The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-08-31
Wapello County Ticket.
Gov. Stone in OttumWa.

Gov. Stone filed his appointment int this
city to day. The people assembled first at
she Court House, but the Court Room be-
.ng manifestly to small to accommodate
the crowd, the meeting was adjourned to
College Square, where at least good shade
was found under the shadow of the School
House and the trees which abound there.
Hon. d. II. Michael. Chairman of the
Central Committee, called the meeting to
order, and on his motion Major Samuel X
Dreamer, Of Agency Township was called
to the chair. Mr.. c. stated the. object of
the meeting to be to hear Gov. Stone upon
the Governor, who proceeded to address
the people in a very interesting and able
manner upon the great questions entering
into this canvass. At the time of going to
press, he is still speaking. We were pres
ent until such time as we were required to
prepare this brief notice for the paper this
evening. We must defer fuller notice
until Monday.
In the larger portion of the Governor
Speech, to which we listened, he met the
issues before the people fairly and square
ly, and sustained, it seemed to us, perfect
ly the correctness Of the creed of our noble
party. He spoke the necessity of par
ties, and in the natural order of things but
two.great parties; he reviewed the course
that the U i'm party by their votes, l,y fur
nishing supplies, supporting the families
OF soldiers, and in other WAYS had aided
the army, and the Rebellion by the Joint
efforts Of those who went to the war and
those who sympathised with them at
home, had been put down, so far as hysical
force was concerned, but, that the rebellion
will not becompletely suppressed until the
questions now pending are settled and set
tied in the right way.
Lie spoke of jeff. Davis, and the proper
course to be pursued in reference to him
and the leaders of the rebellion, He paid
his respects tothe Copperhead party, show
ing up their course in relation to the war.
and their object now in counting the sold
lers. He stated his plan of reconstruction.
taking the ground that the relations of the
rebel States to the Union having been dis
turped, they should not he released from
military control until they had repented
ana done works meet for repentance. He
was speaking upon negro suffrage when we
left the ground, and was showing in con-
vincing and witty manner the extreme
folly and absurdity of indulging at this
time NEGRO on the brain;" that nobody
could be harmed for four years, and not
then, as every one could then saw YES or
no. as they pleased.
There were several Copperheads present
and they generally deported themselves
with propriety, as everybody should at DO
itical, as well as other meetings. One of
them, however, attempted to reply TO a
question of the speaker. about the compar-
alive effect of the election of Lincoln and
Mcclellan on the country, but we are in
clined to think he will ALWAYS hereafter
wish he hadn't said anything. Another
man, named VIC believe Henderson. with
soldiers clothes on, persisted in disturbing
the meeting by loud talking, until the ap-
plication of little police persuasion in
duced him to leave the ground. Otherwise
the meeting passed quietly, up to the time
We left
Gov. Stone is making an able and sue
cessful canvass. His voice is somewhat |
effected, but otherwise he is in good health. |