The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-05-16
The Chicago Timcs and 7SI5vee

WhANH pupeio uOtu luFoAcu Vic 1iUcie
al movement. the one as the par ex-
|eellcncc Democratic organ of the
Northwest. and the other as worse
than q Democratic organ. because it
bias .9Vr sync yMrs pretended TO be
lsepHblisnn paptf, but rcallyan enemy
Din disguiec, arc now having a bittcr
contest oyer thcqnestion asto whether
Democrttt shah adopt The Cincinnati
ticket. The Tribune says in abiding
TO the use of the Liberal Republicans
to split in twain the old Republican
party and elect Democrat, that
"Mr. Greeley has from the first an-
nounced a position that renders such
result impossible. and that i'm this
position nc will be sustained. In this
way the Tribune threatens the Times
that if the Democracy nominate a
straight ont ticket, and do not indorse
Sireelcy and Brown. that the latter
ticket will be withdrawn, and the
Tribune will then return to the sup
port of Grant. The Times then turns
: upon the Tribune with what we think
isa scorcher. ltquotes that detesta-
Bile. mcndacious and slandcrous
Whereas Of the Convcntion,l the pro-
geny of that natural revolutionist,
Carl Schuz: wherein in style he
steals the livery Of the Declaration or
independence, in which to clotllc the
vilest ISLANDERS ever perpetratcd upon
amy respectable citizen of the country,
and most of all, against man like
General Grant, whose great services to
the Nation have been really beyond
estimate. This preamble to the reso-
lutions was the progeny. we say, Of
Carl Schurz, but reported by Horace
White the editor in chief OF the
Tribune. We will give its arraign-
ment of the President that our readers
may see the spleen, the venom, the
depths of imam. to which the leaders
of this movement have sunk in their
vain effort to arouse the popular heart
4 against the man whose services to Ms
country, past and present, stamp with
basest ialschood the utteranccs Of
I these unprmciplcd cMspirators.
We are aware our language is severe,
but not one whit too severe to mcte out
even handed Justice to the authors Of
i these villifications. Read the indict-
ment: Ntla S'l sa
i .slhe administrator now III. power
| has rendered itself, guilty of wantOn
/ disregard OF the laws of the land, and
| ofusurping powers not granted by the
constitution; il has acted rs if the laws
had binding force only .forthosc who
are governed, and not for those who
govern. 1t has thus struck a blow Mt
the fundamental principles of constitu-
tional government and the liberties OF
the citizen.
l "Thc president OF the United States
has openly used the powers and oppOr-
tuniiies of his high office for the pro-
motion oil personal ends 45
.'lIe has kept notorionsly corrupt and
4 unworthy men in places Of powcr and
Responsibility. to the. detrilnent Of the
/ public interest.
''lie mas used the public service ofthe
government rs II macllinery Of corrup-
ton and personal influence, and has in
teftered. witlLtyrannical arrogance. in
the politicai affairs Of states and miinl.
CAPABILITIES.
He has rewarded with influential
| and lucrative Offices men who had aE;
kquired his favor by valuable presents,
thus stimulating the decentralization 81
our political life by his conspicuous
example.
I ..lte has shown himself dcplOrably
| unequal 10 the task imposed upon him
by the necessities ofthe country, and
tcnlpably careless OF theresponsib;lities
| of his high office"
1 The Times Says TO the Tribune this
arraignincnt was of your own making
and will YOU return and support the
man you have thus maligned, every
4 count of which indictneht, constitutes
a high crime.
i Ii looks to MS us though somebody il
II DiuIN Gausnt iicfc. Liz ldCC Is ulul
Horace White. Carl Schurz, Lyman
TrumbulI. FentOn u M oDae genus
know now and knew then, when they
colicocted That preamble that they ut
tered and published wantonly, false
hoods OF the deepest dye. The wonder
is that they lasl not wit enough to know
! that ii would react upon them. lfgood
men are to be slandercd out Of office
| then have roughs and blackguarls got
the inside track, and the government
might as well be delivered into their
| hands at once. Horace White may eat
his own words, but we really hope not,
unless he does il as an altered man, for
the Lord knows he has given the re-
publican party trouble enough for five
years past, and we want 10 more affili-
alton with him, on the same terms as
heretofore.