The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-05-30

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naliy Dtssght 70 he sappsrt d
CoNFEDRIT X ROADS,
(Which is in the State Nv kentucky
May s, 1872.
| he'd severe time NV it at the Cor
ners, gettin our people to consent TO
takin the great and good Horris Gree
ley to Their buzzums, and embracin NV
him the same ez tho he he'd bin Breck-
inridge, Hoffman, or some SIGH man,
wich they he'd bin moro familyer with.
1t took four days nv persistent swear
in afOre Good convince EN- that he'd
any idee wv supportin a man witch
they he'd heerd me denounce ez the vi
lest Ablishen despot on earth, d thou
sand times. Alas! they don't know
the full elastissity NV the Democratic
mind.
/ called meetin, and give EN- an ac-
count Nv, my stewardship at Cincin-
matt.
commenst my remarks by sayin
that went to Cincinnati with a view
nv nominstin that sterlin patriot,
Judge Davis, who, tho in offs ez a Re-
publikin, heznt enuff, Republikinism
about him to hurt him, or that other
aterlin patroit Charles Francis Adams,
the son of John Quincy Adams, but
wich hezn't anything NV the Adams
about him but the name. It wuz q
gatherin Nv the people, not an offs
holders conyenshun: and that wuz
what wuz the matter with us. Not one
nv the delegates held Government
posishen, and not one nv ms he'd any
chance NV gettin one under Grant.
rGrant be DID, wuz the cry in chorus.
Give uA any body else.r'
! contest, tho, ! wuz somewhat dis
appointed. The ConveMshun he'd
throwd of on Adams and Davis and
nominated Greeley.
Hang him." shouted the people. II
kin lick amy man in minute, who
asks me to vote for him!7 shouted
kernal McPelter
paid no attention to these compli-
nents.
Il he'd no idee NV even supportin
him, and wuz glad NV his nominashun
only ez l believed he wood draw off
eHuf' Republican votes to enable us to
elect a sound Constitooshnel Demo-
craft
."Tlat's what we waMt--a sound
ConstitoOshnel Democrat ~ yelled Kerr
nal McPelter, late NV the Confedrit
seivis.
.But hev notist that the great ma
jority NV the Democratic papers-Q
kin read, my brethren, and hev that
advantage over yo0)-insist on adop-
tin him at our Convenshun, and eff so,
he Is our candidate
!" Well zee him
!" .Holdw sed / quickly, No good
Demokrat kin bolt regler nomina-
shen, and after all Horris is not the
wust one we kin hev. Our motto wuz
Principles, not men,. We carried it
iontt to the letter. We adopted princi-
pies and ca for men, we come cz near
nothing ez possible; under the circuln-
stances. Tr0O, he is a high protective
tariff man, which don't SCOT Elder
Pennibacker, but the Elder must re-
member that the versatccl Horris is
williD, ct We will support him, to treat
that ishOO cZ one to be settled by the
people elsewhere. He wnz an opprcs-
sor NV the South, Kernel McPelter
would say. Troo he wuz at times, and
then again at times he wusnt. ! hev
wacht the great and good Greeley very
closely for many years. There amt
no question that ! now remember NV
Except slavery and the price NV the
Newt ork Weekly Triboon,) that he
amt bin on both sides NV adozen
times. Like the intoxicated indivijuel
who coodent get into bed COZ the room
wuz .whirlin round, and who deter
mined, finally, to lay still and wait till
tho bed come round to him, all that
any question hez got to do Is to STAY
still and HOrris is certain to cum round !
to it. lie blccved slavery wuz uncon.
stitooshnel and yet wuz for pawn the |
Niger owners for the niger. He de.
tended John Browns raid and opposed