Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-07-11

WEiIeB uP VIC proceedings ol tuc lhtc
Republican State Convention, and
calls attention to the fact that the Re-
publican State Convention Of Iowa,
February 22d, 1864. which sent dele
gates to the National Republican
Convention at Baltimore held June
7th, 1864, that renominated Lincoln.
refused to recommend the renomina-
tion of Lincoln, which motion was
made by Judge Frank Street, of
Council Bluffs, and which was laid
on the table on the motion of Hon.
Jacob Butler, Of Mnscatine, both now
dead.
"Linkensale" seems to be laboring
under the impression that the
tabling of Cutls' resolution in the
late Republican State Convention
was intended as a rebuke of
the Hayes policy, whereas the papers,
&c far as We have observed in Iowa,
and elsewhere, have regarded that
action as tho effort of both sides to
simply suppress the question, which
is fact.
"Linkensale" intimates that the time
will come when the republicans of
Iowa will be as heartily ashamed of
their recent action as they came to be
eventually OF the 1864 convention in
refusing to instruct for Lincoln.
"Linkensale" knows that it has been
the uniform custom, with but one
single exception, for Iowa repnbli-
cans to leave their national delegates
free-handed and uninstructed, and
in that single instance the instructions
were substantially ignored.
"Linkensale" may have heard that
convention censured for its action,
but that will be news generally in
Iowa.
He must remember, moreover, that
at that particular time Atlanta
had not fallen. Lee was apparent
ly invincible in front of Richmond
Henry Winter Davis and Senator
Wade had just issued their famous
manifesto. Greely, Chase, Fremcn,
and many leading Republicans were
in open revolt. A majority of both
houses of Congress were stoutly op-
posing the denomination Of Lincoln
"Linkensale" Furthermore knows
as well as any man living, that all
this dissatisfaction towards Lincoln
grew out of no want of faith in his
honesty or patriotism. 1t was an ear.
nest protest against McClellanism in
the army and Blairism in the Cabi.
net. 1t was the demand of the rank
and file of the Republican army tina,
namby pambyism, which had come
to be formulated under the name OF
the Border State Policy" should
cease /; that the McClellans and Blairs
who were trying to subdue the rebel
lion without hurting it or extirpatine
its cause, should retire, and that the
Grants and Stantons should take theil
places.
So strong was this sentiment tina,
even Senator Grimes told an lows
delegate the day before the Baltimore
Convention "that he very much
doubted if the country was strong
enough to stand four years more O
Lincoln's Border State Policy. "Link
ensale" knows the result. How th'
sturdy men from the front and real
went down to that Republican Ma
tional Convention, and how, by tLei
action and resolutions they knocked
the Border State Policy higher thar
Bro. Beecher's kite, and sent Geo. b
Mcclellan and Montgomery Blair t.
the rear, and how the rebellion there
fore naturally and speedily collapsed
| Mr.. Lincoln was exceedingly sensi
tive to public opinion, and wisel.
yielded to the legitimately expresse,
sentiments of the party, and if the &C
ltion of the Iowa State Convention con
tributed eyer SO little towards stiffen
ing up his spinal column, the Re
publicans of Iowa have nothing to b
ashamed of.
i So that our friend will see tina
there are two sides to what he call
"the parallels of history"