The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-05-16
MI PERKINS On oRnnLrY.

am for Greeley!
The Commercial may not be for him,
but Eli Perkins is going TO support
Horace. 81 e
We have nominated Mr.. Greeley on
the g-c-l-o-r-i o-u-s Deinocratic-lse-
publican platform, and now, my
friends, we mast elect him. Our cam
didatc is a man Of a great many .prin-
ciples. He has been on both sides Of
almost every political question, and
there is such a chance for our orators!
Listen to me, and I'll tell you how
| we can elect Mr.. Greeley: 81
l. For the New England States we
must instruct our oratorsto talk the
high tariff dodge. They must show
Mr.. Greeley's record and point out how
he has always stood for the highest
protective tax on cloth, hoop skirts,
and orcidc watches, and favored keep
| ing foreign cheap articles out of the
1 market. Then how the Yankee manu-
facturcr will 20 for him, but
Out West you must lay low on the
tariff. You must say that Horace has
gone back on protection, and that he
don't care darn about 1t, for the Wes-
tern fellows hate the New England
shocinakers like the devil. They
wouldn't vote for President who
would protect manufacturers, for they
are as sharp as lightning out there, and
they know when they wear the boots
that ifthcy didn't pay for the protec-
ton whistle they would come q good
deal cheaper. Our Western orators
must say that Horace will leave the
tariff question to COngress-for you
know we'll enough that he is head and
ears for the present high tariff, and that
when he is President he can veto any
act Of Congress to repeal it. The Wcs--
tern fellows will catch at this ambigu-
Gus dodge, and they willgO for Horace
like political sheep.
2. TO the respectable old slavc-own-
ers Of the South, read Greelcv's old
1852 editorials about Compensation to
owners of cmancipated slaves" but
That national slave buying idea
would kill us with the old New Eng
land abolitionists. TO them read Mr..
Grcclcy's defense Of John Brown--his
editorials on Sharp's rifles for Kansas
slave owners---and say how he stood
for Owen Lovejoy. This will take
such men as Gerrit Smith, Fred Doug
lass and Mr.. Bcccher.
3. For the Southern seccssionists
like Alex. Stephens, jeff Davis, and
Wade Hampton, republish ILorace's
editorial. "Let the Maynard Sisters go
| in Peace If this don't satisfy them
| that our candidate is sound on seces-
sion, read them the sentiment which
Mr.. Grecley wrote in 1860: "lf any
respectable number of the citizens of a
State desire TO sccedc from the govern
ment, l know of no power which can
or ought TO restrain tllem." That will
satisfy any reasonable scccssionist that
in case Mr.. Greeley becomes President.
Inc can walk straight out of the Union,
without being troubled by such men
as General Grant.
4. To the lovers of peace say that
our candidate went to Niagara Falls
to treat with Jake Thompson and e.
G. Clay in regard TO acknowledging
the Independence of the South, and
that he came back and wrote advising
Lincoln, after Harrison's Landing, 10
make peace upon the best attainablc
terms" but
To the war men talk about Mr.. Gree
lcy's ''On to Richmond"
5. Fool the editors into believing
that Horace is great farmer, and
Make the farmers believe that Inc is
u great editor. Neither will suspect
the dodge.
q. Prove TO the Mormons and the
people of the Oneida community how
our candidate w&e%once a Fourfcrite,
and that he leaned toward and wrote
for frceloveism for years, but
To sensible married people say that
Mr.. Greeley is regularly married, and
that lie can show his certificate of mar
riagc any time in the Tribune office.
Z. To the cold water people tell the
story how our candidate lived for wears
OH vegetables, such MS cabbages, turn
Ups and squashcs, without moutllful
of meat, but
To the high livcrs say that every
body, from Dean Richmond down TO
Lord Gordon, have bought him with
a free lunch, and that a good beefsteak
would by a foreign ministership.
8. Tot orthodox religionists say
our, candidate belongs to the Univcr-
salist Church, but
To the world fellows say that he
swears like trooper, and damns every-
body in common conversation like a
Flanders soldier.
.. TO the Office holders say Mr..
Greeley never declined an Office, and
that he has run for office eleven times,
but has always been defeated. and that |
he split of from his best friends, !
Weed aud Seward, because they did
not give their '.junior partner the N. |
Y. Post Office, but-
To the "outs' say-why say Horace |
never held an Office in his ife--tlat he |
wouldn't; but don't draw this dodge
too strong, for they might look UP his
old letter to Seward, and
Don't say word about j. Gould's
Horace with a farm, nor
tell how he was in the tobacco business
with Tweed, but let his enemies bring
that out. 9H#
Always flourish Mr.. Grceley's quo
Iations. You will find they cover
both sides Of every question. III they
1oubt your word, say: "Youlic, viii
aiii--yon licw To the specie pay
nent fellows read this:
The way to resume is to resui1c.'
Il III. Greeley. /,
If they contradict you bring up his
avoritc saying, which will quiet them
i once:
When a fool speaks, keep silence"
+ Horace Greeley,