The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-01-15
ROSS & RossER, Publishers.
From the Homes County (ohio) Farmer.
Letter from Jonathan Q. Smith TO Gov
ernOr Tod.
AFRICAN RANoHE. No. Sc, SALT RIVER
December 18th, 1862. s
Honerabel DAVID TOP. Guvrpor. .-...,

| AFRICAN RANCHE, No, DO, SALT RIVER
December 18th, 1862. 5
Honerabel DAVID TOD, Gnvrnor. sL
Deer Sur: 1 hav not rit letter for To-,
these many days. The fact is, 1 hav felt too
bnd on ackount of our movin up hear -
Shelenbarger, West, Gurley and Welker air
hear and they can't hea consoled. Tha just
keep on ravin like mad. Welker says if
Linken had issued his proclamashen few
months sooner so that another car load OF
"free Americans of African descent" as
onest old Abe calls 'em. Good got to Ober-
lin he wood bin elected. But, think
THAR is some blame to be put on Sherman
for not atteuden to onest ohm Barcroft's
letter and arresten the locofoco butternut-
secesh party of Hoams County and haven
'em away at the time of the elecshun.
The honorable and onest Judge Brinker-
hoff, Esquire, one Of the Judges of the Su-
pream Court, is sound on the goose. He
went down to Carton with a military force
and after consulten with onest Alexander
Bierce, and ones, Auson Pease and our onest
and beloved bruther who keeps the st Cloud
Hotel. arrested McGregor. and Reitzell and
toted them off to Kamp Mansfield.
McGregor and ReitEell is bitter secesh.-
The deny that the Chicogger Platform is the
Supreme law Of the land. and also deny that
the Constitution and the Union is league
with hell and a covenant with the DEVIL
Tha was opposed to bein drafted, and tha
dispute the well known fact that Onest A.
Linken, Esquire, is the best man what ever
split rails in Ameriky. 1t is sed tha deny
that the normal coudishun of free Ameri-
cans of Afriken desce nt'' is unrestrained, un-
restricted and unbounded liberty, and that
tn g normal condishen of the Union party is
to hold office, and that the normal copdishen
Of the locofocos, butteruuts. &C., is to do the
6ghten, paw taxer and be draf's Men
what hold to such devilish secesh principles
as MeGregor and Reilzell shood be hung,
i'm prisoned, burnt at the stake, chawed up
by corn shelter, drowned in the canawl and
punish ed otherwise in sundry and divers
manners Sum Judges wood bea two proud
TO atts nd to arrested of locofccos, but onest
udge Brinkerhoff isn't two proud to do any
thing forninst a locofoco. He loves the
cullered people and he is pizsn on every
buddy what is forniust 'em like McGregor
and Reitzell is
II US Union men ever git down from Salt
River we'll arm the "free Americans of Afri-
ken descent and arrest every secession cop
perhead hat goes for the "Constitution as
t is and the Union as il was' and put them
in some strong prison. or hang them.
, DEER GCvERNER THAR was a lot OF fellers
cum up from Fairfield Counts yesterday and
tha sed tba cum up on account OF DIR. Olds
bring elected to the Legislature from Fair
field County You had the 'back bone" to
arrest OjdS and send him to Fort Lafayette
aud think vuu shood arrest all who voted
fnr him for the Legislature and send 'em to
Fort L fayetIe two. You heve the back
bone to do it" If you straighted up and take
the K nks ont ov that cid back tone ofyours
Thare is no pack-mU!e in the army has
half the back hone what you have got.
We have nearly all turned infidel up hear.
Some of the best preachers we had in the
country is now rank infde's. The reason is
pIain to.everv intelligent contrabanG as well
as to other people The Bible SAYS: Honor
thy father and thy mother that thv days
nav bea long in the land" &c. We all
know that ofice-hunten was the father and
Africa was the mother Of the Republican
party. We hav all clnDg to the father with
the tenacity that pup sticks to beech
root. nor hav we ever been wanten in de-
voshen to the mother. We hav turned the
templeserected for>the worshi Of the living
God into, houses of praise and thanksgiving
to Africa the beloved mother OF oursparty
For her we hav shaken the Union to It's
deepest foundation, placed the Constitution
At the mercy ov Presidential Proclashens
and offic al edicss gathered the rev rd OF
toll aud industry by taxation, Redeemed the
rivers with blood and whitened the hills
and valleys with bones, destroyed the llber-
ties of white men. and America that once
reioiced in the beauty OF her garments and
the promise ov her days, we have dressed
in sackclolh and caused her 10 mourn ike
Rachel ov old. After doin SO much Tor our
father and mother if the promise ov- the
A lOnO
the land what was given us? Of course tha
shood. But you know it haint bin so, Tor
the butterUus have beaten us everywhere.
Like the gourG OF JONAH, we sprung up 10
a night and withered in a day, comparative
lv speaker. We cum from the jimpson
weeds, numerous as an army with banners,
and now shorn of our strength we air driv
up Salt River by the cursed copperheads.- -
Aint this enough for to make US lnhdels!-
I say it is cussed shame.
think You had better go down to Wash
ineton and grease the back bones of our
! Conoressmen so tha can do something right
smart for our cullered friends before their
official lives expires. THAR last hours all
DRAWN righ and tha shood bea up and dom
IF onest Old Abe's Proclamashen ken be pu
in force it will secure us about eight hun
dred thousand votes from the "!ree Ame
cans of Afriken descent" and that VIII le
US out of this cursed place and put US back
in Office. .a ...
i DEER GUvERNER, if your backbone keep
sound, tote US up few barrels OF whlsk.
next fall when you cum.
1t is very unpleasant up hear. l think
will hire asubstitute. THAR is good man.
wants substitutes. II We had onest Old Alb
up hear. and a few free Americans of Atri
can descent" to play the banjo and fiddle W
Good enjoy ourselves more better. We viii
maik money here. THAR is several Kom
pauies putin upmills to manufacture shodd
cloth for the solgers clothes. Starch is riz