Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-05-08
ARENAS Ward sees Sights !


enforms Us that a Union Man is th,
Noblest work Of God. l think q UnioI
womanis is Noblester. The undersind hs
allers sed when be hitched to a gal ov th
femail gender-when be becem bosn o'
one flesh, and fesh ov one boau-the set
feminine must be Unioner. The Tn
ion Relief Associations is CRATE ins,itoo
tions. But the fsmail seeks who compos,
'em is Crater. You can fnd more patrii
Ism loyi,y, in Ladies AIDE Society, thar
IN all the Copper clubs 10 the Universe.
I'd heard good deal tell ov them ART
"Democratie Clubs" an l thOrt Pd
smuggle meself into one ov thare ac'iDs on
These Copperheds cay, "ef you want to
See good Union men, tend one ov Our
meetius" tended some ov our meetius. u
When l arrow, thumpt at the door, an
hollow voisa onto the inside srskt, "Tbe
Password Z"
Here was q 60. l wasn't aware U had
2 hav q password to git into Union
Meeiin. Hardly. But l Civ 'em pars.
word wioh | thort about thare stile-
"Jef Davis" sez
"NOt rite" anserd the voiss, "thats .
ole one"
I then named Bepedics Arnold, Bloc
Becrd, s Vilii.Ddigham. They was ole
ones, 2.
"Judas Ischayiot," SEE 1, sgin.
"Rite," sed the chap onto the inside,
"enter." An | enterd.
I saw lots Of good Union meu-dis.
Union men. The Club room was bootful
and appropriately decorated. Oser the
speakers stand was secesh flag, under
which was the following wourds, namely,
TO viz, GAN whs, don's sympathize with
the South is Aooiiii1nists. On the
walls hung the portraits ov j. Buckanon,
Boaregard, al other distinguish Sou,hren
patrits.
Presently a rummy Copperhoad seq 10
me, "Ist thou opposed 10 the despotick
Gov ment Of Linkon p
"Not much l istent," SEE I.
He was geiten his mouth open to
address me some more, ~hen the Club
vas called to order. a glasseyed chap
sis up TO speak. Afore be commenced be
said, "Will some brother fquint bis eye
sroun the room an see il sry Repubii.
cans enseaks 10 7"
"Nary q Rep"
The spectacle Chunkerbed speaker sed
thes war hav bin goin 90 2 years without
the South gettin hekt, an ef ;hare friends
iu The North wood organize Clubs Ii mite
60 on that much lornger period without
thare Suthren brethren gettin any Lick.er.
'T make no doubt" SEE be, "the South
wood bav bin wiped out ear this ef we had
rivn our Ado TO Lincoln's imbeciIe Gov
'mens. But wood not the immaculate
Democratick party have gone under also !
Party 1st-Union, about the llth. Perish
Copstitootion perish Freedom perish
everything but the Democra.ick party and
our Southren brethren"
"ssy, o fsrrer," yclld red-nosed chap,
intsrruptin the patriotic Chats surcussm,
speaker-"say, o ferrer, don't want yer
10 Perish Whisky-hic! Nary per sh-
hieW He wanted the sentenc amended
90 Is to read, "Perish everything but the
Democrati.k party, our southfen brethren,
On rosgut."
The glass-eyed chap propeld agin. The
Abolisbonefs, be sed, was goin TO bring
oil the 'Msnsipated Niggers up North,
an bequeath each one 100 acrs
farm, with a substantial dwellin erected
thereon, an stun barn, pig pen, smoke
house, chicken coop, an never-fai!in we'll
ov water near the door, all 8 stories high
40 then all the Breckenridge Demos wod
20 be censcripted an compell'd to work for
the a4sed Niggers. "Tbe ,hcrt is hor-
sible for emmy period ov contemplation"
added the speaker.
The listsnin Copperheads coinsided in
them Thort. Tbare gapin mouths took in
evry word as gospil trooth.
Arfter the speaker had blowd awhile,
lornger-no doubt thinkin he had killd
the Union party deader than 10 penny
spike, he simmered, an a sympathizin pet
tifogger, with spsrsly settled whiskers,
took bis place. A chap enformed me that
once upon time be was Know notbiu.
He don't know much yet, bu, 2 speak for
The South. lie said this was Abolshun
war. The Abolishuu Copgris cawsed the
war. Bot, thank the stars-an Bars-tbe
Abolishun CoDgris had now adjourned;
90 since the adjournment, tbare would be
more hope for thars friends in the Sonuy
South /; an times was ge,tin better, 2
already be had 2 clients; an since the aa.
journmsnt, gold was coming down, an be
didn't think it wood 60 up agin as lorng
as it kept its downward tendency. "My
friends" be continued, "when | think Of
the suif rims our Suthern brothers bev to
endoor-wben l think ov 'em gettin' shot
ss BY Abolishoners, my buzzum biles..."
"Bully for the biles," yelld an enthoo-
sisstie chunkbed.
..." my buzzum Biles with honest in'
dignsshuu."
I thort il wos the only honest thing he
bad in his buszum, so SEE Wall. let it
Bile. guess its Biler wont Bust"
.Be4 the sympathizer got throo, chap
entered, lafin from ear 2 ear. He sed there
vas Q rebil victory on the Mrs. Sipppi-
union iron-klad captured. 1t was imme-
jisly muvsd to adjurn the meetin an FIRE q
ssloos Of 100 guns in honor ov the Reb.
victory. (They afterwards said it was for
the adjournment of CoDgris. That's not
sroo. Scarcely. 1t Was 10 honor Of Sc