The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-08-11


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Special Correspondence of the Courier.
WASHINGTON D. G. Aua & 70.
\ s.. DUB COMING ELECTION.
i Txh FAA, electiona will be held in
=, 20 q sa n .t.. ~ H. ro.rIt
IS - - .n0
WsiN y. q moro or less
BEAR 81 We presidential elec-
Hon II fB7S Mt certainly will II
~ 1. ss.l q ..a... 49,
sness 80 s e ~ y 1s.lpg Tue neAs
two N t. q. y are asked
q kosD IL p6]G ~ th Republics
Sartys N; 931o IVA Does thnt
= ~ r. 9 VI :stKs continued
/ sG|nDof9 HI 4bo people: most as,
sureelv Il does, Tho Repub lican par
ty Is now. and has been since it's for.
lfnationf Tho friend Of the .laborinp
man. There has never been time
| in tho history of our country.awhen
labor has been 40 we'll paid. n since
| tho party now in power seized the
reins Of Government md rescued ns
from the whirlpools and maelstroome
Of Democratic rule, And at no pre-.
vious neriod in the history Of our
country have the honest, hard work.
ine toifers Of the land participated
more in the affairs of State. At no
other period have SO many laboring
men been favored with official Pat.
ronare and aided more in the max
inp and enforcing of Che laws
what has the party done for the
masses Of the peoplei ss IL were bet.
ter to ask wfat1t has not DONE
Since the wear 1864, the homestead
law was enacted by which every
man might take unto himself free.
" a norton of Gods broad domain
one oftho greatest blessings TO q free
and enlightened peopleoand this
wise and Just measure was persist.
emily opposed by the Democratic
party That party is now fighting
for The supremacy of this country
Shaiiit succeed" Every man should
say ano." And more: The Repub
llicar pa -ty has BY its wise 1egisla
ton ia the Nails Of Congress brought
moro chan one thousand millions Of
acres Of land within easy reach Of the
Ilaborcrs. by means OF provisions fol
tho construction Of tho great
ltrainE-continental Railroad lines
The obnoxious and unjust land
| monopoly which existed in / five
Of the Southern States wa.
STONED nv which moro than al, 900,
0Otj acres were saved to The masses
| Rasidns this thu marty in power ex
tended to the soldiers the right te
freely acquire Homesteads upon the
| public lands. The Republican party
during its brief ca, Ger lifted the labol
Of the oountrv from actual scrvitude
| 10 The substantial control Of tho pub
lie measures Ana nronertv directly
affectinr tho intereats oflabor The
inst and honorable collection Of the
Internal Ravenr.c Of the country
nnonks vo,nn,as q hchalrnfthe party
- nowar wiz those collon,;or,
dnr;no s;x,ean Months of Prcs;den,
Cranfs NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. eycoeJ AZ
cojlact;ons for Tho iast s;xtoon months
~ Iohnson,s I'D min;strot;on inst $40
e7s nm. on, oii this in Tho ycry foos
| If tba fart that an ANIMAL rcdva,;on
in The agorogata of in.arnal taxat;on
has taLan rie,.a to tho amonnt 81
s7O f,0o nooi Doos NOT This look like
honestv and effc;snov an The mart 81
the governmentp Most assuredlv i,
does Res;des This orr custom dnties
have Increased in the sarne neriod and
by like parallel from s19.46O.953 to
AZ t2e fon And,n No ,nottar :,
aco. INV ofaxnand;fures tho resnlts
have been EQUALLY gratifying The
public debt has been reduced in the
last sixteen months to an amount OF
$40, OOO, 900. And all this under
Republican rule and while it has had
to fight rebels in the South and Cop.
perheads ut home. We have labored
in season and out of season, day and
night, and the result of those acts
arc fraught with vast amount OF
benefit to the Government. The De.
mocracy would undo all that has been
done; prosecute the colored race, re-
pudiate the national debt, place in
poweragain the ex-rebels who sought
to destroy the fairest fabric of civil
government ever bequeathed to man.
Shall tho loyal men who saved the
na s;e anu ea..iou III, ~ snivun nv
pI, a - s.i.J s st p,a0o W t .h";.
s wr nd nv ~ s,o ,nor
saIpo.' ' M p"s ois w ,ss e" III, ~.
Ia Inns surrey o"pno'' ""' nv
W. nonr, :, ~, :, :, -, =, ,,n
roA,nA'i ~ ra.sipAN, 'AANl' ;.
Mr. john Il. Llttleheld's portrait
OF General drant Is regarded ny all
odds tho hnest yet furnished to the
world OF ART: IL represents hlm az
Lieutenant, General OF the army and
10 80 natural and lie ike that the dis,
tlngulshed chieitain seems IN the act
OF speaking 10 inc observer. Uenera