Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-09-24

L. F. NEWELL, Prest
W. II. CALDWELL, Sec'y. /
The State Leader, at Des Moines, is
the central organ of the Anti-Monop
party of this State. 1t has entered |
very heartily into the new party or
ganization so far as its professions
are concerned We have all the
while remembered it, old democracy,
and have felt that the Leaders, Just Is
much democratic as ever, and that its
present course was taken only to
further democracy in the end. OF the
high-handcd outrages in the south cul.
minating in the revolutionary over
throw Of the State government of Lou.
isiana, the Leader remarks cditorially
as follows: is 5.st.11 sss &, +
Intelligence by telegraph from New
Orleans comes of q serious nature.
The peace Of the south is at stake. It
Is war in fact, in which brothers and
neighbors are the opposing parties.
The usurpation and frauds fostered
under corrupt administration have
found their results in the outbreak re-
ported. Who is to blame, especially,
does not fully appear as yet, but there
are always two sides, always two
stories and the effect il double. The
tendency is to an absolute central gov.
eminent, with Grant % the head, tho
king and grand marshal Of the army
of oppression" 81
So the organ of the Anti-Monop
party in this State don't know where
the fault lies. but says its tendency is
to an absolute central government
with Grant - the king and oppressor.
So It appears that the fearful murders
10 the south by white Leaguers finds
no other response from the organ of
Anti Monopoly than that Gen. Grant
is despot when he seeks TO stop the
wholesale slaughter of innocent people
in the south both white and black. 1t
is not difficult TO see from whencs we
are to Ascribe the motives which give
rise to the sentiments above quoted
"o,u s"0 1s. Aao Aae' ~
nothing moro or less than the offspring
Of the accnrsed institatton OF slavery
and ito nurture by the democratic party
for these many, many years. We can
do no better chan to allods here In the
language of another to the condition
OF things in the democratic DAYS of
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"When . United States marshal ar.
rested q citizen Of Massachusetts .un-
der the might've slave law, and United
States troops guarded him - he wa
msrched IN irons through the streets
OF Boston, We heard nothing from
southern democrats about the uncOn.
stitutionality OF that exercise Of Fed
erAl authority:
when the citizens OF the North were
compelled, under severe penalties, to
assist IN catching ana returning %
thelr owners runaway slaves, south
ern democracy ana lts Northern allies
nad no WORD OF protest against this
invasion OF State rights. When I'M
fiicted nv !. free Goyernment an tn
na.s sp O1 ~ ene
clothed and sheltered the starving me-
gro a. ne fed from the house of bond
e6e ana tne isen o. nis cruei opPres-1
the land q universal amen over this
outrage on humanity and freedom
Then Pro-slavery principles governed
me na NO. ana iree s,e was ,t forced TO
holder and thosc Who bsld nowar am n
the interest of slavery. Bnt now tha
tables are turned. The institution OF
slavery no longer blots the soil Of the
naIion. Inc las! vesnge OF its oaious
and the shss3osrs pf The hIioht,r~ cnrss
have gone forever. The lceislation Of
to-day 10 in the interest OF humanity.
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