M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-11-12

lbdt shall walt for one before | go.
If the Kernel talks huffy ] won't stir
step, for he knows alters toll aim
the plain, blunt truth, as believe it
Wen can't talk that way to man |
won't have nothing to do with him.
The old GinReral alters wanted every
body around him to speak their rale
sentiments. Nothin made him so
madas to suspect any body of fdt'
TERN him, or shaming in any way. a
The other day Kernel Stebbins cum
huh from the war. The Kernel has
been down to Morris Island with
Ginneral tJilmur. lie ses that the
sand on that island is kinder onac.
eountable. The Kernel reckons that
The has eat nigh about bushel. The
Kernel used to be very good on ritiDg
poetry, but he ses all the aatus has
oozed out of him, Sh he don't believe
he could rite line to save his liiee
We had a grand recepshin sSr the
Kernel on HE arrival. The Down.
ingville Iusensibles turned out es
usual ON sich occashins. You recol
lect that the Kernel went of as an
fnsine, an when he was promoted to
be- Captain he cum hum an we Civ
him a recep0hiu. Now he is raised
to Kernel he Gums hum agin. He
cums every time he gets promoted to
let HE ole naybFs see how he looks
in his new uniform. ] never see the
Kernel look 90 we'll. Ao has got a
span new suit of blue uniform, all
covered with gold buttons an gold
lace an gold shoulder straps. | tell
you, the people looked astdhhhed ;and
the Downingville folks feel very
proud Of him. The Kernel expects
before long obe q Glnneral, and then
to be called to the command OF, the
Army OF the Potomac | Wen the
Kernel was received at the Town
Hall, Kernel Doolittle, who com
msnds the DowingviIle Inssnsibles,
made the rscepshin speech. The
EJllowiBg is the speech, With The Ker.
Belb reply l5e.
'Eerhei Stebbins: fam ddpated
by the citizens Of Downingville to
welcome you oncemore to your native
town and hum. We have heard ol
your gallant exploits, your ei0riods
bravery, your never dyin devoshin to
the Star Spangled Banner. Comm as
you do, covered with the dust and
blood OF the battlefield, we hail you
as the friend Of the oppressed African
and the savior Of our country"
To which the Kernel replied. "
"Kerne! DoolittleI Ican't begin to
express to yon the feelins Of my hart.
This occashin is teehin. Soiers cant
make speeches. I've dun my duty.
I've seen the cannons roar. I've
heard the BasA OF a thousand rifles all
&C once. There amt nothin that can
equal It for rite down sublimity. But,
feller-citizens, we ought to be most
rejoiced now because freedom in going
it at such big licks. I'me a manifest
destiny man. lbelieve freedom is to
extend from tho frozen planes of Ala.
bama to the sunny banks Of New
foundland. There amt uothin kin
stop il. 1t is comm like an Avalanche
from the eternal hills of Giberalter.
Freedoml freedom will re-sound
from creashin come to pullin turnip
time, an all the hopples that bind the
legs Of American citizens of Afriken
scent will fall of. Tbem's my senti
ments, and don't keer who knows
'em. The old Unioa amt of any more
ackoant ia these ERE times than an
iron pot with hole in the bottom.
Wat we want is a new. Union which
will have for ito motto the celebrated
words of Daniel Webster, "Freedom
and niggers-no@ and foreyer-one
ara lnsplrhOle.
"Amen," yelled out old Deacon
Jenkins, who had been listenin' atten.
lively, as the Kernel sat down, and
the bull audience broke out into the
most tumultuous applause. There Is
q little mistake in Kernel Doolittle's
speech, where be speaks Of Kernel
Stebblns being covered with the dust
an blood OF battlefield. Now, the
truth was, the Kernel with his new
uniform, looked as if he had Just cum
ont of a handbook, but Kernel Doc.
little had his speech writ out. an be
couldnt alterit. Kernel Stebbins got
on such high hosses, that he talked
about seeing the boomin Of cannon
an hesriu' the fash Of guns, but the
truth was, be didn't know exactly
what he said, an the people were so
carried away with havin' 9 live Ker.
mel among them, that they didn't
nosico It. There ajn't been nothing
talked Of in Downingsville seuce tae
Kernels return, except his recepshin.
Elder Snifhes preached q sarrnon on
|it, takin' for bistext "There shal be
wsrs an rumors Of wars, sn provin'