The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-09-26


the leader ofthc Apollo Hall Dcmoc.
racy. made speech, when he openl,
declared in favor Of t1rant- fcr. Presi
dent. He saidsho wasdccidcdiy il
favor Of Grant, and could never, as I,
democrat, consent to vote fora mar
who had never. let an opportunity
slip to cast odium upon the Democrat.
ic party.
As an Irishman he could not vote
for Greeley, for he had persistently OPP.
posed his race, white on the othe,
hand Grant had given every citizen, nc
matter what his nativity, show IL
the government. Tho first act 0.
Grant was toappoint an lrishman, a
T. Stewart to the first place In his Cab.
met; no gave the position of Postmas.
ter to Patrick Jones, and ever had
been kindly disposed to lrishmon.
The Senator said he should supper,
the democratic State ticket, but would
give his influence to the Republican Ma.
tional ticket. I.
His speech was greeted with ap.
plause, and there is no doubt that the
Apollo Hall democracy will vote solid
for Grant and Wilson.
In the New York Tribune Of No.
vember %, 1870, Mr.. Greeley thus
spoke: IS
THE Cincinnati Commercial will be
good enough to inform its readers
that there is no office in the universe
that would be any inducement to Hor-
ace Greeley to foregO or postpone his
advocacy of protection to home in
dustry.'
Eighteen months after the above de-
claration from Mr.. Greeley, he sends
his henchman, Whitelaw Reid. to Gin
cinDati, with platform upon this SUBJ
ctdrawn by Greeley himself, in which
he agrees to muzzle his mouth upon
this subject if elected President. In
this platform he snbscribes to doc
trine which would morally tie the
hands, pr himself as Executive Of the
Nation, upon the question of tariff.
He does this, well knowing that it is
in direct contravention of the Consti-
tuition of the us. None know better
than he does that when a bill passes
both houses of Congress it goes to the
President for his signature, and then
the express letter Of the Constitution
says that if he, the President approves
Of 1t he shall sign It, if not, he shall
refuse to sign it and return it to the
house in which it originated, with his
objections. ~ t.s's.s g 3'' 1890
Now suppose all duties be repealed
by Congress, and the system ofsfrec
trade inaugurated, and suppose Hor.
ACC Greeley, being President, such a
bill should be presented for his sigma.
Iture. By his Cincinnati resolution he
would be morally bound to sign it,
though, as matter of fact, his judg-
ment disapproves oft in toto. He does
not pretend to deny that he is the same
earnest protectionist he always was !;
but he says, I will disobey the Consti-
tuition, and though / do not approve of
the bill as the Constitution REQUIRES I
should, yet | will sigasit. Y
III Gle sxtsAet At tie head OF our ar 4.
ticle Greeley says, l will not for any
Office in the universe abandon my pro-
tective ideas and this was said by him
only eighteen months ago; but he
says, will not only practically aban-
don these principles to be the candi-
date of the Democratic party for Pres.
idcnt, but agree to set at naught q
plain provision Of the Constitution In
cumbent upon the President if elected.
Poor Greeley, crooked are thy ways.