Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-02
<he Sumner Proposition-NLr. Nas.
by SnggeSts AtssitiOns.
", CONFEDERATE \ 4 KOADs,l
W ica is in the Stateao Kcntucky.y

ne sun goes down directly owe,
my humble Kentucky home--it Slides
down the cold weston sky and sets
Rnder the darkest CLOTHS. How like
our fate! The Dimocraic sim riz wei
enough in the East. at Baltimore las,
summer, but It's settin wuz cold and
cherries. That cussid Niger Lub.
book is vet Postmastcret the Corners
and |, alas! am boariin on promise
to pay, and am cxposd 10 the jeers
ard Jibes witch ssalluz filler impecuni-
osity.
One hritc streak w sunshine he7
fallen unto us-one oily. The prop5.
sislen NV that mobiles Roman NV all
Senator Suginer, to ersse the names NV
the battles NV tile late unpleasantness
from the battle-fiags NV The Federal
lteg lineylts, and from he army Regis
ter ez Well, that thc .Ssuth can no long
or be humiliated by le;n reminded Nv
lts defeat, appeals tony sensibilities
nna Jsives me new faith in humanity
her e IL yet baimin silcad- Kentucky
e NC yet deserted.
* good CO ScnhtolSumner's promo.
'isb en- IL it iznoten.f' Kentucky &C.
'cr IS it eZ only astcl IN the rite direc-
10 y, not ez o u4imate, for with this
ar oposishen The YORK OF reconciliation
= only half done We demand more
" him. We at q sensitive, high
,oned, proud, AMI hawty people. We
demand in addition to the erasin NV
names NV the bjtles from the battle
flags and army 1tgister, The follcring !:
|. That from fis time henccforrcd
and FOREVER, no asn in print or speech
shell ever be all1rel TO menshen the
name NV emmy hnle in which ourfel-
low citizens Nv ~ South wuz whalci,
and emmy man dfnuv it shell Dearest
ed, taken afni.c lile nearest iustis nv
the peece, and Upon convicsfen. shel
be imprisoned II the penitentiary nv
the State in wick thcy wuz committed.
f9r life.
Y. That Lookout Mountain, South
Mountain, kcitsaw Hites. Mishun
Ridge, and othd elevations on wich
our brave and slivclrus fellow citizens
NV the south WIZ whaled shell be lev
eled off at the governments expense.
and all valleys Where similer STRUGGLES
ensood shell be fled up,
j. That the dpnuments at Gettys-
burg, and all monuments in cities and
towns and village be immejitly blown
up.
4. That the names NV towns where
such struggles WIZ he'd, shell be chang
ed to such peee-suggestin names e.
Jonesville, Sml hville, ct settry. and
where tho nam NV river Suggests
recltkshuns to our fellow
citizens NV the buth, the name Nv SIGH
river shell be changed by special act NV
Congress.
5. That the head stones nv Federal
solgers in the so-,alled Nashcnel Gem
eteries at Gettysiurg and elsewhere
shell be torn vi and plowcd over to
restore the grond to its normal con
dition, and thatno mother, father. son
or brother, or otter relative NV enny
Federal soiger w1of fell i'm these battles
and wuz therein bcrried, shell be al
lowed to visit Sc ground on envy pre-.
text. And cz sd ground il Govern
mont property. hat it shell be sold 10
the highest biddr, and the proceeds
thereof paid int, the Nashenel treas
ury.
6. That the Aylums for disabled
Federal solgers Dayton, Ohio, and
elsewhere, aud d State Asylnms for
NV soigrs, shell be immciet-
~ closed, the Occupants turned out.
and the properts sold, ana the pro-
ceeds thereof paianto the Treasury nv
The Nashenel Gocrnmei,t.
z. That all canon, flag. and SIGH.
Laken from our illow citiZens NV tho
South in battle, indnow kept ez tro-
lhies shel be pinst DESTROYED.
s. That the pAshnns row pail TO
disabled Federaleoijers shell cease or
II they be cop,tuea, fhgt ekai ppn-
lluns she, betl1ii to the confrderit
oilers. III ere the latter is did. that
he t,ea4siaaHsYei be. pail. .sio, services
Q tho GoaAinaHs." (The latter
curse wood SIT me better ez Good
'Faw two ponstNss for service in both
rtHies.)
8. Fiat 10 madallow hisself to be
allied "Captin,D 4 aior,n "Kernai," or
NY other .ni:isaryltle. becoz Nv par
isipasllen in tie 70 struggle; sed Ii
les allowable on TO stem who won
III in milishy seEis, OF in wars pre-
.ns TO 1861.
10. That al rc-1 ions NV Regiments,
II DIVISIONS, or ~ other raspiil nom
ense NV THAT kin be prohibited by
lw.
III. That in distssions in Congress
he word "isebeilln' shell not be ut
cred: but when $oosions to lis I'M
voidable. the teln slate misnnder- |
tandin." be yossd
IL. That all re,ai Solgers who lost |
cgs or arms III thdate war, shci inFa- !
labiy swear tllat ey wuz taken oifin
iIiashen masheenl
10. That fottfinE July orators shell
raw all their aisHipns to our military
TORY from the 6sH wars with Great
Britain AMI the Efikan war.
IA. That no Fedal soiga or officer |
hel be eligible To fy offs his partis-
pashun therein seh suthin NV witch he
lez no call to be p}ud. on the contrary
luitc the reverse. hld also ez it wood
end 10 keep aiivc memory nv an on
u
10. mat SIGN lngs ez TRAMP,
ramp, tramp. sl,fboys ia marching"
70 prohibited, utier the penalty NV
leath for the 1iit offence, and ten
-eers Ill the penitb shary for each sue
eeding inffacksbb.
10. That the pclt nv the army yoon-
form be changed lrom bloc, witch is
to pJple or some color
vich heZ no oDpldlant sejestions.
IL. That SIGH o3cers in the regler
nny ez held posijen doorin the un-
ortnnit strugglcdha dismissed to-
vnnst, and tiieirplaces supplied by
'thers whose naits will awaken no
unpleasant rememkances.
Is. That the fIk NV wat is now our
ommon kentry, changed to de-
ign that the kenfF, ez a whole. may
pprove NV, suthilwich will revive no |
bitterness in our feast.
10. That by al nv Congress, the
eople proceed toFunst to forget
These is all l hbpen to think NV lest |
ow. tho it wiilpahaps be ez well for
he Governmental gil into a war with |
pain or England ezlsoon ez convc-
lent, to the end of d1wnip the mem
ry NV the late war int fresher one.
Ef Congress lez thasepse to adopt
cnator Summers pTotosishen. with |
la addishen witch | he sseiested, with |
ut witch his is snnrelysoundin brass
nd tinklilI syfnbals. tnluv sound and |
r.