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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-08-15
henry WILSQN.


The Democratic papers have been
charging Henry Wilson with having
made violent KNOWN othing speech
years ago, which was in fact, delivered,
by one John M. Wilson, of Indiana,
who IL now a rabid Greeley MAN.
Here is what Senator Wilson says about
the matter:
NAT1cK, Mass, July 80, 1872. Il
j. 0. Culver, Esq, State journal Mad
ison, Wisconsin:
MY DEAR SIR-The mail has lust
brought me your note, and the extracts
clipped from various papers purport.
ing to be speeches made by me. In am
swer to your inquiry, have to say that
they aud all thoughts and words Of like
character which have appeared in the
papers are mere invention, forgeries
and absolute falsehoods. Never have
l thought, spoken or written these
words, nor any thing resembling those
words, nor any thing that the most
malignant could torture into such
words. could not have done SO, for
they are abhorrent to every conviction
of my Judgment, every throb Of my
heart, every aspiration of my SOUL
Born in extreme poverty, having en-
dured the hard lot the sons of, poverty
are too often forced to endure, 1 came
to manhood passionately devoted to
the creed of human equality. All nv
life have cherished as q bright hone
and held the avowed, living faith ofthe
doctrine that all men. without distinc.
ton of color, race or nationality, should
have complete liberty and exact equal.
~ Of all the rights I asked for myself.
MY thoughts, my words, my heart, my
votes have been consecrated for more
than thirty-six years to human rights
In the Constitutional Convention o,
Massachusetts, eight years OF service In
her Legislature in more than seventeen
years in the Senate Of the United
States. in thirteen hundred public ad.
dresses in the presses, in speeches and
in writings that would fill many vol.
umns, and make thousands of pages. ]
have reiterated and re-reiterated those
fights for all conditions Of men. IL /,
not, my dear sir, passing strange thai
PdIuA0neHIp suOulu 30 DINO men &C
sense, truth, justice and fair play, tina,
they could forge and print abhorren,
sentiments to God and man, and charge
them on one whose whole life has beer
given to the cause of equal rights, and
whose profound sympathies were ever
given to the friends of liberty Of all ra.
ces and nationalities abroad?
Yours truly,
HENRY WILSON. I
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The New York Times said some
days ago, that the next move was to
have Boss Tweed, write letter ia
voring Grant, and SO attempt to throw
the odium Of Tammany on to the Re-
publicans.. The small fry in Iowa,
have caught the cue, and are preparing
the public for it. It is as easy for him
to play the hypocrite as any man that
lives. He would fain friendship to
get into the Republican camp, the same
as Democratic rebels did during the
war to introduce the yellow fever or
smallpox into northern cities.
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ABOUT LIBERALS.

Wepublish to-day for general infOr-
nation, and because we have large
list of Democratic readers the call of
Col. Blanton Duncan, chairman Of the
Regular Democratic Committee, for a
National Democratic Convention at
Louisville, Sept. 3D.. liH
Col. Duncan in his arraignment OF
the Greeley and Brown coalition says,
many bitter things of that swindle,
which are no less true than bitter.
He shows that there can be no hon.
esty in this Greeley raid on Carpet
Baggers and in this clamor for Liber-
alism, when IT comes from the perjur-
cd lips of the most intolerant men,
: heretofore in the Republican party,
and when the movement is vocifer-
ously applauded by Gov Pease. of
Texas, Senator Rice of Arkansas, Ex-
Senator Warner, of Alabama and Gov.
Yarmouth, of Louisiana and men of
their kidney and calibre whose rapaci-
ty as carpet bag thieves is only equal
led by their capacity for getting away
with plumber 5sa q. fsEa .ejSs
1t is true that the Summers, ,Trum-
bulls and Greeley's are responsible for
& all the measures of recommendation and
Acknowledgement which drove the iron
into the souls of the southern people.
1t is true that they have been CONSTANT
ly the ili-liberals in the Republican
party, and that they have bitterly de-
! nounced Grants magnanimous recon-
mendatioHs as white washing affairs.
1t is true that they are responsible
for all the measures of reconstruction
which made carpet bag stealing posi-
bile or profitable. 1t is true that most
of these vermin went south, under
the patronage and protection Of the
leading Reformers," Of to-day, such
as Greeley, Summer, Trumbull, SEIZURE,
u Co. 1t is true that nearly all the
first class thieves among the despica-
BILE tribe, such as Yarmouth and the
o,ilers whom Duncan enancrases, are
frantically tearing their shirts for
Horace Greeley, and that they are as
good Rcformers" to-day as John
Cochranc, Boss Tweed and the entire
Greeley outfit.
And it is finally true that these fell
lows in their Liberal movement are
dishonesty claiming credit for all the
good resulting from their own intoler.
. ant measures, and are eowardly and
dastardly, sneaking out Of the legiti.
mate responsibilities of their own acts
under the stop thief, cry Of Car.
pet baggers and Liberalism"
1t is also equally true, that intelli.
gent men like Blanton Duncan, nortl
and south, see plainly through thi'
thinly veneered claptrap and demago
query tocatch their votes, and that il
the other States in the presidential
election to come, they will, as they die
recently in Kentucky and North Caro-.
lima, repudiate the great janus, faced
demagogue Of Chappaqua at the polls
whenever and wherever they can get
an opportunity.
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The Republicans have carried the
State ticket in North Carolina entire
by nearly two thousand majority
They have gained six thousand MAORI
ty on the last State election. They
have gained one member Of Congress,
and over forty members of the Legis-
lature, and yet the arithmetic men OF
the Democratic party are still trying
to figure some sunshine out of it. Let
them try cucumbers next.
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In the summer of 1871. Horace

