Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-12-26
COMMUNICATION.
GREENWOOD, Columbia Co., Pa, !
December 10th, 1868. {

Col. TATE ii notice by late copy
of "Billy Button's" Wyoming Republican,,
of Tunkhannock, Pa that the loud
mouthcd pGtriot and ex school teacher
"a L. k has eased himself of q con-
siderable load Of vitupcration, &C., in a
communication to said paper. AS this
worthy acknowledges that he is not Of
much "notoriety, consequently be has
no fears Of doing much injury This is
perfectly true, as has been demonstrated
on many occasions. Ia the first place, he
is deficient of brains and intellect to gain
notoriety, and secondly, if he was in pos
session of these requirements, he could do
no harm, where he is known
He starts out in his letter, by saying, -
GAS you well know, when | first formed
on acquaintance with you, (meaning the
Editor of the Re0u6lican,) y l was Demo
crat, and voted for James Buchanan.
voted for John c. Breo :nridge also, and
thought I was doing tie best could for
the benefit of the country. In this l found
myself misinformed, and laboring under a
grand disappointment in my chief object"
What wise Philosopher After a
few years devotion to his country's cause
in upholding the honor and integrity oil
the nation, by laboring for Democratic
successes, be at once sees that he is "dis-
appointed" and cheated out of his "chie!
object" Poor fellow. But he is on the
right road w-hencelorth lie will in his
weak way and manner ondeavor 10 gain
uotoriety by advocating the cause Of men
| Of African Descent and the continuance
in Office and power, Of men whose sole
object is to enrich themselves by the mis-.
| fortunes and calamIties of our country.
Such is lis ambition. But we are no,
much astoDished to know, that his 'chie
object, the worshiping of his black deity
the negro, is uppermost in his mind ant
affections, s,-the love OF which, having beer
early instilled into his youthful heart by
his late preceptor of the "Greenwoo'
S." Truly has it been said
"Wherc ignorance is bliss, lis folly to be wise"
Again he says :-"I know well wha
our soldiers uuder.go--I have seen th
earth drinking their blood, and seen then
: fall by my side, l have participated il
; the field of bloody strife, and everything
belonging to hard soldering r the de
fence of our good old Flag, whose beaut
full folds and stripes have been torn an
tattered by the vivid messengers of deaf
r which were hurled at u.s."
Eloquent for veteran. He we'll know
{ "what our soldiers undergo" Accordir
:. to this passage, he has been on the blood
!, field. A friend at our elbow, denies b
= ever having participated in an engag
., ment, and says he is sure he never sa
d a person fall by his side, and proves b
assertion by positive knowledge. VIII
the company TO which this "A ~ ~
was attached, was order forward in bat
n. line, this blood thirsty patriot sneak
,o no uppreceived from his comrades, and &C
s., cealed himself behind a TREE, out ot dang
Il and where no vivid messenger of dea
" would be hurled at him. Truely, Ema
uel, that art veteran, and can well
= preciate 'the hardships our soldiers uhd
CO." 1t is also ru mored that premi'
"a of thirty dollars is offered by the Prov
Marshal General for chaps like you
Our advise to you, if this be true, is to