The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-06-04
Orpheus G. Kerr has nm Inter
view with Fernando WOOD.


hi Editor r IT, Whengreat interests are
AT stake, my boy, and strong passions arc
excited. and when il becomesi necessary
that A. whole nation shall be, unanimous for
its avn preservation from .lestruction,I we
occasionally meet with chaps ofsevere coun-
stepance and much, shirt rdffles, whose pa
Etrietism ~ purely that Of descent. and not at
slliof ascent Since this great strageticlwar
ecommeneed, have encnuntered divers ironl
faced and brssslmonnted conservative fcg
law beings, whose sentiments. in action have
accmed to o ftablish as an inevitable spestu-
late inlogie. that q man sired4by a. heto Of
7 "a. 6.snnstl naturally be damn'd by the heroes
ofl6Ss; and that sdman With hsiRevolutiouary
ibleNd NdInihisseins is,ontirelyi icxsmpteaifnom
TallJagitimacS 10 propenstyfor spillingthe
least drop ofythat sacred liquid inbehhlf Of d
cause netsRevolnticnaryt' Itwas on rTues.
day my bey, ,sthat,nI met the Honorable
Fernando Fuel, the member elect from the
Sixth Ward, whohad come hithers for the
express purpose ofgetting up for himself an
entirelysnew. coat of arms, according to New,
York fIsraldry, and Of fprocufing from soma
scholar racondite couples THAT could at
1ence serve, IN UettoH form. ito deaote his
Revolutionary descent, and express his
Aigh-moral patriotism as apart from any
PARTISAN desirt to seesinjury inflicted upon
the Wayward Sisters of his distracted coun-
try. He came to me and says he.
ft"Learning, Sir, that you are qualified to
.calllfrom,yourl cxtensiye poeticai readings
:someunique complete appropriate for my
approaching coat Of afms,e tssdesire yoa TO-
.fnrnish him with the same, and present your
bin to- sur Excellent Democratic Organiza4
tion; ofwhicaiT am Chief Indian fneaf-n
short Sachen ioc,l. : Ny patriotism is
deubtctl by none by those imbecile despots
who defeated our Excellent Democratic iOr.
ganization in the last Presidential election;
and are now iwaging n bloody and unnatural
war for the sakeof the Demon of Africa.
But my patriotism hurls back, the epithet Of
traitor am, is clearly. established by the
fact that had anJancestor in the Revolu
toni is my wish,Ys says, this plausio ly-
spoken chap, nodding-to Faro banker as
htelhappencd to pass at that moment -''it
issmy wish tiat the eouplet should express,
neatly and figuratively as it were, the exact
degree ofmy present patriotism. and its de-
rriyation from my Revolutionary ancestor.
Letltrepresent me clothed in patriotism,
as il we're. ~, Is-a.4s, b,,s lat 81
For SUCH, unspeakable patriotism as
you yours, rs, good Fuel. there can be no ;iaer cou-
plet @ thar. this ,nsnsa iss.n
Tha. from native Het hi, granusrv TTv--. : -
!, The Honorable Fuel turned very crimson
IN the face with intense justification, and
says he :. la ha !7-ahem h. Yes that'snot
bad. Ha lhal very, good--you infsrnal
black Republican you p'sasfis ra>n te5
n. He lef me, as. a cloud might leave the sun
with WHICH it had vainly attempted to cut
up shines, and I felt for a mement, like one
lost, in, the woods. With the best intentions
in the world, / had only succeededin ad-
ding FuJ TO the flames of trea-l
son. ts9sS2cg-sE 41sez. "a Ss1S =