In the Summer of 1871, Horace
Greeley, in his trip South, wrote home
in a letter, bearing date of June 8, 1871,
as follows:
81 am confident that two-thirds of
the men, with nine-tenths of the wo-
men, who formerly composed the slave
holding class, would this day give half
their homes and lands to have their
slaves back again, just as they possess
ed them in 1850,
They consider themselves robbed by
emancipation, and would like their
property back again, or its value in
some equivalent. e. The
rebels propose to renew the fight, but
not with bayonets OF saber. They ex-
pect to regain, as Democrats, through
elections, the power they lost as rebels,
through war"
No doubt but that Horace then cor
rectly stated the tone of public opinion
South. 1t is most singular that so
soon thereafter, Mr.. Greeley COM
menced his war upon the Administra-
ton, and to trim his sails for the nomi-
ton, for President, from the hands of
democracy.
When Greeley spoke in Texas and
said, he looked forward to the day,
when Lee & Stonewall jackson, would
be equally revered with Grant and
Sherman, for their soIdierly qualities,
by the American people; these South
esn people, whom Greeley describes
in his letter, thought they had in him,
their man, and SO they came forward
in support of him.. and, became really
the impelling power, in forcing demo-
crazy into his nomination. Can there
be any question, but that these same
people, whom Greeley in his letter,
describes, entertain now the same
views, that he said they did, about enc
year ago. And further, can there be
any doubt but that they support MIR.
Greeley now because they expect to
forward their pans, and thereby to OBJ
tain control of the Government.
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ASHLAND, (Ill.) Aug. IA.

ASHLAND, IIIl.J Aug. IA.
" At 3 O'Clock this morning, SIX work.
men returning from from the Mines
near Centralia, were fired upon by q
party of Molly Maguires' men, score.
ted in the woods. Geo. w. Davis
John r. Webster and Alfred Bunce
lwele badly wounded; Davis 10 pro.
baby fatally wounded. The men had
been at work contrary 70 the orders
of Molly Mcguire. The assassins are
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GREENSBORO, Aug. IA.
Jim johnson, the colored ieS cream
poisoner has been indicted and jailed
Several Of the persons poisoned are
yet in danger; one Or two Of theil)
lives is despared of. The excitemenl
has greatly subsidized.
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!:T'elegrapIlie News!
I.A:TEST
szPoITID xxPsIsstY rol TN ccysys.

/ Especial Dispatch to the couRns.l
DIS MoINEs, Aug. IA, '72.l
e sfstise q siEat3 o'clock, r. NJ.
Hon. John A. Kasson has jnst been
nominated for Congress-, on the first
ballot, BY fifty to twenty-four for
Hon. F. w. Palmer. ss7sf
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Ia O8U ~ Otoe8 1Box86G
CHICAGO, Aug. IA.
Cattle--Receipts 2lOO; active, vel
dull and prices good; shipping grad
steady $5@6.25.
Hogs Receipts, hoo; active, price
41@A. afia5i
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Frank Leslie has an amusing picture
illustrating the way the North Caro-
lima election has kicked Grant Il Co.
over.
Evidently the dauber who illustrates
Frank Lcslie's Days Doings, and other
caricatured papers, hasn't been reading
anything but the lying Associated Press
dispatches, when he made this tame
cartoon,
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800, New York, Aug. IA.
I F1our-Firmer.
q Mheat-.Dull and lower closing
M.63Q5. m
Rye-Firm, 72c western
Corn-Firm 62@641s
5A Bsrley-Quiet unchanged.
Oats-Dull at R@50.
Pork-$13.63.
Cut Meats-luiet.
Beef-Firm.
Lard-Firm.
Whisky-92a.
Sugar-Steady.
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/. -. J. NrrsYner Ane. /

