The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-09-05
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The Kentucky and Tennessee Elections
The Hopes Of the Democracy dnd
of the former State. Hoo they &c.
poet to hold 1T.
POST OFFICE, CoNFEDRIT = Roads. y
(wich is in the Staff nv Kentucky.
Aug. IS, l 81. J

81 POST OFFICE, CoNFEDRIT = Reads. |
(wich i. in the Staff nv Kentucky.
F Aug. 49,, 81. } |
II wuz conienel party. There
wuz me, and Deckin Pogram, and
Bascom NV course, for it WIZ at
Bascom's, and Capt. McPclter, Issa-
ker Gavitt, Joe Bigler, who WIZ,
materially, mischcevusly ntoSlcatcd'
We had met to rejoise over he re
suit nv the Kentucky eleckshun and
the removal ofStanton and Sheridan,
and we rcjoist.
Idon't know. when felt SO happy.
Kentucy he'd spoken. We he'd cleo.
ted II I'm ny majority nv forty odd
thousand and had with him elected a
stratc State ticket, including all the
Congressman. The Ablishnists he'd
no show whatever The candidates
WIZ strate Democrats evry one ny
EN-. Sum nv EN- had bin accused NV
leanin doward the Fcdral side, but
they he'd BY affi,layits proved them
selves troo to the fdemocrisy. One
candidate he'd bin charged, by en-
vious cuss, Nv heving furnisht the
Fedral forces with bosses, but he in
|dignantly repehcd the charge. His
enemies brought forrard the docu-
ments showinthat be he'd fnrnisht
the Fedral forces with bosses, and |
trembled fer him. lie he'd contrac-
It'd to furnish 'em with bosses; he he'd
taken their accursed grecnbacks.-
But wherefore? Wuz it to benefit
'em? Wuz it to add to the resources
of the gorilla I.inlsin, or the reverse?
Let the facts answer. When wuz
the bosses dlivered? Ha! ha! Did the
Fedral officer git 'cm? He did. Did
he keep EN-? Alarsl That mite John
Morgan, who seeed his devoshun. to
the Confcderacyy with his blood,
s.ooped 'em, and them bosses which
the Fedrals paid for did servis in the
Confedrit army. Hc would ask his
maligners whether it was sinful for /.
troo Confodrit to take money ny tbs
Fcdrals fer furnishin supplies to The
.Confcderacy? Had these hosses re
manned in the hands Nv the farmer:
NV Kentucky, John Morgan Woo
hev felt delicacy in taking them
ez the farmers he'd he'd a yalyoo re-
ccivcd, he WIZ free, and he took EN-
Sich reasonin Good not fail TO con
vince. and the candidate wnz. o
course, elected. The shafts NV hi.
enemies fell pintless. s8 es.
| Therefore felt happy. TIL
waves of Ablishnism rolled over al
the other States, bnt against Kcr
lucky they struck harmless. Ken
), tuclly is brite oasis in the dessert
Bit onto Ham and Hagar, blcevin j
the sooperiority nv the white race
and that same race holdin in thei
hands the privilig Of sayin whoshoo'
vote, tina wuz safe. And we sot i
silens contcmplatin our happiness.
At last Dekin Pogram spoke. II
sighed as he spoke. lie had heer
NV Tennessee. He had seen the LEI
4 shun returns, and he wus as muc
afflicted as we wus rejoist "Whare
! FORE" he scd, s'shood we EEL gooC
! while our brethren in Tennessee nr
wailin over their woes. The nigge
with MS is in his normal specr. Sine
!, this elecshun they bow their heads i
: silence, and dodge by ez if they WI
afraid ofus, WITCH is a good sign
Tha hev lost the air they assoome
afore. and are more like slaves an
less like men. hev y ov en- swe,
tin on my farm, and four oxpatiati
: the cuss of Noer in. my Kitchen
The men yield to the power of tn
stronger race, and the females DO,
meekly to their destiny, Tom, m
r oldest son, is happy, and stays 4
home, and my other sons is as cor
tentid as tina kin b. But it is not &
in Tennessee. There they arc nc
normal. There white men bow b,
: meath power they cant resist
{ There the nigger holds up his he
Q and the confcdrit white man sneak
$ There tho abnormal niger hez
vote, and the white man, who follc
ed his State, is DISTINGUISHED. NJ
God! how kin man be happy undo
SIGH circumstances How kin
! Dimollrat rejoice when Jist aeros
3 the line he sees liberty weepin, pro
: trate, and the white man, who struc
i for his rites, pinin becoz NV his d
! privashen Of the rite Of suffrage -
He Good feel good over Kentuck,
Z but he wept over Tennessee.
Q Bascom remarked that he, too, fe
g for Tennessee, 5ut he wuz console,
!. Kentucky had proved troo, and JOIN
!, son, one worthy son OF Tennessee
= had removed Stanton! Wat MOI
7 Good we want? Kentucky had gol
g Dimokratic, and Johnson.had reno
{ cd Stanton,
. "And Tennessee he'd elected Brow
!, low, and Johnson has appointed Ge
Grant, whispered Joe. Bigler.
! Sand spoke up McPe'ters . ar
T. Sheridan is removed"
|. "Troo troor' retortcd Biglcr;; car
put Thomas in his place. The ma
who whaled us in the Shenandos
: Valley is deposed to make, room t;
II the man wat whaled us in Tcune
y see."
al This cut us. This griped u.s. TIL
e is wuss ner a cathartic to us.
: Kentucky is oil, Tennessee is acqu
r fortis. Ef Stanton is soothin, Graz
is pizen. Wherein are we better wi,
!, the one than with the other?--is
question wich we askt ourselts ov
!, and over agin: ta