Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-07

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virtue and abundant brassinese, II
throws off on the dupes Of its decep'
tion and invites them to come into the
old straight Democracy or stand aside
Side shows have gonc to the wall,
Democracy has possumcd, cajo.ed and
manipulated the disaaected from the
Republican ranks making, every
promise they were asked to, until the
success Of last year has emboldened
them to show their true hand and they
discard the pretensions Of thoir allies,
brush away all subterfuges, all hypoc-
risy, and the same old conflict is opened
that has prevailed for years and years
past. The Southern people who went
into rebellion, and the majority Of
whom are stills 90 rebellious at heart
as ever and just 10 hostile to the civil
liberty of the black race as ever, have
again been clothed upon as citizens and
their State governments fully reorgan-
lied. Before the rebellion, united
with the democratic party North,
these Southerners had been able to
rule the nation almost continually.
They did rule until their pushing Of
slavery into the territories and even
invading the FREQ States, and their at
tempts to otherwise load down the
free people Of the North with slavery,
aroused such indignation that 1t swept
over the North with such force that
Democracy was driven from power.
Now that nothing prevents tho reor-
ganization Of the old pro-slavery party,
the limos are being drawn, and the fel-
lows who thought thcy could build up
. great reform party out Of such ma
terial see whero they have landed
just where in all reason they ought to
have known they would finally pull
up. Quite prominent citizen Of this
county who was In at tho front in the
Anti Monop organization, and then
thought he was seeking hopefully re.
form, mixed up with the old Demo.
cratic party, Voluntarily suggested to
us day or two since, that he had been
sadly deceived, cheated, sold out. He
said he could never 60 into the Demo.
cratic party, while he retained his
senses. that if experience 10 Of any value
at all to q man, he had had sufficient
touching that old party to last him to
the day of judgement and not unlike
Iy afterwards. We arc sorry he erred
IS hc did, but It is manful to retrace
an erroneoue step once taken, and the
best evidence that the error was one
Of the judgement and not Of the heart.
The Republican party arose out Of q
fierce conflict between two opposing
civilizations, viz: A genuine Demo.
cracy vs. . bogus Dsmocracy-free.
dom for all vs. freedom for part and
slavery for part The rebellion grew
out Of, and was prosecuted as q part
Of this same conflict, and as the Union
Is now again reorganized and all the
traitors nardonad. tho old elements
constituting the Democratic party,
again contend for the mastery, for the
possession of that government which
for four years they either fonght to
destroy, or played the part Of allies
and sympathizers Of those who did.
In brief the Same old confllct is again
waging between the same opposing
civilizations. There can be no disguis.
ing this fact, and whoever fails 10
recognize It does not comprehend the
true situation. A triumph for the So
called Democratic combatant. and in-
trenching it in continued victories,
will lead again to the same results as
heretofore. II is the girding on of the
armor for this conflict, the training OF
the Democratic forces, which brings
forth such editorials as that which
we have quoted from the Leader.
Universal liberty perishes in proper.
tion as the so.called Democracy
wins and a. all other evils
connected with bad government
must inseperably 60 with the enemies
of freedom, 80 will they also attend
upon Democratic trlumphs. II there
be those still who, once Republicans,
deem 1t wisdom to continue to consort
with, or by independent third party
action, give aid to that cid Dem.
ocratic party, they will most surely
sooner or later see tho gravity Of their
error to their sorrow.