Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09

THE Hon. Ohio II. Singleton is the
Democratic member of the House
from the Fourth district of Mississip-
pi. He is also member of the conf
mittee on appropriations in the House,
and is otherwise honored on import
ant committees. This shows his prom
incnce in his party, and really in point
of ability and standing among the
Southern members. he has no superb
or save Lamar and Knott. While on
the floor talking last week, he was
catechised by the Hon. Eugene Hale.
of Maine. and he boldly asserted. to
the great chagrin of the leading
Northern Democrats. that the South
had their pet measures to accomplish,
and as member Of the committee on
appropriations, he ought to be con-
sidered as speaking somewhat from
The book. He said the first pet con-
templated was the Improvement Of
the lcvees and the retaining of the
low lands on the Mississippi. The
scope of the improvements, according
TO his statement, contemplates the in
crease of the number of bales of cot
| ton. seven millions, OF more than
double the present crop. Though he
did not state how much of an expend-
iture this would entail, it would. ey-
identity reach into the hundreds of
millions. The second pet project is
the building of Tom SCOTS Southern
Pacific Railroad, which asks the aid
of the government to the extent of
several hundred millions. In this
regard he has since been seconded by
Lamar. chairman of the Railroad COM
mittce, who favors Tom Scott's scheme.
notwithstanding these willy Southern
Democrats, these reconstructed rebels.
who a few years ago bartercd their
Integrity and allegiance to uphold
human slavery. did in the early days
of the session favor the buncombe res
olution opposing all government SUBJ
sides: That people, who viii again
trust the ship of State tolthe men who
foreswore their allegiance and entered
into a great rebellion, they will again
walk through the dark valley of mis-
cry and woe. just as certainly aslike
results follow like causes.
| Next, when Hale asked if the re-
funding to the South of the SEQ, Co.,
900 of cotton tax was not the third
pet measure. Singleton replied thai
he did not propose to discuss tina,
question. and that was all the repl,
that could be got from him. This
was. of course, q virtual admission
that Hale had surinised correctly
Such is the great party of reform
Such is the ontgrowth of the action o.
those much deceived men in som.
eases, and of pure cnssedness and lacl
| OF principle in others, who stepped
, outside the Republican party in tn,
4 past four years, because they could M
longer. as they said, stand In the Re
j publican ranks on account of the cor.
sSssAsA@NA SIT the party. We saw them
many of them, do this thing, and VIC
wondered and We're greatly amazed
at them that they did so. We won
dersd how it was possible for them to
expect to find q great reform party
among those who stood by and saw
the nation bound hand foot, like a
dumb brute led to the slaughter. nm
der Buchanan those men who having
thus fettered the natien, ranged them
selves either on the side of open ac-
tive rebels or on the side of sympa-
thizing Copperheads. Now, this par
ty in power in the lower House OF
Congress, are seeking. to throw dust
in the eyes of the masses by making a
great show of economy in cutting
down expenditures here and there,
and we will not say that occasionally
they make small savings rightfnlly,
i but their attack upon the army to cut
it down 10 10000 or 1900 men. we
are irrcsistibly driven toconclude has
/ its chief. motive IN their Satanic de-
!, sires that it comes from their hatred
Of this check that is placed upon their
laims. But while they seek to make q
show of saving at the spiggot. they
are bending their energies to open
,lup the flood gates of expendi.
ture in other directions, and some OF
, these are not only not polite or prop.
er in the present financial condition
of the country, but they are absolute
~ wrong and unjust per Sc, such a.
the repayment of the $60,O0O,00O cot.
ton fax. and the reimbursement OF
losses 10 ex-rcbels, aceruing during
the rebellion. IN Heavens name
have we moi had line upon lire from
our. opponents about burying the
.lpast? Then why ask TO have saddied
upon this nations debt, an increase Of
tens upon tens of millions of dollars
to reimburse a people whose ,Hholy
Irebellion in defense of human slavery
brought monrping into every loyal
family in the land! sa,
il lTlwiiI fbereeollected that iinmedi
lately after the appointment VI ths
,Jpresent CLERK OF the House Commit
tee of Ways and Means, it wal
,lpubIiclg charged tAat he had nance
one Of his .clfadren Join Wilkel
! Booth, III honor Of the memory Of th,
most dastardlyiassassin that the histo
Try of the world has ever produced
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