The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-08-07

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Mixing up Things In Virginia.
Although Charley Southland, Of the Morris
Adrertiser, is one Of the most jovisl fellows in
the world, he usually writes as soberly as a
philosopher, and the editorial columns of his
paper are ordinarily model of sedateness.
It is something SO extraordinary, therefore, to
see the Adeertiser break out in cachination,
that such an occurrence is worthy of special
note. Charley's leader. in last Saturdays Ad-
certiser, is regular guffaw, and surprised as
we should be at such an exhibition on his
part in any case, the present particular occa-
sion oft is still more surprising and e1traor-
binary.
Charley must be allowed to tell his little
joke in his own way: Says the Adcertiser-
The associated press dispatches say that after
Col. Walker, the newly elected Governor, went
to Norfolk, where he was met by the committee,
composed about equally of the most prominent
tohisc and oolorcd citixens" The despatch fur
Their says that Gov. Walker, on reaching his no.
tel, appeared on the balcony, between the Ma.
tional and State Gags, held By representatives of
both rdces!" The Governor made speech, in
which he eaid: 1--WE must remember that we
have succeeded on the platform Of unsoersdl stuff
rage and equal rights. We must not forget that
the opportunity of winning this victory through
the liberality Of President Grant, loud cheers],
and we must see that it's fruits are for the benefit
Of all" The despatch winds up with the an
nouncement that "Gov. Walker was followed by
Isaac Hunter, coIored, and several white speak
ers."
At Richmond, on the following day he met
with similar reception, q procession of schie
and black citizens escorting him through the
principal streets, to the hotel.
And having "got off" this much, Charley
laughs right out "in meetin'," as it were-in
this unseemly fashion
Negro-hating democrats, look at it; Just allow
your minds to comprehend the infsmy of the &C
ton. Here IL man who was supported for Gov
ernor Of Virginia, by all the democratic.rebel
aristocrats-fresh and pure from the best fami-
lies-of Old Dominion, end claimed as their vic
torious candidate, allowing n,gcer to come near
him after the election! Isn't it horrible! And
then he says that "niggers must be protected !"
Worse still; where's Nasty?
Softly, Charley. This man Walker was
elected by conservatives" in Virginia, on the
universal suffrage and universal amnesty
platform-that is, ON that platform that not
only the negroes should be admitted to suff-
rage, but also that all the rebels should be
pardoned and admitted to suffrage. This is
what the democrats:and conservatives in the
southern states have been asking congress to
grant them for several years past, but is just
what our radical congress has uniformly re-
fused to grant "The negroes shall vote, but
the rebels-never That was what your par
ty in congress always said, and will again say
next winter. And it was exactly against this
platform that the radicals in Virginia put up
Wells as their candidate against Walker
But "through the liberality of Grant," Wells,
the radical, was allowed to be defeated. The
ex-rebels, by joining teams with the negroes,
gained the victory, and the carpet-baggers are
laid out. Nothing more NATURAL under the cir
cumstances, than that Walker should be greet
ed by the negroes and ex-rebels arm in arm.
But next winter, when your shrewd radical
congress see how the party is in danger by
this adroit vancouver of the ex-rebels of losing
not only Virginia, but also Tennessee, Miss
issippi, Texas, and, in fact the whole south,
and that, too, by the 'liberality OF Grant "
and when they begin, in sober and indignant
earnestness to undo this work and save the
states to radicalism by re-euacting rebel dis
acknowledgements, and when, in this highly
patriotic effort, the party of great moral ideas
is again defeated by the "liberality" or stub
bornness of Gen. Grant, as they probably will
be, who will laugh then, Charleys Won't the
radical smoker at seeing negroes and ex-rebels
walking arm in arm in procession be apt to
proceed from the wrong side of the
mouths Eth, Charley9 1t certainly looks, to
so man up tree" rs if, in thus rejoicing over
the defeat ofyour own party in Virginia, you
were the slightest bit unsophisticated-
dant, in fact-don't it now?
HORRIBLE AFFAIR.--A horrible affair &C.
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