The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-04-06
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The Ku-Kiax qscstion has beeom
/ very esiioa6 lBefoss he war : citi
l BON Of the Unitsd States who beliey
| "a 10 the Declaration Of Injepeu
dsscs, and said 30, va ostlawsd
Il AArried and liabls 10 b usrdsred d
i halt the ooaatzy Itwss safer for |,
| free tongasd Amsrioap, Who held 4
sh0 3gAtf6l equality Or III mon, Il
\ ktravel il Central xlfica than Soasl
CAsN6nA under tho Aag Of the Uni
l I'D Ste4ss.t Nov sthas Ne Wue 1
eAds4 10 copspicuous Union, man
And no gcolored citisen who takes Il
laeevs and positrve position il sym
44aaAy with the Union, IL safel irou
aspeplt los mutdee.in q largo part q
i The, old lslate STATES. If he comtlaina
he b told that The local courts On
cpeh 70 him. IT he replies that tht
no6'holds the courts and shat b
hasths same 'protsotion thst he abo.
ltiQpist In the Interior Of Nisssissip.
pi had against, the slsvery sassaasinl
/ fifteen ysars ago, he i told that, he
hes the bsllot, and be must right him.
selgAt the polls. 1f he replies that
the mob; which y supreme, preyents
his voting, hs is told that that il his
miaortune, but that the United
StasSs authority can interfere in Z
Stats. Spon . reqaisition Of the gov
crnor. II bel sAys that the governor
il . Ka Klux, bs y told that Il 10 !
pity; but that the principle Of tho
govornmsnt requires that every State
mast protect it. citizens.
s And he b asked, 10 turB, il the
Unitsd States should intsffsts 81
it pleasure in every State By .
more rssolotion of Congress- how
would It b With him If his friends
should lose power, and the triends Of
TIE Ka Klux como int To which he
would, Of course, reply that Il would
certainly be no worse for him-And
il would not. But how would Il BE-
elsewhere and hereafter. s,gos,a Is ,
b The question 10 uudsniably . very,
grave and difficult one. The States
rights answsr, however, Is vefy short
and simple. The Southsfn States; is
says, from IN unnatural fostsringsof
slavery and the inevitable sconse-
quences Of waE, have lapsed into
quaai- -barbarism, and they must work
themselves clear. They must learn
by experience. They must civilize
themselves. This answer would bs|
mors SatisfsctSfy u the barbetians
wore not voters in . common 0nion,
aad adherents of . great party
which contests its government. In
view Of that hot tie practical qass-
ton Immediately n, whether that
situation Of thipgs could be changed
By lsgislation. And II II could, Il the
protection Of thoeo wkem the Ku
Klux keeps from the polls by terror
woald psoveat .the national govern
mont falling into the hands Of the
KuI Klux party, ought they mot TO Be
protected and the governmentsa tsavod Z
Granting, - every sensible man
must, that the process OF rsc0ustuc-
tion has been altogether too swift,
and that the States in rebellion
should, under the peculiar circum-
stances, have been much longer held
BY the national authority, shall 10th
ing be done to avoid the i'll effects
Of the haste, even to the control of
the goyernment BY its open cnemiss5
For any man knows what spirit.
would animate 1 Democratic national
administsstion. Everybody rsnsn-
bcrs that the last Democratic oon-
ven4iop was swayed by rebel chiefs
reioiciDg in their rebellion, and that
., great portion Of the party see witn
satisfactaoni now The very sbafSeriaa
81 which We speak. If our political
system really be one which forbids
tho government 70 protect its own
citizens whom voting 1btits omcers,
and which requires She country 70
look on passivsly while mobs con-
trolling various State authorities
harry those voters, il will certainly
be necessary 70 reconsider some Of
our raptnres over the infinite sarssi
ority of the American 70 Ill other
possible systems of government.-,I
But ifthe United, States authority
will amply protect it's citizens at the
national, polls, and secure the equal
liberty which it guarantees, II viii,
perhaps solve, the problem. For
then its military force would be
largo enough in every disadectcd
State. withoas superceding the local
authority, TO give heart 70 good
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