y-asgaAa NEW YoAx, Aug. IA.
A Southampton letter says when
Gem Sherman was visiting the Ameri-
can feet there, the Prince OF Wales
carried him 4 message from the Queen
aprfising him ard ComusoiorsaA lden,
Of her desire to receive them end the
officers Of the heet at her court at
Osborne next day. The Queen's re-
ception was marked W great warmth
and cordially. .tl.ssaa.
Nine casss Of ls.gean-ssrokea yesterday.
Etiw fsEnssli NEW YoRK, Aug. IA.
Col; Whitley says, hs recommended
twenty-four Of the KIN Kux prisoners
to executive clemency. The entire
number Of pfisoncfs is06.
| ~ q ~.
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A IMPOSITION.

Suppose Horace Greeley were elect
ed President of the United States, and
the hundreds of thousands who still
love the Lost Cause" were to again
attempt the destruction of the Union;
would Horace Greeley who looks to
these same chaps for his chief support,
and who advocated the idea Of peace
able secession; we say, would he be the
proper man to have at the head Of the
nation in such an emergency? Again,
suppose Horace Greeley were Presi-
dent, and the three hundred thousand
former Shareholders, should demand
pay for their slaves, would Horace,
who i'll 1864, after the rebellion had
been in great measure crushed, want
ed to pay four hundred millions for
these slaves, be the man to meet such a
question? And still again is Horace
Greeley who would have withdrawn
Lincoln from the canvass of 1864, sixty
days before the election because he had
not suited Horace in his peace nego-
tiations at Niagara, be the proper man
now to take up and displace General
Grant with?
Finally, what gain can there be for
the country in any manner to uphold
the anything to beat Grant" party,
and SO elect Greeley the weathercock,
and a democratic House of Represen-
tatives? s &.s'
II is all too thin; 1t is evaporating in
air: it is turning out as we said from
the first, that the democracy with a
straight-out ticket would have made a
much better race than as now marshall
ed under the "Possum policy The
election is plainly settled. No party
arrayed against the republican party is
to come within a million of votes OF
success in this canvass. Grant will
walk over the course at his ease, and
receive even more emphatic endorse
ment than he did in 1868. ~
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The following is portion Of a let
ter written by a gentlemen well known
in these parts. We clip it from the
Clinton Age, a Democratic paper,
edited by Judge Thayer and we take it
therefore. it is genuine. The writer
says:
q am for Greeley! am for Brown |!
II am for cleaning out all political
rings, thieves, carpet-baggers, SCALA
wags and bummers! ! believe old
Horace is honest, fearless, truthful,
and bold. He is no trickster or trim
mer, but has always exhibited moral
courage SO fearless SO persistent, so
determined, that the world has often
been astounded at him. Considered
in a political point of view, nothing
could have been more rash than his
going jeff. Davis bail, yet he did SO,
and seemed to do so defiantly. ! used
to carry his paper with me to prove all
my charges of corruption and mean
ness against his party, as he seldom
failed to denounce the leaders of his
party when they were corrupt, which
was often the case. 1 say, Hurrah for
Horace Greeley?"
Yours, III. III. TRIMDLE.
The Judge says, Greeley is truthful.
Now if this be SO of course he. wont
lie. Further the judge says he used
to carry around his paper to prove his
charges Of corruption and meanness
against the Republican party. Now
suppose we take the Judge at his word
and admit for arguments sake, that
Greeley is honest and wont lie and in
troduce few brief passages from
Greeley, as to the character OF the
Democratic party, his present COM
pany, his present supporters.
Every one who chooses to live by
pugilism or gambling or harlotry,
with neayly every keeper of a tipping
house, is politically Democrat.
HORACE GREELEY.
Ii there were not a newspaper or
common school in the country, the
Democratic party would be far strong
er than it Isl HORACE GREELEY.
"The essential articles Of the Demo.
cratic creed [are] love rum and
hate niggers.' The less one learns and
