The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-10-19
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of the CouRIER.
p MEMPHIS, TENNEssFE, !
z Sept. 2stb' 1871. M
Eps. OTTuMwA CoURIER:
10 l have not voted, nor
attempted 40 vote, SINCE in Agency
City in 1860, / voted Tor Jno, G.
Breckinridge and BENZ. Fitzpatrick,
on which ballot | wrote twelve rea-
sons, for SO doing; and if that ballot
can DO found, on it l am willing to
rest my claims rs prophet. 1t is
only of late that l could legally vote
and Illegally l would not.
| am still under the ban of the
Fourteenth Amendment TO tho Con-
stitution of the United States but
| ask you TO allow me, through your
paper, to give in my adhesion to Gen.
Grant as my first, last and only
choice for President in 1872, and to
assign reasons therefor. la laying
the foundation Of the Government
the great questions were the ability
dt the people TO govern themselves, if
the ballot were placed in the hands
of the common people, the right of a
majority to rule and the sovereignty
of State and subordination Of general
government. Mr.. Jefferson, at the
head of the Republican party, af.
firmed in each case, and for three
tourths of century. this was the
established policy ofthe Government,
but as the Government had fallen
info weak and incapable hands, and
its policy had become vacillating,
intense excitement continually recur-
ring in and out Of Congress, the
anti. slavery party demanded the re-
opening of theS tatesovereignty ques-
ton. Accordinglyit was re-oponed
in 1860, and by a large majority de-
aided in favor of the sovereignty OF the
general Government. An appeal to
al TINS Acknowledgement seeded States
on one side and the whole world and
Federal Congress on tn 9 other.
The result could not be doubtful, the
sovereignty of general Government
was made 50 plain that "a way
taring man, though fool, need not
err. therein" Thus by ballot and by
an appeal to the God of battles, had
the established policy of Government
been changed. But it was again
submitted in the Thirteenth Amend
ment and carried, / believe, by unan-
imous '. ote Of the States. Afterwards,
as it became apparent to those in
authority that law embodying the
principles of the Ku. Klux bill had
become necessary to enable the Gov
crnment to curry out the policy for
which the people had SO long and
sorely contended the Il ourteenth and
Fifteenth Amendments were sub.
mitted and their. adopt ion and legal
ity have been certifia I'd by every
Democratic (so-caftedp State Conven-
ton, except two, th;st has assembled
from that day to this. And no law
yer; whose opinions are emitted to
influence in tue humbbs st Justices
court, will deny that autha rlty Tor the
Ku-Klux, bill is in the An iendments
to the Constitution. LIZA iced, they
seem 10 have emenated from the
same brain.--the one TO lay the foun-
dation for the other.
Now for my preferences 10 7 Gen
Grant for the Presidency: / or The
last ten years, hook where n ~ WILL
the great centrsl figure is aid has
been U. 8. Grant. Whether as a
Colonel of Regiment in Nilsson n, OF
as General of Division al TT. III enry
and Donaldson, or as Gsn'l at V.icks'
burg, Wilderness, Petersburg, OF
Appomatox, the Lord has been W. lth
the man; and whether in camp OF
cabinet, the hearts of the people tut. D
to him. Those who hunger tor thA
loawes and fishes, say alt is all luck,
it iss not good sense or conduct on
his part" Very well, my early tram
ing and my religious views allow me
to think none the less OF any man for
his being the favorite of heaven
That was the chief fact urged by
my mother and my early teachers,
why, should honor the memory and
..vust the maxims Of the illustrious
" Washington, and any man who can
read the history Of those two men
and tail to see the finger OF God, has
\ religion which do not envy. Up
on the capacity Of the people to gov
ern themselves, he stands, and has
always stood, with Mr.. Jefferson
He, in his political faith, is in favor
Of the broadcast liberty is prominent
~ the friend OF the common people.
AZ Gen'I jackson doubled his popu.
ality by merely enunciating the
sentiment, "The Federal Union, it
must be preserved !" how much
more is due him, who at the per
! OF myriad dangers and long
,eurs Of toll and blood saved that
Tni,1n. Thus we See Washington,
etferson land jackson united in u.
!. Grant.
Next yea.r, ii God wills, when !
AXE the stump, l will add thous-
md reasons.
This / have sudeavored to com
press so as not to burden your col.
1mns. Very Resp'y.
CYRl's FRANKLIN.
ALmSA7, Iowa,
Oct. ID, 1871. J
EDITORS CouRIER.-Gera no
COURIER was one day behinA Win
rs this week and we were very n4-
GUS for it's arrival, for we wanted 70
Know how old WapeiIo had acquit- |
ed herself on the 10th.
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