The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-03-18
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- extracts from its two leading cdi-
Eorials, one cu,itled the "rublio
aud tho other, "Demot ratio
Tactics" 1t will be remembered that
the Dispatch was II supportcrsot ls&
Davis during the rebellion, and since
the war has been strong adhcrentl
to "My Policy" and supported sey'l
mour and Blair for President md
Vice President; but on the great
question of finance |, is sounder to
day than half our northern Demo, !
cratic journals.
We commend the following to the
carefs, consideration of our Pendle-
tcaian Friends in this State: -
There is no reason why the peo
pie of the South should desire to see
the public credit of the United States
impaired Or the debt repudiated. On
the contrary, there is every reason
why they should, as we believe they
do, hope for the elevation Of the cred
it of the Gcvefnmeut to the standard
eff par with gold. There can be no
settled condition of national finances,
no perfect restoration IF confidence,
until tho bonds OF the United States
and the bank currency, which are
nothing less than United States cur
rency, arc at par with gold.
We here have not the means to
bear up under further misfortunes.-
Any course of public administration
that leads to reputation will for
years pass through series of money
pressures, panics, seVulsions, and dis
asters, that would ill the country
with distress and greatly demoralixe
society. We could not escape these
sad consequences. We have not, in.
deed, SO muck to lose as our northern
fellowscitizens. But we should re-
| member that the calamity Of losses
is not always to be measured by their
amount. That misfortune which
robs a man Of humble means of all
that he has is TO him as great as tho
he had the wealth of Vanderbilt,
No; to us OF the South the best
thing is such q wise and economical
administration of the National Gov
ernmert az will place it's obligations
on the best footing, and the public
debt in a fair way towards liquida-
ton. ra,.a.ss
Should General Grant carry out
wisely and practically the declara-
tons of his Inaugural the public
credit will Improve, and the public
debt be diminished. The South will
derive its full benefit from this salu-
tary change in the public condition
of the Federal Government,
1t will be seen from the above that
tho patent Democratic plan Of get.
ting rid of the public debt does not
suit their Southern allies, who have
breins enough to foresee that such a
policy would bring disaster and suf.
fering to their own doors as we'll as
to the North. Take from the South
whatlittle government currency they
have there, or depreciate its value
very materially, and they would be
poor indeed. They know what it is
to be cursed with an irredcemable
and worthless currency, and are not
anxious to debase the currency they
now have to a level with Confederate
scrip u.a
II the northern democracy will
take the same view Of the finances
the Dispatch does, it will not take q
great while to make our bonds and
greenbacks as good as gold. Alltha1
is necessary to accomplish this is fol
every citizen of the country to say
that the national debt shall be paid to
the uttermost farthing. r..
| Under the head of Democratic
Tactics it says of the action of the
Democratic Senators who resigned
their seats in the Indiana Legisla
ture, thereby leaving that body with
out quorum, to prevent them from
taking action on the 18th amendment
to the Constitution of tho U. S:
"The Democrats of Indiana have
given another specimen Of those
modern Democratic tactics which
have so clearly proved that the won.
derful sagacity and practical strategy
which won the victories Of the party
in other days have been lost. Since
the war, the party has done little bu,
blunder.
i A number OF the Democrats ofthe
Indiana Legislature resigned their
seats in order TO deprive the body OF
quorum. As our readers under.
stand, this movement of the Demo.
Gratis was to defeat a vote on the fit:
teenth or negro suffrage amendment;
but since it can only postpone for a
while the action OF the Legislature
upon that amendment, nothing will
be gained by the device, while their
act belongs to the class of IRREGULAR
ties that seldom do credit 20 those
who employ them, and aeper ,chen
they fail. We have never yet known
an instance Of this sort of strategy
wherein the result would not have
been better had those who withdrew
remained firm attheir posts discharg
ing their duties. Men should always
be in their places, respond when call.
ed, aud stand up to both duty and
honor. This is demanded alike BY
wise policy and moral and political
accountability. They acted upon the
short-sighted policy of making
cal advantage in discussing them be-
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