Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-11-03
DENoCnAT..C DTSINGENUOUSNE
An INCONSISTENCY

II. : favorite appeal 10 American
Citizens of foreign birth, rs wen as
the masses generally. that the Repub-
lean party. in lis defense Of our com.
mon school system of education. cs.
pecially when il comes in anta@onism
with members or ecclesiast,cs of a
certain denomination. to cry. "Know.
N"thingism: To assert that il is a re-
rival Of . proscriptive policy against
foreign born citizens. This is disin.
gennonsncss. low craft on the part of
democratic journals. so common nj
the present time all over the land, and
especially IN our own State. 1t isa
base appeal to prejudice by the au-
thors Of il. used unfairly and dishon-
estly. Those who use such argument.
or rather. cunning. crafty. sophisiry,
do so well knowing that there is no
truth in their allegations. Not SIM
gle record OF the Republican party
can be found in its long history. but
which points 10 a careful and scr,,pu-
nlous regard of all the rights and in
terestS of our foreign born citizens.
The history of the nation is fun of leg
isiation and of executive action on the
part of the Republican party to show
IFS kind regard for. and its unintcr-
rnpted care of the rights and inter-
Of the class of which we speak.
1t is of the very germ from which
the Republican party had its birth.
and constitutes the fruitful soil from
which it drew its nonrishmcnt i'm its
rapid growth to victory and power.
that every citizen, all men. are enti-
Tied othe most complete freedom and
enjoyment of the rights of men. What
the party has been in this regard. ii is
yet. But how with the Democratic
party! How inconsistent are they in
their dishonest cry of Know Nothing
ism! What mean their notices. their
slogans OF battle. which they inscribe
upon their banners. and at the heads
OF lonrnals.whcrc in they say "this is a
white mans government 2" ..This ma
ton is for white men and their nos
terity forever" Where is their anti
hn"wnothingism. when they over
ride by force. by intimidation, muir.
der and revolution. all law. and the
peare Of society. because there arc in
our midst. five millions of peoplc
whom this nation has said are citi-
z"ns. and as such. are entitled to all
the rights of citizens. 1t would seem
to us that no set of meu, no party in
this land are such arrant Know Moth
lngs ms those Democrats. those DEM
oeratic Journals. and that party
which inscribc upon their banners the
--LATEST prescription of five millions
| OF citizens. and form secret orders to
Kill lnotfnnsiye people and revolutions
ne states. The down-trodden in Ill
lands where the autocrat rules. come
TO orr shores and are hailed. by all
good people. with God speed and
prosper you" None have received
them more kindly and guarded their
rights more jealousy than the Rcpub-
lican party. But where did they go
t" take up their homes: Was il in the
southern half of this Union. where De-
mocracy-wc mean the so-called DEM
ocratic party-has ruled most supreme
IN the past. and where its greatest
hopes now center: No. They made
their homes whore free homes were.
in the great Northwest. where the
glorious old Republican party does
best flourish: among the members of
that par's.-''s 'f'sesr -ss'sss.s..r-.- -.sas.,1
gave free homes to free men. vet not
Withsranding all this. the slanderous
fangs of Democracy would sting the
Republican party with the charge Of
Know-Nothingism. With the most
shameless atl'rontery, therefore. does
the Democratic party now cry Know
Nothingism to create prejudice
against its opponent and still more.
with what wanton inconsistency do
they make such charge when they
hate and prescribe a people, whom I'VE
blush to say it.) we ourselves enslaycd
for two centuries, because, at last.
tardy justice thas been done them.
We know of no Know Nothings in
this country. to-day. but Democrats:
we know of no haters of democracy
but Democrats: we know of no adj
soca,es of aristocracy in this free land
but Democrats, hence we believe that
we justly conclude that the cry of
Know Notlingism, applied to the Re-
publican party by its opponents. is
only another instance of the reol thief
crying stop. thief"