The free South. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1863-1864, 1863-07-04
Rank & Fyle ON the Bombardment Of
Dairy.Ann, Capture Of the Fin-Gal,

DEER EDTTUR:-l suppose Inat you q
the wrest NV the people hay wundured
what in thunder had kaused mi long kon-
tinuered sylence & viii i hav kept the
pubick in in ignurense nv mi movemunts
the CRATE reesun was bekause the safet1
NV the Armi & the wellfair Nv the Konstl-
tushun maid it imperatif that i wurked IN
the dark use fggerativ 1pressun,
doant meen that j work nites-when de-
sided tu maik rekunonsense at Charils-
tun maid up mi mind tn too pints, lst
if was suck-sess-full & TUX the plais that
j shud anouns it tn the wurld that l new
shud do it awl the timeAthat had laaid
up mi mind tu sackreefyse evry man, wo-
man & nigger& the last postage stamp In
nv milentery chist but what the accused
sity shud faul-2ndly deesided on the
uther hand that if got ickd like blasts
that i wud announs tu the saim afoursed
wurld that he'd suck-see-ded in awl en-
tended, which wos NEARLY a reckunon-
sense in fours-just tu sea WHARF fourt
Sumtur wos situ8ed & so fourth. Konse-
auently j INSTRUCTED mi konfeedenshal
frinds knot tn sal ennything abowt what
had deeturmured on & for that reesun
forbour ritin tn yu-buti find out that
the publck is extreemly agetated bekause
i doant rite nancy feer that i've pade
wun Nv mi menny dets-naimly the Diet
of natur. Sum NV mi konfeedenshul pole
it-i-kul trends hav privy't-he towld NEE
that the konstitushunal parti he'd spoak
of NEE as the next kanidait for president
& that lit wos hygh TYNE that kum out
& lett the peepul no Nv mi moavemunts
or thay wud bee pytchin on sum luther
milentury feller, am tn modist tu speek
of what hev dun in the past phew weaks
as Ginral Hookem wud sal, histry will
keap me-or sumthin tu that ehphect.
The bryiant wrades on the Kombayhee
whar wea kaptured sum mules, niggers q
uther vallerable live stolk-the lombard
munt Nv Dairy-Ann & seesure Nv the
skinner Pet wyth phull loaid Nv king
kottun-the kaptur of the wram fyn-gal
& so fourth, are wurks that vii phind thare
plais on the paig Nv histry-i do knot sal
that am entytled tu awl the prays NV the
deads ahuv resyted but i do dys-tinkly sol
that sum buddy planned the heewroick
ak and that am deesurving Nv mi part
NV the prays-i spose that you as well as
uther speckulaytif beeins feal anxus abowt
what mi pollysi ise in wregard tn takin
Charlestun, j hev wreesolved tu reeduse
that reebayus sity, that hot bed Nv tree
sun bi starvashun-i am goin to kause an
ordur to bee printed forbidyng on the
panes & penaltys Nv purgury emmy body
mail feemail or utherwyse from sellyng,
giving, lending or in emmy wal ayding or
abeting emmy persun that ivs in the afour-
sed sity emmy rutes, meets or uther vege-
tables or emmy kynd Nv vittles nv what
ever naim or natur. i kant sea whi thys
idee viii knot fetch thee sity tu turns, for
if man kant etc that doant wurk how In
thunder will the wimmin & childrun stand
it. i wud furthur sal that this idee is
ourwriginal it is not layd down in emmy
wurk or sujjisted by emmy bodi-it is the
offspring of mi own turtle brane, phu-
ture generashuns vii sea that thys is bi
no meens the weakest stratygetical man
ufer that has been maid durin this war
you mai deesydilie announs tn the peepul
that the Uniun vii be saved if they vii
leye it awl tu me & pal awl mi bills pune