The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-11-03
4. Soatherner Frees his Mind
RoaGs, Ga. Sept. 1, 1866. /,

:" -utn9o gs3ie RoME, Ga, Sept 1, 1866. =,
~. AvsemU Ward, SAescssos. - sa4sI ~
are bekaase you are about tie only man Il I
know In al Goods country" so-called. For
several weeks have been wanting tn say
sumfh1n. For several weeks we rebs. so-called.
but now late Of said country deceased, have
been tryin mighty hard to do sumthin. We
didn't quite do 1t and now its very painful,
assure you, TO dry up all Of asudden and make
NY friend, I want to say siuinthin I sup-
pose there 10 no law agin 4hinkin, but thinkin
don't help me. Il don't let down my thermom-
eter. must explode myself generally Go Is
TO teel better. You see. I'm trying to harmon
iSe. I'm trying to soften down nv feelins.
I'm o1deA*osing to sutjugate myself 10 the
lovd Ct surrounding circumstances. eo-called
But can't do It until ! am allowed to cay
sumthan. want TO quarrel with somebody,
I amt no Norwegian ibar. amt no boarcon-
stxickser, but III be hornsWaggied if the taikin
and The yritin and the slAndefh has an 70 70
Be done On one side any longer. Sum of You
folkghive got to dry up OF turn Our folks
loose. It's . blamed outrage, 60 called. :. Amt
your editors got nothin else to do bat TO peck
at - and squib at as and crow over usf Is
every man what kan write 2 paragraf to eoo-
bin at us to hear us groWlf Now you zee, my
friend, that's what's .disharmonious. and do
you Just tell EN-, one and all 9 piuribus unum.
% called, that II they don't stop It ct once Of
turn % leqse TO say what we please, why we
rebs, s0-called, have unanimously and Jointly
and severely resolved toE,to-so-think very
com nanss ,,x.s E rno x ~ s =; agwins to
brakes. liant sgwine 70 cay an think, IKE
! heridgo, Nafy tina No. Sir. Bot, m
Just tell you, lArtemus, and you may tell Il 10
your show: IF We amt allowed to express our
sefimepts, we can take + out n hating ana
hating runs heavy tn my family, ,shure. I
'hfe$d Q nauss0 bad ones tkAs all the hair caufe
w AH bead and the mans drowned himself ;in
1sq lyba see I'm Ytryi1 TO harmonikA, % acuui.
esed 70 becum kahn and serepe.si.i' gss-rsT-i
s Now, suppose that, poetikally speakin. !.
II - In Dixies fall, ''N4 'in
- ie1Iajs I'VE sinhed all.r sneisGd .pys5
But tAkin the way seeAt, biz feller and 8
little teller, 90 called, got into fte, and, they
fout snd fout aud fout 4 long time, and every.
body al around KEEP Ihollerin haudsloG but keo.
helpin the big Teller, until finally the little fei-
Ter caved In and h0llered euuE He made
bully Rte I tell yons 6elahli .Welk what did
the big Teller DO I? take him by the hand and
clothes? Mary umels No; .sar! 81 Bat he
kicked him artcr he was down, and throwd
mud On him, and drug him about and rubbed
sand IN his eyes, and pow hes gwine abeutI
huntin up his poor little property Wants to
e0n6eeate It, 60 called. Blame nv jacket Tit
amt enough to make Your head swim Sc
But I'm good Union man-so called.
amt agwine 70 fte no more. / shan't vote for
ffso ovf xva INF
took the oath, and Tn gwine to keep IL but
- for my bein suhjugatad. and humilyated and
algamated, and enervated as Mr. Chase save.
It amt 60, nary time amt ashamed Of nuth.
ing nuther, amt repentin, amt akin for no one
horse, short winded pardon. Nobody needn's
be playin priest around me. I amt got no
e20, O00.9 WishI had; I'd give f. 10 the poor
widers and orhns: I'd fatten, my own nnmer.
Gus and Interesting offspring in ahont two
minits and . half They shouldn't eat roofs
and drink branch water no longer. Poor, nm,
fortunate things to come into this subloon-
ary world ct SIGH umes0 There's or Of EN-
that never saw q cirkus or monkey show
never had o pocket knife or o piece Of cheese,
nor reesin. There b Boil Run Arp, Harpefs
Ferry Arp, and Chickahominy Arp thai never
seed the pikters in spellfn book. tell you.
my friend, we are the poorest people on the
face Of the earth-but we are poor and proud.
We made bully fte, selah : and the Amert-
kin nation Ought 70 feel proud oft. nshows
what Amerikins can do when they think they
are imposed of-so called. Didn't our four
fathers hte bleed and die sb0ut little TAX on
tea, when not one 10 q: thousand drunk III Be-
Klaus they succeeded wusenr Il glory? But II
they hxdeut suppose Il would have been
treasou;jand they would have been bowin and
scrapin round King George for pardon.
So It goes, Artemus, and 70 ny mind, II tho
whole thing was steWed down, Il would make
sbout : half pint Of humbug. We had eood
men. treat men, Christian men. who tho1eht
We Vss rieht, end many Of EN- have eone 70
the un1kkovered country, and have goe 8 par-
don = > pardon. When Idie; I'm nlss wil-
IN 70 risk myself under the shadow OF their
mote & be, 8elah. saaf s e -. 8 8,
wen may be I've said emf Bat Idone fesl
eAsy VI I'm good Union man sertin and
sure. I've bad my pantaloons died blua. and
I've got blue bucket and very oltea lee|
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