Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-08-13

ming OF August 7th he delivered in
Terra Hente studied reply to the
speech Of Senator Morton of theweek
preceding. Dan some two years ago
got fearfully slak in Congress with the
trucking policy Of the Democratic
party. His party would Grceleyize,
and Dan drew himself up to his full stat
ure and throw down the glove to his
party, saying that il it committed any
such foolishness he would leave IT.
Dams party did not heed his threat,
| and at The close of his term he retired
to his homo announcing that he had
done with politics. But loi and
and behold when the old man Horace
came swinging arodnd the circle on
his Presidential stnmping tour, Dan
could NO longer resist, and he hied
himself OF to Indianapolis to meet
Mr.. Greeley, and there at once became
. prosclytc and active supporter of that
gentleman, eating his own vehement
solemn words Of few months before.
Now pure Democracy has again
thrown Off its mask and appeared in
Indiana, aud Dan Voorhees, stcps with
alacrity to tho front. His reply to
MIor.on's speech 10 the work of . skill
full demagogue and sophist. Stll he
il unable to hide the deformity Of the,
Democratic platform of that State.---I
He boldly defends its Reputation
feature, and announces that we should
continue to issue greenbacks until we
have paid with them the national debt,
and then 60 to work to redeem the
greenbscks when We get ready Or At
our convenience. He does not de-
fine the particulars of his plan for he
knows that his theory would not stand
examination for moment. 1t would
result just as the old Indians story
of how the earth is sustained; the
trouble would arise at once what the.
elephant stands upon, who bears the
earth upon his shoulders. After we
had by paying the bonds OF in green.
backs, got between one and two bill
lions Of them in circulation, the ques-
ton would very naturally arise how
could we redeem them with gold, and
what would dollar in grcenbacks be
likely to command in gold. Dan
VOORHEES, has simply got tired of pr.
vatelife which heso much admired and
desired to retire to, twosyears ago, and
NOV with all his abominable tfAitorous
! record - record which 10 very black,
ranking almost along. side of vallan-
digham, hetnras up reformer. Hear
Dan talk OF that grand old Democratic
party which stranded the Nation BY
Its treason, and in which he was quite
notable. He says:aIne Democratic
party {no Anti Monop mind yon3 Is In
q position to become again IN ttefuture
{ as IL tcas IN the past, the universally re-
cognised marty Of progress, reform and
Development The partyef progress
.I-well we cannot really remember
any progress of that party when Dan
helped to run IL, except the attempt to
make slavery national instead of
sectional extending the area of sla-
very-if this be It's kind of progress
the people Of Indiana or Of the Nation
certainly don't want any more of it,
| The party Of reform well what re-
form? We remember that the last adj
ministration of Dams party in four
| years,run the Nation in debt by an ex-
cess Of expenditures overthe revenues
of sixty million Of dollars. and the
credit Of the Nation got SO low that
i We had to borrow to meet current ex.
penscs paying interest at the rate of II
per cent. More than this that admin
istration robbed the Nation Of its de-
fenses, it's arms, its ships, and bound
her hand and foot SO far as possible at
the behest of conspirators. Now If 1t
| is this sort OF reform we are to have,
| why we protest the people don't want
it. But finally u Is the party Of deuel.
| opment. Wcll do we remember that
while slavery MAS the rule sud MUIR
turcd by Dams party, and about which
they went into rebellion, the colored
race was SO under the power of the
white race, was SO subject to the cap
| rice and passions Of the whites, that
there was a wonderful develooment
Of mulattoes quadroons and octaroons.
The two races were rapidly being de-
ling developed into one. by our Demo-
cratic friends whose clfactOries are tor
ribly annoyed because darkey does
notnow def his beaver and make his
obeisancc when he meets them on the
| street. Yes, we remember that kind
of development, but we don't think
miscogenation il popular, even the
pro-slayery kind, in these days ..
Lest orr readers may think we have
misrepresented Dan on the finances. we
will close with quotation Of some
u i sa3fFGf fAftfgrf {
length from his speech upon that sub.
| ject: gE!iga4 .
ut must not DO supposed that
| the Democratic party will do anything
rash on the subject Of the finances or
on any other subject, IL It should sue
coed to the control OF the government.
There are fifteen years to convert an
interest bearing bonded debt Of twelve
l hundred millions into q non-intcrest
bearing circulation. This can be done
ct such intervals and under such cir
| cumstances AZ not to derangs or mn
settle the legitimate currents of trade
and commerce; and when the time
comes for return to specie payments,
II will require DO wiser statesmanship
to provide for tho redemption . cir
cuiating currency, IL coin, than for the
payment Of the same amount Of bonds
III the same way" ~ = 49, IN s5 y
The above elbows for itself what an
arrant pettifogger 10 Dan Voorhees,
There are now three hundred and