Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-29
Returned.


gentlemen selected by the people Of
our noble commonwealth to visit the
city Of New Orleans TO represent them
in all things that was necessary, to
give the weight of his counsel to the
good people of that unhappy State in
their present contest with the same
inscriptions enemy, with whom the
General in common with several thou
sand other Iowa men had little sun
plcasantness'a few years ago. The
General is looking well-seemingly in
the best Of health. and thoroughly in
earnest. tts'' \
In reply to an inquiry by COURIER
reporter as to his opinion of the final
result in the State of Louisiana, he
replied sthat with any sort Of fair
count there could be no reasonable
doubt of Mr.. Hayes election in either
Louisiana, Florida, or South CARROLL
ma. 1t was the same old game of
brag begun in those States as well as
some others, long before the election,
and still kept up for the purpose Of
Intimidation, and to cover up the
most. yillainous system offrauds ever
known"
General, will there be any trouble
in New Orleans?" inquircda Demo-
crat Of some local reputation. "
"None in the least, sir.y Mr.. Sher-
lidan is down there, sir. Gen. Shcri-
dan is there. He has been there be-
fore, sir, You remember
That Democrat remembercd.
elbow do the people talk down
thcre?
'sBrag, brag, all the timc."
Do they propose TO fight, General ?
THAT depends" .sg
viii they commence fight if the
result. of this count proves their de-
feat? ~
sThey say that they will only under
certain circumstances. They COM
|menced b fight once before, and their
Northern allies deserted them in their
hour Of need. Now if a fight should
lcommence the North would have to
begin it, and I told them If 1t never
lcommenced till then it would never
be begun. sf.n nFfss
/ Do they seem to care for the opin-
ions of the Republicans in the North
"They asked me, what the Republic
cans of the North thought of the mat
ter, and i told them that the North
were attending to their business, had
% deep ansintercstin the welfare OF
the government as anybody on earth,
were averse to fighting, were in favor
Of an honest election aud an honest
\ oennt, and would have it if they could
tget it, but If thcy were spelling for &
fight and nothing else would Dc
them, that they would, perhaps, have
, to coax but little sA,SF tfs.s
Is there much excitement dowI
There? - aA
\ 'There is some, but it is gradually
e dying away t3@ S
e Have they made any preparation
q to arm.in New Orleans?
+ "They claim that they have seyera
J, thousand stand of arms, where the.
4 can be got atinea moments notice.
|. They have in some instances been
a caught moulding cannoif, but tn,
e rascals soon stopped that business"
ri The Democrat alluded to above re
ferrcd to a statement made in lette
printed in the COURIER by Mr.. Nc
|. Grew in which the statement wa
made that negro had received fiv,
| hundred lashes on his bare back, TIL
!; Aforesaid Democrat suggested that
! might be misprint, and The number
should be fifty instead.
al "Well, replied the General, II hap
k Ipened to see that colored man myself
@ and fully coincide with what has beel
= said in relation to it. His back fror
his neck to- his heels was one soil,
mass Of white welts and tester in,
: sores and cases of the same kind o
I'll worse, were not uncommon at ALL
That is the way said the Genera
: "they have Of initiating q colore'
man into the Democratic party
.The system of intimidation com
Z menced long before, the election, an,
win be kept up as long as those peo
pie, have any interest in keeping
uPG ~ SSS- r;ssassaas.1., 5s i
He seemed to think there was bu
little danger Of any trouble, and tina
It would all end in brag and sort o
l lsuppositious Intimidation Of the au
- thorities.