The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-11-03
A. Sautherner Frees his Mind,
A WITTY and Pungent Letter..Bnl
Arp Addresses Artemus Ward.
RoNE, GA, Sept. 1, 1866.

.'.-. ROME, GA, Sept. 1, 1866.
Nh. Artensus Ward, ShoUnsan: a
SsR-The resun write to you in pertikler
know In al Goods country" 80 called. For
several weeks have been wanting tn say
sumthfn. 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 it. and now its very painful.
assure you, to dry up all of sudden and make
out like wasn't there.
Ny friend, 1want to say sumthin. I sup
pose there is no law agin thinkin, but thinkin
don't help me. 1t don't let down my thermom-
eter. ! must explode myself generally 80 as
to feel better. You see I'm trying to harmon
lie. I'm trying to soften down my feelins.
I'm endeavoring to subjugate myself to the
level OF surrounding circumstances, so-called.
But can't do it until I am allowed to say
sumthin. want to quarrel with somebody,
and then make friends. amt no giant killer.
amt no Norwegian ibar. amt no boarcon-
strickter, but III be hornswaggled if the talkin
and the vritin and the slanderin has all 20 to
be done on one side any longer. Sum of you
folks have got to dry up or turn our folks
loose. It's blamed outrage, 60 called. Amt
your editors got nothin else to do but to peck
ct us, and squib at rs, and crow over us Is
every man what kan write paragrsf to con-
bin at Us to hear Us growl? Now you see my
friend, that's what's disharmonious, and do
you just tell EN-, one and all e pluribus 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-called, have unanimously and Jointly
and severely, resolved to-to-to-think very
ard of tiff not harder.
commit myself I, know when to put on the
brakes. amt agwine to say all I think, like
3 heridge. Mary time No. Sir. But III
Just tell You, Artemus and you may tell Il TO
your show: If we amt allowed to express our
sediments, we can take it out in hating and
hating runs heavy in my family, shure. I
hstSd q man so bad once that all the hair came
OF my head, and the man, drowned himself in
d hog waller that night. / kould do it again.
20 y;ou see I'm tryin 70 harmonic, to acuui-
e-,,, 20 becum kahn and serene. gs....',..
Now, suppose that, poetikally speakin.
''In Dixie's fall.
irl> We sinned all" ',@.
But takin the way see it, big Teller and a
little feller so called, got into fife, aad they
fout and fout and fout long time, and every
body all around KEEP hollerin hands off. but kep
helpin the big Teller, until finally the little fell
Ter caved in and hollered enuf he made a
bully fite l tell you. Selah! Well what did
the big. felier do? take him by the hand and
clothes? Nary time! No, sur! Bat he
kicked him arter he was down, and throwd
mud on him, and drug him about and rubbed
sand in his ewes, and DOW he's gwiue about
huntin up his poor little properly Wants to
con6ecate it, so called Blame nv jacket if it
amt enough to make your head swim -
But I'm good Union man-sO called. l
amt agwine to fife no more. / shan't vote for
the next war. l amt no guerilla. I've done
took the oath, and I'm gwine tn keep it, but
as for my bein suhjugatad and humilyated, and
algamated, and enervated as Mr. Chase GAYS.
it amt so. nary time | amt ashamed of nuth.
ing nuther, amt repentin, amt akin for no one
horse, snort windeG pardon. Nobody needn't
be playin priest around me. I amt got no
$4,000. Wish had; I'd give it to the poor
widers and Or6ns. I'd fatten my own numer.
Gus and interesting offspring in about two
minits and half They shouldn't eat roots
and drink branch water no longer. Poor, IN
fortunate things! to come ictO this subloon-
airy world at SIGH time. There's or of em
that never saw cirkus or q monkey show
never had q pocket knife or a piece of cheese,
nor reesin. There is Bull Run Arp, Harper's
Ferry Arp, and Chickahominy Arp that never
seed the pikters in spelln 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 fite. Selah! and the Ameri-
kin nation ought TO feel proud of 1t. 1t shows
what AnerkiDs can do when they think they
are imposed of-so called. Didn't our four
fathers fte bleed and die about little tax on
tea, when not one in a thousand drunk it1 Be-
Klaus they succeeded wusentt glory! But II
they hAdent l suppose it would have been
treason; and they would have been bowin and
scrapin round King George for pardon.
So it goes, Artemus, and to my mind, if the
whole thing was stewed down, il would make
about q half pint of humbug. We had good
men. great men, Christian men. who thought
the undiscovered country, and have got par.
don as Is pardon When die, I'm mite vii.
lin to risk myself under the shadow of their
wings. whether the climate be ho, or cold. So
mote it be, Selah.
Well, may be I've said enuf Bat Idont feel
easy yit I'm good Union man sertin and
sure I've bad my pantaloons died blue, and
| I've got blue bucket and very often fee
| hlne and ahupt twice in a uhile I M tn III