The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-04-21
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work of destruction had not heen very: com.
plete, returned to finish he Job, but before
they bad hardly commenced, Lieut.. Eyth d
the 9Th, and Sergt. .Loughridge Of the SD
appeared among then and persuaded them
to desist. Quite crowd of people Collected
near by, but there was no further ,distur.
bance and they dispersed, while the soldiers
withdrew in good order,~ The office i.
in acne story frame buiTdingnear the North
east corner Of the Square. Mr.. A. A Whe
lock was the publisher and ostensibls pro
prietor, hut IL il understpod that severa
leading adem0crats" have . pecnniary int
rest in the. concern. The so9tliers gave Mr.
Whe'ock due notice'of their intended "raid,
but he feft the Office without making tn
least effort tor defend or protect it.. In tn,
evening some little boys were found. stonjne
the wind,ws and carrying away type, and
it is sail bv those who visited the premises
that they destroyed q good deal more thar
the soldiers. To the extent of its abilities
the Times has been an ultra copperheac
paper. =
TIE above is bsief account .of the sack
ing cs bhs OAkaloosa Times. Were we I,
consult our own feelings. we should take n,
further notice Of this affair, a. we have al
WAYS considered that paper 40 far beneath
our contempt as to deserve no !, mention
whatever in our columns But Justice Il
the soldiers demands that We shonli giye.s
somewhat fuller statement Of the particular.
in this case. 50, g63
Orr readers win remember that Sergt
Allownys 0f-C6. H. 8iIowa infantry, wa'
murdered; at copperhead meeting N Peoria
last Autumn The publisher of the Time.
and one or two of its leading supporters
were at that meeting, and took sides with
the armed cnpperheads against the unarmed
and unoffending soldiers. Capt Gary. of Co.
H 81 Iowa. and Sergt Al'oway above men.
toned. Gary was wounded. Alloway was
killed. A one.sided account Of this affair
was published in the Tines. and the Cant
and soldiers of Go. H. were burlesqued and
abused. The boys of that company regard
ed it as personal matter between them and
the Times and they determined to be re.
venged A few days since when the bows
came home as veterans" three or four nj
them went to the Tines office and told Mr.
Whelock that his paper bad insulred and
abused their company, and requested him
not to issue II while they remained at hume.
and told him phsnfv ifhe -did thew would
throw his type out of doers. Mr., Whelock
went to Mayor Rhinehavt and asked protcc
ton for his office. A special meeting Of the
council was called, and on the day Of this
meeting, the Times came out saying that it
had been ordere to. ST. p by "mob'" Of SOL
diers belonging to,the 9Th iowa, and gave
the names Of several boys belonging to the
9Th not one of whom had been to the Times
Office The a ticle closed as follows: 10y
7 "We do not propose to discontinue the
Times upon any legitimate terms, much
less at the bidding Of an organized mob -
Wheneve- it becomes unsafe and dangerous
TO publish ademocraticp in Oskalop>s,
no osher paper can exist in secnritys The
destruction Of the Times office, either bv
citizens or soldiers, will result 10 the deS-
truction Of the abolition office in this CITY.
The publisher Of the Times will continas
to attend to his legitimate BUSINESS. and II
the Office is molested by mob violence, the
party committing or sanctioning the outrage
will have to settle with the democracy OF
the county. A free press and free speech
is heaven horn right. and by the Eternal
il shall be maintained at every hazarl."
In view of this article and all the facts IN
the case, the city authorities concluded.
while they would not eRdangeS the lives.
or ask ANYBODY else to, to protect the Times
they would do all they could as indivi1uals
to dissuade the boys from their purpose end
to prevent d sturbance On Saturday there
were good many people in town, with a
very large sprinkling ri GODS. who. II Ia said
rame ar,nrl and equipped according to .he
laws of the K G. Us. About two O>ci"e|S.
he sol1,erS first mentioned. "a ws are told
met Mr. Wheock on the street and said ="
him thew were going rourd tn pitch his
fype into the street, and invited him to go
70 the nffice with them. He went in the
opposite direction, and the boys proceeded
u RELAXED above % 9Ht
Our readers will remember that we have
tliapproyea and condemned un-
.wful acts Of this kind. Both publicly and
privately and on all suitable occasions we
have urged the soldiers to abstain from eve
~ unlawful act In this case we went 10
such soldiers a. we learned were; threaten
ing the Times and urged them to abandon
al thoughts Of vipleEce. Union citizens
yenerallv improved every opportunity to
iissuade the soldiers from their purpose.
They were told that. not only was all such
conduct unlawful and wrong and unworthy
Df braye and loyal soldiers. but the Times
was or should be really beneath their notice.
neither circulation nor Influence
.nl that il was peculiaf and an aggraya
ted case. 1t was personal matter between
them and the Times They had perilled
their lives for their country, and. while thew
were facing the enemy the adherents Of the
Times had murdered one Of the best and
hravest Of their comrades, and that paper
had justified that foul and cruel deed. and
hey could not suffer il to be issued while
they remained 1T home. rsl af
We have already taken up . good deal
more space with this matter than we in end.
ID. but we must call attention to one other
point. The Times a. quoted above, says
the party committing or san .tioning the
outrage will have to settle with the dem )c.
,acy Of the county,. Now re dc, not ap
prove or sanction the conduct OF the soldiers
n this case. We think Union citizens gen !.
orally d. not approve or sanction 1t. 90
The soldiers, at least those Of Co. H., OF
he Sd, look at the matter differently, Some
IF them committed" and We suppose thew
III ''sanction" the deed, and they will take
i an especial favor II ths copperheads will
call on them for ''settlement," and, not wait
,etil they are gone, and then call on some
II their friends. The boys are gerry anxious
20 "settle" bef,re their return 10 the field.
. Oskalcosa Herald. r
u. The Draft. aa
Washington, April ls.-In order to
erroneous impressions, it 10
proper to state that the Presidents,
order Of March last requires that the