Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-17
Bill Arp on the State of the Country

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Not much dontt, not at this time. If there is
anything sweet about liberty in this part Of the
vineyard can't see il. The lands good enuf
and wouldn't mind hearin hyme or two about
the dirt live on but as for ndin sugar or liberty
in Georgy SOIL it's all mist,ke. Howsumever,
I'm hop full. I'm much calmer and serener than
was few months ago. begin 70 feel kindly to-
wards all people, except some. I'm now endeav-
erin to be a great national man. I've taken up
mottoe of no North, no South, no East no West;
but let me tell you my friend, I'd bet on Dixie as
long as I've got dollar. It's no harm to run both
skedules. In fakt its highly harmonious to do So
1 n. 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 has bekum nifty
heavy on us, and after the big collapse, we
thought it WIS 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 out
all over. Children were increasin and yittcls di-
mnishin. BY close caleuashun it was purseved
that we didn't kill our enemies as fast as they
was imported and about those times thought il
was pity that some mrakle of grace hadn't cut
of the breed of furrners some ls or 20 years
ago. Then you would have seed a fair fight;
Gen. Sherman wouldn't have walked over the
track, and Ulysses would have Killed more men
than he dii--ef his o,cn side. have always thot
that GeLeral ought TO be pertikler which side he
was sacr6sin.
Well il the war is over what's the use Of
film up our towns and cities with soldiers any
longer Where's your Reconstruction that the pa
pers say is goin on 20 rapidly? Where's the lib
erty and freedom ?? Tie fakt is Gen. Sherman
and his caterpillers made such II clean sweep Of
everything, don't much to rekonstrukt.-
They took so many liberties. abound here that
there's nary liberty left. could have rekonstrrfl-
ted thousand sieh States before this Any body
nth in tn In hut iactf m o.N
off and let us alone. We've got plenty Of States
men---plenty Of men for Governor Joe Brown
aint dead-hes' a waitin-standin at the door
with his hat of. Then what's the soldiers here
for-what good are they doin--who wants to see
'em any longer. Everybody is tired Of the war,
and we don't want to see any more signs Of it,
The niggers don't want em, and the white men
don't want EN-, and as for the winen--whoopee
| golloyl, Well, there's no use talkin--whcu the
stars fall agin maybe the wmen will be harmon
| ised. That male bsness-that oath about gittin
lettersl Gee tigerl They always was jealous
about the males anyhow, and that order jest brok
| the camels back. Well must confess that il
a powerful small corncern. would try to sorter
smooth il over if knowd what to say, but don't.
If they war nfeered Of the wimen why didn't they
say so1 If they, wasn't, what do they make EN-
swear for2 yJcst to aggravate EN- Didn't they
know that the best way TO harmpnile man, was
to harmonise his wife first What harm can the
wimen do by receivcin their letters oath free ?-
They can't vote, nor they cant preach, nor hold
offs, nor play soldier, nor muster nor wear
breeches nor ride straddlc, nor cUss, nor chaw
terbacker, nor do nuthin hardly but talk and rite
letters. heaTn that valiant kernel made wo-
man nut up her fan bekause il had pkter OF Bo-
Irygard 'pon IT, Well she's hatinonized, reckon
Nov the trouble of all sich IL that after these bay
: onets leave here and go home, these peitcoai
tyrants can come back any more. Some Gorgy
L. : ~ lhai
! wouldn't be neither harmonious nor healthy. Bet
ter let the wimen alone.
Then there Is another thing I'm waitin for
Why don't they rekonsirtikt tie nlggers il they
are ever goin to? They've give EN- a powerful
site of freedom, and deyilish little else, Here's
: the big freedmans buro, and the little brros al
over tue country and the papers are full Of grane
orders and special orders, and paTngr4s but III
bet possum that some of EN- steals my wood thi
winter or freezes to death. "a Freedmans buro
: freedman's humbug I say. Jest when the corr
needed plowin the worst the buro rung the bel
ana toIed all the niggers TO town, and the farmer
lost their crops and now the freedmen is gettiI
cold aud hungry, and wants TO go back and there
aint nuthin for em 10 30 to- But freedom is
: big thing IIurraw for freedoms burot Swce
land Of liberty, Of thee ! don't sing But It's al
right I'm for freedom myself Nobody want
Iany more slavery II the aboishunists had let a
alone we wonld have fixed IL up right long tim
= ago aud We can fix it up now. The buro ain
Hxed il, and amt agoin to. dont know any
! thing about IL. Our people have got a heap NOR
: feelin for the poor niggcr than any aboishonisl
= We are as poor as Job but I'll bet dollar we cal
, raise more money in Rome to build nigge
; church than they did in Dostown The, paper
= say that after goin round for weeks the Bostowi
christians raised thirty-seTen dollars 10 build
: niggef church in Savannah. They are powerful OF
, the theory but deviiish seacc Ia practice. h
: Bat lis no use talkih. Everybody viii know b.
" waltin who's heen fooled. Mr.. johnson says he
Igwine 20 experiment that's all be can do now
! It's all anybody can do Mr.. Johnson's head
2 level Pm for him and everybody ought 10 b
: for bim--only hes powerful slow about somt
Z things aint worsbipping him; He nev,
IT made me. ! hear folks holIerin hutraw for And
a johnson, and the papers say, OBJ he's for US, be
s all right he's dur friend :Wer, spose he
- hadn't 7ha auoht IN ka fIid roh e.pekt him