Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-05-17


any reelection on his character"
Sam Rindskopf, the witness, contin-
ued that he knew nothing against Mr..
Brown, and only imagined or drew
an inference that he was in collision
with others.
THE GREENsACK idiots.
In the Iowa Greenback State Con-
vcntion held at Des Moincs on
Wednesday, the following resolution
was submitted:
1--WE are in favor Of the repeal of
the act of March Is, 1869, making
grecnbacks payable in coin, and ma
king 5 20 bonds perpetual or payable
only in coin, and thus by that act
frandulently robbing the people of
S4O0,OOO00O."
The wording of the resolution was
changed so as to read after the word
"thus"-sunjustly discriminating in
the money interest" 1t was then
adopted.
The proposition here made means
simply reputation or it means moth
ing. The demand is plainly made
that the Z. S. bonds, which are now
payable in gold, shall be repudiatcd,
or what is the same thing, paid in a
deprecated currency, which it is in
sisted shall not be redeemed. Then
it is demanded that payment of the
grcenback currency of the Govern
mcnt be refused and repudiated, and
that all the promises of the govern
mcnt to redeem its notes shall be dis
honored. This is the monstrous pro-
posal of Mr.. Sinnett and his fellow
impracticablcs. They insist that tho
bonds of the United States, for which
good money was paid during the
war, and which it was then distinctly
understood. both by people of this
country and by the purchasers of the
bonds, should be paid principal and
interest in coin, shall now be cancelled
by currency, which in turn is to be
made worthless by population, II
this is not proposition to sWindle
and rob the men who advanced the
money to carry on the war, what is
lit9 The action of the Iowa Green
hackers simply shows that the whole
tendency of their dishonest doctrines
and of their practice is to break down
the public credit, repudiate the sacred
promises of the government, and ruin
the business of the country. II is a
satisfaction to know that the Iowa
Convention was failure, and that in
Wisconsin similar State convention
held the same day was disgraceful
iizzle.
The above is from the Davenport
QcwO Democrat, leading organ OF
Democracy in this State, IT, like a
majority of its Democratic cotcmpo-
raries, have got heartily sick Of the
old Democratic principles, which fol.
lowed Immediately after the war. OF
paying the national debt by setting
the government paper mill running
and turning ont grccnbacks by the
hundred millions of dollars. Pen.
dlcton was the especial author aud
champion of this theory, and the
Democrat was then one of his main
supporters, but it has got entirely of
its former nonsense. Ii Is most
singular that so many tens of thou.
sands of Democrats, who ripped and
tore like madmen when the govern.
ment issued greenbacks as wal
necessity TO save the nation from
rebels, now can't be satisfied because
the government don't fill their pockets
by issuing legal tender paper curs
rency in times of profound peace. II
was unconstitutional to issue green.
backs, said the Democrats,-to issue
greenbacks to beat back treason from
the Federal Capital-but it is perfect
ly constitutional to issue to every
head of family a half bushel OF
greenbacks. One would suppose that
as Pendleton himself Is so badly
played out, his nonsensical theory
ought to 60 into oblivion with him.
THE Democratic County Conven
ton, held in this city last Saturday
disclosed the fact that the party neve,
entered campaign, since the close o1
the rebellion, with such an uncompro.
missing, widespread variance in its
ranks, as now. We presume that SO
soon as the Democratic nominee shall
be named at st. Louis, in the main all
parties will put on the yoke of SUBJ
mission, for such has been the uniform
history of the party. But while this
will be the case, the ranks will close
up including only the rank aud fila
of the simon pure old Democracy
The mongrel acccssions that the party
have been trying to acquire by vas
cillating, trucking subservient course
for some years past, are no longer
going to train in their ranks. Square
toed old Democracy is to be the rule
in the battle of 1876, and the rumb-
ling earthquake indicated in Satur.
days convention, will even make
many Of the old faithful lpkcwarm
The fact is the Democracy have been
running after strange theories SO long
and the reins of party have been lei
to run so loosely, that some OF the
innocent ones, who thought the party
really honest in its Independent party
movements, will not enthusiastically
and readily fall into the old party
shackles. The fcigned disorganiza-
ton of the party, INDUCED in to catch
sudgeons, is coming home to roost
just now, in the shape of real and alb
solute disorganization, such as cannot
be controlled. Besides, some of the
mongrcl accessions that sl0ughcd Of
from the Republican party, arc now
the biggest kind of thorns in the side
of the iron-clad partizans. The
amalgamation was all very nice SO
long as here and there the Democra-
cy, unable to win themselves, were
still able to select restless, uneasy,
ambitious persons from the Republic
can ranks to give them a quasi vic
tory, but now comes the keepers turn
to be stretched on Che gridiron. The
animals have turned OH their keepers,
and there is fun for the other side.
Proceed, gentlemen, but the die is
east. Tom Hendricks went down to
Washington last week and unburden-
ed his soul before the Democratic
members of the House, and ppbraid-
ed them for their worse than do
nothing conduct. He gave out that
their cake was dough, and suggested
that he did not now care to be a can
didate for President, since it was too
late to retrieve D battle lost before it
was fairly begun.