The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-10-10
From Thursdays Daily.
fi.'' Georgia.


Georgia held an election, yesterday,
for Governor, Members of Congress,
&c.8y The Confederate candidate for
Governor was James NJ. Smith, pres
,eht incumbent. Dawson A. Walker
was the Republican candidate for Gov
.ernor.
In 1868, Seymour had 1858 MAORI
ty In that State, (according to H. G..
Democratic candidate for President),
while in 1870 the aggregate confed-
crate majority on Congressman
was 26,863. We therefore conclude
that Georgia went Democratic, yes
terday, by twenty to thirty thou
sand majority. Our dispatches else-
Where give all the Information Of the
result Up to this writing.
In the meantime it should be borne
in mjad that Herschel v. johnson,
Democratic candidate for Vice Presi-
dent IN 1860, with Mr.. Douglass and
Alexander Il. Stephens and their out
fit, numbering fully fifty thousand
votes, supported Smith at the State
election, in the absence Of State tick
etiof their own, and hath November
they 90 for O'Connor and against the
4 Chappaqndker and that thus Grant is
quite certain to carry even Georgia,
all things considered, one of the most
Democratic States in the Union.
In order to avoid the force Of the
complaint against Horace Greeley for
desiring to pay $4OO, ,00O, 600 for slaves
in July, 1864, the opposition are now
referring to Mr.. Lincoln, in his mcs-
sageiiA MAfch, 1852, asking Congress
to make provision for d peeuniary
confederation, to be given to any State
\ which would emancipate its slaves.
The shamefacedness of such course
is apparent upon q little consideration.
When Mr.. Lincoln favored giving al
monied consideration in case any State
would provide for gradual emancipa-
ton, 1t was early. in the rebellion.
eewhsn It was still hoped that some
conciliating measures might lead to
1eace, and when the people of the coun-
try, both North and South demanded
that everything should be done that
could be done to stop the war. When
Lincoln gave such advice he
had not issued his famous
Proclamation, which followed in Sept.
1852, giving the Rebels ninety days in
(which to return to their allegiance,
before it took effect. This effort of
4 Greeley's, was made two years after
n lincoln had made his recommends
4tions to Congress, and eighteen months
after the Proclamation of Mr.. Lincoln
\ had swept Slavery out Of existence
But there is more to this Greeley did
not stop his tactious opposition to Mr..
Lincoln's administration, with his con-
ference with Colorado Jewett. Sixty
days after, Mr.. Greeley. piqued at the
manner in which the President had
treated his proposition, opposed Mr..
Lincoln, the regular nominee of the
Republican party, by endeavoring to
substitute somebody else in his place.
This step of Mr.. Greeley, was blow
at the best interest of the country, at
that time, for could he have influenced
sufficient number to have made any
serious disaffection in the Republican
party, no man can tell what might
have been the result. In our opinion
if Greeley could have gotten one of
the Governors, of the four great States,
pPennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana or Illi-
Y nois, to have opposed Lincoln in 1864,
4 Mcclellan might have been successful,
II on his platform OF declaring the war
4 failure, with all the attendant Rebel
4 element in the ascendency to back it.
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