The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-10-02
ss'if, at]isdont, aud 5Janlur.


Did you know I-enlisted for the MergencyS
did.
Arfter dyin' and bleedin' for my country
weeks and days, Ole Crisis an Mergency
was declared lickt out of Pennsylvania, and
we was mustered and peppercd out.
We enjoyed lots of hard service, an hard
crackers while we was .defendin' our harth
stones. A few2 An we experienced sum
ov the most frightful charges durin' the
present Crooel Rebellion" to use intirely
raw Trace, The charge ov Boxers Light
Brigade into the Valley of Deth, and Tenny-
suns Black Regiment at Port Hudson, was
nothin' compared toit. Hardly!
1t was charge made by the Harrisburg
copperheads.
They charged us 10 cents for q glass ov
water to squench our thirst Putty hefte,
warn't it? Rayther.
While was bisey dyin' for my country,
captoored cussed Rcb kourt marshellet
him, an found him guilty of treason and Sc
cesh in the lst degree. laid asleep two
mites with my eyes opin, thinkin' ov a pun
ishment severe enuf for his high crimes. At
larst a idee struck me. Altho' the verdict
was about to pronouns unto him was hevvy,
yet determined put it into execootion, as
awarnin' to all other t.aitors.
visited the Reb's prison, which was a
big hogshed an addrest him in the Bung
Hole.
Prepared sed I, in low gutteral tones.
"Must l die?" sez he; me, SO young
and dirty?"
I" Not a die" sez /. 81 hev a more terri
BILE fate in store for you. The sentens ov this
Cort is, that you be taken out Of this hogshed
an transported to"
+" Not New York Cityp he interrupted, in
voice ov anguish. "ohi don't say New
York Cityl",
Those is the very spot" seq L" among
Seymour's Frens."
90, send me neutrality-suspicious.,
amongst the Cannibles an Gorrillers but
don't Danish me from home, frens an nothin'
to etc., to mingle with /" the Peepip' ov New
York Oh spare me- spare me"
His cries were pittyful, but coodn't spare
him. Not spare. The'ediekt had gone 18th,
when the undersigned makes up his mind to
do thing, there is nothing in the Confed-1
eracy kin turn him from it--unless it be 25
dollars in gold, an that's as skurce an artakil
in Secesh as loyalty is in the Copperhead
party.
"Come out, an prepare to mosey," SEE !.
The chap didn't answer, an peepin' in the
bung hole, saw he had tainted. The sem
tens was crooel, an me tender hart was
on the pint ov relentin, when thort it was
my dooty to make example of him.
soused buckets ov water into his prison, on
him, which revived him few.
What makes you so 10th to 'sosheate with
your frensf" arskt.
81 admit" sez he, "that they air doin'
all for the Confederate caws we could wish,
but we wood rayther hev sich frens at a dis
tance. OIL spare-kill meP
He was led away by disorderly sargint
an llth corporil, the very picter Of des-
pare.
Thus wood sarve all trayturs
The other day l cum in contack with a
New York Peas man-one ov Seymour's
frens. He was a swearin', tearin', low-leoking
cuss like all Peas men.
"If YOU don't fork over those watch" sez
he, maxim grab at me time, Re-Peter, "pl
swat you on the ear!
"Pll give you this" sez l, rintin' revol-
yer at his he'd
II was only goakiug," sez he; that's
our countersign, an | thort you was one oy
us. What do you think about the draft y
WALL" sez /, "I think it ort to be pushed
on with much energy an vigory."
az guess they won't push it on to me
much. I'm exempt"
"You air." sez /. whats the matter 7"
"Why," ser he, 81 belong to the Pease
Party. / caved in the heds of 10 niggcTs,
helpt Q Burn the orphon Asylum, an stole
things generilly. guess that exempts me-"
"I shouldn't wonder if it did," ser /.
meant it would exempt him from decent
society.
"Ef you warnt to becum a shinin' life in
the Pease Party" he sed, "an' have Gov.
Seymour call you his friend, you smash in the
heds ov niggers, burn 0rfn Assylumns,
butcher Union men, an kill U. S. Solgers.
Fernandy wud an the World thinks so 2.
Do all Peas men amoos tharselfs in those
stile :" / asks.
"well," ser he, they wood eff they had a
chance, and wasn't too cowardly."
II think SO too" sr
Not feelin' inclined 2 becum Pease man,
or any other kind ov murderer, left the
Shinin' Lite" aes ....,
1 kin skursely make it appear my intelli-
gent mind that the back boan ov the rebellion
air completely broken, but / think severil ov
its ribs have bin kayed in lately. III bet
harf ov my pile they hsv. An I'll bet
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