Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-15
CONGRESS AND THE DEMocuars

a few days since axe expressed the
itopinion that. owing 10 The new polit-
/ ical revolution of the Southern States
the Democracy We're certain 10 CON
troll q permanent and reliable major
liiy in Congress. The intelligent cor
/ respondent of file Cincinnati Commeg-
3cidi, H.. v, r.. agrees with M. and
thus strongly puts the question. lie
/, says: &te
III looks TO me as though the Dem
ocraiS will permanently hold Il ma
! iol'itv in Congress. AT every election
the South becomes more and more
united. and The Congressional delega-
L tions more and more sGlidlv Demo
cratic Presently you will find that
| ii viii require only about fifty DEM
] cratic congressman from all the
! Northern States to assure that party
i control of the House. Whatever tidal
waves may sweep over the land. You
cannot expect them to effect anything
IN this part of the country.
,.tt1cr II whilc the Senate will be
on The verge OF falling into the hands
of the Democrats. for ut every Sena-
torial election in the South they will
assurcdly make a gain. In the last
few years they have gained one in
Alabama, one in Mississippi Ito be
elected in january, one in Missouri.
two in North Carolina. two i'm Tenn
essec. one in Texas. two in Virginia.
and one in West Virginia.
MANY such Det-hauls rs this. with
now and then n gain i'm the Northern
States. will give the Senate pcrma-
neniIp 10 the Democrats. They will
further gain in the Southern States
i'm the next three years. seven Sena-
tors rs follows:a Alabama /, Aikans-
as ,. Florida 4 Louisiana l. Mississip-
pi ?. Texas il total q. Even should
the Senatorial representation from
the Northern states remain AZ now.
these gains from the south would
make the Senate a Tie
III is evidently pretty rcr,aip thai
The Republican Congresses. however
il may be with Republican Presidents,
are PLAYED out No more baronet
bills will BE passed, and without the
bayonct the organization viii sub
| side BuIiagtn Gasctte.
We have again and again noted The
fact that rapidly the roitest between
the two great parties of the country
was sweeping back TO occupy like
character with that which prevailed
i before the rebellion, and which once
terminated on the ensaDguined fields
OF feUr and q haliyears Of war. True.
there il No respectable portion of the
4 people of this country that expect 10
ever revive the system Of slavery as
1 il existed before The rebellion. and
oui Of which sprung treason and the
/ war. But while this is so, the Demo-
/ cratic party South do expect 10 de-
/ grade and make sllbservient to the
/ white race. all men having black
4 blood in thcir veins. They do expect,
| and they are laboring to the end OF
/ making Them non-entities in so far az
having n voice in, or taking part in
the government Of This country. This
! feeling. though restrained now TO The
highest possible extent by the ablest
and shrcwdest of the Democratic pol
/. iticians both north and south, because
ii is NOT conducive 10 Democratic
success, vet every few days it breaks
out, az in Mississippi in the past two
i weeks. when half dozen negroes were
Killed, bui not a single white man
/ killed. A often as these cases occur
Republicans condemn and deprecate
them. int the Democracy North have
nothing but excuses for their south
ern brethren and studied efforts 10
Justify their action. II The General
Gorc,n,nent takes any measures 10
interfere. IL is Il Capitalization OF pow
cr and Fedora! tyranny, according to
Democracy ~ orth. IN tine, there is a
genuine, shopestschost made by the
Republican party 10 suppress these
ontrages, while on The part Of the
Democrat. there is . sthdied effort to