Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-21


expressed or not, that the Democratic
party is, and always has been an anti
Abolition party. 1t recognized the
fact that England committed a blum
der when it transformed the blooming
gardens of tho West Indias into jun
giles where tho emancipated negro led
a worthless life and became q pest to
civilization, a barrier to human pro-
gress. 1t has fought against abolition
in the United States to the bitter end,
and held up the example of West In
dian emancipation as warning to the
fanatics who were determined on abo-
litioD, though it should destroy the
Union. And its last protest against
the entire miserable policy was its de-
tcrmiaed opposition to the Fifteenth
amendment which was rudely forced
upon tho people through revolution
AIRY methods. Though the Democrat
ic party has, through the action Of
cowardly leaders, seemingly accepted
the condition of things, yet, to-day,
the. masses of that great and power
full organization regard the fifteenth
amendment as aU0yth no more than the
paper upon achich ii as printed, and
that when the action of the conspira-
tors who forced it upon the country
has been reviewd by an impartial tri-
bunal, IL will be saoept 0ut of existence
as su1anarily as 1t Was ashered in.-
Ottumsca Democrat.
We shall be told that these are the
views Of q single man that they do
not accord with the party creed; and
that the right of the negro to liberty
and the ballot will never be disturbed
by the Democracy. But the question
comes back, what is their honest be.
lief? Do they think the negro ought
to be free? DO they think he ought
to vote? Was the rebellion rightfully
put down? Were the amendments to
the Constitution rightfnlly passed. II
these questions were honestly answer
cd by every Democrat, nine out of
every ten would reply in the negative ;
and if they did not, they wonld give
the lie to all they said and did, as q
party, and as individuals, for twenty
years. If they say they have changed,
who will believe them? And if they
have not changed, who will dare to
trust them when their party is man.
aged by majority of ex-rebels, with
the control of the government!
1t is pretended that the Democracy
have accepted the results of the war.
How do they prove it? DO they bring
war Democrats to the front? Bill
Eaton, the rankest Calhoun States
Rights man in the North-buried since
the outbreak of the rebellion-is sent
to the Senate from Connecticut. "F0g-
horn Allen, Of like antecedents, IL .
second time made leader in Ohio. TO
snub the more patriotic Thurman. A
diminutive Confederate Colonel occu-
pies, but docs not fill the seat of Carl
Schurz. And in Iowa, though lacking
the manliness to own the Democratic
name, they dig up the Virginia ante.
deluvian, the forgotten LETTER, to car
~ their "nameless" standard. DO not
all these things show that the party 10
becoming Bourbonized, preparatory
to union with the Confederatee, in
order to have the power to set aside
tho results of the war, il they chance
to win the Presidency and Congress ?
North and South the Democracy
have defended the White League. cur
rency imitation, and every reactionary
tendency and symptom. State Rights
(which precipitatod the rebellion
has been made the central thought of
ito platforms. These things have ar