Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19

One b. II. Hill has been elected to
Congress from the 9th District Of
Georgia, by the Democrats,
His election seems to be peculiarly
pleasing to many Democratic journals
North and South. In order that our
readers may learn who B. Fl. Hill is
aud what are his principles, also why
Democratic journals, such as the
Davenport Democrat rejoice at his
election, We quote from his record
given in the Chicago Inter- Ocean.
I'm January last he made . speech
which was largely devoted to sustain
ing this position. He quoted from the
Constitution to show that the oath re-
quired of national officials was not to
support the government, not to sup
port the Union, but to support the
Constitution and he endeavorcd to
show that in that oath there was and
is imposed no obligation to maintain
the government or the Union. He as
sumed that secession was and is legal,
and said:
"Now, answer me the question,
Who, in american politics is a rebel?
/ answer, be. and he only, who is
faithless to the Constitution! Who,
in American politics,is q patriot? Ian
swer, he, and he only, who is faithful
to the Constitution
"He assumed that the government is
a mere voluntary association of indie
pendent States, and declared that no
authority resided anywhere in the CEN
trail Government to restrain any MEM
Der of the association from breaking
the compact. Hence his logical con-
clusion that the men who fought for
States rights were patriots, and those
who fought for the nation were rebels.
He said:
Secession was mistake, . terrible
mistake /; but secession was no crime.
1t violated no oaths /; it trampled upon
no individual rights; it throttled no
State /; itsought to shed no blood; it
burned no cities it invaded no homes |;
Radicalism is no mistake-it is DELHI.
crate, intentional, wicked, ever.in-
creasing crime.
The Herald Of Liberty, 10 Eiboeck's
campaign paper, tells a long story
about some saloon keeper, G. II. Waffle
by name, of Cromwell, Union county,
being swindled and abused by . rev.
enue officer. The story runs that the
officer was riding on the cars and OBJ
served some kegs of beer which were
to be delivered at Cromwell, and that
from one of them the stamp had fallen
off. That the officer picked mp the
stamp and keeping sight of the beer
logged about Wafile's saloon until he
caught him selling beer from the nm
stamped keg, and then pounced upon
him. That something like . year after
this occurred Waffle was brought up
before the court and fined $40 and
costs of suit for this offense.
That story is not plausible one
it is published in the Herald as the
story told by Waffle without any
further proof of the matters related,
trusting that it will be believed, and
create a prejudice against the govern.
ment and it's officials. Beyond al
reasonable doubt it 10 base fsbrica.
ton. Bet the Herald does mot stop
here; it says, and we quote, its exact
language:
"The course OF the Revenue officer
who thus sought to line his pockets by
bouncing upon poor, innocent sa-
loon.keeper, to which the law gave
him the chance, is in keeping with the
general course of spies and inquisitors
that beset the country and who fstten
upon the public"
Here is sweeping attack in the de.
Tense of saloon men, upon the whole
body Of the Internal Revenue officers
Of the country by the organ in this