or Copperheads Of the Pomer-
oy school are in power, and can drive
their long train Of tumbrils daily to
the Place de Greve, with titbits for
the Demoisclle la Guillotine, from
one hundred and fifty to four hun
dred human heads falling into the
soaked sawdust every afternoon to
please that rapacious lady. But il
ever these days come-and it some
times appears as If we were hasten
ing in that direction-we have no
doubt the La Crosse Democrat would
join the strongest side; that it's circu-
lation, with our improved facilities
both for printing and beheading by
steam, would increase at least Eve
thousand daily for every head that
fell.
Seriously, the success Of Mr.. Pom.
eroy's journal is thing worth
philosophical analysis. Down South,
where the passions of a conquered and
grossly oppressed people are stillin-
fiamed-a simple people, who believe
whatever is gravely told them, if it
harmonizes with their wishes--eyery
line ofthe La Crosse Democrat is ac-.
cepted for the gospel truth, and thus
incredible mischief has been effected;
while up here in the North, among
sensible Democrats-though but few
60 SO tar as to suspect Mr.. Pomeroy
of deliberated and of malice afore--
thought working in the Radical in
terest and to advance the Radical
cause-we have not met the first one
yet who doesnot agree with us in re-
garding the La Crosse Democrat az
the most effective and powerful cam
paign document now issued in behalf
of tho Radical candidate and party.
men who cannot be reach
ed either by the New York Tribune
or the Chicago Iribune-it reaches
Democrats; and how many of these
it has already driven away from our
cause by the frequent brutalities and
continual ferocities of its diatribes, we
intend employing halfa dozen Phila. |
delphia lawyers to calculate, just 40
soon as this hot spell shall be over.
And Pomeroy retorts as follows.
The Citizen is troubled The con-
ISOLATION it can have is this-another
paper in New York, moro rotten cor
rupt, and unreliable, politically or f.
nancially, than MILES O'RE1LY ever
could be, drunk or sober, in whole or |
in part, is in more trouble over our
and our daily issue to begin |
in New York on the 18th. As MILES
likes fun, if he does not grow too saw
age toward US he'll be apt to see
some Of it; and ifhe does, we shall fol
ow him many Miles and moro with
! lively spur in shape Of pen.
But as he says, "seriously" there
8 breeze ahead, and somebody will |
catch its full benefit.
The Citizen says:
The La Crosse Democrat in Now
York is looked upon as a sort Of
mammoth bull in china shop! So \
70 it! We will risk the bull-if you
10 not want the china broken keep
out ofreach! u