Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-10
PmEsIDENTIAL.

Two years from to-day the Presi
Dental term of General Grant viii
expire. If his administration prove
to be as wise and successful in the fu
ture, as the past six years have
been, his term Of Office will pass into
history as one Of tho most illustrioul
we have had since the days of Wash
ington and Jefferson.
In a little more than a year from
now the conventions of the Republi
can and Democrats parties will be con
vcning for the purpose of putting theil
respective candidates into the field
for there will be no other candidates
with respectable following, as an ou'
and out Bourbon or straight Repub.
lican will be tho next President of the
United States.
In year from tho coming summer
we will be In the midst of . Prcsiden.
tial contest of unprecedented bitterness
The Republican party will be backed
by tho loyal interests of the country
for the most part.
The people who believe in main
tanning the results of tho war,
and the new and better system
of civilization resulting from
the cxtirpation of slavery, and all those
who desire to support our financial
system will be arrayed on our side,
On the Democratic side will be
many respectable and loyal people in
Northern States, but tho right wing OF
its army will be the Lost Cause. Tts
principal support will como from the
South, where under the intimidation
Of the White League they expect to
carry every State south of Mason and
Dixon's line. After that, Tammany
Hall can elect their candidate, because
an immense Democratic majority in
tho purlieus Of that city can be readi.
ly enough figured up which will over
slaugh the State, giving it to the Dem
ocratic candidate. This with the solid
vote of the Southern States, will elect
their man, and this is their programme.
Powerful clements will be arrayed
on that side during the struggle. Five
hundred mil!iana. of dollars for eman-
cipatcd slaves, and equal amount
for cotton, railroads and other proper
ty destroyed, will make, say one
thousand millions in the Presidential
pool on their side, and these issues
will make our enemies fight with
desperation never before witnessed in
this country.
Of course it is too soon to speculate
as to the candidates with any reason.
able degree of certainty. II is, how
ever. highly probable that Speaker
g,nfre VIII he, tha r,er~,,t-... @...a,-
date. He is a native of Pennsylvania,
and fellow graduate with Mayor.
Orr, of this city, of Washington Col
lege, Penn. At an early day he went
to Maine, and with his strong right
arm and indomitablc will pounded
his way to fame and fortune. He is
in the prime Of life, has blameless
character. and abilities of tho highest
order. No man has ever assailcd the
public or. private character of James
G. Blaine.
Tho Democratic ticket will be Til
den, of New York, and Gordon, of
Georgia, provided the present pro.
gramme of tho Democratic leaders In
Congress. is carried out. Tilden is an
elegant bachelor of sixty, whose pres
ent prominence is chiefly owing to his
unexpected defeat of Gen. Dix last
fall. He can depend upon any major
ity in tho city Of New York, which
may be necessary to overcome the
sturdy yeomanry of the country
counties, which are in the aggregate
largely Republican. Another reason
which will induce the South to sup.
port Tilden is, that he has already had
one or two strokes of paralysis, and
his death would put their man where
no failed to get at the head Of his coll
umns in 1864. ].
The next two years will bc preg-
nant with mighty events, and 1t be-
comes every patriot to calmly consider
the situation.