Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-08-04


system of railroads, and fifteen years
from this time tho brightest page in
Ottumwa's history, to account for the
high commanding position she is sure
to assume, will be made up, in the con-
ception organization and successful
completion, of our great water power.
The following 10 from the Bnrling-
ton Gazette in commenting upon what
the Waterloo Courier had to say of
Shep Letters rebel sympathizing
record:
1T will be seen that Mr.. LETTER is
here assailed after the manner of the
0nte-6ellum days Of the war when pa
pers Of the Inter Ocean, Ottumws
Courier class fairly glosted over the
Southern outrage mill and the good
gristit was grinding. Sensible people
need no better evidence of the neces-
eity of change In the interests OF q
much desired peace, than just such in.
sane mouthings from the lips of the
Radical press.
The entire reply OF such journals %
the Gazette to arguments advanced to
show that man of . good, faithful,
honest record is more Trustworthy
than one with record Of crime is-it
Is time we had change for the inter-
ests Of peace, because Republicans will
persist In referring to the rebellious
record of the Democratic party to
show that they are nm worthy of trust,
upon the principle, that "by their
fruits shall she know them" It il
humane, commendable and Christ
like to forgive after full repentance,
even the slanderer, swindler and thief
but If tho criminal asks not only to be
forgiven. but to be given the highest
seats in the Synagogue at the expense
of ousting the faithful, wehumbly and
respectfully suggest, that the criminal
Is putting on airs not in keeping with
a sincere penitent, and if We do oul
duty to society and the country, We
must allude to the damning record Of
uuch importunate seeker of power
and place, and warn the people not te
put their trust in such quarters. No
body knows better than does the
Gazette, that majority of its party.
whatever their pretentions, have moi
lost their love for the same principles
which led large part of them into
open rebellion and the balance to sym
pathize with them. The Gazette also
knows full well, that the advance
principles of freedom for all men, es-
tablished by the Republican party. are
to-day bitterly opposed by majority
of it's party, and that to-day the con-
test, following that of the clash OF
arms, is struggle between two the
cries of civilization embracing the
same conflicting principles that led
the parties to measure swords in dead
ly conflict. The idea that the conflict
closed with the war, is wholly falla-
cious. The conflict is transferred to the
political struggle. Whatever of con-
servatism appears in opposition to
the civil equality Of the colored race,
in the education of all alike-is only
attributable to policy forbearance
in order to gain stronger foothold.
We have had no Pentacostal seasons,
whereby millions of people who Sac
rificed nearly halfa million of their
lives to establish . separate govern.
ment, whose chief foundation should
be slavery, have been regenerated and
purged clean of their old ideas. On
the contrary, the signs of the times in
di cate something far from this. The
d emocracy of Iowa could even
sink their love Of the old party,
and humbly gather in under
the name Liberal or Anti Monopoly,
allies to swell the final resurrection of
the old party-they could unite in
swallowing Greeley and an advance
platform ofhuman rights-but shining
victories in year past stiffened their
backbones, and in the exhuberance of
Joy, they eat their resolve that the
party was dead they eliminate from
their platforms the advance towards
the principles Of liberty enunciated
under Greeley's wing, and the old
cloven foot appears 20 that Liberals
and Anh-Monops are disgusted and
outraged. Amy American citizen who
lulled by the syren voice Of lip profess
sions from citizens Of past dark deeds,
shall fail to warn his fellows to beware
and mot b eutangled through ILL
bestowed confidence into placing the
government Of the country into the
hands Of those who were once at least
its most mortal foes, will not do his
whole duty.
The Hon. Shop. LETTER, Democrat
10 candidate for Governor, delivered
himself of . two hours speech at
Council Bluffs ON last Friday evening.
Curiosity to see this product of Dem
ocratic resurrection, brought out large
audience of all shades of political
opinion. According to tho Nonparea
he talked two thirds of his audience
ont of the hall before he closed. It
would seem that Shep. is following
fha aupnoaed nonnlar cua m f,n.rco.