The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-12-21

uSC 81, 1871.
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Just now come of the leading dem.
ocratic papers Of the State are boldly
announcing that Harlan will carry q
large majority in the republican
Senatorial caucus. Chief among
these isths Dubuque Herald. I'm.
mediately upon this announcement,
She Allison papers seize upon ii TO
turn upon those journals supporting
Harlan. with the argument which has
been used very much to the damage
of Harlan's opponents, viz that the
democratic papers made bitter war
upon him, and were either silent or
spoke in terms of praise of the other
candidates. The State Register and
the Dubuque Times says 70 Harlan's
friends what now do you think of
your democratic allies? Hold q mo.
ment and let vi examine this matter
oandidly. Have democratic journals
taken back a single iota Of the de
fractions that they have in season
and out of season published against
Mr. Harlan? Have they said one
word in favor Of his fitness. bis abili.
ty. his integrity? Mother bitter
hatred OF the mau has not abated one
'ot or little, they have withdrawn
nothing they have said against him.
ihey IN no way speak well Of him.
but they simply announce that be 10
going to win If only the republican
members Of the Legislature are left
to determine the matter 10 Caucus
NOW it is not a difficult enigma TO
solve, to tell what all this means
These democratic journals have for
months been dallyling with the op.
position to Harlan to induce them to
have their friends refuse 70 20 into
caucus and to take up some man
whom the democratic members
wonid support, and 20 elect BY this
mongrei combination. From the
an'nas of democratic papers to.
wards Harlan as evidenced for years
We are warranted in saying that de.
mocracy will agree to vote for any.
body the opposition may name in
order to defeat him. We are salts.
fed their premises. viz: that Harlan
has 9 good working majority Of the
republican members OF the i.eu,sla.
ture is true, but that they Can effect
such . union 10 beat Harlan, We have
not q particle offaith IN ; still tAey
are just foolish enough to hope and
work for it, Is q kind ofdsv~,e5 rseoyt.
GItH
Greeley can hardly be sa,d 70 BE-
q sapporser ofzGrHnt for rsnomtna.
ton. HI essays that lie IL In favor Of
the single term plan, and more don't
like tho administration any too wen.
Still more, it 10 quito currently 70.
ported, and We think, believed To-
some extent that he would not refuse
the nomination himself. However
this may be, the aged and renowned
journalist finds in Grants message q
paragraph that warns his heart and
calls ont from him . warm oommen.
dation, though in saying that Grant
was . partisan Of slavery down tothe
outbreak OF the rebellion, he, per.
haps, is too briet to do full justice to
the President. Through the Tribune
he ssys:
To war worn Abolitionists, accus-
toned to find in each Presidents
Message themselves berated, their
devotion to Impartial Liberty stig.
matized as imPelled by sectional hate
and in essence little better than trea.
son, it must BE- refreshing TO read
This Message, wherein aversion 10
Slavery at home or abroad, with REQ
concentrations that our citizens he
to hold slaves 10 countries !
where human bondage il still legal, /
congratulations on the initiation Of
Acknowledgement in Brasil, hopes
hat the process may be FASTENED, !
that SPANS semblanoe Of
Emancipation in Cuba and Porto
sico is = mockery, &c, TO-, are so
The fact that the Presi.
Ient who thus nobly embodies and
the better impulses OF our
eople was himself.a partisan Of Sisv-
~ down 10 tho outbreak of our
rest Civil War, 80 far from wsak.
ling the force of his demonstrations
the discarded shame of our
i~ntensifes and empha-
res that testimony. Just compare
us message In its relations % Slave
with u of BuchanRn's uttered
rely twelve years ago, and the
lmense b~eniioent strides made by
Republic within that period will
E manifest
PRESTO, OnANon.
Folio the State Reeuter's
'hsnge Of front from armed neutral.
~ to Dodge, and from Dodge to AL.
son, the Clarinda Herald slides down
'om Grimes 70 Allison. The pro-
amma shoull ha rorTormoA 81 %hol