Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-05-18
For the Gsllipolis Journal.
CORRESPONDENCE EGSTRAOR.
DINARY.

LAST DAYS OF THE CoNFBDRACY AS SEEN
INA DREME By AN EYE WINES.
Mr.. EDIrER:-I saw in my dreme
His egscellency Mister Davis late Presi-
dent Of tie late so cakd CoMedracy.
seted on an ole male kag supposed
to contane speshe, surrounded By his
tride friends, like ole Rudiger when
about to dy, clad in a suite of royal
gray skant of pattern, and like his
egscellency looking the wus for ware,
just outside wor kollected his trane
bans after the stile of the Engglish
lords in the guide ole days of Feuda-
lism, and l herd him say in tones of
deep sofrer that seemed to tuch the
Jeelinks of all in very tender spot,
and to draw tares even from this
Egscellency's bline eye-'go sed he"
go my sons and faithful eompanons in
tribulatiou, go and return to your
homes, yore wives, yore children,
yore swateharts and seke cumfort as
best you can. If any one pities you
it is well, if any one simpathises with
you it is better, if any one helps you
1t is better still. The fact is--an
That's no use in tryin to disgise It now,
the fact is this Confedracy consarn is
about blode, an we are reduced to
the practical eality of the homly
proverb ''rute hog or die" had
hoped sumthin frum the killing of
Ole Abe, but sumhow or orter my
man Buth seems to hang fire, an now
it Is tn late-all is lost! Go, and en-
joy pece at yore homes if you can,
for me thar is hensforth no pece only
IN the grave. an that l never egspect
to enjoy while j live.
WIsE-"PEGs'-I wood that we
cud realise that swate word, but
alas! the guide ole days ov ebon shins
an gizzard foote can cum no moor to
US. Thar Gums no pece while curly
heds revil Ill our mansions and hoe
corn and dig taters on their own
hook. The. sable Sons of Ham occu-
py an abnormal position, the mud
sils have become the chete stones Nv
the koruer, and the rulin rash hav
lost thar regal dignity and power.
/ think ov the past and am sad. l
think of the futer an am sadder. In
my dremes at mite butter milk and
silver pitchers rise up before me and
hant my sole like the cussed gosl of
Ole John Brown. No, no, thar can
cum pece to nun ov US while thar's
an armed yankee abuve grown.
"Konker we must or else we are cussed."
And this is my motter ''phite or bust"
LBcHER-An to his honor be it sed he
wont much korned-"phite." That's
plaid. We've phit too long now fur
our oon good, we've phit whey thare
was any virtu in phitin, an indeed,
till long after 1t becum vice, and
the moor we phite the worse we git.
TRgNHoMs.-Thats precisely the
way with our Tsasury--and, believe
with every body connected with the
Confedracy. We canm make mony by
the millun-rags haze been scarce but
are very abundant noO-but the more
we make the wus were of, our very
nony is burden to us. The only
men with any thing among US is
them whats consumed in the block
ade runnin bisnes and have THAR
moDy invested in furrin securities.
That's my private conviction, said
his Egscellency, with a peculiar wink.
LETcHER Then we'd better stop
and try diplomacy awhile.
BREcKINRIDGE.-Thats it. Hurraw
for diplomacy I'm in fur diplomacy!
and may the man who invented it
niver dy nur wont fur guide ole bur-
bon while he livs!-and now Mister
President word in private if you
pleas.
This here consarn called the Con-
fedracy is dtd broke sure, gone up
the spout till Gabler blose, and now
it behoves all us big bugs to be ma
kin ;traks to some -furrin port, fur its
my opinion that Booth will kill Ole
Abe and then if Andy gifts the rams
of Government, he'll rain fire and
brimstun on us an send US over Jor-
dan to the happy land oy ECanan
afore our accounts are reddy. Weed
better go en- try our hand at diplo-
macy with Sherman. five can only
get him to polisying with Johnston,
we can gain time to get out throu