The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-10-17

ANOTHER LETTER FROM GEN
HRAI si0EI.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 4.-The follow.
letter was received here yesterday
The utterance Of 80 patriotic aud pop.
ular man as Gen. Sigel will 60 far u
counteract the poisonous counsel Of
other men.
New YORK, Sept. 28, ~.
General III. Sturm and Louis Lang:
GENTLEMEN Your very KIND inyi.
tation to speak in Indiana is received
You also informed me that 1 was
surely expected in your State to take
part in the political canvass. This Il
simply mistake, because / never
promised or intended to go West, fol
| thcpurpose mentioned in all previous
| invitations, from different localities
| in your own and other States, not be.
| causeI am Indifferent to the great
questions OF the day, and the Interest
Of the people of the West, but on &C.
count of official and other duties
which demand my presence here MOI
would any spasmodic effort-a kind
of political raid-in another State,
which is now involved in terrible
fight-national, State, and municipal
give satisfaction to myself and to those
whom l wish to assist.
But while am compelled by the
reasons stated, to decline your invita-
tion, have publicly declared on which
side stand in regard to the Presiden-
tial election. believe that the nomi-
nation of Horace Greeley at the Gin
cinnati Convention, was the most sur
prising and bare-faced trick which
ever occurred in American politics
and If those who have been sincere in
their efforts would tell the truth, they
must acknowledge that their first I'm
preston, after this thing was done,
was as bad and .demoralizing as their
last will be, after the election In No
ivember. ~.
The first impression was spontane-
ous, natural and moral revolt against
a political coup d'etat, long prepared
in darkness and executed with the
most inscriptions dexterity. 1t
would be a mortal blow to the Repnb-
iic - not ulsavoWeu, lss ilroWned doWii,
ana voied ooWn Dy the honest masses
u .ne american people; because II
not s9ccessiua nj lls aims and ends, 4
Wouia gioHIy poltical apostacy, 1t
Woula lhaugurate the MAXIM that po-
iitical parties In q Republic can be
lormed py the most heterogeneous el-
cmentss SIMPLY on the, strength and
pretense OF political pronnnciamento
called PLATFORM ltwouid sanction any
aillance under any pretext, even with
Iore1&n enemy tor the simple ppEs
pose OF rushing INTO power; It would
present the mortifving spectacle of the
government based on the equality OF
spoils, the iioerty- OF inconsistency and
the fraternity OF rat and cat:
ms is no exaggeratlon, but proven
by 1ndlsputable facts. Look around
ana you Will observe that never was
tnere more buying and selling, more
bargaining and pickering than at this
moment. The battle cry "tO beat
Grant at any price,, calls forth the
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