Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1865-11-03
From tho L0misville Sunday Journal.
Bill Arp's Last.
nls LETTER TO ARTEMus WARD


bskaus you are about the only man know
in all "God's country" so-ealled: For SUN
several weeks have been wantin tn say
sumthn. For sum several years We rete, so
called, but now late Of said country deceas
I'd, hav been try,n nifty hard to do sumthin.
We didn't quite do it, and now its worry
painfub kassure you. to dry up all OF
sudden aud make out like we wasn't thar.
My friend want to say sumthin. l
suppose there is no law asxin .hiukin, but
.hiukiu don't help me. I,,dont let down
my thermometer. I must explode MYSELF
generally so as to feel better. You see I'm
trying to harmonize. I'm tryin to soften
down my feelins. I'm endeavoring to sub
jugate myself to the level of surroundin cir
cumstances, so-called: But can't do it
until fe,n allowed to say sumsshiu, want
to QUARREL with sumbody and then make
friends. / aiut no giant.kiler aint no
Norwegian bar. ANT no boar .copstrikter,
bu. I'll be hornswaggled if the taIkin and
the written and the slanderin has got to be
all done on one side any longer. Some Of
your folks have got to dry up or turn our
folks loose. It's blamed outrage, so called.
Aint your editors got nutlin else to do but
to peck at us, and squib atus, and crow over
usf Is every man what kan write para.
graf to consider us as bars. in cage, and
be always a jobbin at US to hear US growl
Now you see, my friend, that's what's dis
harmonious, and do you jest tell EN-, one
and all, plurbus unum, so cullcd, that if
they don't stop it all once or turn us loose to
say wb'. we please, why we rebs, so called,
have 4"animously and jointly and severally
resolved to-to-to-~think very hard of it
If not harder.
That's the way to talk it. aint gwine
to commit myself. know when to put on
the brakes. I Amt gwine to say oil l think
like Mr.. Etheridgs, or Mr.. Addcrig, So
eulled. Nary time. No, sur. But I'll
jest tell you Artemus, aud you may tell it
TO your show, if we aint allowed to express
our sentiments, 1--we can take II out in hatin
and hatin runs heavy in my family, shure.
hated man so once that all the hair
cum out Of my head, and tie man drowned
himself in hog. waller that night. kould
do it agin, but you see I'm tryin to harmo-
nize, to acquiesce, to bekum calm and &C.
Teen.
suppose that poetikally spcakin,
? "In Dis-'s fall.
We s,nned s,i."
But talkin the way see it, n Zig feller and
little TELLER, 50 called, got into 6te, and
they fout and fout and fou: long time.
and everybody all ronnd KEEP holleriug
bands off, but KEEP helping the big feler
until finally the little feller caved in and
hollered eruf: Hs made bully fte 1 tell
you, selSh. Well, what did the big fvler
dot Take him by the hand and help him
up, and brush the dirt OF his clothes o.
Mary timei No sur! But he' kicked him
arter he was down and tbrowed mud on
! him, and drug him about and rubbed sand
in bis eyes. and now he's gwine about
huntin up bis poor little property. Wants
to kontiskate it, so called. Blame my
jake. Il it aiu't enuf TO make your head
swim:
But rm:a good Uuion man-so cullcd.
Iain't gwine to ite no more. I shan't |
vote for the next war. ain't no gurrilla.
I've done tux the oath, and I'm gwine to
keep It.; butas for my bein subioogatsd,
and humiiy"ted, as Mr.. Chase says it ain.
so-nsry time. I sint shamed Of autL;n
neither, ain't repeptin, aiut AKIN for no one
horse, short winded pardon: Nobody
7usedn't be .playia' preist around me 1 aint
Ct no twenty thousand dollars. Wish I |
had I'd give it to these poor widors and
ofan'' I'D fatten my own numerous and
s.tare.tin 4 offspring in about two milits and
halt: They shoSIdeut ca. roots and drink
branch water no longer: Poor, unfortunate
thingslto cum into this suhoonary world
aseicli lipe. Thsrs'ssour or five Of ,.m
faae -nsssr laws sirkus nor monkey
ssssshsoW-nsver y had z pocket knife, nor piece
pt rhsese. nor a fsesin. There's Bull Run
Arp. and Harpers Ferry Arp, and Chicks,
hominy Arp. that never seed the piktcrs in
'pep'u book, I tell you, friend. we are
the poorest people .ou The face Of The earth
bnt re a1s poor and proud: We made |
on'iy dgah, selahi apd the whole American
nation onght ,to'fse' proud of it. It shows
ri'at Aane'ikins can do when lLoy think
'"ey sre 'mpossd Or" so eulled' DidntI
esi fonr fat'ie'a fi.e. bleed nnd die abont |
little tax on tea, when moi one in :. t,,ou..,n