The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-09-26
ORGANIZEll ORGANIZE /! /!

" mon KepuDllcBnS OF every town.
ship in Wapello county. should pro
coed to the Reorganization oflocal town
ship clubs, or Vigilance Committees.
For some unaccountable reason our
Republican Legislatures have, up to
the present time, failed TO give us a
registry law, Consequently toprevcnt
our enemies from a too free indul-
gencc in their hereditary disposition
to stuff the ballot boxes. with fraud
ulent votes, tits necessary to have
every precinct thoroughly organized,
and every legal vote, whether it be
Republican or Confederate put down
on the check lists, and then when
election day comes, let this list OF
voters be Placed in the hands of a
suh-eemmittee Of intelligent but de-
termined challengers, whose duty il
should be foreman at the polls from
morning till night; and see to it that
none but legal votes are cast.
By this arrangement can be
found out in time to bring them to
the polls those Republicans who
value a days labor more than the
continued welfare Of their country.
Fraudulent illegal and double voting,
whereby they have managed to get
the maximum of votes from the min.
mum of voters, has always been the
striking characteristic and trump
card Of the cqpperhead party. At
the last city election in this city,
their prominent candidates made
themselves conspicuous in drumming
in voters from Dah.onega and other
townships, and the outlying suburbs,
not to mention the drunkenvagabond
they brought here from Corydcn
whose vote tied the middle ward and
eventually gave them for time the
oity government.
The only wav to checkmate them
in this sort ofvillainy, is toorganize,
meet them with stubborn front at
the polls; have every loyal vote out,
and then a glorious victory over the
rebel sympathizing, fire in the rear,
draft skedaddling, honest national
debt repadiating, copperhead crew
awaits you. at the OCTOBER election.
The Situation q
\ Senator's Wade, Sherman, and
.Thaysr, addressed the republicans O.
Cincinnati last Saturday. .gs
~ In the course Of his remarks Gen
Thayer said:
:; 81 have recently been in MARYLAND
and the District of Columbia, having
left Washington only night before
last. While there took special pains
TO inform myself in regard to tht
present purposes Of Johnson, and OBJ
tanned what ] am about to state iron
reliable authority. / declare, upoI
my responsibility as a Senator Of tht
United States, that to-day Andrew
Johnson meditates ard designs forci
tble resistance to the authority 0
Congress. | cannot point out th,
occasion on which he may attemp
Ito use, military force. 1t may be t,
prevent the assembling of Congress
or, when assembled, if the House o
Representatives passes articles of i'm.
parchment, or it may be for the pur-
pose Of forcing Southern Senators ant
/ Representatives to seats in Congress
| The question may be asked, How
can he do such q thing? You recol
lect that six months ago Coy. Swami
of Maryland, was elected Unite,
i States Senator, and that few week
aftcrward he declined, giving gray
reasons Of state as the cause. 1t was
] that Lieutenant Governor Cox, q
THAT State, could not be trusted fc
j Johnson's purposes. There is to.da,
a standing army in Maryland organ
/ lied militia force, such as no othe
State in the Union has, officere
] mainly by returned rebels. Whe
4 the time comes, which he looks 70
under some pretences, Johnson ma
| declare Maryland and the District G
/ Columbia under martial Law, and ca
upon Governor Swami to bring fort
his militia. There is nothing tina
| will deter Johnson from this purpose
except when the issue comes, tina
his courage may fail. / make thi
statement that the American peopl
may know tile danger that threaten
their peace and safety If Pennsyl
wanna and New York give Democrat
ic majoritics in the coming elections
it will embolden him to carry out hi
purpose, and 1 hope you, the peopl
of Ohio, will be warned in time, AM
so cast your votes as to rebuke ant
prevent the mad designs Of this man
who is now acting PRESIDENT. OF tn
United States. But gentlemen, lie
me say to ypu, that whenever John
son attempts force and orders any sol
dirs under his command to resist the
authority Of Congress, his doom i.
sealed. The fate from which he ha.
preserved the traitor Jeff Davis, viii
then be melted out to him. Aye, wher
hat tip,e comcs 800 600 men from