Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-06-07
.rnE DARK CInC,.E IN roLIraos,,


ollect that following the convention
Of the 18th, the Eddyvillc Adcdnce
(Caldwell's mouth piecc) paid its re-
spects to the makeup of the convcn-
ton of the 18th, by heading its arti-
Gle ''The Dark Circle in Politics."
designating "Caldwell, Fast y Co."as
the head and tail of the said dark
circle, organized in December, and
developed proscriptively against free
thought in February, after long and
repeated thrusts for recognition"
The article referred to by the Hon.( .
was reported matcrialized after an
all-night scance by the said Co.,
hence its Importance.
That "Rcpublican's' 1dccrtiscr ar
ticle of May Goth, was made up
mainly of exact quotations from the
ldrance's Dark Circle article, | need
not repeat, as all can see by examining
the said articles for themselves, as
also the oft repeated (by CALDWELL
adjcctivcs of his passive medium -.
c." in their articles. Strange that
both should use the same "unmitiga-
ted falschoods" with confirmatory
adjcctivcs so glibly and in unison.
Probably DR.. Noslcr, Alex. jenkins,
and nj. w. Fall, whom he had ar
raigned for "nnmitigatcd falsehoods,
could explain the matter. Wonder if
his letter TO the COURIER was in his
own chirography of course the die
ton or at least the adjectiyes were
his. That Carter knew all that he,
the Hon. did. will cOncede for the
arguments sake, else he would not be
n good imprcssional medium.
III have again and again charged
that there were about twenty or
thirty protesting Republicans in the
township, who have been shooting the
poisoned arrows of malice against
every Republican candidate, who"
etc. answer, S. 4. Caldwell made
Il street harranguc on election day
against Republican candidate for.
Congress. and voted and elcctlonecrcd
for his Democratic opponent; and
l am crcdibly informed that his
man Carter declared that he would
not vote for DR.. llinscy, which
if the caldwell ring all acted in
concert Gas they probably did, ac-
counts for the (aboutt twenty or thir-
ty) on general principles. "That | APP
preached any man or men touching
the character Of the delegations" is
an adjeettce OF course it was not
necessary as the ''ring" who have
served him so long understand him
as well as he understands them. and
approaches no others in his 'wire pull
ling" exploits.
He mi ght have abbreviated his add
jectives about 'Palmer's" statement
to Hon. j. III. Merrill, and "Wilcox'"
statement TO the committee, for sim
ply assert. and that without adjectives,
that had talked personally with at
least fifty voters who concurred in the
sentiment that the local Republican
press of Eddyvilie should of right be
pitted against the political aspirant
and demagOgue who failing to run
and control it in his own selfish inter-
est, was doing his utmost to destroy
it, as well as everybody and thing in
Billy Palmer's little six by nine
sheet" Gone of the best ewspapers
i'm Iowa. would have been a valuable
acquisition to the .'honored' ex-Hon.
if he could have bought or brihed
Billy" with the Postotlice, which pa
tronage he thought he controlled, but
like another certain aotoble who offer
ed all the kingdoms of the world to a
better than himself, to fall down and
worship, when he, poor ID, did
not own foot of land. Strange that
no longer since than in January he
thought Billy would make good
up. NJ" but now, strange to say he is
not lit to go as delegate to State
Convention.
Caldwell in boasting to a Democrat
how he had "scooped them" in the
last convention, met with the retort,
"Ycs, but you had to set the Demo-
Gratis to help you scoop them which
fact is clearly shown by the written
list of voters, not upon an issue as
bctccea Palmer and himself, but upon
clark circle religious prejudice he
and his sring" had been secretly work
ing up from the first convention in
order if possible to cover its results
BY s.throwing dirt The force ex-
erted by Caldwell when plucking
one of his "picked niic" aside
and being heard to say: ''rhey
must be put down. returned
in q reverbcrating wave OH the
streets of Eddyyillc at the convcn-
ton last Saturday. eve must put
them Ga religious sect down or
they will destroy the Government. A
few men (Chsistians) who had given
the matter a second thought, with the
a. s,,l
out. denounced The matter as infa-
nous to drag religion into politics,
interpose in matters of faith and con-
science between persons and their
God, and thus subvcrt the principles
upon which is founded orr American
republic. After the first returning
wave shall have receded all will see
the fallacy of this demagOguc move,
i'm which there was also "ballot-box-
stutiin."-mOre tickets than names
enrolled, and one written and voted
by Il. NJ. Epperson not to be found at
all until within an hour or two of the
convention, the second ticket was not
contemplated. and then but little CT
fort made. Had the lanatical move
ment been known the town and coun-
tit Wouiu HdtC 'NCIi 'duflSStu anu d
different result obtained. If IS. T."
wishes to know how he stands politi-
cally in Eddyvillc, let him run for
Alderman.
s.Straightoutsr Who are the
straightouts? Are they the little
Caldwell ring ofproscriptive religion
lists, or are they among those who ad-
vocatc the principles enunciatcd in the
Golden Rule and American Declara-
ton as well rs the adherents of the
following Observation-Disclosures :
'sNow in this centennial year of our
national existence, | believe it a good
time to begin the work of strengthen
inc the foundation Of the house COM
mcnced by our patriotic forcfathers
one hundred years ago at Concord and
| Lexington. Let us all labor to add all
needful guarantees for the more per-
| feet security of free thought, free
speech, and free press, pure morals,
| unfettered religious sentiments and OF
equal rights and privileges to all men,
irrespective of nationality, color or
religion. PRESIDENT GRANT.
..The Inter Ocean simply asks that
every man who has the right to vote
shall be permitted to east that vote
without fear or intimidation. Is not
that right? 1t asks that every man
shall be projected in his right TO life,
to liberty, and the enjoyment of his
property Is not that a reasonable
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