Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-27
Irrrrp rpom GEN. DIX.

Senator Morton, and Generals LO-
gan, Garfield and Noyes have made
speeches, and old "shoot 'em on the
spot Dix, President of the Associa-
ton, being unable to attend on ac-
count of illness, wrote the following
letter, which is worthy Of the careful
attention of all voters:
HEADQUARTERS, u. v. NATIONAL
COMMITTEE, FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL,
New York, Sept. 18, 1876.-CoM-
RADEs: 1t was my purpose to be
present, as Chairman of your Nation
al Committee, at your convention on
the 20th inst. Causes unforeseen
until the last moment prevent
my attendance. 1t is a source of
unfeigncd regret that am unable to
meet an assemblage of the gallant
men who periled their lives for the
salvation of the Union. My regret is
the deeper as it was my wish to speak
a few words to you as follows:
SOLDIERS Face to face OH the oc-
casion which calls you together, its
importance cannot be overestimated.
1t is my sincere belief that the tran
guilty of the country purchased by
your hardships, your endurance and
your valor
DEFENDS ON THE ELECTION OF GOV.
HAYES,
the gallant commander, who led many
of you to victory, independently of
all party considerations. believe it
to be far better fe1.4lse- Sosth, bettera
for the North, better for every por-
ton of our vast Republic, that the
executive power of the Government
should be confided to him rather than
to his opponent. In placing him in
the elevated station once filed by
Washington, you wilt all feel that he
will enter upon the discharge of his
duties with patriotism as
pure, a life as unblemished, and an
integrity as unqucstioned. The civil
war through which we have passed
with SO fearful an expenditure Of
blood and treasure, ia re-esta blishing
the Government on the foundations
which we trust may, by Gods provi-
dence, be mistaken for centuries to
come, has brought with it new re-
sponsibilities. A race held in bond
age has been emancipated and clevat-
ed to the rank of citizenship. The
rights with which they have been en-
dowed by the general assent are to
be protected. Recent occurrences in
dictate, / regret to say, there are at the
south, individuals who are intent on
disturbing the established order,
while all such purposes are to be re-
sisted and foilcd il need be by the
whole legitimate power of the gov
ernment. A generous confidence and
support should be extended to those
who sustain it in its manifest duty to
enforce the requirements of the con-
stitntion and laws. Your organiza-
tion was framed in no spirit of hostil-
ity to any portion of your fellow-cit-
liens. 1t was formed to maintain by
the ballot in the political field the
which you upheld by the
bayonet on the field of battle. We
will sustain our southern brethren i'm
the enjoyment of every right and cv-
cry privilege which we possess
Their security is also ours, but we re-
sist and will continue to resist, now
and hereafter, the elevation of any
northern man to the highest Office in
the gift of the people, who was not
earnestly and actively
ENGAGED IN UNFOLDING THE GOVERN
when it was threatened with destruc-
ton. 1 believe that the election of
Gov. Tilden would be most unfortu-
nate for the South. He would go
into Office distrusted by the whole
body of the patriotic citizens of the
North who sustained the Government
in the great peril. The overwhelm-
ing majorities in Vermont and Maine
were called out by his nomina-
tion. The other Republican States
are only waiting for the oppor-
tunity of pronouncing the same
emphatic judgment upon him. He
could not carry on the Government
successfully against this deeply-scatcd
feeling Of distrust, and without warm
ing into life the sectional animosities
which have proved so disastrous to
the country, and which could not fail
to involve lis in new dissensions. We
are starting off at the beginning of
the second century of ournational ex-
istcnce on
NEW CAREER OF PROSPERITY,
animated by the hope and confidence
which are inspired by the triumphant
success of the past. They must not
be clouded or turned into disappoint-
ment by our own errors of judgment
or of conduct. There are already
dawnings of renewed activity in the
channels ofindustry. A country with
such immense powers of production
cannot long continue unprosperous.
No portion of the Union has so great
an interest in preserving the internal
order which is essential to the success
full development of our resources as
the South, none which would be
affected SO disastrously by its disturb
ance. The public quietude cannot be
maintained by Mr.. Tildcn. He has
no other prestige than that of a party
manager, and it is now understood in
his own State and will be clearly
shown throughout the Union that his
claim to be rcformer is
BAsELEss AND FRAUDULENT.
leave for discussion elsewhere his
long-continued association with the
profigate politicians by whom the
city of New York was plundered, and
the recent developments which have
so seriously impaired the public con-
fidence in his personal integrity. II
is enough for us that he is presented
to the peole as the exponent OF
the principles and policy of the
Democratic party, that he declared
the war q failure when you were
bringing it to a triumphant conclu.
sion, and that he refused to take part
in upholding the Government when
it was menaced and imperilcd,-a
Government which would not be in
existence if his example and his coun.
sells had prevailed with his country.
men. Comrades, in seasons of danger
and trial you have hastened to thu
support of the Republican party with
a devotion and an energy which have
always been crowned with success
1t appeals to you again for aid in ,
contest involving the public honor
and prosperity, and the continued
tranquility of the Union.
RECORD OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
No party in the 100 years of ou
natural life has done so much for th'
good name and welfare Of the countr,
by its patriotism, its firmness, and it
perseverance. 1t upheld the Govern
ment and saved the Union from dis
solution; it abolished slavery, an,
obliterated forever the only blot OF
the national escutchcon. In clever
years, by its financial management,
has paid off $7OO,OO0,0O Of the deb
contracted for the preservation Of tn
Union. I conjure You by these tri
umphant achievements of the last six
teen years; by the remembrance 0
your heroic comrades who are slnm
! bering in honorable graves, and b
, the memory Of the martyred Lincoln
, under whose guidance in saving th
Union and abolishing slavery W
achieved the greatest of all huma
victories by all these brilliant rcco
: lcctions l conjure you to stand by tn
= party which was inspired and ennt
bled by his example and the caus