The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-09-22
Attorney Gcnet,ai.

Attorney General.
At the time Of the appointment Of
Judge Alderman as Attorney Gen'l.,
~ President Grant, he was so little
known, and coming as he did, from
the State Of Georgia, where he had
resided ! for several years, it was
thonghs, By many persons That he
might not 30 altogether Sound, and
thst the President had SIRED in plal
ping him II M Cabinet,
ii order that our sfeadeft NAY
haveA better understanding Of the'
man, and The sentiMehts he enter
tains, we publish below an extract
from speech delivered by him at
Atlanta, Georgia:
Ny friends, II there is anything
that l desire 10 reference TO public
affairs, It Is that there shall b6 per.
feet harmony between tho raoes.-
How will the conflict of races come
II will come, il ct al, by one race
denying what another race on good
grounds claims, and dow, If you de-
sire harmony between the races, I
will tell you, my Democratic friends,
how You can have it. The colored
men in this country are grappled with
hooks Of steel to the Republican tick
ct whenever they vote according to
their win. Not . now privilege
which they have acquired but il d.
rectly or Indirectly due 10 the Re-
publican party. They gratefully
own it. Now, my Democratic friends,
If you want perfect harmony with
the other racs, come out and Join the
Republican party. There will then
be no conflict OF races, for both the
races will be going together. What
objection have you to joining US p
What hinders you? Do You not
like the men the party puts In Office ?
Como into the party and enter into
our conventions and have othcr men
nominated. Do you say that the
men who lead our party are not
pure? You believe yourselves to be
pure, and If you areso, come into our
party and put yourselves at the head
Of it. We will let yon 60 thither il
we are satisfied Of your capacity fol
that place. Do you say, as some
times you have said, that our party il
deficient in able men /? Then bring
your able selves into it, and there
will be plenty Of ability, according
to your conceit. Do Confederate re
miniscences stand in your way?
t the Cd asnd a, Rssi Snsy u
| State Rights gentlemen, retire
You have had your day; you have had
. government Of your own manufac
ture, and we remember what sort o.
q government it was. You ran on,
ship ashore, and we do not care tt
trust you with the pilotage of anoth
or. A defeated and disappointed ant
impoverished people,, q land full o.
widows and orphans and cripples ant
| premature graves--these are tht
trophies Of your craftsmanship. You
ought to retire from sheer shame
Incapacity in public affairs in THU
country, incapability of the State
administration, incapability of the
national administration, where wal
the capacity in your concern
| Democratic statesmen, where wal
your craftsmanship? Where wat
your diplomacy ? bow many for
eign powers did you induce to recog
nize your government Where wa
your financial skill? We have the
trophies of that in the Confederate
money that is locked up in some o
our unks, and that is true meas
ure az the value Of your statesman
ship. A confederate note is q fail
measure of tho value Of democracy
q grecnback is fair measure of tht
present value of Republicanism, and
| gold and silver are the fair measures
Of the value Of Republication which
.fs soon to be.