The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-11-14
BiII Arp on the state Of the Country
Sweet land of Liberty, of thee sing"

Not much don't, not at this time. III
there's anything sweet about liberty in
this part of the vineyard, can't see it.
| The lands good enuf, and | wouldn't
| mind hearin hyme or two about the
dirt live on, but as for findin sugar and
liberty in Georgy soil, it's all a mistake.
Howsumever, I'm hopeful. I'm much
calmer and sereener than | was a few
months ago. / begin to feel kindly to-
wards all people. except some. I'm now
endevering to be great national man.
| I've taken up mottoe of no North, no
South, no East no West; but let me tell
YOU. NV friend, I'll bet on Dixie as long
as I've got a dollar. It's no harm to run
| both skedules In fakt, it's highly har-
| monious to do so. I'm good Union reb,
and my battle cry are Dixie and the
Union.
But YOU see, my friend, We are gettin
restless about some things. The war had
bekum nifty heavy on us, and, after the
| big collapse, we thought that it was over
| for good. We had killed folks and killed
folks until the novelty of the thing had
wore off, and we were nifty nigh played
ont all over. Children were increasin
anu NlIIUlS pN a. 1luoC Ioi-
culashun it was persceved that we didn't
kill our enemies as fast as they was I'M
ported. and about those times | thought it
was pity that some mirakle of grace
hadn't cut off the breed of furriners some
| ls or 20 years ago. Then you wOuld have
seed a fair fight. Gen Sherman wouldn't
have walked over the track, and Ulysis
would have killed more men than lie did
of his opn side. | have always thot'
that General ought to bepertickler what
side he was sacriisin.
Well. if the war is over, what's the use
of film up our towns and cities with SOL
diers any longer Where's your rekOn-
struction tbatthe papers say is goin on so
rapidly2 Where's the liberty and free
dom The fakt is General Sherman and
his catterpillers made such clean sweep
of everything don't see much to rekon-
strukt They took SO many liberties
around here that there's nary liberty left.
| 7 could have rekonstruckted thousand
sich States before this. Any body could.
There wasn't uuthin to do but just TO go
off and let us alone We'yegOt plenty of
statesman-plenty of men for Governor.
.Joe Brow amt dead-he's watin-
standiu at the door with his hat of. Then
what's the soldiers here for what good
are they doin who wants to see EN- any
longer Everybody is tired of the war
and we don't want TO see any more
sions Of il. The niggers don't want em,
ami the white men don't want EN-, aud
a. for the women-whoOpee gOllly
WILL there's no nse talkin: when the
stars fall again maybe the women will he
more barmonzed. That male business
that oath about gettin letters Gee tiger
They ALWAYS was jealous about the males,
ANYHOW, and that order Jest broke the
canel's back. Well | must confess il was
a nowerfnl small concern. | would try TO
sorter smooth it over if knowed what TO
cav but | don't. If they was afeerd OF
the wimen why didn't they say so! II
tbev wasn't what do they make 'em swear
for9 Jest to aggravate 'em Didn't
tbav know that the best way ito bar.
monize man is to harmonic his wife
first What harm can the women do by
receiving their letters oath free 7 They
can't vote, nor they can't preach, nOr
hold offs, nor play soldier. nor muster
nor wear breeches, nor ride straddle, mol
ems. nor chaw terbacker, nor do nuthin
hardly hut talk and rite letters. hearn
tbat a vslent kernel made a woman put
mn her fan because it had pikter of Bo
rvo,rd non il. Well she's harmonized,
reckon. Now the trouble of all sich i:
that after these bayonets leave here and
90 home, these petticoat tyrants CAM
come back any more, Some Gorgy fools