The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-08-29

DOyS, WuOCallcO ulUe Ill OIu
rebel, and run his property of. A
little further onswe came to the town
Of Bloomington, formerly the county
seat Of Macon county, and rebel
stronghold. Here they planted
pole and raised tho Confederate flag,
but few Of Uncle Sans boys
coming in shortly after, compelled
secesh young and old to march up to
the pole, and each one ia turn, was
made to strike it blow with an
az until it was folled to the ground.
Macon City is fast place, and lie
becoming quito . railroad town
The Hannibal + St. Joe and st Lou
is 4 Cedar Rapid railroads cross each
other at this place, and each have
Depot Buildings erected, and seem to
be doing driving business. The st
L. \ G. r. r. is completed six miles
north Of town, and they are busily
at work putting down lies and iron.
New hands have taken hold whore
old contractors failed, and there
the qsnd o. uo!1.sodsIp % o. suo .
road ahead as rapidly. as possible,
Macon City claims population OF
Fur thousand or moro, and has the
Of being almost entirely
newly built. It contains amagDifi-
cent Court House, finished in
good modern style, and bears but
little resemblance to the court hou-
ses usually found in the west. The
country, as approached from the
west is for several miles exceed
ingly rough, and thicklycovered with
brush or grubs.. East and north Of
the town, there appears to be . good
farming country. This will eventu-
ally be . goodly sized city. Welearn-
ed while here, that our old friends
Joseph and David Cambell were citi-
Gems fthis county and live some ten
miles Southwest Of Macon City,
and were further gratifed TO
learn that each had been 'sreconstruc.
ted and still more gratified to learn
that neither ofthem can vote in loyal
Mo. Their friends in Wapello will
reeollect how strenuously they con-
tended that they wore good Union
men. We copied aportion Of Article
I'd of the Constitution of Mo-, which
reads as follows: mo person shall be
deemed = qualified voter, who has
ever been in armed hostility to the
United States, or to the lawful au-
thorities thereof = $50 \ OK
has in any manner adhered to the
enemies Of the United States eilher
by contributing to them, or by un-
lawfully sending within their lines
money, godds, letters or information,
or has ever disloyally held commu-
nication with such enemies or has
ever advised or aided any person to
enter the service Of the so.callcd
@Oonfederate States of America = =
or has ever been member Of or con-
nected with any order, society or or
.. b.
ganization inimical to the Govern
mont of the United States, &C., &C."
We also copied from the Records Of
the Circuit Court as follows: al 81
,s-,. ''Macon Circuit Court.
Feb. Term. 1865, Mays. les3."
Joseph n. Campbell, ex-parte.
Now at this day comes the Plain
tiff herein and presents his petition
praying to be relieved from tho dis
qualifications mentioned in the End Ar
tacle Of the Constitution Of the State
of Missouri, &C., g." also on same
page Of said record we find, nDayid
Cambell, cx-partc. Now at this day,
&c.," same entry in both cases. The
court after hearing their evidence
and being disposed to accommodate
granted their petitions and 'srecon-
strncted" them, but when they como
to register failed to produce the nee
essary papers as by law required, and
they were rejected, and the conse-
quence is they haze not and cannot
vote. BY their own voluntary petit
tions on file, they convict themselves
Of being rebels to their Government,
as . great many more who still live
in Wapello, would do had they the
same fiery ordeal TO pass through,
but who dare say it is not right: and
just that those who labored to destroy
this the best Government in the
world, should stand aside and have
no voice in making its laws until af.
ter due trial and strict examination
they are found worthy. Loyal Mo-,
asks-as in justice she may-that
none but those who are proven to be
truly loyal be allowed to vote, but
our article 10 already to long, and we
will close for the present. J.E.0.
MACON CRY, Mo-, Aug. 10, '67.