Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-20


ual and safe process of RESUMPTION
but he did not tell us what it must be,
He simply says he cant tic ruddcr To
q particular angle. He says that you
must trust to "human intelligence, y
the human intelligence being ridden,
and, in case of his demise, Hendricks,
and they won't tell q thing until the
crisis arrives. This is what he saws.
Now, suppose read this letter, and,
alter having read it, got at the atmos-
phere, en- suPpOrt--y0u know what
mean, that ! was full of il, and that |
wrote in the same vein. Suppose I
should, in the most solemn aud inn
presslvc manner, tell You that the
fluctuations caused in the vital stabil-
ity of shifting financial operations,
not to say speculations of the widest
character, cannot be rendered instant-
ly accountable to a true financial the
ory, based upon the great law that
the superfnous is not a necessity ex-
ccpt In the vague thoughts of persons
unacquainted with the exigencics of
tho hour, and cannot, in the absence of
a central esOrvoir of coin with hui
nan Intelligence at tho heal, hasten,
by any system of convertible bonds,
the expectation of public distrnst; no
matter how wisely planned and dis
crcctly pursued, failure is assured,
whatever the real result may he.
Ii that is not Just like 1t, I don't
know whore tho difference is. Why,
if anybody In tho world came to You
with a note upon which the date of
payment was not fixed, you would
say he was either insane or was a
rascal. And you would say to any
man in the Union who says he is fol
specie resumption, and counts the
date out, that he is politically dlishon-
est. But the Republican party pro.
pose resumption In 1879. Hard money
is economy paper money is oxtrava-
gancc hard money means economy
and national prosperity; we have
touched hard-pan in all the business oil
the country, and now wo want hard
money to do business on hard-par
with. The Republican party will re.
deem on the lst of January, 1879, OF
if it fails it will fail as the soldier fails
to take fort high up OH the rampant
with the flag in his hand.
The next question is about the pro-
lection of our own citizens. The ma
ton that cannot protect its citizens al
home and abroad ought to be swept
from the map of the world. The Dem
ocratic party tolls us that the United
States of America can protect all o.
its citizens when they are away from
home, but those who arc citizens OF
Louisiana or Mississippi,or any State
under our flag, the government il
powerlcss to protect them. 1 deny it.
l say the Government of the United
States not only has the power-and
unless it does it,it is infinitely hishon.
Orablc-to protect every citizen al
home as we'll as abroad, but the Gov.
eminent has the right to take its sol.
dicrs across any State line, or into any
city, county or ward, for the purpose
of protecting every man, whether
white or black. Prolonged applause.
The doctrine OF the Democratic party
| is the old doctrine of secession in dis.
guise-that the State Of South Caro-
lima or Mississippi must protect it.
own citizens, but that the Government
has nothing to do with II unless thu
Governor or tho Legislature of The
State calls upon the general Govern
ment. This ia infamous. The United
States claims the right to draft every
citizen into the army. 1t claims tht
right to stand every ablc-bodied man
in front of cannon in time of war
and now to say that when peace has
spread her beautiful wings over oul
land, when some citizen is strncl
down, that the United States canno,
protect him when the United State,
will make him protect it, is infamous
EApplausc and cries of "Good good. I
The flag that will not protect its pro.
tectors is dirty rag. II conta,ninates
the air In which it waves, and if thai
is the true theory of Onr Government
! dcspise it. 1t is the duty of this Gov.
every American citizen has all his
rights in every State Of the Union
peaceably if we can, forcibly if We
must. The Republican party made
The black men of this country citizens
II put the ballot in their hands, and il
is the duty of the Republican party
to see to it that they have a peaceablG
opportunity to cast their ballots
There are plenty Of men in the South
who fought against the Government
and who were satisfied with tho ar.
bitramcnt of the war, and who had
laid down their arms and are Union
men to-day. want the Government
to protect them, too. AS general
rule, however, the population of the
South is turbulant, and the best men
cannot control il, and men are shot
down for opinions sake. 1t ought Ia
be stopped. 1t is disgrace to Amer
lean civilization. They tell us that
the cOlOrcd men arc treated very
we'll. Oh, yes, very well ! read
every little while of two peaccablc
white men going along not thinking
about anything, as harmless and inOf-
fcnsive as lambs, and they are ap.
preached by ten or twelve negroes,
and the ten or twelve negroes arc
shot but the two pcaccablc white men
don't get scratch. The negroes arc
the ones to bite the dust it is infa-
nous. The Democratic party don't
care. Samuel J.. Tildcn don't care.
lie knows that many Southern States
are to be carried by assassination and
murder. He knows that If he is elect
ed President of the United States IL
will be by assassination and murder.
And he is willing that they should go
on. 1t is infamous beyond the cx-
preston of language. What party
will be most apt TO preserve the liber-
ty of the negro, the party that gave 1T
or the party that denied it? Who
will be most likely to preserve the
liberties Of the loyal white men Of tho
South, the men that fought for them
or the men that fought against them ?