Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-15
All the states of the north that the

All the states of the north that the
democracy have carried, arc Indiana,
New York, Connecticut and New
Jersey, four in number. OF these,
Indiana is the northern state which,
above all others, set back in the
breeding during the early years OF
the rebellion. In scores of counties
of Indiana the Knights of the Golden
Circle drilled in companies with
muskets and in many places they
came in conflict with soldiers at home
on leave. The legislature refused to
make any appropriation to organize
and equip troops and Abraham lin
coin loaned Governor Morton the
money to raise and equip them. AT
ono time conspiracy was formed by
the democracy to overthrow Gov.
Morton by force of arms. II was the
worst northern state in the union to
keep from joining its fortunes with
the confcdcracy. Tom. Hendricks,
Senator Mcdonald and Blue Jeans
Williams, were leaders of the rcbell-
ious element OF Indiana. Since the
war the state has borne democratic
fruita good part of the time whenev-
err straight issue is made on the ha-
sis of the old coppcrhead record. !
is therefore plain that the controlling
influence which has carried Indiana
for Tilden, is the same which led her
legislature, in 1862, to oppose the
government i'm suppressing rebellion.
As to the other three demo
cratic states, they lie around
those great cities and pest holes
of iniquity. the cities of New York
and Brooklyn as the legs offs tarantu-
Ia environ its body and by these
cities the fifty-cight thousand repub-
lican majority in the balance of the
state was overcome by the IS thous-
and they and Kings County cast for
Tilden. Also these cities shed their
Presidential influence on the States of
New Jersey and Connecticut and car
ricd them by small maiorities though
the legislatures of these small states
have been carried by the republicans.
The republicans have carried all
the balance of the Northern states
seventeen in number and yet these
four northern states with a solid
South save two states, are required to
elect Tllden. 1t is absolutely certain
that there are four il not five states OF
the South that are Republican by
thousands of votes if fair election
was permitted. These arc Louisiana
South Carolina, Florida and Mississ.
ippi and probably North Carolina
An untrammeled vote in these states
would elect Hayes beyond all qnes
ton. 1t now seems that three OF
them have given republican MAORI
tics Notwithstanding the reign of ter
rorism and that Hayes thereby wins
All we have to say about it is il
a fair count in Louisiana, S. c., and
Florida elects Hayes, he must and
will be the President. And we want
to say further, that if, as Gov. Kel
logg says, there are three or foul
Parishes in Louisiana. which for the
years of 1872 and 1874 gave largo
republican majorities, and in which
the registration Of voters showed two
colored voters to one white, and tht
returns now show that there was nc
republican votes cast there, and tina
white patrolers rode armed over thu
couhlry--thcn the vote of thos'
Parish cs will be thrown out and no
counted. No man ought to be, anf
aO man will be. declared elected
President by counting such votes
The Republic would be farce and {
by-word, if Presidents should be thus
elected.