The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-11-03
The Clinton Age has thc following

The Clinton Age has thc following
sensible statement In regard V the
construction OF the Iowa; Southwes-
torn Railroad, which it will bo rscol.
lected is the road Of which Gbv. xxx:
wood is President, and s. D Carpen-
ter ofthis city director, go
Clinton can have this road If hef
people speak quick enough for II. There
has been considerable talk, and now
comes the time for action. 40 We
have said dozen times, the route 10
too desirable q one to remain unoo.
cupied--ahd CLIFTON is not the only
point in the world from which read
may start to penetrate tbsrick ee9n:
try contemplated to DO tFatSfted, Sf
tho South Western. Already 'Aft
Mitchell has put his engineers on
line which runs throush the wsetsfh
part Of this county to Loudsn "
Stanwood, with the view Of proved
ing therce TO Upton, Iowa City and
the country marked ont by the South
Western. M IS 4
Mitchell can. afford TO build hat
if he finds Clinton inactive About ~
one. But with the right etcr0 bere
and along the line q Tar - Tlpe4n,
his scheme falls. The four town
ships in Scott county oaght
to be at work and settling
down upon what they can do. No
people along the entire line arc 20
much interested a. they-bccauss
this ia the last chance, in AL reasona.
BILE probability they will have of ma.
king an eastern connection by rail-
Will they not put the ball in motion
and see what they can do.
Lots ofhard work must b done
from now until this route is, made
either success or 10, given up q. q
failure. The people along tho entire
line must arouse themselves, show
thoir hands and strengthen the organ
ization by proffering liberal aid.
In this city. we are pleased to be
able to announce that about sigma
lures enough have been obtained to .
petition to call the vote upon the tax.
But it behooves everybody who has
the interest and welfare OF onr city
at heart, to devote more or less time
to talking up this project. For the
next four weeks let this subject DO
uppermost in mems minds. Let the
Importance Of tho enterprise be dis
cussed and the necessity ofimmsdiate
action be the prominent line ofargu-
ment. We have already lost ground
| by delay. Don't let us lose the road
by delay.
The President mas ordered three or
four thousend troops to concentrate
here previous to election day. The
first persons to cry out against this
very sensible precaution against riot
will be the political managers who
are resolved to carry the election, -
they have heretofore, by fraud and
force. The usual argument advanced
| III buCu lu6b0uC0b ID VN0e VIZ PtOSVAAOs
OF troops will provoke riot, and that
they who ordered the troops were
those who designed bloodshed. It ID
very shallow argument, though il
has often prevailed with the shallow
minded, and doubtless will in this
case. But peaceful and honest people
will understand that the measure is
simply and wholly precautionary
one. The force which Is coming here
is designed to act as preventive
police, and will be employed only
when Tammany agents attempt BY
violence to carry out Tammany
threats against the United States
Marshals, who are ordered and sworn
to enforce the laws against FALSE
voting and repeating" Thsse
threats have been 30 seriously and
openly made that the Government
cannot, in justice to the citizens
whom it is bound TO protect, disobey
them. The measures it has adopted
promise to insure honest people their
rights, and intimidate the villains
who designed and prepared for riot;
and their success will be their justi-
fication,-Ne,o York Tribune.