Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1865-11-24
From the Rome Courier.
Bill arp on the State of the Country.
"Sweat land of JiBertv Of tbss .;,g

l DILL arp on Inc State OF the Country.
"swest land Of LiSertN.of thee sing" :
Not much Idont, not at this time. If
there's anything sweet about liberty in this
part Of the vineyard, can't see ii. The
lands good eruf and wouldn't mind
hearin hyme. or two 'atou. the dirt live
Oh. but as for GndiiT sugar and liberty in
Georgy soil, ito all mistake Howsum-
ever: I'm hopeful. I'm much calmer and
sereener than I was few months ago.
begin TO feel kindly towards all people, ex-
sept some. TIN now endeavorn to be q
great natiQNal NAB. I've taken up mot
toe Of No North, no South, no East, 20
West; but let me. tell you my friend, I'll
Oct on Dixie as long as I've got dollar
Its no harm to run both skedules. In fakt
its highly harmonious to do SO. I'm a
good Union reb, and my battle cry are
rDixie aud the Union.
But you see my friend, we are geuia
restless about some things. The war had
bekum nifty heavy on US, and after the big
collapse, we thought it was over for good.
We had killed folks and killed folks until
the novelty Of the thing mad wore Of, and
we were nifty nigh played out all over
Children we're increasin and viscls di,nn-
ishin. by cldAe calcuIashun it was pur.
seeSed that we didn't kill our enemies as fast
as they was Imported, and about those times
[ thought it was pity that some mirakIe
of grace hadn't cut off the breed Of furre-
nars some ls or 20 years ago. Then you
would have seed a fair fight. Gen. sher-
man wouldthave walked over the track, and
Ulysses would have killed more men tLan
lie did-of his o,en side. I hav always
thot' that a General ough. to be pertkIer
which side he WAS sacritisin.. o.
Well, II the war is over, what's the, use
Of fllin up our towns and cities with sot-
diers any longer. Where's youf fekon-
struk.ion that the papers say is goiu on SO
rapidly Where's the liberty md freedom
Tie fakt is, General Sherman and his cater.
p'llers made suci, ~lsai sweep tf every
thing, l don see much 1d rekonsl ,uckt.--
They took so many liberties around he,e
that there's nary liberty left. l could have
rekonstruckted thousand sieh States be-
fors this. Any body could. There wasn't
,nnthm 70 do -butJest to go off and IL, us
alone. We've got.plenty of S,n,esmen-
plenty Of men for Governor. joe Brown
aint dead-he's a. Notwithstanding at the
door with his hat off. Then what's the
soldiers here for-wi'at good are they doin
who wpnts to. see 'em. any longer.-
rybody is tired of the war aud we don't
want TO sea any more Signs Of it. The
nigggsrs doh't want 'em, and the ,wlite men
don't want 'em, and as for the swimen-
whoo.Pee! gooily Well, there's no use
takin -s~hen' tie stars fall agin maybe sIs
wimen will be harmonize.l. That male
business-tLat oath about ei,tin letters |!
Gee-tiger! They always was jealous about
the males any how, and that order jest broke
the csmel's back. Well / must confess
that hwas a powerful small concern. Il
3 would Try to -sorter smooth It over IL /
knowed what to:say, but Idon'ts If they
was afsered Of the wimsn why did'u. they
4 Bay sol: T. they Wasn't, what do they
1 make em swear: Tor. Jestto aggfayste 'sni
/ Didat they know that the best way 10 bar
irtonize asman, was to ,harmoDizs his wife
hnte What harm eanithe wimen do by
receivein their letter oath fresa They
!. cant vote, naf they cant preach, nor hold
I Oils, nor play soldier nor muster, nor wear
bIeeehes, nor ride -atsaddle, nor cnss; nor
chaw terbaeker, nor do nnthin hardly but
8 talk and rite letter.. y :henrn that valiant
kernel made a watnan put up her fao BE-
!. kausasit had a piktsr of -Bofygard 'pon it.
EWell she's harmonissd, I reckon. Now
the trouble Of all sishs isthsst after these
fbsyoaes .Iessa sbers and 90 bone, Ahsse
ps.ticoat tysants cant scosHs' bask any more
Some. Gsossy il ISL viii mast, the siues ops
Of 'sn ssstin and Thar wouldn't be. nsi.ie,
harnouious nor Rsal,hy. Better lst tha
women alone. & 4 j. l::5 !,
Nea thAra 3 anetI,ss ih;ng I'm uasin
fos; Why DOM ,,.ay rskonstsaki Die mig.
Fl gers -tl,sy aTs sssr gois aof. Tl,sy,ssl
!. d gIyss srn q povssssfa si.s u fssaons. ana
!, dasiiiah lissIs 90. Hsress tbs 5biie fsesd.
pssns buso. s6dd slhs iisslls 6usoa III c.ssEtbe
ieasn,ss and ~ p.pars ass fsll oi gtsnd