Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-06-02

county to patch the seat Of the trows-
ers of . Court House rat" find that he
has sold them out to Democracy.
The predictions made by the Jour.
nal two years ago, and last year, that
the Anti Monopoly movement was
merely Democratic thimble-rig trick
by which farmers were being deceived,
have now proven true. Now We shall
sec how many OF the sold can be dsliv-
cred over to the support Of Democracy
straight.
In this county Sam. B. Evans, -
Chairman Of the Democratic Central
Committee, calls Democratic County
Convention and sometime after the
call had been published, II seems he
had according 10 his statement, . con.
ference with Capt. W. H. Kitterman,
and after the conversation he adds TO
the original call an addenda, stating
that at such conference, Kittermau,
the Chairman Of the Anti. Monop or
Liberal Central Committee, approved
of bis cali.
Kitterman does not sign the call,
but his assent 70 ii 10 given second
handed. Like the call for Q State
Convention, II 10 labelled . Democratic
County Convention and the body 10
sugared with IN invitation to Liberals
aud Anti. Monops ITO step into my
parlor" ~ the willy spider said to the
fly. This Thin le.rigging business u
attended with vast amount Of wear
and tear Of conscience, where that ".
ticle abounds, but in the case Of tho
Democratic wire pullers the question
10 simply the execution Of the most
cunning device to win.
EVER since the revolt Of Liberals
and Anti Aonops from the Rspubli-
| can party they have Indignantly dsnisd
that they were going into tho Demo-
cratic psrty-that their path was di.
rectly towards the Democratic camp.
Gentlemen, you have Il now plainly
| and distinctly avowed In 20 many
words that the call this year II for .
Democratic convention con veation
to re-orgauize the Democratic party
and plsce Il In accord with tho Demo.
cratic party Of the nation. True Lib
erals and Anti Nonops aso invited 10
take part In this Democratic conven.
ton, bot lot no man say that Il 70 NOT
straight into the Democratic camp that
oil men 70 who Join In this conyen-
ton. Hush oil denial, ill Indignation
At being styled Democrats, then II you
enter into THE reorganization Of the
Democratic party because everything
pertaining 70 this cali renders nuga.
tory your denial.
The Rev. DR.. Nichols, Of 81. Louis, No,
va Chsirmsa Of the Commitsss appoatsd
by the Presbyterian General Assembly,
North, to confer with similar osmmitass
from the Southern Assembly. In maaisa
his report to the Assembly In ssasioa Il
Cleveland, Ohio, he made quite extended
remarks, synopsis OF which 10 - foalows
he said the committee, In il conference
ct Baltimore, went 10 the utmost limit ol
its authority, in its efforts 10 secure the suo-
cess Of the negotiations He reviewed The
action OF previous years ON this subject In
the General Assemblies Of both Northern
and Southern churches. He believed tAsre
was very considerable and growing feeling
in the Southern Church in favor Of An or.
ganic union Of the two bodies, bat their
was shown In the Southern Assembly Z
strong opposition 10 any such union, II
was evident to the committee that In thu
controversy there Yves on the one side q
sincere. earnest desire, 10 true spirit Of
fraternal Christian fellowship, to bving
about this union, % much to b desired,
and on the other side, disposition to rake
mp the old, dead Issues Of the pest, and to
enkindle anew the spirit Of bitterness that
wa ensendssed by thA skssfs pssssAans end
during The war. Those representative d
The Southern Church bad ssasched The ve.
/ cords Of the past 20 6od eut here and thGs>
| all The harsh words that had been said, and
had strung them like bssds upon . neck.
lace, that they might were them about their
necks TO excite the pity If the world.
The speaker went on tc mention some Of
the obnoxious things" which The Southsen
General Assembly insisted must b rsvok.
Cd. Il was charged that The Nosthssn
Caurch had Denounced certain heeesies In
the Southern Church. The speaker aaid
that church bad never been changed with
heresies Of religious doctrine, but de North.
ern Church only dissentsd With IL visws
and promulgations on Tie sub3eet Of slaveey.
SO far - heresy was concerned Il was Who'll.
y inierentiAA. The speaker rod from Ne
Assembly In 1866, In which Il declared III
| firm belief that slavery was diyinsly insti.
tuted, and thatit vas tho duty Of the
! church 10 conserve slavery, and make It q
blessing alike to mastsr and slave. Fsom
| such monstrous doctrine - that the North.
ern Church had declared IL di&sat and
should il now staltify itsslf By going back
and declaring 1t was wrong In its declare
tons on that subject Such action would
be utterly ignoble, and unworthy Of them
a. men, and - representative ofths church
of Christ. Could man be found In The
whole Presbyterian church who would con.
sent to itY
It was further charged BY the Houthsrn
Church that The Northern Assembly Dc.
clared that the oct Of the Southsen Church
10 separating itself from that OF ths North
was "unwarrsnted, unconstitutional end
schiematical." The speakr reviewed thil
matter, citing largely from The records Of
the General Assemblies Of both branches.
| to show thsir respective action during 1851
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