Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-08-31

which for some years has been rather
epremouitary." Well / had hardly
GOT more than one or two drinks,
till a crowd of these good, returned
soldiers you talk about, got around
me and said, that 1 said, sc white
soldier that would go out to fight the
South, wasn't any better than add
niger" E"
Bish--Did you ever say so?
Dish-Don't know, don't think l
did, but you know what you and me
always thought about that. and /
guess do yet. Well / denied it OF
course, and swore it to boot as usual,
but it wouldn't do any good. They
were bound to take it out of my hide.
After fighting as long as 1 could they
got too many, and Squire Williams
got me into his Office, and from there
out the back way into Kalbeishs.
About hundred of these 'good re-
turned soldiers" were about the door
and finally Squire Williams got them
to agree l might go home, if | would
take all back l had said about the
soldiers. Ofcourse 1 had to do it.
and then started up Second street
When l got little way | met II fresh
I lot OF these ''good returned soldiers, "
who did not know of the contract
made by the Others, and they put
after me. / took refuge in the house
of nv friend Capt. Vance, who nobly
protected me. put me ont of the back
door over on Sd street. and | made
straight shirt tail for nome. Two
of Aleshires battery followed me
nearly to the bridge. So you see l
know how far you can trust ''return-
ed 2ravate soldiers" You may do 1t
with officers, but l tell you copper
heads and private soldiers amt goin
to mix Just yet little.
/ Bish-- Well really l had no idea the
affair was so serious. l presumed 1t
to be only a little fuss got up on
whiskey.
/ Dish--Yes / see you noticed IL in
the Dispatch, in abost four lines. l
tell YOU whisky had little to do with
it. 1t was hatred OF Copperheads.
TitmoS-e-And are you really Of
opinion that those soldiers aCtu-
ally designed ill treating you? We're
they not acting in a spirit OF fun?
I Dish-Fun! Fun hi If they'd
, give YOU as much fun that day as
, they give me, there wouldn't been
enough let of you to make grid
die greaser." Would there Bung-
hole?
l Bung Not the way You looked
when you come to my house. Why
. mister, We had to apply hot discloths
to his head for hours, and any amount
| of whisky in a little campfire to keep
, down the interAamation.
/ Bishop-This looks rather omi-
! nous, l must confess. Squire Bull
skin, how do they seem disposed
, down in your section?
BuIIskin-Wal, / don't kinder mix
in much with 'em. 1t amt healthy
\ like. That's the way it looks TO me
,fOur party kinder keeps quiet, and 4
I taex let US alone. we're willing to dc
E so too. Still, every now au. tner
there's fight goin' on, and mos
4 gen rally our fellers gifts the wust oI
s it. How its goin' to 60 at the elec
tiOn, we can't tell.
: Bishop-Wen, but viii not thu:
e purely soldiers ticket, that we de
l sign getting up. be great satisiac
tion to them?
r Bullskin-I don't know about that
d 1t might, if they didn't ketch as
v voten fer it. Ii ever they do that
we're gone up. You see they We go
s a soldier down there to vote fer, tha
they'd foller to HI, if he'd say
J. "come on boys"
: Bishop To whom do you allude
e sir?
:. Bull mean jim Montgomery, o
q the 33d. You know the Union me
n TUX him up, and it seems as if tn
very devil got into his boys about il
e If any fellow runs agin him on on
ticket, advise him to keep nigh.
dark in that quarter.
,s Bishop-Well, we have no objec
ton to having Col. Montgomery {
E. the head of our ticket.
Buil-Yes, but l tel you he'll ot
iect to it like a devil. Better aot tr
Ee that. Tain't safe. He was HI o
,e rebels, and some way he don t tire;
t. us as if he thought we was niue
better. And tell you another thins
If you invite the returned soldier
k mp here to your Copperhead meeting
rs them Sherman's bummers Of jim
70 Montgomery's will be up, and they
e lust take your meetin'. l don't waI
to be at it if they come.
IL Bung.-Nor ] nuther, Mister.
te Bishop-W ell, but if we invi'
~ oulv Democrats, all other class'
of will stay away, and our ticket will |
n badly beaten.
o. Bullskin-I guess it viii, anyhov
II because if its goin' to be a soldier
it ticket, it amt goin' to be Dem'
cratic or Copperhead, as they call
a. There amt none of that kind anon
en- the soldiers that privates will vo
en- for. And mind you, they are tt
ey voters.
Bishop-Mr. Titmouse, what d
Ie. you think about leaving out the Il
st vitation to soldiers?
,r Titmouse-I do not clearly 81
if how we can do it. The journal