Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-09-11

Gentlemen, there is the ground vol
fought over, go and root hog or die.
Laughter and applause.l And at tn
same time have these tax-gathers com
around you, and tax your very dali,
bread in order to keep Longstreet from
starving.
/ Gen. Longstreet early after the clos,
of the rebellion came out and espous
ed the cause Of the Union, and faith
full observance of the results of thu
war. He has scrupulously observed
this course ever since and behaved
himself like good and faithful citi.
zen. The government anxious to en-.
courage the desired era of good feel.
ing, and to show that it was not dis
posed to prescribe honest men, who
in good faith accepted the situation,
made an example Of Mr.. Longstreet
and placed him in responsible Fed
eral Office in Louisiana. He perform
ed the duties Of his Office we'll, and
whether in or out of Office, he has re-
mained still faithful. We might mem
ton another notable instance where the
government pursued similar policy
viz: the case of Mr.. Akerman who
was made Atty General.
While the republican party has been
doing this democracy, and Mr.. Allen
have been continuously denouncing
the party for alleged ill-trestment of
the late rebels. They have likened the
treatment of the South to the most un-
parallel tyranny ever witnessed in
any country; howled about carpet
baggers and the prescription Of South
ern people, and asked for the uncon-
ditional and immediate reinstatement
of the late rebels into the most COM
plete rights of the purest of patriots.
They have also found fault because the
government would not permit the Ku-
Klux to kiln at will the Union men of
the South. None have been more
prominent in grumbling in this regard
than Mr.. Allen, of Ohio. Now he has
the brass to attempt to condole with
soldiers, because Longstreet was given
an Office under the government. This
is the blow hot and cold process, indi-
eating in the plainest manner the soph-
istry and insincerity of Mr.. Allen,
who, more than ten years ago sunk in
to political oblivion, because unfaith-
ful to his country in the hour of her
greatest peril.
Col. John S. Mosby, the rebel guer
rilla, has gone over to the Democracy
in Virginia and now has no language
too severe to employ against the Re-
publican party and Grants administra-
ton. 1t will be remembered that this
man made some months ago the great
est profession of sincerity in his re-
pentance for past deeds and love for
the union. He visited President
Grant and to him made the most earn
est professions of good faith. The
President foolishly, as we thought then,
believed the man and encouraged
him. He then, as it now turns out,
commenced system of Office brok-
erage. assisting parties in Virginia to
get into position by his recommends
ton, and they giving SO much cash
down and percentage on the salary
of their offices. All this has come to
light and the administration shut
down on Mosby. The consequence is
he has openly taken up the cudgel for
Democracy. We are aware that it is
the desire of the administration, and
worthily SO, to treat Southern men
who were rebels with respect and have
confidence in their fair professions If
possible. We are glad to see this done,
but from our stand point we can't find
any good excuse for trusting q man
with such record as Mosby had. We
are sorry that the administration has
been overreached by such man. This
lesson will probably cook the authori-
ties in such cases and no more dead
beats need apply.
A clever statist in Paris has sum-
med up the pecuniary resultst to France
by the late war with Germany, as fol-
lows: War indemnity, 5000, O,O0O, 900
francs interest on the same for two
years, 3OO,OO0OOO francs; the keep Of
the German troops, 1868, 600 francs
acquisitions, 254,5sl, 600; value of
objects taken without requisition,
327, IT., 100000 francs; war contri-
button levied on Paris, 10000, 600
francs and SO on till the account forms
total of 5,672, 81 600 francs. But this
enormous sum is exclusive Of pensions
to the army, the damages done to ma
terial and the expense of reorganiza-
ton, which swells the total to l3, ,OOO,-
O00, 900, francs. The average value Of
q days work in France il one franc
and quarter day .and thus it would
take one man 10000, 1900 days, or
100000 Of men thirty yoars to work
it out.
September Sd, the following ticket
was nominated by the Republicans Of
Des Moines county:
Senator, j. Wilson Williams; Rep
resentstives, John III. Gear and VIM.
Lamme; Sheriff, VIM. Schafner !;
Treasurer, VIM. Horner; Auditor, T.
j. C0pp; Surveyor, Oliver, Hall !;
Supt. of Schools, Mrs. Mary j. Hagar.