Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-06-02
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OF the Northern Army, that he almost for.
got that he was Democrat
Next morning before they started. Susan
had to show her husband her piece. and
how she could weave. He left her weaving
with all her might. A woman needs strong
ankles to work the treadles, and, in weaving,
she gets them.
They went out to look at the wheat and
clover. The women saw them walking
around. and at last to stop by pair Of bars
The old man held down his head a good
deal, as il listening, while Andy made ges.
lures as it engaged in telling semething-
! When they came to dinner, of greens and
plenty Of other things, the Squire said:
'Old woman, if what Andy's been tellin'
mes true, there's some mistake about this
Golden Circular business, and I've got to
look into i.; and it's 80, and it seems to be
so; then them lawyers to town has been ly-
IN, 10 me the cussedes,"
When Andy's furlough expired, aud he
had started to return to the army, bis faith
er gave him bis best wishes and hoped his
safe return. be hoped too that he might
be victorious over the Rebels ia every bat
tie susan held up her baby as high as she
! could that he might see it to the last. IL
would be hard to undertake to tell how
much encouraged Andy felt.
Soon after this, it was talked about among
the Copperheads, that the furIoughed soi,
diers had been converting the people of
Rose Prairie to UnioDisln, and a couple Of
lawyers came down from the county scat to
see about it,
Mr. Clifford being the most influential
man, they called on him first. After going
through considerable long, smooth, and
slippery introduction, they told him their
business. He confessed be had changed his
mind, and he thought men OF learning
ought to know better than TO be deceivipe
plain farmers who couldn't be expected to-
know all about politics. And how could
they know, when they never had much
schooling-aud This was because the blast.
ed old shareholders where they camo from
didn't want no schools. One Of them who
is figuring to so to the Legislature, let out,
In quite speech filed with genuine Cop.
per democracy, telling about Lincoln's tyr
amy, the overthrow Of tho Constitution,
high taxes, the ruin of the country, and
concluded by saying We ought to let the
South go.
"I'll tell YOU" said the oli nan, "whs.
they'd say O. you down in the army if you
q damned traitor: aud if you had no f1st.
best friend with you they'd string you up;
and if was with EN- | wouldn't kere much
to help 'em. Them's my sentiments, tair
and square," IA
This is very strange, Squire Clifford.
very strange indeed. Why, Sir, you belong
to our order of the knights of the Golden
Circle, and you cannot have forgotten the
solemn oath you have taken, nor the dread
tul penalty which attaches to the violation
OF that OATH"
This made the Squire mad. cE
''Git out Of my house. you internal scoun-
drel-you traitor to your God aud your
country. You lied to me to get me into it.
Git out of my house! And if any of you
Golden Circulars tech hair of me or mine,
III send for Andy and the rest of the boys,
and, by the Jehoka, they won't leave q
grease-spot Of your whole gang. Git out of
my house; Iii have nothin' to do with &
traitor to my country and the Old flag of the
stars aud stripes"
The lawyer went-they both went When
he was getting on his horse, he said:
Good by, Mr. Clifford You've got to
be Yankee niger, see. 1t must 30 you
want niger wench."
Yes, Go; want a thousand of fem
| amt afeard of niggers as much as was.
I'm ashamed, though, ever was traitor
like you is. Yes, | was traitor, and |
helped to fight again Andy and Susan and
her baby there. But, thank God in his
mercy, I'm traitor no longer"
1t would have done you good had you
seen how pleased the women were to hear
the Squire give the lawyers his mind.
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