Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-11-27
THE R0GUES FALL OFT.

replication 10 The answer of McDpn.
aid. The way these chaps fall ont. is
apply and fnrcibiy shown hy the
itmsS Thc tontro> cr.r Is over the
Question VI retaining OF liscart,ine
the nHmc Democracy. The Judge
would retain tho name and soften
and tone down The principles OF the
party. ny whai b" calls libnrsliziny
the platform, 80 rs To catch Liberals
aud the odds and ends Of the opposi.
ton so1hr Republican party generally
The Times takes issue with th;. ana
wonid discard the name entirely and
fcluycnnte The Old carcass by chrissen-
ing II aneS. We have for wears been
representing ,h,- character III t.,r
Democratic party. in a light moi very
np!imeatary Ia that concern. and
now comics the Times in making il.
defense against McDonaid ana veriies
all we have ever said, at the same
time writing itself down ss having
been one OF the greatest, political
| mountchshks ever known, for who
does not know that il has been the
very high priest OF Democracy
We quote all il says nyon the char
aettr of its old party. Read il and
know how hrassily the Ti,acs relates
IFS own deep shame. II SAYS:
The amazing facility with which the
| men who welded the political agency
called the democratic party" declared
| II at one moment to be an instrumen-
iallty Tor Que purpose, and at another
moment to bean instrumentaliiv for a
directly opposite pnrrose.-ai one
time for low tariff, at another time
for high tariff; here for free trade.
there for protection now for hard
money. auon for rag money; yester.
day for repadiating the public deb,
| (by the convenient device OF taxing
debit, to-day FOX paying the publiI
debt, clearly indicates that there was
NO necessary or natural relation be
tween the organization Of that nam,
and the cardinal principles underly
ing its inconsistent and self-stultifyins
. platforms Ii was, at any rate dur
i ing the later years CT its existence. es
senia!ly an instrument Of mere expc
diency in rhe hands OF professions
i politicians acting upon the maxi,r
. ANY thing for the spoils!' The meY
, ! welding il had no nrinciplcs whatey
or They were guided by no coneep.
| tloG Of absolute right. They were
acinated, for the most part, by &c God
, Lord-Good-Drvil' policy, having 10,
lite object the maiutsinance aud per.
petua'ion OF absolute wrong. Under.
lying and sustaining that absolute
F; wrong was the only thing in the ma.
| snrc Of liked principle. TO which the
'pntrid "Reminiscences" was ever d faith
| ful instrnmentality. And that princi.
ip:c, expressed in the doctinn of the
right Of the several states to practice
pstsrnil government by maintaining
the infamous slavery barbarism. was
| the principle which says the strong
| iaV" The right 10 cDslave the weak ;
! that might makes right" in other
! words. the divine rigk, of kings. "
| To this principle alone the democratic
party wac ever constantly true. For
the verify Of which conclusion. THE
TINES would refer Mr.. Mcdonald 10
the record and history OF that party !:
! record aud history that caunot bc
.flaced."
| Nov that is precisely what We have
for Years past, said alpnt the Demo
cratic party, and laid Il when the
Time was ston,i, affirming that ii
was the pure. the almost divine party,
The only hope OF the republic.
lhe 1tntes says underlying and
| sustaining TINT absolute wrong ,lay.
cry, was the only thing fu-thc nature
f4of a fixed priacipie to which the ''pu.
| trid "Reminiscences" democracy was
ever faithful in>trutuentality. Ex.
actiy so, Mr.. storey. aud ii our meui-
o;y serves Us 10 any purpose, yon was
!. chief cornerstone in that outfit
How much of change is there now
wrought in the Iamesf Let us see
The sum and substance OF the entire
| difference between that paper and the
Bourbons, represented by Judge Nc
! Donald. in this instance, is, that the
| 2iwsS would collec. and marshal
| the Democracy under :. new name,
with such accrc,ions as sllc,, il course
would aitrsct: while per contra Me-
| Donald would keep the old name. lib
I erali1e the platform, aud so hold on to
the Democratic organization, and
draw III as many recruits a. possible
i'll this way. All the possible differ
| ence We can see in this il, that the
Times thinks more recruits can be had
anu success more surel. attained By
its method, than by the Judges. No
matter which course j. pursued, it is
The same old Democratic party. Nc
| Dcnsld's policy Is simply the open.
direct resuseitation Of the 1tmes' "pu-
trid rcuIiuiseenee.r while the Times
policy Is an oily, uDctious, cunning
way OF arriving at the same result, by
denouneiDg the old rotten hulk. Dem
ocrscy, which II builded, aud so catch
more gudgeons, as it thinks
In order to show TO the Bourbons
tina, their course will not do, the Times
IN the closing paragraph, ii it, editor
| ial, says:
The epitaih of the pro.slavery party
is written in characters tina. no polit-
zeal hocus-poens can efiace. Liberal
principles require liberal instrument
talities TO work out their effects. If
such effects be the end which the six
citizens Of Indiana honestly desire to
get to-, they would hardly propose to
employ al iastrnmentality which. if it
De anything bnl name, Is an insrru-
mentality for going directly The other
| way. Liberty does not work with the
tools Of slavery
! True again, Mr.. storey. Liberal
| principles do reqnir" liberal in-,rn.
| mensaitir- e. work ont their etiect-. !"
Libert. dors not work with The tool.
LOT slavery" But pray what tools do
4 Won lrDVosr 10 ,.t,rk with E'irrt ,n,,