The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1866-03-15
Washington Correspondence of the
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Courier
Nobly are. Congress pushing forward
their great work. With true manly cour-
age and Hrinncss do they meet the ISSUES
TINT arise, and with calm, sober ju lgment
pass decision upon thein. This perhaps
has not been so eventful week as have
been those Immediately preceding this
week; perhaps nothing has occurred in
the halls OF our National Legislature, that
should raise any undue c"mmution thro'-
out the country or give rise 10 any start
lie or surprise; and yet with ceaseless nc
tiviiy and the most earnest patriotic zeal,
| are orr faithful, loyal Representatives push
ing irrssiStsfiy on, encounterisig only to
overcome the obstacles thrown in their
way by the CoppcrheadS and ''so-called
conservatives of both Houses. Ofabuse
aud villification, they receive their fuli
quota. The disloyal, semi-rebel press
throughout the country, in one column,
TEEN with base Islander and denunciation
of the loyal Union majority i'll Congress
thankt ul let us be that they are a ma ority,
and in the next column appear with the
most iulsome lautlations of oar President.
How we "apples amazingly swim" How
came Andrew Johnson to be your Presi-
dent or the man of your choice? How
, many votes did You contribute toward his
election to the Vice Presidency? What
support, what aid, what countcnance did
! you render him in the contest, upon the
issues of which hung, pcradventnre, the
! fate of the Nation? What did You not do
| to defeat the election of Andrew Johnson,
you who have so suddenly passed thro'
this wonderful state of transitional to
give aid and comfort to armed rebels? II
your designs had only been successfully
executed and carried out, where would be
the Nation now, ger which Magistrate p
Echo answers, where? But what has the
President done, so suddenly to ingratiate
himself into your tiaNor2 Has the address
he delivered to the colored people of Nash
Vile i'm the early part of the year 1864, fa-
voring the conferInent up II them of all
iminunities and privileges accorded to
white people, met with your special APP
.prohneoa2 Was it the Presidents poll
CIV 81 n,eeting ont capital punishment to
the chief rebel conspirators, proclaimed
last spring, that has elected from v I'll such
hearty endorsement and approv? Orwas it
his unwarra r4ed and unjust vituperatiOn
of some of the nations most firm and UNI
compromising patriots? The loyal people
of the country will decioe.
Considerable amusement was afforded
in the House on Wednesday last, at the
expense of MIR. Rogers-Dem.-from New
Jersey. Mr.. Price of Iowa, was speaking
upon the subject of the pending amend
ment to the Constitution, when Mr.. Rog-
ers interrupted the gentleman, with the
question of..where a quototion previously
made from that instrument coula he
found" Mr.. Price Immediately referred
the New Jersey member to the article and
clause in question, saying as he did so.
''that he was willing to impart uliorm's-
ton to those errng members of the other
side of the House"
Mr.. Grimes presented last week me-
;! mortal of citizens of Iowa, asking for the
passage Of an amendment to the Constitu-
ton that should recognize God and the Di-
vinitv of Christ. 1t was referred to the
Reconstruction Committee.
Mr.. Grimes thenftated that what pur-
! ported to be telegram from large Union
meeting in Keokuk, endorsing the policy
veto, eRiAtt 2Sh a5 SiRiAh hin II hi
city, who, while publishing paper dur
ing the war, had his establishment denIol-
! ished; and that he believed tito bea canard.
On Friday last. the joint resolution "prO-
hibiting or refusing admission to seats i'm
either House to delegates from any of the
insurrectionary States, until such State
shall have been declared entitled to repre-
sention' was passed by ~ yeas against Is
nays.
Col. TAaddeus Stanton, Paymnster L. S
A., and his accomplished lady, have just
arrived from Richmond, and are stopping
at the National" The Colonel hails;from
Washington, Iowa, and was the first pay
master to enter Richmond after its surren-
der to the Federal authorities. lie has
been the Acting Chief Quartermaster mt
| Richmond, and was instrumental in de-
tecting gross frauds at that point, by which
thousands of dollars were saved to the
government. He is Il very urbane man,
and has won for himself the confidence and
esteem of all with whom he has been Off
cialiy and also socially connected.
The Englishman, Dcmster, Of May
| Queen fame, has returned to this country,
and favored the people of the metropolis
last evening with an exhibition OF his won
derful musical powers.
Growers great German Opera are to
hold another season here next week.
They will remain here six days. Tie price
of one tick ct to an orchestra chair for each
Ofthe six nights, is the very small sum of
Twelve Dollars. That is cheap far Wash
| ington. SCRIPTOR.