Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-08-07

dopts the name of the Peoples party, !
houii have its primo origin inside Of .
secret organization. Tho chief fugle- 9
nen Of the Peoples movement in this I
ounty are those who conceived and
worked it up inside the Oranges
east ofall other parties, should one so 9
onceived be justly entitled to the name
# the Peoples party, for its seed ger
in concealment,. and ID the
product Of class, shutting out large
part vi the people from its councils.
The progenitors of this so-called
Peoples party took advantage of the
secrecy Of an order that by its funda.
mental law eschewed political action
within il; violated the letter and spirit
of The Grange, and cOncocted scheme
to unite its strength to the democratic |
party tor personal ends. This was done |
because the few thought they could get
democrats who had long been defeated,
TO unite with them, and so these tuglers
ride into power This is the stock in
trade Of these men, and although they
must have known that such a move
,nent would throw y dangerous bone
of contention into the Grange as ithas
in every county in the State, where at
tempted, very prejudicial to the good
OF the order, what cared they for that,
il their personal ends be attained.
Stubborn truths incontrovertibly es-
in this county to-day Who, t aHa..s.
such N the beginning. with only this
sole end in view Of welding it in so
far as possible for personal ends thro
the aid of democracy. Some of these
aud those men most prominent and
active in the peoples movement, have
sought to organize this factIonal elc-
ment Of the Grange into political &C..
cret organization cslled the Protectsre
Union, showing beyond controversy
the aim they had in view. We have
before Us the constitution Of this Pro.
tective Union. 1t is an Ont-snd.out 50.
cret political organization, and one
which enjoins upon it's members Che
kuklux practice of using hemp where
peaceable secret means fails 10 effect
the objects Of the order. II any man
doubts our assertion, let him call upon
us and read the pamphlet containing
the constitution OF the order.
Now we have known of some OF the
parties who sought to institute this SO.
cret political order, and who are now
bossins the political Grange Peoples'
party, having in days past assn.
med an oath to trample under foot the
flag Of their country, and sever the
union Vt these Statcs. We have fur
ther known that these men either SO
attempted to do, wearing the confed-
crate gray or harrassing the govern
ment at home AZ Knights of the Golden
Circle, or on their own hook, and re-
joiciDg when calamity befel the
Union armies in the field. 1t was our
privilege, aud, as a patriot, our duty to
oppose them then, and it is equally our
duty now 10 oppose Protective Union
Kuklur. ~,
Again Let us say that if good men
OF good deeds, shall listen to and fol-
low the lead of such men into secret
political class party, prompted thereto
by an erroneous and groundless idea
that the people and mechanics eT ti.O
re "'ns are unfriendly to their interest,
II VIII prove the sOfriest mistake or
their lives. We beg pardon to suggest
that there never was and never can be
In this country worse monopoly than
a political party begotten under the
auspices of q secret order. Experience
ought long since to have convinced all
men of this. The enlightened jndg-
ncnt Of the American people will
make all such parties ephemersl, and
never expect reform from any such
move.
We know that the great mass of the
Oranges of this county condemn a.
strongly as we do, the course pursued
by those Of whom we speak, and we
cannot too highly honor them for it,
They have the good of the Grange at
heart, and they plainly see how fatal
the policy Of these designing men
would be, if adopted by the order
What we write upon this subject We
shall only be too glad to submit for
judgment to the history of the future
to prove the truth OF our position.
The Dubuque Times Of the I'd inst.
comes to us with supplement- Of the
full size of that paper containing an
outline of the past and present OF Din.
buque; its educational, manufacturing,
banking, jobbing and retail trade,