Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-11-01
fF.ou, the Loaisri7le Sunday JournasI-
. Bill Apps Last. go
HIS LETTER TO ARrEMUs WARD.

HIS LETTER TO ARrEMUs WARD.
Mr. Artemus Ward, Sho,c1,an-Sur: The
reesuu I write to you in pertikler, are bskans
you are about the only man | know in all
"Godsr country" ,so-called,; For sum several
weeks i havs.been wntin tn say surnthin.
Forsum several years we rebs, ,cso:ealled, but
now late Of said county deceased, hav been
tryin nifty hard to do sumthin. We didn't
quite; do it, and nox its very painful, Izassure
you, to dry up all of . sadden and make out
Ike We wasn't thar. -
My friend, I want to say sumthin. i sup
pose there is no law again thinkiu, but think
in don't help me. 1t don't let down my ther.
mome:cr. / must explode myself generally
so as to feel better, You see rm trying 10
harmoaize. Pm tryin to soften down my
feelins. I'm endeavoriu to subiugate myself
to the level of sl7roundin circumstances,
sc-eallcd. But I can't % it until am allowed
to say sumthin, /. want to quarrel with sum-
bod, and then make friends. faint no giant.
killer; / sint no Norwegian bar. 1 aint no
boar.constrikter, bnt Eli be hornswaggied If
the talkin and d'the writin and the slandesin
has got to be all dome on one side any longer.
Some of your folks hare got to dry up or
turn our folks. loose, It's blamed outrage,
so called. Amt your editors got nuihin else
Sto do but to peck at US, and squib at us, aud
crow over us Is every niau what kan write
- par,lgraf to. consider US as bars in cage,
and bsalways . iobbip at us to hear us growl
Now yoa see, my friend, that's what's dishar'
monious, and do you jesttell EN-, one and all,
e pl1ribus unum, so called, that if they don't
stop it at once or turn US loose to say what
wepldase, why We rebs, so-cal'ed, have unani-
rpoas,y and jointly and severally resolved to
-to--ta-think very hard Of tiff not
harder.
That's the way to talk it. I aint swine
to commit myself. I know when to put on
the, brakers. / amt agwine, to say all | think
like Nj, Etheridge, or Mr.. Adderig, 50 called
Nary time. No, sur. But I'll jest tell You
Arteuus, and you may tell tito your show
If we amt allowed ia express our sentiments
we can take it out in aatia;. and hatin rem:
heavy in my family, shnre. Ihated man SC
hard cnce that all the hair cum out'ofmy head
and the man drowned himself in 7hog-wal
ler that night. / koald do it agin, but yoI
see TIN tryin to harmonic, to acquiesce, te
bekuu, calm and screen:
NoysI suppose that poetikally spsakin,
~In. .Rxie's fall, >....s.s
We siuned aIlp .,-.z.~e5,
But .,lkin;the way I see it, q big feller, and
little Teller, socal1ed, got into 6te, and,the,
fou. and fout and fout a long time, end every
body all round. kep tollering, hands of, bu
kephulpin the big faller until finally the lit
tie 'feller cayed IN and hollered enuf. HI
made bully fise tell you, Selah. Well
what did the big feiaer do9 Take him b.
the hand and help him up, and brush the dir
off his clothes? Nary time! No, sur! .Bu
be Kicked him arter be was down and throw
mud on him, and drug him about and rubbe
sand IN his eyes, and now he's gwine abou
hunti,l up his poor little property. Wants t
korsstate it. so-called. Blame my. jacket
il airf emit. To- make Jour head swim, J:
s.sut. Pm agood Union man-so- called.
amt agwine to fte no more. 1 shan't yot
for the next war; ] ain,s no gurrilla. ~
diane tax the cath, and I'm gwine to keep it
bat as io- my bein subjoogated, and humily'
ted, as NJ. Chase says, 1t amt so-nary tim
+ amt sshamed IF nushih, neither, amt repen
In, aiat AKIN for no one horse: short Wide
pardon. Nobody needn't be playin pref
around noe. I aint got no twenty thousar
dollars. Wish Ihad I'd give tito the.
poor viders and or6ns. ia fAttsh my ON
numerous and interesting offspring in .abo
TWO minits and a half. They shonldent e
roots and drink branch water no -lcngf
Poor, unfortunate. things! to cum into th
snbleonary world at .sieh astime.i There
four or fvs of 'em that never sswsa silk
nor monkey sho~-neyer had "a .pock
xaise, nor piece of cheese nor q resi-
There's Bull Run Arp, and Harper's Fer
Asp. snd Chikahuminy Arp, that aeyer'se
tina pikters IN : spellin book. i tell yon, n
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