The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-06-29
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county, Missouri, thus accepts the
New Departure, over-the-left; and
administers scathing rebuke to its
northern allies, who have eat dirt &C
beautifully, in following off Vallan.
digham's new departure. We com
mend the reading Of this article to
b the Democratic editors of this State
such as Evans, Bleakmore, ct id omn.
s. genus, and hope they will give i,
their prayerful attention:
from the Unterrined Democrat. June 18th.
g. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
This Individual has delivered one
or two not very lengthy speeches Of
late-a thing which was his perfec,
right, much so as "any other man.
Ordinarily, we believe the freedom
OF speech il understood to be an es
sential Democratic doctrine.
But all at once the right of Mr.
Jefferson Davis to deliver short ad.
dress seems to be seriously called in.
TO question, or at least stoutly OBJ
jected to, by divers and sundry
Democratic papers.
Now, we are certainly no especial
admirer Of Mr.. Davis, nor ever was /:
but that fact ought not and does not.
In onr opinion, tend in the least de-
grec to abridge his liberty of speech.
That Mr.. Davis has in his time
done much damage to the Demo-
cratic party-much more than he
can ever repair, or again be expected
to dos beyond question.
Nor do we believe bis course was
then 80 seriously objected to by GER
tain gentlemen of vast Democratic
pretensions as ut present. \
The head and front Of the offending
of -. D." appears to DO his expires.
sicns adverse to the saccept the stu
alton theory, or "New Departure"
order OF Democracy.
Certainly -. D." has q right to his
opinions in the premises, and to the
liberty Of giving them expression.
Besides, SO far as the "fitness of
things" is concerned, we think some
OF the recently expressed views Of
Mr.. Davis are not wanting, in that
respect, compared with the express
slons OF his most serious directors.
These same individuals have been
long and loud, of late years, in their
denuncisticns OF the leading meas.
ures OF the Republican party-declav.
eng the so-cdlled amendments to ethe
creatures oftr0ud violence and usurpa. |
non, and their assumed or pretended
rdti tscation to be a. farce, Cheat, a de |
JASON, an imposition, not to be submit. |
ted TO any longer than until a lnptui
remedy could be efsctuaHy invoked.
But, all at once, hoo CHANGED -
These same parties are for ssdccept,no |
me situation" They go for a new
departure"
Standing ready to maintain the
perpetual inviolability Of these same |
fraudulent amendments, to place |
the thing beyond question, thew fnr- |
Their avow their determination 10
support, sustain and uphold neoroI
~ "so lutu5e. lNsS, Oy the
men Uho haze said most against ii.
Affecting the invocation OF the
difest condemnation of the "means"
they, 10 the very next breath. sol
emmy avow eternal fidelity to the
lend" which those infamous means
have wrought.
However, it is no wonder men who
can thus act wish to muzzle ~. d.
or "any other man" who might
choose to raise his voice in objection
to their course.
Such mon of all others, do we be
lleye, would, if they had the power
effectually cut off evory possible
means OF giving expression to adj.
verse views.
1t is the conscious guilty who
Tread free discussion.
The creator, the darker, the deem
y, tho moro dire and damnine tba G
.pilt, the greater the fear of exposure t
trough FREQ discussion, and the
leeper and tho deeper and moro ma.
gIant the desire to effcctuailv chr
Il and smother all free, open and fair :
rgumeht. .,
We think q murder, theft. or anr fs
Their accomplished fact" in the role W