The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-04-13
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aetYhe following is the item from our
2 COURIER which has created 30 much
abobbery in Mississippi,
aPERsoNAL.-We received q call
to-day from J. Y. Campbell, ESQ.,,
editor of the Star, Enterprise, Mis-.
,sissippi. He says that the Ku Klux
IRE marshaling their hosts, and that
If the democrats should get control
Of tho government again, that all
Northern ioyaiists would be murder-
ed or driven out of the country,
which opinion corresponds with that
of all parts Of the South who do not
want chaos and the rebellion to come
again" 4a (
To which the vicksburg' Herald,
edited by the notorious McCardle,
makes the following response:
- sWe know nothing personally OF
this carpet Dagger Campbell, but we
do know that when he communicated
the foregoing, he deliberately uttered
what he kneU was q base, cowardly
falsehood. That ia all we have to
say for Campbell"
@ And then comes the Enterprise
Courier, tho rival paper to the Star,
of which latter Dr.. J. Y. Campbell
seems to be one Of the publishers, in
stead Of editor, as we had it, with
the following article:
"When DR.. Campbell came here,
nearly two years ago, he said, aho
was an Illinois Republican, but no
d--ned carpet-bagger." However,
he has proved to the entire satisfac.
ton of this community that love of
gain, with him, is paramount to polit-
zeal principle. Nevertheless, the
people did not think him so migrate
tul as to utter a BASE, INFAMOUS
Islander against those upon whom he
depends for support.
The burdens Of the Southern peo-
plo are already fcarfllto contemplate
without the aid of FALSE charges
like the above to make them more
80, for it is well known that the
Republican authorities desire only
,pretext for the quartering of troops
a the South, or doing anything else |
to defeat the Democrats in 1872.
Gail we'll informed people ia the
South" know that the assertions
contained in the above item in re.
gard to the spirit of the Southern
people, from an Iowa paper are FOUL
cALuMNIEs, and Us FALSE as The heart
that invented them"
We certainly have no sort of dis.
position to do or say anything in our
paper to place the life or property of
any loyal man in the south in jeop.
ardy, Us seems to be the case with
DR.. Campbell from our notice. We
should have perhaps remained in
blissful ignorance OF him, or his ps.
per forever, had he not called on us |
At tho time in question, presenting |
his card, and announcing his connec- |
ton with the Enterprise Star. We
neld > brief conversation with him,
frequently interrupted by business or
other engagements with parties in
our Office. We cannot now recolIect
the exact language used, and will
give DR.. Campbell the benefit of tho
u y I
doubts in our mind, and say that
his detailed statement, as quoted
above, of the conversation, is substan-
TALLY correct. By this admission we
may be understood as stating that
Or. Campbell did not say that .the
hu-kiux were marshaling their
hosts but that he did say ''that if
the democrats should get control OF
the government again, that all the
northern loyalists would be murder.
CD or driven out of the country" or
to be more specific, and to use the
Doctors own language as given
above, say. "that should the Demo-
1,A'S get lnto power that tho Carpet
Baggerswould have 70 bundle up and
loave." .{ Il. i.5.3
The very gravGmen of our offence
az 81 those sweet-scented recon-
,4 oelsin the hasty paragraph
4. S hoy are making 40 mnch
'. ,.,. ey will drive out or
Itl'4ea. j. &. loyalists whenever the
W.; vi.s.s sii d come into power, and DIR.
q sapea.I.samits that he made sub.
'rantiaiiy the same statement to Us.
Now, pray, tell Us bow "the Carpet
Sasgers would have to bundle out of
mississippi upon the triumph Of the 1
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