The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-09-19

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Only think OF three millions Of Dem-
ocrats transformed into Republicans
within fortnight ! There IL not one
leading act Of the Republican admin
l.istrAtion within the last 10 years that
has not been denounced by the De.
jmocracy, and you know 1t. + Applause. I
Some of you have been cursed BY the
Democracy for the last thirty years as
sabolitionists, snegrD-wo orshi ippers, and
snegrca acqualists. It was about all the
lstock IN trade the Democracy had-to
denOunce the Republicans ON account
Of their theory. But now how IL II !?
ask you to listen to what The Democ-
racy said at Baltimore when adopting
their platform: we recognize the O.
| iQuaiity Of all men before the law, and
hold that tis the duty Of the Govern
ment, In its dealings with the people,
Ito mete out exact justice to all of what
ever race, color or persuasion, civil or
| political ayss
uNow INV Democratic fr,erds. whv
didn't Won saw that before? rT,anol;.
ter and applausc.l / WHY wait nntil fhe
| |Republican rarty had made ita f;xed
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linen tne same Democrats at Balt1.
more 90 right on and pledge them
selves 20 the maintenance OF the thir-
teenth, fOurteenth ana fifteenth amend
ments to the Constitution and yet not
solitary Democrat IN Congress ever
voted for either OF these propositions.
Now, when they have oil become fix-
ed facts, you come out and agree that
We have been right nll this time, and
that you have been wrong. Cheers
and laughter. Suppose these leading
men of tho Baltimore Convention
such as Chestnut and Duke Gwinn and
other prominent men from the South,
had been of the same opinion IN 1861
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want TO put this thing in another
light. You are denouncing us all over
the country !; we are not going to de-
nouncc; We are not going TO leave the
discussion of principles and make
black guards Of ourselves; we want
to discuss these questions fairly and
candidly and see who is really wrong
and who is right. Now, after making
the declaration that we have been right
and that yon have been wrong, in or
der 70 convince the world beyond all
doubt of the truth of the declaration,
what do you dOS You so to work
and steal two of our chickens out Of
the Ecpublican hencoop. Laughter.
Firs Ion take our good old friend DR..
Greeley, and then you pick up Graft
Brown! Now it does seem to me that
when men have been convicted OF a
wrong as you have been, and acknowl-
edge it by their platforms and the can
didates they put III nomination, their
mouths should be sealed, as far as their
own declarations are concerned. And
it Is almost incredible thAtafter all that
they should come before the country
and say to the people Of this nation
1 AOOA upoh A5s t.S AsNA.iSS."Ss 1850
have been wrong all the time for the
last twelve years, and who do not
know whether we were ever right
| or not, but now Notwithstanding all
this, look upon us and have compass
ion on US; giveIus the post offices; let
us ran the Governments q little while
Laughter. That is what 1t means
that is all it means. My Democratic
friend, you do not advocate anything
that can not be shown to be mere
subterfuge in less than i've minutes.
| What are you contending for! l do
not know; l do not think you know.
Will you tell US what yon are going to
do with the national finances! You
do not tell us anything about IL. Have
you better system of currency that
you propose to adopt? You do mot
say SO. DO you propose to pay off the
public debt faster than we? You do
not say SO. DO you propose to pay
the interest on the bonds as we do
now3 You do not say even that.
| Will yon collect the revenues more
faithfully than we have done? You
have given US no assurance to that
effect. What is your platform Why,
1t is our platform. Chcers.] You
can not steal ii. Laughter and ap-
plause.1 j know Of but two things
that you propose. You say You are in
favor of local self-goyernment.' What
do you mean by that? Do you mean
secession? Nobody knows what you
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