The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-10-22
Interesting Correspondence.

The following correspondence, be-
tween Judge Pierrepont, heretofore
a leading democrat, and one of the
most eminent legal men in the coun-
Try, and the mere hant Prince A. T..
Stewart, has Just been made public,
and ill fully explain itself
I No. 1O3 FIFTH AVENUE, J \
NEj DIRK Saturday Dot. 10 1868
ToAlex. T. Stewart Esq, Chair
man of the Grant Committee, etc:
My DEAR JUpGE-When Frank r..
Blair, who had no claim whatever
upon the Democratic party, was nom,
mated in Tammany Hall with such
shouts OF applause, just after pro-
that aWe must haze a Pres
ident Uho acM trample into dust" the
laws ofCongress, and when four rebel
Generals made tho chief ratification
speeches in New York my attention,
asa War Democrat, was arrested by
this remarkable exhibition.
Since then l have carefully noted
the expressions Of Southern journals,
and the speeches of Southern politi-
clans, from Wade Hampton, on his
return TO Charleston, to the recent
manifestation Of B. 81. Hill, and /
find that every leading rebel in the
Confederacy regards the expected
election Of Seymour and Blair as a
vindication Of the rebellion, and rs
certain to restore the South to every
right which she had before tho war,
including the "trampling into dust
by military feet the proclamation Of
freedom, and the fourteenth amend
yment to the Constitution. ~ $50.
This contest presents ellldefn-
cd issue between the friends and the
enemies ofour Government. y
/ cannot conceive how an intelli-
gent man, who docs not, wish the
rebels returned to power,
the nations faith violated, it's debt
repudiated, its name dishonered, its
prosperity destroyed, its patriots in.
suited, and the ssLost Cause" restor-
ed, can vote against Grant. it3aa
In my judgment, the, election Of
Seymour and Blair would forthwith
confuse and paralyze Cur business
and reduce the value of our property
one-half. 81 = .f.il,2e 7ll
To aid in averting this calamity,
send you herewith 100000, which ]
gire to be used in the election of Gen.
eral Grant in such manner as you
and the committees with whom you
act may think best.
AndI remain yours, very truly, -
y EDWARDS PIERREpoNT.
70 this letter, with its $4,000
postscript, Mr.. Stewart replies in the
same business-like strain: aaE y n
BROADWAY AND CHAMBERS STREET, I
New York, Oct. IL, 1863. aa
Hon. Edwards Pierrepont, New York
city: ts.'t.s7 tsa'.
MY DEAR S1R-It gives me great
pleasure to know you fully appreciate
the consequences to all business men
indeed, every one having any interes,
in the prosperity Of our country, tina,
must result from the election OF Gen
eral Grant.
The question is presented to the
people, whether they will aid in elect
ing an Administration bent upon
trampling loyalty into the dust, and
elevatihg upon its ruins a power con
trolled BY rebel chiefs. whose motto
will be s'The, Rebellion Vindicated, ;
with prostration to every branch o.
industry and business at the North
or. whether we should place in the
Executive Mansion one emphatically
of the people, who has never acted
but from a'jnst sense of duty TO his
country, and from whose Administra
ton we will have all the blessings
that can flow from peace in every de
partment of our Government, inspi
ring o co .fidence that cannot but lead
us to prosperity and happiness as a
nation, and promising for usa future
unequalled in the history Of the past
To secure this end / accept your
generous contribution, and wall apply
it to such proper uses as may tend to
bring about a result sopromising with
blessings to us all.
Y Sincerely your friend, ss
2GG& D.i3H ALEX. r. STEWART.