Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-11-01
FFrom the Louisville Sunday JOurnal.l
Bill Arp's Last.
HIS LETTER TO ARrEMUs WARD.

Mr. A7tenus Ward, Shoacmaa-Sur: The
reesun write to you in pertikler, are bekaus
You are about the only man [ know in all
"God,s country" so,called: For sum several
weeks / hav been wantin tn say -sumthin.
For sum several years we rebs, so;ealled, but
now late Of said county deceased, hav been
tryin nifty hard to do sumthin. We didn't
quite do it, and nox its very painful, ] assure.
you, to dry up all of sudden and make out
like we wasn't thar.
My friend, l want to say sumthin. 1 sup
pose there is no law again thinkiu, but think,
in don't help me. 1t don't let down my ther
mometcr. / must explode myself generally
so as to feel better. You see pm trying TO
harmonize. Pm tryin to soften down my
feelius. I'm endeavoriu to subiugate myself
to the level of surroundin circumstances,
sc-ealled. Bu. can't DO it until ! am allowed
to say sumthin, / want to quarrel with sum-
body and then make friends. Iaint no giant
killer; 1 aint no Norwegian bar. 1 aint no
boar.constrikter, but III be hornswaggled If
the talkin and the writin and the slanderin
has got to be all done on one side any longer.
Some of your folks haSe got to dry up or
turn our folks loose. It's blamed outrage,
so called. Amt your editors got nuthin else
TO do but to peck at us, and squib at us, aud
crow over us2 Is every nlan what Kan write
n paragraf to consider US as bars in cage,
and be always iobbin at us to hear us grow? ?
Now yos see, my friend, that's what's dishar-
nonious, and do you jest tell EN-, one and all,
e pllribus unum, so called, that if they don't
stop it at once or turn US loose to say what
we please, why we rebs, So.calted, have unanl-
,nously and jointly and severally resolved to
-to-te-think very hard of it-if not
harder.
That's the wsy to talk it. amt gwine
to commit myself. I know when to put on
the brakers. 1 amt agwine to say all think
like Mr.. Etheridge, or Mr.. Adtlerig, sOcal3ed.
Nary time. No, sur. But pll jest tell you
Artemus, and you may tell it to your show
If We amt allowed to express our sentiments,
we can take it ont in hatit; and hatin rrns
heavy in my family, shure. Ihated man SO
hard once that all the hair cum out of my head.
and the man drowned himself in hog-wsl-
Ter that night. konld do 1t agin, but you
sec I'm tryin to harmonic, to acquiesee, to
bekum calm and screen.
Now suppose that poetikally speakin,
.In Dixie's fall,
We siuned all"
But talkin the way I see it, big feller and
little Teller, so.called, got into 6te, and they
fout and fout and fout q long time, end every
BODY all round KEEP tollering hands off, bu1
kep.helpin the big feller until finally the lit.
tls feller cayed in and hollered enuf. he
made a bully fse tell you, Selah. Well
what did the big fener do? Take him By
the hand and help him up, and brush the dir
off his clothes? Nary time! No, sur! Blu
be kicked him arter be was down and throws
mud on him, and drug him about and rubbed
sand in his eyes, and now he's gwine abou
huntin up hi. poor la!le property. Wants tt
konfiskate it. so-caued. Blame my Jacket
it amt enuff to make your head swim:
But Pm good Union man-so- called.
amt agwine to fte no more. shant vot
for the next war. i ain's no gurrilla. "
dune tux the oath, aud I'm gwine to keep it
bat as for my bein subjeogated, and humlly'
ted, as Mr. Chase says, it amt so-nary time
Amt ashamed of nuthin, neither, amt repent
in, amt akin for NO one horse, short winde
pardon. Nobody. needn't be playin pref
zround me. amt got no twenty thousan
d,llars. Wish I had; I'd give it TO -tbs'
Moor widers and orins. Ia fatteh my ow
numerous and interesting offspring in abol
1wo mint. and a half. They shouldent e'
roots and drink branch water no longe
Poor. unfortunate things! to cum into tn
subIoouary world at sch time. There
four or fivst Of 'em that never sd" sirR'
nor a monkey show-never had a pock'
xaife, nor piece of cheese, nor ! resi-
There's Bull Run Arp, and Harper's Fer
Asp, and Chikahominy Arp, that never SET
the pikters in . spellin book. j tell you, N