Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-09-03

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In 1872 the democracy, north and
south, got right down on their marrow
bones, bridged the bloody chasm. and
shouted after Greeley as their caudi-
date for president, as he swung around
the circle la A. johnson. They took
up with alacrity the platform adopted
by the Liberals, including the civil
equality Of the colored man. Indeed
there was no pledge Of maintaining
inviolate the faith OF the country inthe
payment of the national debt in the
worlds currency, which they did not
endorse. There was nothing in the
way of civil rights for all humanity to
which they did not solemnly pledge
themselves, and as if to lay on the last
straw which should break the camels
back, in trying to show to the world
that they were sincere, they supported
maa for president who all his life long
had said more hard words against de-
| mocracy than any man then living;
who had been one of the most adj
vanced advocates of the rights of coll
orcd men. by means of all this they
hoped to deceive the people and get
back into power. They ingloriously
failed. The honest, candid, intelligent
citizen of this country did not believe
in their professions of decency,
more than any man will trust another
with his business whose open, shame
less and thicvish acts have shown him
to be wicked and dishonest man,
Even if that dishonest man make ever
SO many professions of good behavior
in the future, he will not be trusted,
and rightfully so. The wicked man
can only receive the confidence of his
fellow men, to more or less extent,
when by longlycars of good conduct
he has given evidence that he can be
good man. We thought and we said
two years ago, that democracy wero
making their professions at that time
only from the lips out-that when
Georgia gave her $1,000 majority for
Greeley it was no honest expression
of the late rebels of that State, and had
Horace Greeley been chosen president
1t is not probable (and this we Judge
from their past record that lac wonld
have lived a twelve month.
Democracy in Ohio. in Indiana, in
Louisiana and indeed in every State in
the Union to greater or less extent
are to-day unmasking their hypocrisy
and telling the people of this country
that in truth they did act the scoun
drel in espousing Greeley and his
principles.
Thus arc they showing that they
have not the moral stamina to be hon
est in fact, whatever may be their pro-
fcssions. We speak, of course, in what
we have to say of the party, as party,
and it's leaders. The same easy virtue
has led the democratic party to join
hands with tho political grangers aud
dub themselves the anti-monop. party.
Promises with them are cheap and
plenty. They can swear by antimo-
nopoly today and tomorrow throw
off on their professions and cry up
democracy, dragging along with them
all the dupes they have fooled into
their camp.
Already democracy in every State
in the Union, but Iowa, have thrown
off the mask, and even here they say
"for this year give lis the anti-monop-
ship" Now the !ShibJoleM of dem
ocracy is "giye us white mans gov
ernmcnt, and the payment of the $40
bonds in greenbaeks." Democratic
white leagues are formed in the south,
and negroes by couples and the dozen
are murdered with impunity. This
is the party, with such shameless re-
cord, which cast off republicans of the
Bill Stone stamp, are to organize into
q reform party. This is the party
which some farmers and some gram
gers would seem to believe is to relieve
them of all their grievances. Shame
upon people, who are intelligent
enough to form a respectable opinion
and who will 30 after such leaders,
and we really pity those who are silly
enough to be duped.