The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-07-09
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An Interview with Mr.. Chase.

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An Interview with Mr.. Chase.
Posi- OFFIs, CONFEDERATE X RoAps,
(Which is in tho State NV Kcntuclsy,) I
June 30 1868.
, The Chase movement hez bin
wcighin upon my mind like a incu-
bus. Their wuz among our people a
feclin NV distrnst at this idea NV ta-
kin up cx our candidate, q man who,
TO say the least, wuz tho bloodiest |
Ablishnist who ever Gust the country,
and / coodcnt altogether blame en-.
Ex Dcekin Pogram romafkt to me
at tho vBry last convcfshsher we
he'd but one, 81 kin possibly 90
Chase, hut will it end there? 'Spozn
Butler shood bolt Grant, must We
put him on for Vice President? Hoy
Igot to support Chase and Butler,
or Chase and Sumner? Forbid it
Hevin.'' y,3l isisrai,l,i agsl.t
therefore went on to Washing
ton to interview with Chase.
The Chcef Justis rescovcd me COR
jelly. When he found l wuz from
Kentucky, he remarked that he wuz
delited that 1 came when no wuz orr
tho bench, OF he wood how fclt it his
dooty to how adjourned court to hcv
the pleasure NV an interview, and he
RELY dislikod to interfere with pub
In hi ~ 40 y
Nov, sir" sed he, II am ready to
give 700 ansors to sich questions cz
VOC may desire. 700 will find pa
per and pencil on tho table to put
down my ansers, or Of 700 pro
fer it, / will hcv q short hand report
er in the presence" sf a1Il
I declined the short reporter and
perceeded. 8 8
"The Democrisy Nv kentucky hcv
long admired yoor gigantic abilities
and the sterlin strate forardAsimplici-
ty Of yoor character. Thoy wood
hev testified at any time thcr apprc-
ciashen nv 700, but there wuz be-
tween 700 and them some slito diff
ferences nv opinion upon matters NV
public policy which prevented it,
But they alluz loved yoo and they
rejoice that there is prospect now
that these differences may be smooth
ed down 90 that 700 may rush into
the embrace NV Kentucky. May l
ask 700 to give me yoor vicws upon
the question NV Afrikin slavcry!?'1
"Willinly, willinly, and bear in
mind that ] shell speak with the ut
most frankncss' and plainncss. Sla-
livery, my dear sir, I consider, in the
abstract, an evil, tho porhapsit wuz,
in its practicle workins, an onmixcd
good. Their is no yoose, that l kin
see, in discussin it. Itis clccrly q
dead ishoo, and my motto hoz alluz
been-let the dead bury tho dead
| Pass on to the next query" I
"What is yoor opinyun NV with>
DRAWN tho troops from tho Southern
States p sll Gsg4ll
"Theconstooshen knows the South
cz the North. The citizons of the
Southern States, now that crooel and
dcvastatin war is over, kin find am
pleperteckshen undcrt heconstooshen
and by tho operashcn NV the laws
Hewitt you Justices NV tho peace, aud
amt they sworn TO vindicato the
laws ? To them let tho people NV the
South confidently appeal. Why keep
anything there to remind an already
irritatcd people ola DEAD Ismoo2"
swat is yoor opinyun NV Niger
suffragc?''3
lo"I object mildly but firmly to the
yoose nv tho term snigger.' There il
no SIGH a word. Webster puts the
word 'nigge1' among the vuIgarisms
NV witch this age is unfortunately pro
lilo. II is doubtless q corruption NV
the word negro, witch word is yosod
to kiver tho Afrikin race. wave my
objection to the word, however. IL
regards extondin the suffrage to our
Afrikin citizens NV Amcrikin descent
wood soy that it's n question which
requires the hefticst craftsmanship to
deal with. 1t mite BIO denied them al
together on the skore NV onfitns. or
it mite be given to all on tho skoro
nv the ckatity onto which our gov
ornment is built, or it mite be, given
to some andiwithhcld from othcrs, or
it mite be left to the States. Ez an
originel states rites man, and oouse-
kently in porfock harmony with the
Democrisy all my life, ceptin in some
tliflin questions which arc fortnitly
settled, Ican't say that hov cleerly
made up my mind on this question. /
incline, however, to the bleof that it
amt worth whilo to. discuss it, 1t
seems to mo that this question tho it
wuz wunst vital, is now clecrly adoad
ishoo." f4s Hr9 IN .4
swat is yoor views on the question
Nv general amnesty ?" Hii
"Clecrly that the war settled .all
questions, this inclooded. What wuz
the coz of dispoot between the two
seckshens? A difference of opinyun.
Is the war over and doAe :? 1t is. 1t
Good not hev bin ended until the diff
erences nv opinyun wuz settled? Cor
tainly not? Then why continyoo tho
ascerbity ongcndcred bya difference
NV opinion when that difference is re-
conciled? Lot the konkercr and tho
conkerod, or ruther the stronger and
tho weaker party meet on d common
level, and 60 to church arm in arm,
ez l did with Henry A. Wise NV Vir-
oinv only tho Inst Sunday Int ana