The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-06-17
hearted noble fellow, but he just kill
ed himself with liquor never was So

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Der after he got home from Washing
ton and finally drank to such cxccs
that his whole system was so thor
oughly narcotized that nothing pro
duced the least reaction and all cxpc
dients failed to arouse him, With .
feeling of sadness in sympathy will
this man and other friends of Robcr
Johnson l thought All? how many
kind hearted, generous, noble mind
ed men have fallen victims to thi.
fell destroyer. That night we were
in Washington and early next morn.
ing in New York, having travelled
1850 miles in II hours of run.
ming time including stopages for
meals, &c.
Many of our norther friends have
asked mo s'can northern man trav-
el in safety in the South
and express his sentiments of loyalty
freely and candidly." / answer
that should apprehend no danger
of personal violence to any prudent
man, a hasty tempered violent man
could easily provoke quarrel that
might result in violence. There has
been occasional cases of violence and
abuse Of persons themselves inclined
to be prudent and pacific. But when
this has happened, they have gener-
ally been the unfortunate victims of
other n ems of imprudcnec. / ex-
pressed myself freely and candidly
to men who differ with me in scnti-
mcnt-not while an entire stranger
to them, but after we knew some
thing Of each other, and never in
one single instance did it call forth
rough angry or ungentlemanly re-
ply. ! saw one gentleman who had
within the last six months been
made the subject of personal violence
tor opinions sake, and ono lady, also
an Office holder, who told me she had
been spit upon.
Every real gentleman or lady that
we met with, condemned all violenc
and outrage, and claim that in al
most every instance where men have
been killed or injured because oftheir
opinions, it is simply made a pretext
by some one who had personal
grudge against them.
The fact is in my humble opinion
there is no great difference between,
the deccndants OF the Puritan and
Cavilicr, and if there ever had been
they are too thoroughly mixed now
to admit of any salient lines Of do
narkation. saw a splendid South
,rn lady, one of the very highest
type, one whose beauty OF person
and elegance of manners, would
make her conspicuous anywhere
whose husband is as pure Yankee as
she Southern. lie was born and
.aised in one of the suburban towns
IF the city of Boston. In Alabama
hey raise cotton which is taken to
New England to manufacture. This
New England gentleman vent to
Mobile TO buy cotton ard thus be.
,ame acquainted with his lovely wife
md her family. This is one ease
If many thousands that clearly show |
low much stronger nature Is than
preiudices, for thus it is
hat the natural forces assert them
selves, bringing the people of the
.wo sections together not alone in
business intercourse not alone in
,lose and pleasant social relatives,
,ut in tbs most dearest, most tender |
md holy of all the relations Of this
ife. And now what q burning
shame it will be, what an everlasting
disgrace to the name of American
Citizen it will be, if the two sections
10 not by MUTUAL foroearance and all
and honorable concess.
OBS, do away with all the nnatural
,reiudices that have heretofore exis-
ed. Danish them forever from our
minds and hearts become truly |
lnited as nation and fulfill the des-
iny that a gracious God intends for
is, ofbccoming the most prosperous,
he most happy, the greatest nation
lpon the face of the earth. Then
shall tho millions yet unborn arise to
,all us blest. j. d. l..