The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-10-29
A Doxology.

He hcAIuOHu inquirer ID ouc vi
the ablest and most candid Demo.
cratic journals in the country, Be.
ing published moreover in state
which is, on account Of its treason,
and persistent folly, excluded from
voting until it re-constructs under
the terms Of the law, that paper may
be said to occupy a certain impartial
standpoint, and be able to give q fair
review of the conAictso violently rag
ing beneath its feet, of which it il
simply a spectator. h&
In its last issue, before us, it says:
"Grant's election is probable, unless
the Democracy prevent it by putting
forth greater efforts than they nave
yet employed. The result of the
elections last Tuesday simply shows
that the Northern masses regard
this Presidential contest as q contin-
uation ofthe war between the two
sections, and, of course, they have
supported their own section with the
blind enthusiasm of enraged igno-
ranc." .gtra b {
Farther down in the article it
claims, in casting the political horo.
scope, that the question of repudia-
ton, or the payment Of the public
debt, IS to be the vital question at is.
sue hereafter, between the two great
parties, ~ Y s'''''5i n.
The following from it has the mer-
it of great candor, and we commend
it to loyal war Democrats: zyaa /,
"1Ae wonderful vitality of the Ma.
tio,,al Democracy ,ohich has surpiued a
four gears ,oar, to Which 1t made oppo.
sition at every stage, may enable it to
maintain its organization and again
enter the field tor another conflict
against the corrupt and unprincipied
but powerful organization against
which it is now contending with" u
stAnd what will the main issue be?
Already itlhas been foreshadowed in
the Pendletonian policy for getting
rid of the National Debt. The issue
of which this is the forerunner, is in
volved in the present campaign, but
it has been held in allegiance, or
rather over-ridden by the questions
pertaining to reconstruction" upon
which the Radicals hope to win by
reason of sectional sympathies."
It is as refreshing, as it is uncorn-
mon, to hear such frank admissions
from leading Democratic organ
When Republican paper has eharg-
ed the Democratic party with hav-
ing opposed the war from its in>
ception, to its close, by furnishing
armed men in the rebel front, and
fire-in-the. rear-sneaks in the rear, and
have charged upon the Pendle.
ton scheme, that it was q rascally
piece OF sculduggery l'to get rid Of.
rather than honestly pay Our public
debts, they have with one ACCORD, ire.
sorted to the usual, only, and stereo.
typed Democratic rejoinder, 'your'e
a liar - IN .so q. ,,a5t{oa,';@. &
How doy like tho abovetestimony,
proving your rarity rebels during the
war, and regulators since, from one
Of your ablest organs? Will you
roll it under y our sod-cora polluted
lips, as a sweet morsel? ar,s
The Enquirer closes by quoting
with its hearty approval, the follow
ing article, from McMasters' Freemans
the great organ ofthe Cath
Ollie Church in this country, and one
of the bitterest of Democratic parti-
san sheets:
3 'sBut, the assertion we made q
month before the Democratic Con-
of July last, aud the produc.
ton Of which the World newspaper
said affected the quotation of govern
ment stock at the Exchange, we now
repeat: The day that sees the reason.
able compromise offered by Mr.. Pen
dleton rejected, will see a union of
classes Of men, not anxious to con
sort together, forming party with
the watch-word "Repudiation of this
Unjust Debt |" 1t will be aone
idea" party, while it lasts. It will
not need half the time to gain CON
power for the abolition of
the Public Debt" that Black Radical
ism did to get the power of the .Abo-
lition Of Slavery The abolition Of