Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-03

lOOVeTnment In taxes on An income
Of S2,603,6O0, running over a period
of ten years.
Mr.. Tilden's only hope is to slip out
under technicality. This man was
the index of the democratic party in
the campaign of '76, and the fact lie
he was very faithful index of the
character of that party.
The Davenport Gazette says edito-
rally in its issue Of the 3Oth ult.:
"Howe, of Wisconsin, is an ass"
writes an intelligent, old-tlme and
true-blue republican Of this city in q
note to the Editor of the Gazette.
Our friend is too severe upon the dom
keys. Those useful animals are not
chargeable with all the braying.
Again in the Same issue, discussing
a Hasckeye editorial, the Gazette says
We may confidently affirm that If
any such "key note" as that now pro-
posed by the Hdsckeye is sounded
next June, by the Republican State
Convention, the Iowa Republican
State ticket is fore-doomed to defeat.
The special remark of the Hasokeye
to which the above Is aimed, was %
follows:
And it is plain, practical men of
Iowa who propose to speak out their
sentiments in the next Iowa conven-
ton, and speak them boldly, NO mat
ter whose "policy" it hurts.
This style of writing in the Gazette
smacks nightly on the one hand ofthe
fishmonger's billingsgate ~ applied
to Senator Howe, quite unbecoming
to a Christian gentleman, and on the
other hand it indicates that the war
whoop is not confined 10 the banks of
the Thames, but 10 heard also in the
Mississippi valley. Our friend OF the
the Gazette should be careful and not
get too many fights upon his hands at
once, for it was but few days ago
that he notified the members of the
Legislature who should vote to inau.
gurate the railroad commission sys-
tenn, they might expect to feel the keen
edge of his sword. Our friend 10 .
valiant soldier, we know, but then the
bravest man is in great danger Of de-
feat if he shall stir up regular hor.
nets nest to worry him from all quar-
tiers.
| But seriously-we are for peace il
it be possible to preserve 1t upon hon.
orable and safe grounds, but peace
that is obtained dishonorably, and
upon such basis that 1t is only q
Question of time, and brief 1T that,
how soon one shall be overpowered
and crushed out by an imperious op-
ponent, is not desirable-is not ad-
missible. The republican party was
invited to q peace policy in 1s72-to
clasp hands across the bloody chasm
lin other words, the republican
lamb was besought to lie down in the
tigers NAV. The Secretary Of the
Interior, Carl Schurz, stood god
father to the birth of that orgsniza-
ton in 1872, and ever since has been
the bitter, vindictive enemy Of Gen.
Grant, and has antagonized the whole
republican party in his abuse Of the
ex-President. The Secretary of State
is nota little tinctured with the old
Liberal party views also, and the
consequence has been that this ad-
ministration commenced with poll
cy of clasping hands and astonished
a large majority of the republican
party in the manner Of its settlement
of the gubernatorial struggles in
South Carolina and Louisiana. We
say q majority of the republican par
ty were astonished at this action-they
were more than this-they were NOR
titled and cast down in grief AMI sor-
row.
Republicans, however, who were
dissatisfied contented themselvesWith
emphatic protests to such . policy
and have waited patiently to see re-
suits. They have waited q full year
and thus far the Presidents course In
regard to the settlement of affairs in
Louisiana and South Carolina has
been duplicated again and again on
the part of the administration in ap-
pointments and yielding to Southern
demands. For year the course of
the President has been antagonistic in
q very serious degree to q very large
majority of the republican party Of
Iowa. The minority of the republi-
can party in harmony with the ad-
ministration is properly represented
by the few republicans in consonance
with it in the U. 8. Senate. To the
great heart of the republican party
of the nation, and especially of Iowa,
the course of the administration
seems to be nothing else than . sur
render to the democratic party. The
republican party of Iowa believes by
an emphatic majority that this admin
istration is binding. hand and foot, the
republicans of the South and gripping
by encouragement the republicans Of
the North. The party Of this State
has been exceedingly prudent and
forbearing; as we have said, they
have waited a year hoping that the
President would become more in
harmony with his party, and to see il
good results would follow his policy.
This State Of things cannot always
continue. We do not advise con-
test with the President; we think the
republicans of Iowa should avoid it
if possible, but the republican party
cannot afford 10 always stifle its con-
victions, to voluntarily adopt coma
tose state; it must speak from the
heart heartily, or its enthusiasm dies
its morale deteriorates.
/ Let, therefore the republican party
Of Iowa, in State convention, speak
out plainly and to the point, what its
head and heart prompts it to speak,
in regard to principles and if in q
clear enunciation of its principles 8,
they antagonize with the principles
of the administration, this cannot be
helped. 1t is not necessary to arrsign
the administration and condemn it in
words, and we would not 90 advise,
but it is necessary for the republican
party of Iowa to clearly and fearless
ly cnunciate its principles. We take
it that republicans of Iowa will abide
by the clear, fair and candid enuncia.
ton of Iowa rcpublicanism 40 the