The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-09-21

hs' NVui t'ttTlotiSIn IL lnueeu genuine.
Brave, mountainous men! You and
your fallen comrades shall not be forgot
tenl When the wealth of the millionaire
has ceased to glisten, when the ephemeral
glory Of the politician shall have passed
Nway, and even the Tfi6re substantial lau-
;els of the statesman have faded, your
names shall remain green i'm the field of
and your deeds and theirs
hall descend along down the pathway of
time, Frightening in theirpassage and EN-
balmed by the universal offerings Of a
grateful posterity. And with our country
and purified BY the ordeal thro'
which she has passed, with the dark stain
OF slavery esaseti from her escutcheon,
bearing the ensign of universal freedom,
she viii continue to progress in the ed
vance of prosperity. knowledge and civili-
cation, until under the wide spread banner
of the tree of Liberty the whole human
race shall be congregated, protected and
made happy. a
Col. Kittredge. OF the Seth Iowa Infantry
responded as follows:
Mr.. Chai,mdn, Gentlemen of the Commit
tee, and Fell0r-eitizcns of Wnpello county:
After four years of war we have returned
to our homes and to civil life, having fully
accomplished the object for which we be-
came soldiers, and with all our joy you
will readily conceive that it is very CRATE
ful to us 10 be met with such unbounded
hospitality and Kindness from our fellow
;ti1 INIT I'M I, n OF ~
happiness we can but remember that only
about half our number havereturned, ano
in the midst of JOY are sad: but we also
remember that they fell I'm the noblestcause
In which man ever engaged, and that by
their sacrifice constitutional liberty has
been preserved, that the beacon light OF
liberty still burns and will continue to give
light. until its rays penetrate the whole
earth; that these brave men were heroes
glorious in their lives, hut more glorious
in their deaths, and their names and val
liant deeds will he remembered as long as
mankind appreciate the rights Of man ant
the blessings of liberty. 80 -@0GrE
nbelalf Of the soldiers of Wapello coun
ty, i thank Won for this courteous, kindly
reception and ovation, and pledge you that
Iowa soldiers will, in the future as in the
past, be ready to defend their country in
any and every extremity .r ..,..... o.
Gov. Kirkwood arrived on the ground q
few minutes before o'clock. At, two he
was introduced to the vast audience, sur
rounding the stand in dense crowd on
every side us far as the voice could reach
and proceeded to deliver one Of the most
eloquent speeches weever heard from him.
occupying abOus an hour and half.
The Governors illustrations of his sub
Jet were happy and highly relished by hi.
auditors. We .shall produce some Of then
| hereafter. We canuot tonight. His speech
was a telling one, as all his speeches are
| Personally he deserves we'll Of the Unior
zen Of Iowa, and we heartily indorse tn
suggestion Of Mr.. Wilson, made in hi!
! speech following the Governors, that HI
have an opportunity in the Senate Of tn
United States to carry out his views as ex
pressed to-day. ..... ... ...-... ..- =
| At ten minutes to o'clock, Hon. J. F
| Wilson was introduced to the audience
He alluded, i'm his introduction, feelingl.
to the day so long anxiously hoped for
when peace would smile upon the land
and to the Joy which animated so man,
hearts over the return of SO many lovet
ones, who are present. He illustrated tn
politics Of the day by bed occupied b.
certain men Of the Copperhead party, il
which he found, back against the wall,
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whom seemed to be recognized by tn
crowd. ........, ...
The Republic is in more danger nov
than during the war. TheSouth will hav,
| thirty-two more representatives in conse
quence of two-fifths of the negroes count
ing as men, and it will make no difference
whether those votes are all cast by thu
whites or by the whites and negroes, OF
the supposition that the negroes would
vote as their late masters dictated. TIL,
votes will be cast anyhow. He though
the chances forIoyal representation greate
by letting the negroes vote down South
These people have been enslaved and de
graded two hundred years, but when thu
rebels raised their bloody hands agains
| the flag. they on all occasions testified Their
love for that flag and did all they could t.
sustain it. rr~-.r.r - '. '.st .. . ~
We, in our extremity called upon tn,
negroes to help us, and he did it. Now W,
must he inst to him, and not leave him t.
the mercies of his rebel slave oppressors
Reconstruction is the great question of tn
day. He should insist upon one of tw'
plans, one, to so amend the constitution a.
to base representation upon citizenship, O
that failing, that every rebel vote shall b.
killed by black loyal vote. He alludet
to the fact, perhaps not generally known
that with only two instances, negroes wer
now eligible to every office under the con
stitution Of the United States or State o
Iowa. No danger from this, because tn
people don't fancy negroes for Represent
atives &C.. that negroes are eligible to offic
in every New England State save ono, ant
nobody ever heard of one being elected t,
offire. ~ -.. .-.. H.. .-.".1'
Mr.. Wilson said it ", Q his purpose u
vote to allow the colored people OF the Dis
trict of Columbia to vote. from which
practical calculation of the subject coul,
| be drawn. He compared the colored peo
pie ofthe district with the old citizens o
the District, from which it seemed that tn
former paid more taxes than the latter
and gave the reason for the same.
Mr.. Wilson closed with an eloquent ap
peal to the soldiers to sustain, i'm their civi
capacity. the cause they had so faithful,
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brief way. do justice to his speech, which
for pathos, clear calculation of the ques
tions at issue and an honest, manly advo