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

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|OUNTY, IOWA, TH
pol1E10Ax DUTIES.
Extvact from TIE Speech Of Jesdgt
Barbour LeUss, at the Colorcd
FssrtA ef Jssy Celebration y
TFromthss:1lsmphis Avalanche]
In four months from now you will
be called on to vote for President and
Vice. President Of the United States
and also for q Governor OF your State
and members Of the Legislature
Many of you have asked me to ex-
press my views on the subject, You
know my sentiments already. Nearly
All Of you have heard me on your no.
litical duties the past year. You will
carefs,l attsntion IL iamo ynis I sa,;cns -;.,'
refIection. The Democref;c ,,artv 40 ~
In the days Of Jefferson and jackson
was the party Of the people, of princi-
pie, and Of pr0gress, has SUNK 90 low,
has deterioreted SO greatly, and fallen
SO terribly behind the age in which
we live, that 1t sorrowfhlly confesses
that 1t has lost the confidence Of the
people, and can not succeed under its
own colors. It dare not any longer
put upa Democrat rs candidate for
the Presidency. It says that tho peo-
pie will not trust Democrat, will moi
touch him. It therefore commits hari-
kari. It trenounces all its old doctrines
tears out its own bowels, and substi-
tntes the bran and sawdust of the
Cincinnati platform instead. It has
no head now, OF, If it has any, keeps Il
out Of sight. Like the ostrich, which,
when pursued, sticks it's head in the
sand, and thinks that its whole car
cass is hide out of sight, SO the Demo.
cracy. hids its head now. Well, the
more Of it is hid the better 1t looks.
If It could bury not only its head, but
both ends, and al between, the air
would be purer and all the world more
agreeable to live In. Admitting that q
Democratic candidate would be GER
tain defeat and death, it proposes to
borrow o
,,srr.rr .,,r ..,.n
osA AM soA1iIADED HEruBLi-
CAN.
and run him insfaad5 Th;s 20 roo,,,, 4.
great ADVANCE ~ " hv tho nan,ncrecv % ~ ,ec ,n
fhe r;rht A d;rec.s:,, % I hs4 q ~ ILL., sh ~. -
man;festlv On most | 'einc+snt,u % n s,d 'u ,,no. g..
tortnro :rd T Scathsns .. a.u III. enacl au..
tsmrt fss E fasssn, sss !, ~ ,.ou anu . sc,..con,
- ' 4ta ~. - saa:s au0.s ~ We.I eAp.esse0
- W;s;.,;s =. gn.cla ~ ola1e Convention q
s.;5 ~ cyvcEhor Snll.n, wnO
9.xss, sc rug voW or uentlle, uog
" uevii, care NOT which, 50 we beat
ulan ana Ieter IN the disgust and
nausea " naving 70 support Gree
.ey, ne salo, mat sooner than sustain
sle IouEseenln ana fliteenth Amend.
.s ns QRid see the.whole ME4d
uamno9 ~ MI mig1a
vli,cr W.so .ss nave D0en oOuDto0, tnat he
nau suii some scif respect TO main-
.aln nougn ne saw no w1y left
put % &c for Greeley and Brown
lsatner iorloln and slightly gloomy
tnas i0r an ola joker. Another dele
gase' uigIng Greeiey as the last chance,
sa.I N ne couio eat crow, but didn't
.laaker nan aMer ~! Inat Is . cheerful
anu anecuonate feeiing for party to
11ssI D.ss:l iL Ioesfu so ,ts candldate for the
ha hesausscy. aa An0LnG when asked now
.nS;Jst. sWoo" Mna sucn 9 ulseusMng
onl,, - srst y on, 10y cnousn ~ ls
AZ "a y%ss % ~ puAS n R ain! I
tate . manly sn and v" ,.trpj;a ny .;s;' I aey
cord;dotoI p..Lir,. r r..uo r.u - .ilol
! should call theml They are in q
,nnst v rorans ,Seau.S s1I ulle'1na. Eltner !ney
- an S;s oid .S,;e.y SIue,ey 20 noimng
Fourierite. HIGH tar;H Da,ncc-.cy,
hatinr. and chivairv iesn;s;r~ s s rotinnss
AZ he used tn hnld them ana III ntha..
anti-Sonthern IDEAS n Ia Sars srhan u%un
All the isms wera flv;rr "a throyr,' 800 !" az" M
land stncE - him i;La cocIie 'Is,rs 'o ~
a sheen or elsa thev %,,s* ~ faI;awa 49, ~
n have raronncaJ ~ - - Do ,n.st n .
messed all thnso aho,c,re,,Sc 49,. ,o.;uppa sap
nf his Within fou, r,a.i-s =. ar,sa. 4s 10
oct the Democrat;c nom;n.t;n,. [ - oac, Tc,. .ho ~
Pres;5.ncx2 H. tbn aaon sn.,sa. - ~ aos ',le
s;mnlv ohIor and I b.sn Sr IL, o'su ., '1Sy
lattar thew dasn;so I h;m a,so mSae ne
h"r., as.ut 20 s1ek s:1s Js:usplse IlM also. Mnat
to take? On which ground viii thew
c9nmena nn,:l: nm 20 tne peopief :,
aoalca ieaeers anu wlrc-puliers ana
nlsnaeers nsm oI O1nyenslons would 40
well " lememDer tnat tne people
Sount i1r sonetnlhg now, ana the
nonest Democratlc masses Will per-
naPs insast ON knowing why they are
70 vote ior
AN OLD JOHN BROWN
.,...
AOoiit0nist, VINO demanded confisca-
uon AZ tne south, OF lands as well as
slaves. Inc man who wrote Of Con-
Iederate SOLDIERS during thc war, LET
1ncM return 70 lnd thelr families
wIs.cle0 ana tnelr MONIES des0late
anu ruined, or words 70 that effect,
Iepea.cuiy, W1l De worse than crow"
70 !nougn!Iui coutnern men. AS q
pOltical dlet, ne VIII be turkey buzz
zaru at ieast ana ol6 and tough at
.nsI. oucn olet VIII De neither appe-
.aag sazllg ncI t noufIsnlng. Inc party will
liaruI! iat!sn On y. Ere long It. Will
s snow l1s raos, anu pe ION the ilft.. io9
.asc nsS ai' ''eatu VI the shkee VINO fed
aiis
HORSE ON SHAvyyGs