The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-09-10

| ltdOliSfiHleHt Vi peace. IL Is taT tuOTe pFOO8-
bic that such, re constructed government
will wish to go beyond the. Proclamation
and the Act of Confiscation, in order more
etfectnally to secure Indemnity for the
past, and security for The future" Neao-
| York Independent.
Two f,ours with the Editor Of the
vicksbu:g WING. i'"
We take the following interesting nara
tire from the Winchester (Indiana) Journal,
1t gives a triking and obviously correct pic
.ure Of conditions Of feeling that must be
twide spread among the more intelligent Of
The Southsrners who have become involve
in the miseries of rebellion.
Passing along the street the Monday
evening after the surrender, | came to a
large fruit and flower garden. The fence
was hroke down and some soldiers were
helping themselves to some peaches and
figs which were rather green. Invent in and
asked about the owner, they could tell moth.
ing about him. Wishing to obtain some
flower roots, and not wishing to confscate
them, passed on up to the house. On the
back porch / found two gentlemen, with
whom was soon having quite an interest
ing conversation. | soon found out they
were none other than the Editors and Pro-
prietors of the Ficks6ury Wig. They told
e1hey had been for the Union until after
the surrender of Fort Sumpter. that they
were under bonds for the Union sentiments
at that time, but after he war was CON-
menced. they went into the rebellion with
all their might. ~t
"They said that now that vicksburg had
fallen they had given up all hopes of the re-
bellion being successful, that it was but 4
matter Of time that they wonld be crushed
out Thsy were very anxious to know
what would be done with them. / told them
our armies did not interfere with citizens,
that they would be allowed to go where
they chose. They were in hopes that was
SO, as they were very anxious to get beyond
our lires and join their friends. asked
them what they were going to do witn their
property [they had a good deal of IT'D
They said they were going to leave it, and
supposed the Government would eonfscate
il.
sThey told me if wonld get them pa
pcrs to Johnson's army they would make
ME deeds for their property. told them +
did not want property in that way, but that
as soon as Logan got matters arranged he
would give them papers. They wanted to
know if that was the old Congressman Lo-,
gan from Illinois I told theni it was, and
that three years ago ne could say more for
slavery and abuse the Abolitionists more
than the Vicssbnrg Wig evsr did, but the
rebellion had driven him to favor extreme
measures. | told them, they had better
stay where they were, take the oath Of ale
glance, raise the old flag once more, and !
keep their property. They said they had
gone too far, thy had linked their fortunes
to the Oonfederacy and when it was crush
ed out that they were going TO- South Amer
ica' f'S4sa s. - &faNs Di I
"lf the people had been milder,. had not
taken their property, they might have got
over it,. q EtOld them we had carried on the
war 1s months upon heprinciple, Of coax
ing; that Gen. Buel had MAJ chods through
Tennessee, Mississlppiar ar d Alabama, respnct-
ing their property, placing guards arUund
their fields keeping the slaves At work, and
then 'T'Otfsated, leaving the crop upon which
the rebsl armies have lived ever since, and
now we have the same ground to fight over
again, and yet Tnever heard Of Gen. Buel
snssrting arebel INTO Union man, But
was not in favor of, them taking their
slaves s.a'Yss Iwas, they claimed them as
property. and property in time Of war was
liabls to be taken, especially that kind Of
property that was being used in war, and
hat tho negro was their independence .
AXE them and they could not raise a crop,
and the rebellion would 90 down. "But,"
'aid they, you certainly are in favor of
lrming the negroes ~ Yes am. You
'aid before the war, the South had no cause
'or rebellion 30 say we, and now that we
avsisscrificed more than hundred thou
and lives, and two thousand millions of !.
lollars, which we:feel is enough to sacrifice ,
o our prejudice against the black man, we
propose to arm him and to let him fight