The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-10-08
THURSDAY, OCTOBERs, 1lss 1899.

OCTOBER
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and the fathers hung, watll the
children do wich l see . cryin over
the corpse 2" 9sIGg 9dt
That's nothin to us. They arc lin
ON abnormal condishen, and they
must suferfor the sins NV ther faith
or Ham witch lookt at Noer when he
wuz drunk. He'd that niggor ben con.
tent to hev lived ex God and Nacher
intended him to have lived, all wood
hev ben well. But he must be free,
forsooth, and this is the result. He
must try to control his own ackshens,
f0rgettin that there is a material an
tagonism atween the Caucashen and
Afrikin races; wich kin only result in
such conflicks ez you hcv witnist. -
You hev seen speciman NV the feel
in that prevales, wher the niger is
free-wat mus. it be further South
wher the black cusses vote2 But to
res00m: ri R
1.-THE Southern people, in our opin-
ion, regard the questions of slavery
and secession ex settled by the war,
and they hev no inclination to try
EN- over again. Slavery is dead ez
Joolis Ceeser-the nigger is q free
man, and he'll be SO forever. All the
whites ask is that they shall control
EN-. They insist, and justly so, that
they shel hev the right to manage the
inferior race. They want, and they
hev the right to fix their wages, their
hours Nv labor, out going and in com
ins. Nv corse the Southern idea must
be carried out. There must be no
such nonsense ez skools among ON,
for wat does . labrer want NV that
1earnin wich half nv us, his sooperi-
ors, haven't got Neither must they
own land, for that wood onfit cm for
dischargin their natural servis. But
the power must be IN our hands. The
people nv tho South earnestly desire
peace, but her people foel that they
can't prosper 50 long es control ID in
the hands nv the niggers and the lew
carpet baggers which hevinvaded MS.
The South will never be prosperous
so long OF the mass of the men rep
resentin her intelligence is disfranchi-
sed I; so long ez-" 'sft -A.
Here wuz another interrupshen -
Please, Parson," sang out Issaker
Gavitt's little brother, o sweet lad
nv nine, splitting out his tobacco, so
ez to permit him to speak distinctly,
"Issaker wants yoo to cum over and
read for him letter wich he has jist
got" a u9j
"Tell Issaker, sonny, that hevnt
time jist now. Run up toward the
Abalishun mishun skool and get any
nigger girl witch may be standin there,
and she will read it for yoa.''t To re-
soom: sss unff sea
Understand! We do..'t want to
deprive the nigger NV the ballot be-
cause we hate him, but solely becoz
wo do not believe he hez the intelli-
gence to make him safe depository
Of politikle power. He wood inevi.
tably become the victim NV demagO-
CUES, the very thot Nv wich makes
me shudder. Wood John Morrissey
or Fernando Wood accept seat in
Congress NV such q constitooencyi
60 ask their intelligent supporters
wat they think about it. It is fol
them we plead. The very idea Nv
bringing them to the level nv the
nigger is abhorrent. q 9ii. tGd
EA for secession we hev given that
up also. We can't be expected to re
linquish our great principle Nv State
rites; nor kin we give over the ritz
NV withdrawal from a Government
wich don't SCOT us. Wv course w
shall not attempt withdrawal ez long
ez Ablishnists control the bayonet
for we hain't strong,enuff. But shut
we decide to withdraw, and coercoii
be attempted, we shel nv course resis
But we won't do it-probably. Th,
organization in the South, wich is in
terpersed with muskits and sich, il
J simply for self protection agin th'
niggers and Northern whites. -,
Il In conclushen, we wish yoo to- as
hoor the people NV Injeanny that al
we want is peace, offs, and . genera
J restorashen NV things, and that VI
aint at all pertikler es to terms. W
demand es konkercd people, tn
abrogashen NV all tho constitooshen
; ell amendments adopted since tn
close nv the late onpleasantnis, an,
, the reinstatement nv the South, wit
! all her rites. The Government, cz
, act NV conciliasheh, must relieve th
! confedorit soljers NV disfranchise
rnent, and to wunst take votes out u
, the hands Nv tho niggers who irrits
ted us by fightin agin us, when W
wus in trouble, and redoose EN- mott
slavery, but to whatever we in Fou
wisdom shall deem necessary 70
ther safety and well-bein. Do this
and we will obey what laws renal
wich are not oppressive, and tree
the niggers with genooine Kentuck,
| humanity. We want selfgoverr
, ment, not only NV ourselves, but 9th
! ers-we want peace, and we wan
our old seats in Cong Do thi
and all will be well. 5dl
IL Respectfully, d1 igal
ii PETROLEUM V. Nasty, p. M,
y, (Wich is Postmaster.)
his 9'f - t'3
; HUaH x McPELTER, ia
IL mark w @ atiJ
Il ELNATHAN PoGRAM, 40
Il his r,f
Il IssAKER X GAvITT.
II mark W
his sYg
G.. w. x BAscoM. 80
mark 5.4t
Il The Captin went away with thi
document feelin good. So good in
deed did he feel that he lent m
, twelve dollars and twenty cents
twenty cents before takin three nip
at Bascom's and twelve dollars afte
/ hope no other Southern man wi
take up this idea.
PETROLEUM v. NAsBY, p. M.,
i. (Wica is Postmaster
Il PSI hev heeri from Maine. .
I'm sick. Bascom seq its all xlte-