The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-25
BUSINESS sazN AND rolIT1os.

The weakness OF the Democratic
ticket among the substantial business
classes is becoming more manifest
every day. A cry of distress went
up from the committees who had
charge of the Cooper Institute ratifi-
cation mecting-which was not attend
cd by Mr.. Schurz, but which was
largely attended by the Tammanys
thieves and ward buihmers Of New
York City-when their applications
for funds were rejected by the bank
ers and merchants, who declined q
coalition with the men who had been
robbing them. Equally unsuccessful
have been the recent efforts OF the
Greeleyites to raise funds to corrupt
ignorant voters in North Carolina.
The Greeley papers have tried in vain
to coax and threaten the national
banks of the country into making
contributions to their campaign fund,
and have learned at last that the man
ufacturing, industrial and commercial
classes OF our people look with intense
disgust upon the shameless and corrupt
bargain that has made Greeley the
standard bearer of the Democratic
party. There never was more UNI
favorable time for the success Of such
trickery than now. With thorough
going Democrat like Pendleton, Thur
man or Hendricks on the ticket, we
would at least have something upon
which to predicate an opinion con-
corning the result of their election,
and business men could prepare for ii.
But the spectacle Of Greeley on a
Democratic ticket declaring that he is
just as good a Republican as he ever
was, and that Democrats will make no
sacrifice of principle in giving him
their votes, is calculated to confuse
and bewilder an honest man into that
State of mental incertitude in which
according to Shakespeare, "Function
is smothered in surmise, and nothing
is but what is not"
The honesty and sincerity of Mr..
Greeley are admirable qualities for an
Executive, if coupled with q proper
degree of sagacity and stability in Mr..
Greeley's character, so frequently and
so conspicuously manifested, that de-
prives him of the support of the bust
ness classes of society, while the pos
session of the necessary qualifications
has given Grant their confidence. From
Grant we have the assurance of firm
ness and consistency in the manage
ment of our financial affairs. Under
his administration the national credit
has been strengthened at home and
abroad, and the value of our currency
and securities has been enhanced.
Grant realizes the importance of let
ting well enough alone, and the firm
ness with which he has adhered to his
present policy has been justified by
the general prosperity of the country.
Greeley and his hackers think this has
all been wrong, and without indicat-
ing by letter, speech or platform just
what they would do in the event Of
success, they unite in insisting that a
radical change of some sort should be
made. A change of any kind, and
especially such q change as the coun-
try would be justified in expecting
from an administration controlled by
Greeley or his Democratic supporters,
would play havoc with the business
interests Of the nation. The re-elec-
ton of Grant will quiet all these APP
prehensions, and secure to us at least
four years more of the prosperity we
now enjoy.-Missouri Democrat.