The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-10-03
Gov Stone on the. Situation

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Gov iSToosEEe recently delivered ~
4 impromtuulf speech At Burlington, i
I which Il be, made many very. goo
strohgb points, We, gii2?an gi2?an from sth.
Hauheys the following g. extracts, re-
grettinsi that qwe 7ebhas ebhass lrpo rooms nm To-
mo iintenigeht mil, reed mistake
/ the fearful indications Of the hour. .
I FAharew,J ] ohnsonf firmly believes tha
i5his Impeachment is5a ioregone Com
sc1usion, Hitherto impeachment has
been only an idea, vaguely entertain
ed, now It Is lfixcii fact III Che MIND
ofeyery loyal than.. Congress mus,
fimpeaehI this traitor President and
ifnirl him from power, or be will ar
.best or disperse this body which lie
! claims to DO an.iligal and unconstitu
tienal body, clarifying On ftheyefge
Of The tGorernment." "..IImpcadhman
'fis the bnhantom rhas,i distarbs i his
3islumbers, T. pms pmpast lat all o|hlfa |hlfazzzards
be avoided even if the country is in
t,vplyed iii another revolution Sd
reason Andrew Johnson and. hi
lifrieRds. To prevaateths,he fsr Acw
Terrifying tiis position at eyefy' point
dad strcnpgt heaing every, Avenue. O
Itapproach. He dare NOT in such d
! conflict, trust in authority that 'splc,i.
| did hero VINO fonsht a. bta,ne Ritcr
fdrove the re eheisfrpma the Sherman.
doah yallev,and hankedb Leo at APP
SpomattoS .Coprt, House. +Hsy ,dar.
/ not trust in the South Carolina Dis
trict the stcril warrior WHO Tough;
| far Fah'iOaks and lost leg ihorepel9
ing IIonystreet' fearful charge al
| iGstty tysbprs, noFtrhim, whestood BRAY,
Ter and ,anmer than Csrnot q. the war
/ desk through all the trying scenes o.
the war. aHe dare hot ehtrust tie
execution ofthc military reconsrruc.
tion bill TO snch hands for they would
Ilnotiseryp his mean tdcsigns. lie must
also deprive General Grant, Of his an.
thority under this law, deprive him
| of the, duties Which Congress assign.
ed him. thrust him into the war of
tieeI ad iaterig by . military order,
where, that. true, maj, would be less
| in connection With the army and
mpre easily thwartedih exercise of the
Ills ilegitimatel powor as Gen. ofitha
army. .wo1|l45yo s't1aYa brH
EllI submit to youn my cn9ntrymepr,
if this aspect of national affairs is not
well calculated 70 I'll US with alarm.
There is not a loyal Senator or Rep
resentarives in Congress- or Uloyal
sG6fernpr or true statesman any
,fwhere WHO does NOT feel that, the
ship OF state is In the hands, ola, bold
bad AID desperate pilot; TINT we are
hoatihg rapidly onward among the
shoals and breakers. Gen. Grant as.
selts that the; county Isl in danger
and that his apprehensiqns for the
future, are now greater shsn they
were 1T ahy time gdaring the war %
| Let every good patriot prepare for
ftks contest. The result, of the ap--
preaching elections will have much
to with the future. It they 60 fo-
Us, as I think they will, the mad ca
reer of this usurper may be checked
rs it was last tall, but i the people
ty'their snpineness allow the Repub-
ican majorities to be materially re-
duced he will regard the result as a
lpepular reaction in his favor and be
emboldened to the most desperate
deeds. Every true, Republican and
1,loyal man should feel the overpower-
ling necessity of 'promp. and fvigor-
'oas action. in order to swell our; ma
jorities at the coming elections 70
their utmost proportions. In this Is
the greatest security from .,npend-
ing danger. 1'..2' !" ~ 3
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Under our present revenue system
tAere is not q head Of live stock or, q
| foot OF real estate in the country tax,
eds for Government purposes. All
tliis class of property is generously