The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-12-20
ASHLAND, OHlO.3 WEDNESDAY,.

johnson says he's gvine to experiment
that's all he can do how--its all anybod,
can do, Mr.. Johnson's heads level
I'mifor him, and everybody ought to be
him7-only he's powerful SLOW about SOM
Thing. ] 9aint worshippin him. II,
never madeleine. ~ hear folksrholleril
hurrawI for Andy johnson, and the pa
pers sayj ohl he's for us, he's all fright
Ike y ON tfiehds Wei, spose he IS, badn'
he ought to be? Did you expekt him Il
beaodog, oroaablaek republican pup2-
Because heaint o. hangin us, is ii neces.
sary to be playing hypocrit, around tn,
foot stool of power, and maxim out lik,
he was the greatest man in the world
and we was the greatest sinners Who
sorrya3 Who's repentin? Who ain
proud Of our people? Who loves our en-
emies Nobody but durned sncaks,
say let 'em hang and be hanged 10 en-
before I'd beg for grace, 75Whsr's Sok
rates ? whar's Cato7 But if Andy hold
his own, the country's safe, provided
these sgenerel assemblys and sihods, ant
Bishops conventions will keep the devi
and Brownlow tied. There passed. o.
slipk hearted fellcrs who played tory jes
to dodge tullits OF. save property, now
bowling about for ofis-want everything
bekavse they was fof Union. Tkey wa,
for themselves, that's, all they was for
and they aint a Goip to get the office:
neither, Mr.; johnson aint got no more
respekt for them than I have. We wanI
to trade EN- of. BY hoky, we'll give
two Of 'eln fer ono copperhead, and az
nothin to boot. Let 'cm shinny on tbeit
own side, and get over among the folks
who don't wan! us reconstructed. There's
then newspaper scriblers who slid down
TO the ed!e of Dixcy, every twenty four
hours, and peep over at Us, on tip toe
enIthey run back-uipufia and blown
with b straight coat tail, and holler out
"He amt dead-he. arrt deadlock out
everybody. I'm jest from thar-seen his
toe moVe-hcard hin grunt he's goin to
rise again. Don't withdraw the sojers,
but send down more troops lmegeately.'
And here's your Hatper's Weekley, q
head in all sich-a gassin lies and Sian.
ders in every issue-makin insultin pie
ters in every sheet breedin everastin
discord, and cbawin bigger than ever
since We got licked. Wish uld Stoncwall
had cotch :hese Harpers at their ferry
and we boys had knowd they was gon to
keep up this devimontso long We'd a
made baptisls of hem sertin, payroll or
no payroll. Hurraw Cor brave soldier,
| say, reb or no reb, yank or no yank /;
huraw for manly f,e and generous
victOr-hurraw for our side too I gol.
lyiexcusc me, but such expressions will
work their way cut sometimes, brakes Or
no brakes. r...... ....
But Pm for Mr. johnson. I'm for all
the JohnsOns-its bully name. There s
our Governor, who aipt goin at discount
and there's Andy who is ioiR power.
lul well cOnsiderin, and there's the hero
of Shiloh-peacc to his noble ashes
And there's Joc-my bully Joc--would
Mt | walk ten miles rainy night to see
them hazel eyes, and feel the grip of his
soldier hand? Didn't my old roosters al.
ways clap his wings and crow whenever
he passed our quarters ? '"Instinct told
him that he was the true prince" and it
would make anybody brave to be nigh
him. | like all the Johnsons, even to
Sam--L, G. lie never levied on me if
he could. git around it. For twenty years
me and Sam have been workin together
in the justice court. was an everlastin
defendant, and Sam the constable, but
he never sold my property nor skecred
Mrs Arp! rHurraw for the Johnsons
Well, on the hole, there's heap of
things to be thankful for. I'm thankful
The war is over-that's big thing
Then I'm thankful | ant black repub-
lican pup. I'm thankful that Thad Ste.
0ens, and Sumner and Phillips nor none
of their kin, aint no kin to mo. Tn
thankful for the privilege of hatin all
such. I'm thankful l live in Dixey, in
the State Of Georgy, and our Governors
name aint Brownlow. Poor Tennessee
| golly, didn't she catch it {? Andy John,
sons Eardons won't do rebs much good
there. They better get ona from the
devil if they expekt it to pass. Wonder
what made Providence aflikt 'em with
such cuss, d. l't@, ',l '.,.' .',I' ''
But cant dwell on such subjekt.
lt's highly demoralizin and improbable.
.dg "sweet land of liberty, Of thee eTOry
b-s II could not sing in Tennessee" =
But then we've had circus once more,
and sneu the clown play round, and that
makes up for heap Of trouble. In fakt
its the best sign Of rekonstrucktion i
have yit observed. wy YUurn hopin,
- BILL ARP.
PisAAndthey; ha*led Grants cab.
ina Thousand miles. Well, ,-Shorman's
war horse stayed in my stable one night.
l want to sell the stall to soiue Yankee
State Fair AS our people amt the sort
that runs after bigs folks, things, the
stall aint no more than other stall to me
State Fairs, its for sale.li I suppose that
Harper's Wockley or Frank Lcsly will
paint a pikter Of il soon, BY drawn on
their imagination. a7ti 7ul a-r B. A..
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r@-A bill has been introduced in Con-
gress to provide orthe succession in cnse
Of the death Of disability Of the President
and Vice President. The President pro.