Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-02

huu Ill JIG COuNcISun Dcekln roy TiIH
and Abslum Pettus wuz the candi-
dates. Pettus developed good deel
NV strength, but the Deekin heyin in
vitid the cOnvenshun to take suthin,
it turned tho scale and he wuZ nomin-
ated. Pcttus sWorc he wood never.
stand that kind nv tactics, and he de-
clared hisself an Independent candi-.
date, at witch we laft, for the Dimoc-
risy NV the Corners are firm bleevers
in the sanctity NV reglcr nominal
shens.
The Radikels, mostly niggers, heidi
by Pollock and Bigler. met and re-
solved to make no nominashen, and
so the contest wuz between the good
old Deekin and this wretched, disor-
ganizin Pettus, and very lively can
yass it WIZ.
The niggirs called meetin, witch
perceedin filed us with establishment.
SIGH thing he'd never happened here
before, and we all wondered wat it
meant.
'Uv course this can't be permit
tedl" sed the Deekin.
"Not any," seq l. otis aginnacher,
and must be prevented"
| And so ON the mite NV the meetin,
Issaker, Captain McPelter and the
rest nv the faithful went to the hall
over POllock's store, where the mig
gers wuz in session, and pullin our
revolvers, advised EN- to git. The
niggers didn't git, for up sprung Pet
tus and about dozen NV his friends,
and made some few remarks.
| tSTl,o,o rrn,n <1ou, ,n1 Da4%ue
!. citizens of the Yoonited States, and
ez SIGH hcv q rite to meet and consult
ez to the condishn nv our common
country. They are goin to do it, or
700 hev me to fife, ez well cz them.
This thing is played out.
i wuz struck dunn with astonish-
ment.
"Why this is revolOoshcn This is
anarky! This is turning over NV
things! This is a upturnin and an up
heevle! The idee NV a white man
and q Dimekrat sidin with niggers
and radikels Pcttus, wat do 700
mean? Set down, sir! The Dino
cratic party holds 700 to your allegi-
lanse."
"D-n the Dimekratic party" wuz
the reply NV this middle. ~ want to
be Justis and I'm goin to be /! Iper-
pose to beet that old sucker"
The niggers held Their meetin and
resolved to cast their ballots for Abb
slum Pettus, Esq.
evil they be allowed to vote 2"
askt the Deekin, his voice quiverin
with emotion.
'sNeyer! y sed 1. OFF they vote
then chaos comes agin."
| The eleckshun wuz held last Mon
day. Early in the morning Pettus,
and a dozen or two Nv renegade Dim
ocrats, with Pollock and the infamous
Joe Bigler, all NV them with reyolvers,
wuz on hand when the poles wuz
opened, with more than q hundred
niggers. Instid NV hevin Pogram,
Bascom and McPelter for the board,
witch hez bin the custom for yeers,
they insisted upon being represented
themselves, and ez they wuz largely
in the majority, they put a niger on
the board.
The Dimocrisy rallied, but it wuz
evident they wuz demoralized. Pet
tus talked all day about the rites NV
all citizens to vote, and ez the niggers
he'd bin made citizens, he swore they
shood vote, or he'd know the reason
why, espeshelly ez they wuz all a
votin for him. And Pollock and Big
Ter backed him up, and the niggers
took heart, heyin support from so
many white men, and they come In
in droves, and votid ez materially cz
tho they he'd bin alluz yoosed to it.
And ez we he'd no chance to do the
countin by ourselves, owing to that
nigger's bein on the board, with Pet
tus and Bigler standin right behind
him, the Ornary cuss wuz declared
electid, and Deekin Pogram detected,
by large majority.
This is the end NV all things. Pet
tns hez declared for the administra-
ton Nv the yooserper Hayes, and hez
changed his headquarters to Bascom's
store, and Their he and his minyuns
meet every mite and exult over his
triumph.
But it doesn't end here. Issakcr
Gavitt kicked niger yesterday, and
the niger hauld him up aforc Squire
Pettus, aud that Onfeelin man fined
Issaker, and when Issaker refoosed to
pay the fine on the ground that a
court elcctid by niggers coodent pos
sibly be constOoshnel, nohow, he
lchucked him into the calaboose,
where he is now languishin, a mar
tyr to prinsiple and want Of four
dollars and half,
/ Where will it end? The Lord on
lily knows. The color line is bustid
in the corners, and the niggers by the
treachery of one man, hev the power.
Next Fall they will elect the county
offisers, eff some Dimekrat witch hez
never distinguished hisself shootin
NV EN- sees fit to he'd en-, and some
SIGH will be found. l kin see wat is
goin to happen. Deekin Pogram is
now greevin that he didn't show the
black cusses sum consideration, and
entice en- away from Pettus. lie is
lamentin that he didn't treet EN- cor
dellY, and affilyate with en-, and yoos
EN- ez becums voter. "Hed done
this" sed the good old man, 81 mite
hev bin clectid." Good heavens! to
think of the hawty Caucasian bendin
the supple knee to niger for his
votei To this complexion must it
c0me at last !! / SEQ it all. The luy OF
offs outways the hatred of color.
Sich is poor human nacher. Their
Iaip't nothin but room ahed.
PETROLEUM V. Nasty,