The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-07

From Visiting Card to a Mamh.,,n s,,.,..
executed IN Good style. Eastern pscssso sossss -
sed it wuz what he he'd bin olamor;n
for years. We agreed that the time
had come when the Dlmocrisv ahoujd
cut loose from the dead past, accept
the inevitable, and grid up her loins
for grapplo with the live present
and the kickin fncher. We deter.
mined that we would hurry in a deem
grave all the lumber that he'd imne.
ded our onward movements, and
THROWN ourselves into the ranks nv
progress, keep close up-ef not .
fetch ahead-uv the progressivest.-
And wo appointed y meetin to enun.
ciate these new views, aud appointed
committees to draft resOlooshens ex.
pressive Nv en-. That meetia wuy
held last nite, aud the following
whereases and resolooshens, wich
wuz adopted shows tho feelin wich
animated il:
"WAREAs The necessities Nv the
times demand the continuance in lifa
nv the Democratic party aud
"Wareas 1t cant bo cxpcctid that
a party kin live for ever on wat il
hez bin and,
aWareas the times demanded
progress, and the very livest ov our
live ideas; and,
"Wnreas the Dimokratic party Is
party NV progress, it bein only
necessary for her to cut from her
shoulders the hand wich hex borne
her down, that she may be free and
unenbarrassed to run new race Nv
rcjnvenated life and,
"Wareas we desire TO cut loose
from the dead past and accept the
inevitable, that we may be abreast
Nv the most progressive, we there.
fore adopt the following ez the plat.
form nv principles nv the progres-
sive Dimocratic party nv Kentucky:
Resolved, That the Dimocrisy Of
Kentucky bein party nv progress
and reform, refo0ses to turn its face
observation-disclosures to consider the
dead past, or to deal with any but
live ishoos, does hereby declare that
the last war with Great Britain, that
Nv 1872, was not only iastifiable but
highly rite, aud that while We do.
pouDce with inexpressible loathinr
the Federalis.s who opposed it, W.
declare the rite nv American vessels
10 sail the high seas without beiu
subjected to the annoyance nv search,
and put proudly onto our banners,
Down with bloOlite Federalism
Free Trade and Sailors Ritesr
"Resolved, That the removal Of
deposits by Andrew jackson wuz not
only cOnstitooshnsl, but wuz com.
"Resolved, That the charges agin
Lhe administrator Nv Martin Van
Buren were falsehoods NV the most
character, and that the
progressive Dim1oracy Nv Ksatne1y. )
10 hereby denouncs the falsifyin
who not only pnblished,
but proved them outrageous state.
ments.
aRcsolvcd, That the annexashun
nv Texas and the consequent war
with Mexico wuz justiiable, and We
for their gallantfy. '' : $50
Resolved, That the conduct uv
Stephen A. Douglas 10 dividing the
party and thereby eIectin
A. Linkin to the Presidency WAS
not only reprehensible bu: damn able.
"Resolved, That we desire to bury
dead isho0s, but we do assert that
The war sgin the Southern States il.
by A. Linkin and carried
IN by the Ablishnists, was heenyis
and damnable, and the progressive
Nv kentucky hereby
pledge themselves TO urgc an undy.
ng war agin all concerned in it for.
sver and forever, and to bequeath
his nndying hate 10 their childreA
and children's children to the latest
"Resolved, That, turnin' Onr faces
10 the lucher, we do assest that Afri.
can slavery was not only Biblikis,
but wuz reely Tor the bsst interests
Nv both tho African and the Cau.
cashun and that, in emancipatin the
slaves, A. LiDkin and his Ablishin'
coadjutars not only struck blow ~
reveeled religion, but sta9gerin'
one at the material interests nv our
beloved country.
"Res0lyed, That while we accept
the inevitable. VIC declare the Affi.
can to be the inferior nv the white
man, and must, from Biblikle and
reasons alluz DO inferior,
and that the given nv him the ballot
alter maxim Nv him free is AN ont
rage to which no Dcmokrat kin pos
sibly submit.
"Rcsolved, That the proposishen
10 not only permit The niger 10
vote, but TO make eligible to j00ry
dooty, and 10 otis, is one wien no
Demokrat kin entertain
for o mint.
"Rcsolved, That the progressive
Dimocracy do hereby enter their
solemn protest sgin the payment nv
the debt incurred in the prosekoo.
shen Nv the unholy war, and do here.
by denounce all the bonds ishood es
eyj iences Nv that debt ez OF no more
birdin' force than waste paper.
"2esolved, That progressive
Dimocracy look with alarm upon the
efforts bein made in Delaware TO
abolish the whippin post 10 that
State.
aIsesolved, That the opprest whites
nv the Southern States wich are
compelled 70 live under the rool Nv
nigesrs aud demoralized Northern
whites. hev the liveliest sympathy ~
the progressive Democracy uv Ken.
tuckv. and while We do not approve
nv violence. ez q rool, we still say
Godspeed to Ku Klux and kindred
assoc .asbens. and denounce fresi-
dent Grant for bis unwarrantao'e m.
terfereuce with them. n
"Resolved, That the civil atss OH,
now bein urged by that slc)as " a1
Ablisbnists. Chari~, sumner, Is an
outrage to wish we will never SUB
nit . ....A
yoonunimously, and wuE orderod 70
Be published. They air't, perhaps.
o. radical es some OF the dissatisfied
Republicans witch We expect to ketch
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