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

when yoa first elected him, was not as
well qualified for the Office as after he
has served one term, and you keep him
in Office for that very reason. The
same principle will apply equally TO
o'Osaasr peeiinss -uis addr,,, % .he
Cemm1ttse. 4. 4 n
Tho announcement that Charles o.
Connor had accepted the Louisville
nomination is an error. On, the 18th
the committee waited upon him, ana
In reply to Major Morean's speech,
urging him to accept, Mr.. o'Connor
presented . long address in which he
says: sQ sg. 45ll as
E"My views a. to to the duty ofresist-
ing the Baltimore nominations, coincide
with those You have cxpressed.
There is said to be no fit choice
presented, and that Of two admitted
evils, il is wisdom to choose tho least.
If all this were true, it should not re-
suit in favor of the Baltimore nomi-
nee (Greeley) of transcendent ability
and energy unequalled: there is no
room for comparison between himself
and his rival. The out-cry aToo lite, .
is not Just, even now. Men travel by
steam aud commune by electricity !; II
to-day popular sentiment exists, il
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suno = ~ .It,. pnss ~ MoAe ai'u !. WHEN
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..om sne nasl,lore Soaii.on, ana
mary pastlots WHO revoit at l.s origin,
vi ueoluc ~ consequences VIII pe left
Mis.lo.i. p1Wer 20 record thelr protest
agaIns.i.' - sucn were thc fact, itwouid
pIeeens 2 case ~ Wnicn citizen couia
nav nm ~ 11S .1orai Hoerty 70 spend IN ones
aiiossss. ~ Diameiess lie OF nom
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Dsy cohseuuing ~ tle. Inermop OF
~ nOness cause, whicn nseever seem
~ s.s - Ine sno periectlon OF shaPpy IN
uiv.uuai uestihy'
Mr. OsConnor then says:
q aI regard the Baltimore nominations
as exhibiting in theirclimax NV views
of the nomination svsten,. which. with
its pledges and platforms. shocking "a
honest pride and sound morals r. the
career Of the beginning which Is now
generally required to precede such
nominations. The platform Il q thinv
gotten up for the emergency. On #
the candidate is made 10 s;t1as on a
stool of repeptance. or as one nlacad
in stocks by way Of holding him to
pledges now forced upon him. This
pitifnl attitude. as the most pitiful Of
fee beggar in the land. must be occu-
pied by the citizen before he can re-
ceive vote for the highest and most
honorable of offices.
What ever might do in respect to
any other Office, I could neither accent
this nomination OF become candidate
for the Senatorship to Washington.
Like many others which nv taste and
judgment have concurred in ADOPTING !,
/ know that these ideas are unfashion-
able. Every voice which has reached
MY .,.,h ea.s conca.s ,nc IN asserung as 1os-
for any one but the nominee Of = con o,e .
vention who has accepted its nomina-
ton, 80 be IT, l do not assume to sub