knows the more certain he is to vote
the regular ticket, from A to lizard.
HORACE GREELEY.
The brain, the heart, the soul of the
Democratic party is the rebel element
Of the south, with its Northern allies
and sympathizers. 1t is rebel at the
core to-day. It would come into pow
CT with the hate, the chagrin, the
wrath and the modification Of ten bit
ter years to impel and guide its steps
Whatever chastisement may be deserv-
ed by our national sins, we must hope
that this disgrace and humiliation will
be spared MS. HORACE GREELEY.
Now Judge and Democrats general
ly take your honest mans statements
of your character and how are you !?
Come to the scratch Judge, has not
yonr honest man got you in the least
bit of dilemma Is this not especial
ly SO since this honest man has now
made his political bed with those same
gamblers, black-legs, rebels and rebel
sympathizers."
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might have been said that ~ . new conn
or and Inexperienced in this scene, with.
out deliberation, hastily, rashly, reckless
ly, pushed this question before tie ooun-i
try. surely no true friend of hnmanity
xcud have made such {. fling. and the
possible sneers Of its enemies we're not
deserving p moments consideration. Be-
sides, the discussion had been going ON
throughout the land ever since tho passage OF
me te euestion upon the p 3 az
tention wac o ibisapplicatlon OF language.
Nevertheless, once putting your hand 10 the
pillow, you did not hook back; once breaking
speas Win ana rare eioaa sea 20
for the complete Acknowledgement of the col
ored race: nor have failed 70 stand by You
cheering yUn on. and both In public and In
private vtndtcating you from the unjust at
lacks OF y0nr avery traducers. My re-
ference 70 the early days OF anti slavery trial
Is not to teAr from your brow one the lnurels
with which ~ is 80 honOrably bound; but
when Ito make your infinence potential with
Mr. greeley Mr.. Greeley s organ, the Tribune
untruthfuily proclaims you to have been 1.-THE
sls s5y sr when abe
OF the country to the other 49, the best and
wiscst friend Of the freedmen In the trying
years 81 nee Manclpation"--. loved and frus-
ted by the c0lofed race above all other men In
America Justice requires that the decep-
tion should be exposed and the whole truth |
tod. In pOA0IDH VI SOuT,tBcuuu viBl auce, OF
zeal and fidelity In securing equal rights for
the coiored race has Your respected co-Sena-
tor Henry Wilson, teen out.stripped by you:
and no member Of Congress has done more for
known ID opposition to slavery. he was ac-
lively engaged in the noble strife under tn |
banuer 0f Immediate and unconditional
emancip patton. During thirty-six years OF |
race, so long abused and trodden down, para
mount to ali other political considerations.--
Inatf.ad NJ peretstantly stunning Rntf-siave.
~ meetinss, be was frequent attendan up |
on them 6ad freely participated Ia their pro- 1
ceedinss Now that he has beeM deeervedly L
nominated BY the Republican party for the 1
Vice Presidsncy Of the United States. and. n
elected. may possibly IN the turn Of events be |
the acting President, Ii should ~ . matter Of |
pride aud gratitude on the part OF cOlorod 1
voters % dive him their united aunra9es A.
he Is u Massachusetts senator, like yourself, i
has been Werm personal friend and faithful l
yo-adiu or, anl 9 God up undAutedly n your
lefence when bloody Violence kought your l
NE, / thiuk y is discraditabic 20 yuu that you
nave not only eytnced no satisfaction with /
he Tchoice OF the Republican party In this
PARTICULAR. but hate treated II - unworthy Of
To make this slight fhe more
noticeable yeu haye taken pains to eulogize
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PRoDucn saARrar.

,rrected by Gray 4 Smith, Produce Dealer
Subject to daily fluctuations.
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DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL ooNvnN.
TON.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. THE fol-
lowing circular has been issued by the
Democratic Executive Committee:
x LQprsvIlAE, KYgAugsI 1SS9
mDEA61n: hll I'd be ki enou
I E'si3 m nis II 4. nd es|b sad b
I q " at ice cqImenS an 81 eni5eti

