The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-06-15
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rebellion, was so very conservativ,
that for a long time its friends ant
supporters in the north. hardly knew
which side it was going to take il
the great struggle; seeing, however
that the loyal millions ia the north
were rallying to the supper,
OF the government as ont
man, It could do nothing
else but come out on the side ofright
and justice and in SO doing, it wat
cut off from large and profitable
circulation in the South. Since the
| war, its chief editor, Rev. s. Ireneus
Prime, has travelled extensively in
Europe, writing entertaining letters
for his paper, in regard to the man,
ners and customs of the people Of
Sweden, Norway, Russia; Franco
etc, and having got through with
that country, is now in the South.
crn States, doing" them, with the
evident intention, Of trying to regain
tho patronage that paper has lost in
! tho south, by beng loyal to the
north. Hear him:
1.-TWO great changes have come
over tho face face of things within
the last two months; both in the
way of improvement-onein the
South, and one in the North. The
Southland South Carolina especial.
ly-has come to better state oil
mind. The Nor.h-and some oil
the political partisan papers parti.
cularly-have come to a better mind.
This is a great result. No matter
to what it is attributed. The facts
are grateful and suspicious.
"When l came to South Carolins
it was not uncommon to hear citi
zens declaring their determination
never to submit to the political state
of things IMPOSED upon them they
would resist it, if they could, by
forco, and overturn it /; not the Gen
eral Government, not the Union, but
the negro rule in the South this
they said, was odious, intolerabl.
and not to be put Up with"
What great change has com.
over the North, he does not say, bur
We suppose he must allude to tn,
"new departure" and as TO any sin
cere repentance upon the part of tn,
South, we suppose he might cit,
JEFF. Davis speech at Atlanta.
| He further says
"When I came South 1t was no
uncommon to read in the New Yorl
party papers accounts of the state O
things down here-outrages upor
persons and property, conflicts ant
riots-that had no existence what
over but in the tervid and inventiv,
heads # the INSCRIPTIONS manufac
turers OF .et,ers for political party
purposes"
| The above paragraph, of course, i
a sop for our dear erring Southern
brethren, and will not doubt cause
perfect ruish of subscribers to tn
New York Observer. Now follows
little comfort for the North to kee1
its patrons there in heart:
| cater the war was over, and tn
negroes became possessed of politica
power and men from the North cam
in to avail! themselves of the negr
to obtain Office and wealth, there wa
q guerrilla resistance to this move
and naturally offensive state of al
fairs. Bad men, foolish and rockies
mon, "young bloods," as they woul
like to be called, with more or los
organization all over the South, a,
tempted to break down this ne,
rule by secretly inficting injury upo
negroes and those who were in pe
litical sympathy with them. Oh,
RACES have been perpetrated by ther
in all, or nearly all, the Souther
States, You have in tn
South what is called o Ku Klux OF
ganlzation. 1t is in principle an
practice Internal. It is dishonorabl
in its very nature, and anti-chivalrit
OF course. Tho men who enforce it
order wear masks not only to escap
legal conviction, but to screen them
selves from exposure to the knowl
edge of their fellow men. But 70,
ask me, why are not these midnight
masked marauders suppressed by th,
public sentiment of honorable mel
who despise secret villainy? Th,
answer is easy: there is no way in tn,
South ofreaching with public opin
ion the class of men engaged IN such
lawless outrages. They do not read
the newspapers. They do not meet
with intelligent men. They are the
banditti of the South no more re.
spoDsible to public sentiment than
the brigands Of Greece and Italy,
They merit the execration Of man.
kind for two adequate reasons: LIST.
they are rascals and 2dly, they have
furnished an excuse, if not iustifica
ton, for the harsh and oppressive
Legislation imposed upon the South,
and demanded by those who have
suffered from these outrages. All
good men in the South lament these
outrages. Mot a mao of honor but
despises and loathes them"
Since the South Carolina Conven-
ton, he is hopeful, see what a glori-
GUS state OF things are in the future.
"The greatest change to be noticed
IS in tho public sentiment of South
Carolina and the public sentiment in
the North respecting the condition of
the South. The taxpayers conven-
ton, recently held at Columbia,
brought all parties together to talk
matters over, and the result is aus.
picious. The situation" is accented.
The remedy of existing evils is to be
found by the use Of lawful and peace.
full means. And intelligent virtue
will yet reign and bring with it pros
perity."
Verify, brother, Irenius, you must
have been Toasted and feted we'll thus
70 have had such bright visions oil