The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-10-10

Mr. WdSby UefdltS hlS AdveMtuTeS IN
Strong Democratic County In
Southern Ohio--the Suffrage Ques-
tion IN that Part Of the Democratic
Heritage.
fosT OFFICE. CoNFEpRIr x ROADS,.
(wich l., in The Stait NV Kentucky.
# SEPT 20, III.
Last week / wuz invited to 60 in
to Ohio to assist my brethlc en- NV
that Stait. The Masscdonian cry
reached me, "Come aud help us!
and ez the cry was coupled with the
ashoorance that | shood be provided
for, | needed it. Couple Masscdo-
nian cries with whisky, and ! cant
resist EN-. never try. knowd
there wasn't much difference atween
the Dimocracy NV Ohio and Ken
lucky, but / wuz onprepared for the
strixin resemblance / found. Twins
is not more similar. My last appint-
mcnt wuz in purely Dimocratic
county. II wuz settlement after
my own heart, and the mint my
practist eye rested onto it my sole
leaped for joy. 1t wuz q town wich
he'd bin some day the seat NV biznis,
but raleroad runnin some nine miles
to one side NV it he'd cut eff its trade,
and the inhabitants hevin nothin to
do, the better part Nv EN- went with
the trade. Nacher abhors a vacuum,
and there rushed in sich as found it
diffikult to live elsewhere. The
whole population hcvin much leisure
fell to pitchin coppers, wich, to make
the game cxcitin, they pitched for
drinks. Pi,chin for prinks soon rem
der d EN- incapable nv more violent
lexcrci,e; and in year from the tin,c
the trade left ein it wuz the strongest
aud most intense Dimocratic town in
the State. Ez they must eatssuthin
and ez the groseres coodent rnn per-
petooally without money, they he'd
occasional spasms Of labor. Then
wood they look over too the Ken
lucky shore, and scc thousand ofjest
SIGH men and thelrsilves a spendin
their lives in one unecdin round OF
Nv copper pitchin, hoss racin. and
poker playin, the nigger meanwhile
u sweating to furnish the means, and
they wood break out unto murmurin
at the croocl fate which east their lot
where every man was fors. to sweat
ter his SELF, and the cnss of labor
cooden't be filed by proxy. Their
proximity to Kentucky tantalized
EN-. They wood hev all gone there
Good they have raised enutfto bay a
nigger apiece. bnt they coolen't. -
There wnz most deitctul look Of
serenc rcpOse nn1nT the Place wIch
charmed me. Nothin s,oodnprite.-
The sign post nv the tavern he'd
been leaned agin SO much that it had
contracted :hc same habit, the hor-
SEES, from Il too rigid economy in the
matter Nv oats, wnz leanin ag;n the
side NV the bafns, the shutters on
the gro,series hang cornerin across
the windc,. in conscience NV the
the lower hinges bem broke. the
clap boards on the houses all hangin
by single nail at one end, presented
any but rcglar appearance. and the
men were all either sittin on store
boxes or lcanin ayin whatever poss-
essed sufficient strength to keep EN-
up.
wuz enthusiastically reserved.
The town wuz excited on two ques.
tions I. Taxation 2. Nigger
Equality. The cheerman uvthe dep.
utashen wnz the most checrin style
Nv Democrat I he'd seen for years. M
His independent hair tad pushed his
way through the top of his hat and
bristlcd in all directions. bidding de-
fiancc to the world; his toes protroo.
din from his shoes. and his trowscrs
hanging lop-ided by one snsl Q ,der
indicated sovereign contempt for
appearances. He begged me, with
tears streemin down his eyes, to rouse
the people agin the dangers which
threatened en-. {. Think, said he,
nv the hundreds Nv thousands Nv
millins wich we, the people are forc-
ed TO pay in taxes to the General
Government, and rouse en- to the
necessity NV ackshen!"
!" | WILL" scd l. Z" will. State to
me the amount Nv taxes paid the ty.
ranical government in this Arcaien
spot, that NAV have the data from
which to speek."
",Taxcs?" returned this patriot,
! with an amazed hook onto his coun-
tenaace, taxes! We don't pay any
taxes here. The assessor came here
two years ago. and, finding nothing
to assess, hezn't considered it worth
while TO come since. But good Lord
our hearts bleed for these uniortun.
ate victims NV Ablishin policy, wich
hev suthin. and is forced to pay onto
it.! The people is bein ground into
dust by taxashen." And the old man
wrpt bitter tears at the miseries uy
the sitooashen Nv the people. What
techin benevolence
! On the question Nv niggcr ekality,
found EN- at most dclitefnl heat
They he'd seen the tcrrors NV it, AMI
knowed whereof they spoke
Niggcrs he'd cum from Kentucky
across the river to cm, and instid Nv
ecceptin their normal speer, and
yicldin quietly to the irresistible de.
crees Of Heaven, wlch made e,n the
interiors NV the white, they he'd, the
moment they had accumulated suth,
Unto live on. assoommed the airs NV
Equality. They refoosed TO KEEP their
4 places. The cheerman remarkt az