The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-11-03
A, Soatherner Frees his Mind,
WITTY and Pungent Letser..Bnl
Arp Addresses Artemus Ward.
ROME, GA, Sent. 1, 1865.


-uayn li ROME, GA, Sept 1, 1866.
M. A,semus Ward, ShoDnsan: p.
SsR-The resun write to you in pertikler
are bekause you are about the only man [
know In al Goods country" so-called. For
several weeks 1 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 asudden and make
out like wasn't there.
My friend, want to say sumthin. sup
pose there is no law agin thinkin, but thinkin
don't neiP me. II don't let down my thermom-
eter. must explode myself generally 80 as
to feel better. You see I'm trying to harmon
ise. I'm trying to soften down my feelins.
I'm eodeaVoying to sutjugate myself to the
level Of surrounding circumstances, so-called.
But can't do 1t until I am allowed to say
sumthsn. want to quarrel with somebody,
and then make friends. amt no giant killer.
amt no Norwegian ibar. I amt no boarcon-
srickter, but I'll be hornswaggled if the talkin
and the yritin and the slAnderin has all 20 70
be done On one side any longer. Sum of you
folks s'have got to dry up or turn our folks
loose. It's blamed outrage, 60 called Aint
your editors got nothin else to do bat to peck
ct %, and squib at rs, and crow over usf Is
every man what kan write Q paragraf to con
oSuOI 10 % Uotb III CoXc 6uO % always 8 100
bin at Us to hear us growl7 Now you see, nv
friend, that's what's disharmonious. and do
you just tell EN-, one and all 9 pluribus unum,
so-called, that if they don't stop it at once or
turn rs 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 it-if not harder - i.'-' .At 90
commit myself I, know when to put on the
brakes. aint aswine to say all think, like
: heridge, Mary time No, Sir. Bot IN,
Just tell you, ,Artemus, and you may tell Il 10
your show: If we amt allowed to express our
setiments, we can take II ont in hating and
hating runs heavy in my family, shure. I
,,Aftfd man;so bad once that all the hair came
'1f my head, and the man. drowned himself IN
)6h3x waller that night, I kould do Il again.
osq 'yba see I'm tryia 70 harmonike, to acqui-
e,cf 20 becum kahn and SERENE, = 'esq,-s,-i
Now, suppose that, poetikally speakin.
i "In Dixie's fall. ''
tsgLyJs g We sinned all" "sasl,ej .1yH5
But tAlkin the way it. big feller and q
little feller, so called, got into fite, aad they
fOut and fOut and fout a long time, and every
body all around KEEP hollerin hands Oh, but KEEP
helpin the big feller, until finally the little fe
Ter caved in and hollered enuf He made
bully. fite tell you. Selah! Well what did
help him up, and brush the dust of his
clothes? Nary ume!a No, sur! Bat he
kicked him arter he was down, and throwd
mod on him, and drug him about and rubbed
sand in his eyes, and now he's gwiue about
huntin up his poor little properly Wants to
confiecate it, so called Blame nv Jacket ifft
aint enough to make your head swim 80,
But I'm good Union man-sO called. I
amt agwine to fte no more. I shant vote for
the next war. / 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 says.
1t amt so. nary time l amt ashamed of nuth.
ing nuther, amt repentin, aint akin for no one
horse. snort winded pardon. Nobody neednt
be playin priest around me. amt got no
$2O, 900. Wish had; I'd give # to the poor
widers and orfns. 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, un-
fortunate things! to come icto this subloon-
ary world at sich 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 ID Bull Run Arp, Harpers
Ferry Arp, and Chickahominy Arp that never
seed the pikters in spellin 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 fit. 1t shows
what AmerikiDs can do when they think they
are imposed of-so called. Didn't our four
fathers fite, bleed and die about little tax on
tea, when not one in thousand drunk It? Be-
Klaus they succeeded wusent it glory? But If
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 . half pint of humbug. We had good
men, gres. men, &c Christian msas of men @ who thought
the undiskoyered country, and have got par.
don q Is pardon When die, I'm mite W.
Nm to riek myself under the shadow of their
wings. whether the climate be hot or cold 80
mote It be, 6elah. ee
Well, may be I've said emf Bat Idont feel
easy yii I'm good Union man sertin and
sure. I've bad my pantaloons died blue, and
I've got blue bucket and very often feel