Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-19
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Very many OF the Democratic jour-
nsis and many OF their leaders In their
speeches also. are counselling mag
nanimity, peace and temperance in
action. This il especially the tune OF
Northern Journals and oven some at
the South are singing it The Shreve.
port Times which excited the public
10 murder and approved In plain words
the C6ushatta massacre, now, ooansels
peace, since It has forced BY revolution
and bloodshed, % far q # could, IN
unhol5 victory 70 porch npen II bsn-
nsr, How !nconsistent, how foolish
men can be I 1t II utterly impossible
for any man who commits crime 70
have peace and quiet when bic crime
demands pnnishment. JeG Davis, a.
ter secession, wanted peace, but Ger.
,taiulyI be aid not get 1t, though the
Democratic party, Il y had been in
power, would doubtless hare complied
With kis wishes. af ai las oasiAs "a
The author 81 heinous odSnsss can
no more expsct peace than b who
Ybutlds . powder maSasins and Allips
Il with gunpowdsfy sits down upoa ~
With ] dow match spptied And light
"a. N the nat1ts q thiags The hoitt..
ing, g,wsll oomsin sbosh cases' lata sems
1imo. assiisJ S4s s9 g9af &c aI
s. ! Ths Dsdipcratic psrty North have
.blGyel III s6fts ,of devices q ssar
.Strsnsth. They swallowed Gresley
.with sali his 4univesyal civil rights.
They blaspsd hands across the bloody
chasm, and taught their allies Sonth to
do the came, though shs fatal dagger
was hbld il ressrve. ve.undsrcover, visit
ipsythc oppcrtuue in6msnt Gresie9
defeat "a and ID his grave, they threw
o6 tKs mask and shoptsd for straight
Democracy. Now Northern Demo
srats iear that their derry, iuconsiderate
southern allieS WIN show their hsnd
before the proper time. comes N,
they Say, Hush Keep dark.-don't
lpnsh your aextrcme tnessufss dome
ask for pensions u rebel Soliisrs-- =
don't isk for the refuuding Of seventy
miIliohs Of the cotton tsx, nor any OF,
'tAsss Just dses of yosrs.unth We have
sot the government Of the country S0'
In hsna that We can hold Il, and still
cnmply. with iSouihern 1 demaads.nn n
.This II joss now tho rsss Of Northern.
Denoeracy justas much - II was be.
fore the rebellion for the rebel mons
'bers Of James BuchanAn's Ndministra
tion 70 flOd excu.ss io,seud orr chips
of war into tar on wstere, 10 place the
different commando 81 the army IN
proper hands, and 70 depiets shs
condi4on, OF the Treasury 70 bank
rpptey II itsaid that this language
istoe e,rong7 We reply that It il the
very best rale In the world 70 Judge Of
the future action Of men and parties
BY what they have done IN the past.
This i certainly the way we Judge our
Beighbors and associates In the private
sffairs ofJlife. S;i geiis.sfse
Again, ever since the war, we have
seen this same old party down at the
stool Of confession, declaring that they
accepted the reconstruction msasures,
the equality Of oil men before the Law,
and asking that they may be given
aleass Of power because Of their pro-
fessions; and yet At the next tnrn Of
the wbesl, they repudiate these prom
iscs, and now that Democracy has ri
umphed in many of the States, they
claim that the simon-purs old Demo
cratic party never was wrong; that
Il IL the light and hope Of the country
and some Of them, like the Logan 70 ).
6entiaSl speak out A. follows: ,s,s.
"Wel will use the power 20 smAsh,
the Congo ady nasty yclsan up the siat-
ute books BY rending away tho Whole
chapter Of Black Republican legisla-
ton; to place The .eovsrsixnty OF ths,
country once more 10 The hands of The
only rscs able and al 10 uss II wisely
and well; reinstats the white man IL
his place OF power and supremacy, and.
remand the lse9ro to hia nror,er mod :,