Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-07-16
ESTABLISHED 1S4S.

The following editorial remarks ars
from the Clinton Age, edited by Judge
Thaycr. The Judge was thorough
bred Democrat curing the war, tack.
ing his fortune to the "four years ol
war failure party" during all the dark
days Of rebellion. He 10 still q Dem.
ocrat, one who acts temporarily mere
ly with the Anti-Monop allies, and
hence he closes the editorial from
which we clip, with the significant
paragraph: For this year gice " the
anti. Monopoly ship" OF the plat
forms Of the two Iowa State Conven-
lions he says:
"The Regulars havn't done whit
better than tho Irregulars. Their
platform adopted on Wednesday, and
which we reproduce in another col
umn, contains much larger quantity
OF chaf than the anti N lnopoly reso-
lutions. There is this difference too
the chaf OF the former covers . con
cealed trap over which we herewith
erect the signAl "danger" while the
few pots 81 mush ana mix. Gndre-
ons will be caught by both.
We havn't the least bit OF confidence
~ .aa .lese ...n' p'.:.4.ms, aney Mess ~ ,nveu'
timeuts and cheat the masses. Fortu.
aately for the Anti.monop organiza-
% .ion, tney nave = lev principles. 60
word. % cs.,.s oh,i,ar.,. % :. G .h.r eop.e. .nas nna
time the republican party vas eoualIy
= fortunate, but with Lincoln,s Elm
Anclpation proclamation : verify, the
@ nss.., ~ ,av ~ .n1 vun..uIs'iu s,.,a :" ~. -.
f'reedom Of aha s;ave Va aa.nred ana
his rights guaranteed him by consti
tutional enactment the principles OF
,ne IePuDlcan party nave peen entares
~
I ~ Suuso va nemDes ot Toe
"vum'eee on resolu''ons ~ .ne Anu
o.op Sv.se"''ou s coiso!is' TO-
. aualosfe sery p'sln'y snss sor
onoe nis vigorous 'ntellect' played sne
pers OF : eopernnmerary, . part OF the
.@ii = sA.Oov' stone ki'e' We nave
Anown sne Ssose ions, Wo tnink We
knoW tne cnafacter OF mis- mfnd weli,
snd We Know Just how that platform
of Stones struck the Judge, a. he
brought It into the Committee room,
and read It in Stones peculiar toplof-
tical style and then Stones comments
upon It; howit would take with the
unsophistisated; how It would tickle
the popular ear, and how he, Granger
William, had given to its composition
all the cunning adroitnees, he was
master of. Now after the Judge's in
terview with Granger William, and
bis platform, 1t was no wonder he
went home to Clinton and unbosomed
his disgusted soul with the language.
"We havn't the least bit Of con fdence
IN these platforms. They scere iayent-
ed By politiciaus to conceal their sesti.
ments and cheat the nsasses.n - Again
the Judge as member Of the Anti.
Monop Committee, speaks rather light
~ Of his own work, or at least of the
work for which he is in part responsl-
ufe, when he says hls Platform Is In
vented to cheat and conceal. Weap-
prehend that the Judge is led into
this of-handed condemnation of him
self, because OF the impression all the
while running through his mind, that
ne did not really have anything to say
10 making the platform. The Judge
thinks that since the freedom OF the
slave Is assured ana his rights guaran-
teed' - the WORK OF the Hepnbilcan
party, tnat now the principles OF the
party are merely traditional. To this
the Judge adds by legitimate inference
that the party which brought on re-
oeiiion 10 sustaining slavery, ana was
whipped out OF It and dragged along
tor years past up TO the point OF doing
up service q least, IN endorsing the
slaves freedom should now be given
the reins o. government, Dy the turn
ing out OF the party OF freedom, be-
cause - the Judge assumes, the prin'
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