Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-14

whangng Of greenbackers and the less inexcusss. Inc s
Time will not permit even q statement of all
the points involvel in this discussion, much less
separate notice OF the mnltitudinous absurdites
offered offered as arg arguments In favor Of the greenbacl
campaign Is over you will hear every position an
swered and the whole snide scheme covered with
overwhelming confusion and ridcule, for thera
never was theory started with so little to stand
upon. Above all wait till you hear both eides
and do not allow yourselves to be deceived by
these ariful appeals to your prejudices and selfish
interests.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
cannot close without word in regard to the
who has been republican through ali the eiori-
Gus career of his party and has not gathered sufl-
cient inspiration from its grand purposes and nc.
adversely. Granting the full force Of ali that can
be said against the republican party, on account
of the dishonor brought upon 1t by men who were
hs onry e soad ana s
poses. Turning its noble front to the rising sun
IN 1855 and uncovering Its brow for baptism by
The the Spirit Of Liberty and Progress born Of the
claiming anew the principles Of our Declaration,
threw down Its gauntlet Of defiance to the combin-
ed forces of reaction bonrbonism and slaveocra-
cy, and trinmphed grandly in the conflict Other
peoples and generations have battled heroically
for their own liberties and flresides, but the re-
puDlcan party gave TO the world the fiji exam
pie of great people rising up in the holy cause of
human liberty, to fight the battles OF the weak
and oppressed. The principles which triumphedl
IN tnat conflict are not safe in other hands, Ihey
are IN more danger from covert attack now than
they were from forcble assault in 1860. While
state rights or "home rule'' menace these
PRINCIPLES, while crazy financial theories threaten
government credit and until the reactonary spir-
It has disappessed from our country, the mission
ofthe republican party will not be ended; for II
alone possesses the courage. the intelligence and
the moral conviction necessary to suppOrt the
principles for which 1t has 90 long contended.
feel profoundly sorry for the little fellows
who howl corruption and decay against the re-
publican party since they left it. They never
were inspired by its grand ideas, because there
was no room in their little heads for its LOFTY con-
ceptions. The republican party can furnish ideas
and information, but not brains. The republican
party has always stood for principles against po-
ltical trades and fusion tickets leaving that Kind
of honest (9) barter to the greenback and demo-
cratic parties. 1t has always stood in its own
strength for non-extension of slavery, for war
instead Of unrighteOus compromise, for emaEci-
patton. for impartial suffrage, for equality before
the law, for honest payment of the puoic debt and
for the rights of all classes rich or DOOR, high or
low. Cacthing the far distant notes sounded by
the trumpet call OF destiny and gathering there
from fresh courage and Inspiration the republican
party again stands boldly forth as the spesi ial
champion of liberty. progress and right and 1t
Will continue to stand for them when the pigmies
and demagogues who would smirch it have had
their little day OF importance and have gone
down to everlasting forgetfulness.