The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-06-06

rnu n1v11gun RnroaaGDRs.
The leading revenue reformers Of
New York and vicinity have just held
an important meeting at Stcinway
Hall in that city. Over two thousand
people werc present with the distin-
guished VIM. Cullen bryant editor ol
the New York Post, as President,
with 81 Vice Presidents, including
such eminent mon as Gen. John "A.
Dix, Oswald Ottendorfer, Chas. O.
Connor, r. Lorillard, Mahlon Sands,
and w. w. Sherman, of Duncan, Shcr-
man h Co.
Speeches were made by Prof. Perry,
Of Williams College, David "A. Wells
and Edward Atkinson.
Letters were read from Judge STAN
leys athcws, Gov. J. D.. Cox, Judge
Hoadley and other western revenue
reformers, advising the calling OF a
national convention to nominate rev.
enuc reform candidates for President
and Vice President not later than June
9Th. IS
The following resolutions were then
unanimously adopted:
Resolped, That the late convention
at Cincinnati, having been held under
q call which specified free trade as one
of its leading principles, and that issue
having bocn ignored in It's platform,
while the most prominent projections
list in the country was named as its
candidate, no obligation to support
him rests on those free traders, who
participated in the convention, and
under whose auspices the convention
was cOnvoked.
Res0lred, That those who have la
bored In the past to redress wrongs
and to abolish abuses of our tariff sys-
tenn, should not permit their exertions
to be diminished by the rebuff which
they have received at Cincinnati. On
the contrary, the present dissolution
of the former party ties, offers an OPP
pOrtunity for efforts lii many districts
in which it has heretofore been hope
less to attempt to break old party lines
ON the question Of tariff reform.
ReeOlUed, That for this purpose the
president of this meeting be empow-
cred to appoint committee Of 10,
which shall have power to add to its
number, and whose duty it shall be to
put themselves In cOmmnuicnkiOn, and
to- concert in effective co-OpefAtion,
with all association and individuals
having . like object In view. ~
Rcsolved, That while thus preparing
for active contest In each individual
congressional district we cannot for
get that in presidential campaign,
the leading motive which guides the
course Of many voters must be found
in the public character and record of
the candidates for the presidency.
We therefore call ON all friends of
free trade, and kindred reforms, to
vote with us in our efforts to secure
the nomination Of candidate who
shall adequately represent our prin-
ciples.
These are the men who were the
inspiration of the Cincinnati move-
mcnt which was originally called for
the purposes of revenue and political
rrfs'~m Rnt rrhen that convention was
ultimately overslaughcd and swamped
by the political bummers and DEM
agogucs of the Frank Blair and Grim
nell stripe, and utterly ignored in its
action the very fundamental idea
which brought it into existence, by
nominating the king of protection as
its candidate, why then, of course,
these honest reformcrs had nothing
left but to withdraw from the dis
graceful coalition as they have done
and make their own nomination, as
they propose to do.
So far as we have observed Bill
GrOsvenor is the only one of the origi-
nal revenue reformers instrumental in
getting up the Cincinnati Convention,
who has not spit upon the platform,
and rcpudiated its set up figure head.
Wendell Philips has been interviewed
and says:
q / consider Greeley secession can
didatc. The plot to nominate him was
Matched by Southern white rebels more
than a year ago, and has been mainly
nurscd by them. advise any one
who means to vote for him to find out
first what agreements have been made
by Mr.. Greeley's friends with JEFF.
Davis and his staff as to office and
patronage. lam perfectly certain that
there is a distinct, mutual understand
ing, if not a positive contract, between
them. If Horace Greeley enters the
White House, JEFF. Davis will be as
truly a part of the Administration as
Seward was in Lincolp's day. No
negro can vote for Greeley who values
his life or property or cares for his
race. II by a frown of Providence he
is elected, shall advice every South
ern loyalist to load their rcvolvcrs that
Grants arrest of North Carolina Ku-
Klux has allowed to be laid aside. If
no is elected let the negroes live i'm
squads Of fifty, whom no coward will
dare shoot down, and show no proper
ty after sunset. Lonely men will be
shot, and no black man will own a
mule forty-eight hours If any rebel
knows tho fact. For loyal admins
tration, to protect the negro, awe the
rebel, and give the wOrkingmcn a
chance, Grants little finger is worth a
bakers dozen of Greeley's."
Now that the Chicago Tribune has
gone over to the Democrats it has
fallen to abusing the majorities in the
late investigating committees. If the
majority reports had found from the
evidence that the accused officials had
been guilty instead of innocent, then
| the Tribune would have been satisfied.
And this is the organ of fair play and
| reform.
We clip the following from yestcr-
days dispatches:
CINCINNATI May 29.-J. d. Cox,
Judges Ioadlcy, Hall and O'Givcn
John S. little, Charles Rumen, Bailey
Storcr, Ward Nicholas, II. l.. Burnett,
WIN. Ramsey and Democrats have
united in letter to VIM. Cullen
Bryant, David A. Wells, Edward At,
kisOn an others to meeting with them
at Steinway Hall, New York, to nom.
mate candidates for President an(
| Vice President, upon platform simi
lar to that adopted by the Reunion
and Reform Convention, recently hcl,
at Stcinway Hall, not later than Jun