The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18


ROBERT SLOAN.
The civil Service Reform party, the
pure and holy party, the party ac-
cording to Horace, of pimps, black
legs, grogshop keepers, swindlers,
gamblers, and rebels would have
the Offices dispensed according to the
honesty and ability of the candidates,
therefor. No man should be dismiss.
ed from office ON account of political
opinions. But, "to the victors belong
the spoils," is democratic doctrine, and
old Horace must explain his view of
civil service, advocated as against
Grants administration. 1t would not
do for Democracy. Horace, therefor,
puts at rest all doubts and satisfies the
longing of hungry Rebel sympathizers
north and rebels south and elsewhere,
by his answer to anxious inquiries.
He commences with nice homily of
disinterestedness, says, he has no
claim on Democrats and all that, but
elsewhere he had said if Democracy
did not nominate him, but made a
straight Democratic nomination, then
he would support the Republican
candidate, most likely to win. That
is, says Horace, if you don't nominate
Inc, will beat you by falling in with
my men for Grant. But to allay the
fever on the spoils question, he adopts
the old Democratic motto in these
words: "If I should be elected, I
acoald treat all those WHO SUPPORT ME
alike, not asking achether they had
been in the past Republicans or Demo-
Gratis. This is old Honestys boosted
Civil Service, which gives freedom
from politics in the matter of Govern
ment appointments. 1t would be a
gay old sight to see, the soldier and
the earnest loyal civilian walk the
plank from Office, to make way for the
draft skedaddler, a night of the Golden
Circle, Ku Klux raider or Rebel
soldier, and all in the name of Reform.
Horace Greeley, for twenty years,
by the fierceness of his war on slavery
and Southern Institutions, gained
reputation among shareholders SO no.
torious, that nothing was SO hateful to
the great mass of the Southern popu-
lation as Greeley's Tribune. Hence,
when the war of the rebellion opened
no paper in all the country was more
tabboed than this same Tribune.
But when the storm came on, and
after President Lincoln had vainly
plead with the south to return to lis
allegiance, Horace acted the poltroon
IN meeting the storm he, of all others
North, had assisted in arousing, and
would if his policy had been pursued,
let the Union be divided, and left
every colored man south of Masons'
and Dixons' line in endless bondage.
This was one of II. G's stupendous
blmdcrs. Next, Horace would treat
with the Confederates when they were
all the time insisting that if blank
piece of paper were given them to
write their own terms upon, they
would not accept Incorporation. In
carrying out his peace proclivities he
would offer $780, 900, as payment
Tor liberated slaves. This was the
folderol which he would use in meet
ing the exigencics of the great rebel
lion. Again, Mr.. Lincoln had with
unanimity been nominated by the
great Union party for reelection, and
but sixty days were left before cleo
ton, when H. G.. comes out aud writes
letters to various Governors of States,
looking TO the setting aside of Mr..
Lincoln, and nominating somebody
else; II. G., himself, perhaps, who
knows? This step was objectionable
folly, which it seems almost impossi-
bic to account for, in the light Of its
being an error Of Judgment. The
above are three prominent features
of the tortuous, unstable, unreliable
course of Mr.. Greeley. Now, another
brilliant idea has struck him, and with
his mulish disposition, he sets at
nought, as heretofore, the opinions of
tile great mass of the Republican par
ty. His crotchet now is, that he is to
make saints aud patriots out of Tam
manyites, pimps, gamblers, and cut
throats, with all the old unrepentant
hordes, by sacrificing his humble self
as their candidate for the Presidency.
Now the fact is, this is of the same
piece with his other follics, prompted
by the same crotchety brain, and is us
visionary as the castles in air of the
hopeful lass of fifteen. In this pro-
gramn1e, is the tempting morsel, which
the old confidence mortal holds out to
rebels, etc., of holding the offices and
controlling the government. And this
is the way II. G. starts out for
Reform.
The New York Tribune has, during
the nine months that it has been pre-
pairing, and finally consumating its
separation from the Republican party,
dropped down into the style and tone
of one of the most INSCRIPTIONS organs
OF the Democratic party. In its week
ly Issue OF July 10th, it makesa false
and reckless charge against the admin
istration, to the effect that General
Grant has sent Of the public funds in.
TO North Carolina, 100000 to be used
in carrying that State for the Republi.
can party. The New York World, tht
Chicago Times or Brick Pomeroy's
Democrat could not beat this for square
lying. 1t is truly wonderful that Hor
ace Greeley's paper should, after j
had for years commended Gen. Gran
and his administration. and even a