The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-08-01

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wotls do we convict him Of a sudden
, contersion to the views. Of the worst
class Of Democracy and sustain oui
. present position from out Of his own
J mouth.
In yesterdays issue we quoted from
him, Of the date Of June, 7th 1871,
wherein he said apast treason Is not the
best proof qf present fidelity; that in
1852 they wished the surrender Of the
Government to Slavery, is mott reason
| why in 1872 they should be trusted to
control the Government in the interest
of freedom. And besides, tie rosld Il
also suspicious Qf sudden conversions"
To-day we give his views Of o still
later date, to-wit: August 18th, 1871,
as published In his Tribune. It seems
he had perhaps at this date, received a
little touch of Democratic manipula-
tion, for he had come to the conclusion
in two months time that Grant was
not quite the man, though if his fellow
Republicans thought differently he was
not the individual to complain. Here
Is what he said In his Tribune of tho
date Of August 18th, 1871, remember:
"The personal views Of Mr.. Greeley
are exactly these: He favors the One
Term principle, and believes that an
other Republican candidate for Presi-
dent can be selected who will encoun-
| ter less opposition and win more sup
port than Gen. Grant; and he therefore
advocates such election. But should
his views be overruled and General
Grant nominated, he holds his election
infinitely preferable to that of any can
didate whom the Democrats may nom-
inate, for a Democratic triumph i'm
wolves the return to power of the great,
mass of those who for years plotted
the disruption of our Union, and at
length forced the Southern States into
secession and rebellion contrary to the
wishes and the judgement Of decided
majority of their people. A Demo-
cratic triumph involves the ascendancy
of those who hate the Nations credit
ors because their money powerfully
contributed to the soyerthrow of the
Rebellion, and win ind 4Eay to cheat
them II posSlble. A Democratic tri-
umph involves the subversion OF. pro-.
lection to our Home Industry, with q
repetition ofthe widespread disasters
and distresses which have repeatedly
and naturally followed such overthrow.
Tho personal views of Mr.. Greeley
impel him to deprecate a Democratic
National triumph as one of the gravest
National calamitics; and this is his
main reason for wishing the selection
of a Republican candidate for Presi-
dent who will be more certain of suc-
cess than Gen. Grant"
Now we believe that what Horace
Greeley said III june and August, 1871,
about the return of the democratic
party so goxsr we .I il literally s . true Sid tbst
berness then. Since that time Horace
Greeley has himself become the demo-
cratic candidate, by means Of negotia-
tions, we firmly believe to have been
conducted between himself and lead
ing democratic politicians, for person
al ends and the restoration of demo-
cracy to power. Certainly everybody
knows that promises must have been
made by Mr.. Greeley to gain the sup
port Of Tweed, Connolly, Sweeney,
Hoffman, Seymour, theiPirate Semmes,
Fitz Hugh Lee, Beauregard, JEFF.
Davis, &C., &c. As Mr.. Greeley said,
the people hare no confidence IN such
sudden conversions, especially, consid-
ering the character of the persons said
to be converted; nor that they have
pretended to be converted without a
quid pro quo. The result, we unhesi-
tatlingly pronounce, simply the plotting
of political knavery to obtain by
trickcry, what could not be gained in
an open undisguised fight. Has the
state of the case been changed, because
Greeley is the democratic fgure-head,
with few thousand duped Republi-
cans and few more thousand of the
worst political mountcbanks the Re-
publican party had, clinging to its
skirts, as followers. No! plainly no!
1t is democracy that would succeed, if
success were possible. 1t is democracy
that furnishes the votes and Greeley
has SO far, even made public the pro-
gramme, arranged between him and
democracy, as to say that if elected, be
will know no difference in the distri-
button of Offices (mark you,) "to those
,chO support him" between democrats
and Liberal Republicans; to which
must be added, the natural sequence !;
nor no difference between former trail
tors and loyal men.
The situation inevitably, in the
event of Greeley's election, is return
of democracy to power; result which
Greeley SO deplored, less than year
ago, as the above extract shows, but
who now that lac has summer-saultcd,
for a possible chance for the Prcsi-
dency, he spits upon. Vain foolish old
man as has been remarked of many q
man, in regretfhl sobcrness and with
truth, g it were far better that he had
gone to an honored grave, at GO, than
to have lived two years longer, to re-
Iceiyc the stern, overwhelming rcbuke
administered in crushing defeat and
condemnation from his friends OF
years standing. His day for the worlds
bettcrmcnt ut his hands has passed
confidence in him by either friends OF
foes, has clean gone forever.
IL Every colorcd man In Ottun,wa, cx.
ccpt two worthless ones, arc for Grant
: and Wilson, as they should be. A
{ Democrat was heard to say the othc
, day that Niger Gas he expressed it
) who would not vote for Greeley ough
/. to be tied down and get 500 lashcs.
That's whats the matter with tn
niggers," they have had SO man,
Democratic lashings that they ncvc
: will have any love for Democracy a
Greeley has done. The day for Demo
y cracy and "niggcr" whipping ha
/ played out.
D. The New York AdUocate speaks {
). the changes that have taken place in ii
camD meetinra Of fhia cnuut,.