The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-10-31
COUNTY IOWA THURSDAY OCTOBER

extract of Christianity, were perhaps
as odd freaks as were ever pcrpetrated
in the name of religion. 1--WE want
you to be good friends" said the Gree
ley apostles, "cvermore; but we insist
that the only way to become good
friends is 10 stand on your heads for
five minutes; anybody who says you
can be reconciled in any other way
than this is q man of blood"
The last point in the lesson which
our Greeley friends may learn from
tho campaign is perhaps tho mostprof-
liable and important one Of all. 1t 10
that tho American people, though an
enthusiastic people, are a business peo-
ple-that is, III spite of their great tol-
ertion Of mere takers, they have a
strong liking and admiration for doers,
or men who have displayed capacity
in the conduct Of important affairs
Tho Cincinnati Grceleyitcs underrated
the weight of this popularity enor-
mously, aud are now suffering for it !;
but when they began of late to ridi-
cule Grant for not making speeches,
they showed that they had not then
found out what was the matter with
them. The truth is, man that has
won battles may remain silent till the
end of his life, and smoke twenty ci-
gars day, without losing the popular
confidence. General Grant has sue
cessfnlly transacted some of the most
Important business which falls to the
lot of man--business which every one
feels in his heart tasks human powers
to their utmost capacity. To shake the
hold which this gives him on the pop
ular mind, you have not only to prove
his shortcomings, but to put up against
him another man who has also display
ed talent for great affairs, or at all
events, talent OF the kind which pro-
duces tangible and striking results.--
Instead Of this, the Greeleyites put up
q man who had never displayed any
capacity for affairs, and never figured
in any great transaction, and who had
won his influence and reputation by
mere preaching without responsibility
and without exposure to any tests or
checks beyond those created by news
paper @ssles" and "subscriptions.'.-
No doubt. it is q great thing to have
established the New York Tribune;
but you cannot get people to belle We
that it il an exploit Indicative Of fitness
for any other business in life, or put
the man who performs it on level
with a great commander or great f.
nancier. OF. course, too, whatever alb
surtiity in Mr. Greeley's nomination
was created by his personal character
and antecedents was aggravated by
the attempt to get mp singing cam
paign' i'm his honor. No man can be
sung into the Presidency who has not
trace Of the hero in his composition.
He must in some way strike-thc imag-
inAtfon. khesG Greeley candidate was
nothing If not IvldierNus. His bess
friends smiled when they spoke Of him.
His odd clothes, odd gait, odd express
ION, and bad manners might have stiin-
ulated enthusiasm il they had belong
ed to one who hDturned the tide Of
battle on &motl IDS, or directed the
fortunes of a grSlsscampaign, or shap-
dh and embodied in legislation great
lines of policy. But in his case there
was nothing behind them in the way
Of achievement but mound of slip
hasty, crude books on subjects he had
only halfmastereA. The campaign will
now pass into history as the most COM
i'ical-and yet tho most instructive epi.
sode in American politics.
business Mon of New York ON the 70.
litical Situation. f,s $ X
| THE CONDITION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT
OF THE UNITED sTATEs-FuRTHER
REDUCTION, OCTOBER /, s10,327 600.
The undersigned, merchants bankers
and business men of New York re-
spectfully submit the following state
ment for the information of all parties
interested therein:
| The Republican candidate for the
| Presidency of the United States is
Ulysses S. Grant, who was unanimous
| ly named for reelection at Philadel-
phia, in May last.
At the commencement of Gen Grants
| first term of office, March 4, 1869
| the national debt was ~, ,525, 10 ,0O00
On the first day of September of the
| present year there had been paid and
cancelled of the principal of this debt
| So, 100000. leaving balance oil
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