The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-07-13
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j Iowa has . county named Wapello
and Wapello has for it's county seat 1
| village named Ottumwa, and Ottum
| va has i citizen named Sam Evans
and Sam Evans publishes paper
named the Democrat. It used to be
called the Copperhead, but Sam con.
cluded to change the namo--at the
same time taking occasion to assert
that he did not change his opinions
an iota.
When Vallandigham inaugurated
his ''new departure" Sam Evans's
righteous sodl #as vexed beyond
axprsssion; and no brokv fOrth xs
follows:
eve cannot subscribe to this stNew
Departure"
Read ovcr the resolutions carefully,
and you must either conclude that
they are false and hypocfitical in
their tone, or else they virtually &C.
knowledge that Democracy has been
,orong all the time and Rspublicanism
right all the time.
"If the code of morality is to be so
changed that whom Evil accomplish
es its purpose, We are no longer to
light that Wrong, but accept it rs
accomplished and oease all opposition
to its Influences, then may be begin
to believe that the time las come
when the "Devil is turned loose for q
season"
Wrong Is ,orong /! Ohat ,oas right ten
years ago Is right nop, and Uhut ,ods
,crong then should Se condemned no,o
"Men may change, but principles
arc immortal
Speaking 10 behalf of the true
Jeffersonian Democracy Of the coun-
try, we say that no matter who roc.
ommends or favors this "New De-
partufe," we will not accept any of
it's infamous Amendments as part and
pnrcel of the Constitution"
A few days after the publication of
the above outspoken sentiments the
Democratic State Convention met
endorsed the "new departure" IN its
resolutions out-Heroding Herod-or,
more properly speaking, out-VaIlan-
dighamming Vallandigham. The
two resolutions bearing upon this
point read as follows:
Resolued. That we recognize our bind
ing obligations to the Constitution OF the
United states as it now exists, without
reference to the means by which the same
became the supreme law of the land.
Resolved, That we will faithfully sup
port the Constitution of the United States
as it now exists, and that we demand for
1t strict construction 90 as TO protect
equally the rights of States and individu-
ais.
This "new departure" of the Iowa
Democracy was pretty generally
acquiesced in, and indeed hailed with
acclamations Of delight by the DEM
ocratic papers of the State. We have
before us an extract from one, which
will serve as specimen of the
whole:
Radicals werc hopeful that such
u platform would beadopted as would
create dissatisfaction and produce q
division in our ranks. They were
disappointed. The committee on
rc6OluLlOn6 acted with
deliberation and wisdom. The reso-
lutions reiterate well established
principle Of the party-to abide by
and support the Constitution, requi-
ring strict construction of the letter
and spirit. In short we have
democratic platform, infinitely su.
perior TO the one of last year"
Now comes the 'nub' of the whole
matter. What will be the readers
surprise to be informed that the last
quotation above made is from the
Ottumwa Democrat, which but
week before had declared, mo matter
who recommends or favors this new
DEPARTURE zoe soiN not accept any Of
the infamous amendments as part
and parcel of the Constitution"