The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1864-12-07
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Chronicles Of the Valley.
oSTIS.U Ed.

We will keep the armies Of the South
country from coming into this Valley, and you
also send some Of your mighty men and
grave councillors to George, whose surname
is Mcclellan, a mighty captain Of Uncul-
psalm, to. prevail on him to keep this. truce,
for We also desire peace in this Valley.
But they disSembled, for in their hearts
they were for war.
And it came 10 pass, that the Mud-slllS,
who had not been consulted in this truce,
were greatly confused and divided in opinion;
and great strife arose among them as to the
propricty thercof-somc saying: Was not
this thing done by the leaders and elders OF
the people, by whose counsels we have always
been guided ? and shall we say that we have
greater wisdom than they? And it may he
as they say, and as we have always been
are Barbarians, and that the army ;' 81 'G'HeEE
psalm is gathered from the cesspoolS Of their
great cities and are the scum Of Europe; that
they will come and rob us Of our horses and
cattle, and lay waste the land with fire and
sword, and raviSh our wives and daughters,
and carry away our men-scvants and maid
servants antl all that we have.
And the others answered and said Oyc
fools and blind When will yc learn wis
dom? Behold, have We not always enjoyed
our freedom, and been protected in our rights
and in or property by the Government Of
Unculpsalm and wherever the Beautiful
banner waves over our heads, have we not
ALWAYS been sac? And these people, whom
We call Barbarians behold, arc they not our
own people, who atorctimc went forth to the
North country, and the people called Yankees,
who arc great and mighty people, to lm-
prove the land and live in peace? They make
unto themselves great ships and railroads, and
build school houses and colleges and churches,
all over the land, and they send the poor to
school the same as the rich, and they raise up
great men even from the people of tho land
called Mu,l-sifls. Even Abraham the Honest,
whom they have just chosen to fill the highest
seat in the synagogue, was once u hcwor OF
wood and splitter Of rails. THIS truce
which our leaders have made, will bring us to
naught; for the Chiyalrce who have already
broken their natural allegiance to Cncul-
psalm, who has nurtupd them and brought
them up, will not keep this truce, although
they have taken their sandals oil their right
feet in token Of thoi: sincerity. Now let us
send some Of our own men, thong III we must
take them from a raft Of Saw-los$, to prevail
on CnculpSalm to send his army to this Val
ley speedily, and send us arms, that we be not
overthrown 10y the treachery Of the Chivallcc.
But many Of the people were Sorcly afflicted
in the knees with great trembling, insomuch
that they smotc together as did the knees Of
Relshazzcr, for they greatly feared the Chiv-
alrcc.
Now it came to pass, that after John
Brown, the FOrcrunncr Of Emancipation, had
been beheadcd, that Wise ruler i'll the land
called forth mighty army. eighty and eight
thousand men Of yalor, to defend the country
against the Ghost Of this mighty Prophet,
which still kept marching on" ard tho
Chiralrce proclaimed in the hearing Of these
men Of valor, that the army Of Cnculpsalm
was the Ghost Of John Brown, marching on,
and they must rise at once and grid on their
arms or the Darkey tribe in the land would
soon be equal with the Chivallee.
And these mighty men Of yalor came forth,
led by the Chivalrce, and they practced until
they became expert in the use Of instruments
of war; and they made themselves great guns
and painted their mouths rcd. to terrify their
enemies. And they went forth in the larTl,
among the people, to suhjugatc them and to
take from them all their arms and what
horses and chariots they needed, to 60 forth
to battle and they made the people bow
down and worship new King, whose name
was Cotton Out some worshipped the Quecn),
and they made them swear to be true to the
Chivalrec and their rulers.
But those who would not bow down and
worship, fed the country, and went and
Joined themselves unto the tribe called YAM
KEGS or hid themselves in the caves and
among the rocks in the mountains; and they
also are called Yankees to this day.
Y,tNKEE.
TO De CONTINUED.