The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer. (Bel Air, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-05-01
If BEL AIR. MD. FRIDAY MORNING.


Have we not the Secretary Of The Treasury
to make paper dollars and greenbacks, jest
as many as we want Have We not the
Secretary of War, to fix up thezguns and
Hints of the soldiers, jest as wescall them
out, little and big? And we may want
the hole bilin of them. Have we not the
Secatary Of the Navy, who sees to making
monsturs and iron-clads, jest as many as
can swim. And have we not 'Turney
Gineral, to turn and decide pints of law,
and to tell us what is likely to be consti-
tutional and what is not what is loyiall
and what is not? And have We not the
Gineral-in-cheef of the army and navy, of
the Gineril Government, and the people
too; now Sargent, in the name Of sees
amt this enuf. What on erth more do
we want? If this ANITA Gineral Gov
eminent, what in the name of sense is
and what use is ther in calm it a nieetin
of the Cabinet or any thing else No in
deed, Sargent, it's no such thing
BY this time / began to see the Ker-
nel's spirits leetle rased, and the blu all
levin his nose and finger-nales; and 1
jest thot to myself twas more an attac of
Of the blues, than any thing else, but /
never let on. And says he, Sargent"
movin his cheer to the tother side Of the
room "thar is another pint of law, which
l want to explane to you greenhorns, as
you mite kno more about adycam ping
than that. 1t is not the Government or
Gineral Govurnment that | meen? but 'tis
Eein loyal to the Govurnment. 1t seems
to me, Sargent Joel, hard to make the
people understand this pint fully, evin if I
wood take hammur to there pates and beet
it ill.," in :I..,. rStr' 10.
With this jist he reached his long arm up
to the ceelm, and took down from the
very top shelf of his book case one of the
most monStrous books ever did see in
all my born days "Oh ses he, tsthis-l-
this is from my deer friend Sumner, the
most HE Iarned man 1 ever knu, or any
body else. lis the real English addition.
Now sails he as he laid it on the table,
"jist for one moment look here. IF the
people in general would only look at Woos-
ter, and read it all over, they would kno
more for themselves, and others to :" and
with that he jist opened rite strate to the
word doyiW, whar it was all thum'd and.
the leef turned down. "Now,'' SEES he,
'Jest reed for yourself, and look at the
word, loytW Does it not say, "fdelity
to king or sovrane? Now then in this
free country Of ours, jist ak yourself who
is king or sovrane.5 Is not the Govurn-
ment2 Then agin jist ak yourself who is
the Gosurnment? Amt it the President
and Stewards Cabinet, or the Administra-
ton, as they used to call it I? Sartenly -
Why, Sargent, tits jist as plane as A, B,
10. This is the way now a days we un-
derstand things, and every body else Of
any gumpshon." " a5r0 5'dAhnn
"Wel," ses I, "Kernul, /" seeing he had
got most intirely over that spell of the 6l,es,
and sobered down in talkin kind Of
mood (; ses /, ''thar was lots of people dis
loyil in the old Ginerils time-lots Of
themj and it's STANCE the old Gineril
never knu it You kno the time the old
hero moved the deposits" says /, sand put
down the Gnerii Governments big Bank,
What q fracas it kicked up, and how many,
got iravin mad, and opposed him Now,
ii the old Gineril had jist for q minute
discovered they were all disloyil, be wood,
yes, by the eternil, = as he used to say, he
wood have made erthquakes out OF them
Yes, Mr.. 9Bfddle and the whole of them
yes. he would have imprisoned the vary
Oatskillsa An, Kernel ut Is we'll he