clPles u our party, as tney Will pc pro.
claimed by the Convention at Louis
vile, September 8. The utter aband-
onment Of principles; as evinced by the
coalition between the spoiismcn and
R)4ooApeters in their attempt to elevate
'HAraSe Greeley to the Presidency, is a
sad evidence of the Decentralization and
cofrHpti0hs NOW existing Ia on iHidst,
and based, Ss QlMk bargain is, upon
fratd and hyp0erisE tina uttdtance,, of
one get Of eaptiMents in the Np4hl and
another in the South, It mpst be repg-
has g SfSafk 81 Ho1iesty inhis hearta z
kers,sresauAdrsaa tofsthoasaaydst who
ALREADY proc sdm their purpose Gniaips
ts,9ing the Danocratic eEga A. Y! Y, }t
all hazards. The disintegf ration Of the
Radical Pafty iAs6 two facli sfenders
itfsalflevident ethe Den,oma4iurmasses
can elect one of their pWAsfaith instead
Of 9 life-long enemy like Greeley, who
still loudly asserts that he has never
aband Toned his principles and points
proudly yet to llis record, and such j
teGordl Can Dem0srats, who have
boosted that they support principles,
not men, agree to .falsify Their mast
life by claSpirg hands NTH The, worst
men of the Radical party Skinner,
SchNfx 'Trumbufl, nFehtGif,s and the
/ thousand other leadefb Wh6 rally
ar0nnd 4feeI6S; ana would ,c0ntf d his
Admihisttdtfon, ifhis election Can he
secured. Who art the ineh chat ithns
seek for the highest honors ana etpolu,
ments Of this country, ahd Who have
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TELEGRAPH NEWS.
DISPATCHES TO THE GAZETTE.
From New York.

New York. April c. The Judiciary COM
mittee yesterday heard further testimony
against Judge McCunu. Among the charges
examined was the allegation that the Jndee
had corruptly disposed OF some twenty-SlS
thousand dollars of Fenian moneys.
The government stone cutters have NOT ycl
been rc-iustated though il is announced thar
the President has granted them the eight hour
privilege. g
Last night number of Influential citizens OF
Long Island city took preliminarles to lnolct
the Mayor of that place on the ground that ne
was guilty of bribery at the election. =,
The District Attorney says that 1t Will DC
some time yet. owing to the pressure OF MS
business, before he will be ready to bring on
the Stokes case TO trial The vouminous bill
of exceptions put in by the counsel for the p!ri-
soner have hardly yet been digested, by the
District Attorney Miss Mansfield has not
visited Stokes since his arrest, but will appear
as witness on the trial Stokes is said to Dc
anxious 10 have his case brought on, when 1t Is
said Startling revelations will be made OF the
Erie lu>ca!ity aud matters connected thcreWitn,
Al a meeting of the Central committee Of
the German Reform organization last night res
outions were adopted iavoring joint action with
the council Of Political Reform IN the selection
Of candidates at the forthcoming municipal
election. 1t was also decided to have the prac-
teal work Of the campaign conducted III con-
junction with the committee OF seventy
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Local Brevities.

We are now having fine weather for th'
fisheries.
A fair supply of good and cheap oysters wa;
at the dock this morning.
The meeting of the Fire Wardcns 10 have
been held last night was postponed
Candidates for the municipal offices to be
filled next May are beginning to appear.
The prevailing cold nights freeze the fresh
bricks made at the brick yards and consequently
damage them.
Mr.. L. +. Uhler, who was hurt BY the gas
explosion at the Citizens National Bank is rap
idly recovering and will 5000 be out again.
Complaint is made of annoyance suffered by
passengers on the Aqua Greek steanbo
landing here, from soule hackmen and others.
Mr.. Bylcs, formerly clerk of the steam boat
keyport worthy gent eman. is now ticket
agent Of the Richmond fredericksburg aud
Potomac line of steamers in Washington.
The bridge Of the A. & F. R. R. across DC.
coquan Creek will be completed, it is said, next
week. When finished, the wor k OF laying
the rails to Quantco will be pushed through
rapidly.
Some gentlemen from Fauquier vino ex:
amincd the beef for sale at NJ. Holland stall
this morning, said it was the finest they had
seen in this market for years-and they arc
good Judges.
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Foreign News.

PARIS. April G.-The Council OF War, sitting
at Versailles, has sentenced the \ lear OF Saint
i,loi TO two mouths imprisonment for causing
the arrest of a number Of persons by lIlega
luca!iS.
MADRID. April! 6---Tlr election for electoral
colleges in the town of San Lorenzo, CATALONIA.
were accompanied with serious disorder. A
mob attacked building wherein voting was
in progress and comp etely stopped the election.
The urns containing the ballots were complete:
ly demolished and the poll lists were scattered
throughout the town. Several persons were
Injured during the attack but no fatal results
are rerorted. There was also considerable ey-
element in the town OF Santiago. Andausia.
caused 10y priest appearing at the polls. and
attempting to vote with revolver III his hand.
He was are. ted when the excitement subsidized.
Seniors Rivero and Muret who We're candidates
for the Cnrtes were defeated.