The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-14
oTTUMwA wAPE1o THURSDAY sEPTEMBER

L67l eia gq..a
proof of worldliness attached to hit
upper lip? several less pretentions
i Senators were heard to say. IL
4 short, Harlan's facial ornament was
the sensation OF the Senate for several
! weeks. Even his weakness for a
| ine equipage. and other little worldly
matters, yielded to that mOustache
Now, we neither know nor care what
Mr.. Harlan's motive was for mount
| ing that inOustache. But we do know
that very soon after that remarkable
event he went body and soul over to
the land ,grabbers. Not scheme
for land-gnbbing was brought for
ward in the Senate, from stealing a
whole Indian reservation to giving
hundrods Of thousands Of acres TO .
great railroad corporation, that Har-
Ian did not show himself master
spirit in carrying it through.
We all remember that more recent
event, when Harlan, without even q
wink or . wry face, swallowed the
st. Domingo swindle, Administra.
ton and all. But Harlan has On af-
fectionatc love for the Senate OF the
United States. He finds life there
very profitable, and the occupation
much more congenial than preaching
to inappreciative audiences. Hence
his great anxiety to havo the good
people of Iowa send hum back just
once more. It seems, however, that
he WIS very unfortunate in his man.
ner Of entering tho campaign. Ii
we are to believe the reports from
that State, he entered the campaign
with the Administration on one
shoulder, the Methodist church on
the other, and . very small edition Of
DR.. Newman in the neither pocket OF
that Sunday swsllow-tail coat. The
last was for private use, we suppose.
But tho worst of it was, if We are in
formed right, be forgot todivest him
self of that extensive mOustacho.-
Harlan has been 80 long away from
Iowa, and identified with worldly af-
fairs in Washington, that hc did not
properly appreciate the great pro-
gress her people had made in moral
and political ideas. The politicians,
those who had opinions of their own
soon gave him to understand that
they would have no Administration
meddling-in short, that it would
have been much better for him i he
had left the Administration on the
quiet banks of the Potomac Find
there was no chance for him as long
as he carried the Administration on
his shoulder, he very wisely dumped
it into Cedar River, like sensible
Captain who throws his dcckload
overheard in . gale to save his ship.
And yet there was danger. The
Methodist Church and that nous
tach were putting him between two
fires, both of which were beginning to
burn fiercely. The people were no
more disposed 10 have tho Methodist
Church dragged into their politics,
not even with DR.. Newman's officious
Endorsement, that they were to have
the Administration. On the Other
hand the Methodist Church began to
regard Harlan as q rather doubtful
son Of the church, to say the least OF
it. Their expressions OF dissatisfac-
tion grew louder and louder, and be-
anne more and moro outspoken. 1t
i'd not look exactly right, they said,
for one who had proved himself 80
active in serving the devil to be car
rying the church abouton his should
ers. And then there was that fear
full moustache Such things werc
not popular in Iowa, and were very
regarded among honest
people and church members as sin
ner's trAppings. In short, quite a |
number Of those smooth faced, good
old fashioned. Hat-footed dcacons put
their heads together, it seems, and
resolved that it was unfortunate for
brother Harlan that he did not di-
vest himself Of that moustache before
he shouldered the church. 1t was
not brother Harlan's religion, they
objected to. 1t was his want OF re-
ligion, Of charity, humility and hon.
esty, as expressed in his political
acts, that they objected to. The
Methodist Church ia an Oldfashioned
sturdy institution. Whom y question
of church is up, Methodists will
vote in q body. But they are no
more inclined TO yield 70 dictation in
politics than any other religious body
and more especially when that die
tation comes from the Administers
ton. Hence Harlsn's waning pros
poets. That moustache, however,
was what did the business for him."
OF course the Chronicle and Rep4b-
lican, the two decent Republican pa
pers here, have treated Senator Har-
Ian with that consideration which
his eminent public services deserve.
It remains to DO seen whether the
stink-pot mode of warfare, which IS
being used against him, of which the
foregoing is a fair sample, is to de-
prive US Of the services OF q man in
the Senate of the United States, who,
in ability, integrity and influence,
has few equals, and no superiors in
in that body. Iowa.
The Postmaster General has es-
tablished, discontinued and changed
the names Of the following Offices in
Iowa, during the month of August,
1871:
ESTABLIsHED.
Ashawa, Polk county.
Blancoe, Monona county.
Coalfield, Monroe county.
Farmers, Sioux county.
Groveland, Adair county.
Pomona, Plymouth county.
Waterman, Wright county.
DISCONTINUED.
Lacy, Muscatine county; mail to
Nichols; West6eld, Worth county,
mail to Bristol.
NAME CHANGED.
Milton Station, Mills county, to
Malvern Geneseo, Cerro Gordo