The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1865-11-08

but we arc poor and proud. We made bully
fte Selah and-rhe whole Amcrikin nation
ought to feel proud of it. 1t shows what
| Amerikins can do when they think they are
| imposed oa-'!So-cGLLed." Didn't our four
| farthers fte, bleed, and die abouta little tx
| on tea, when not one in thousand drunk it!
Bekause they sukseeded 'wasent it glory?
Butt they hadent suppose it would have
! been treason, and they would have been bow
in and scrapin round King Gorge for pardon
So it goes, ArtemuS, and to my mind, if the
whole thing was stewed down, it would make
about hall pint Of humbug. We had good
| men, great men, Christian men, who thought
we was right, and pany OF 'em have "gone 10
the undiscovered country, and have got
pardon as iS.a pardon. When die, N nifty
Wyillin to risk myself under the shadow OF
their wings, whether the climate be hot or
cold. So mote it be. Selah,!
Well. NAV be I'e said enuf But I don't
feel easy yit I'm good Union man, sertin
and shure, I've had my breeches died blue,
and I've got blue bucket, and very often
feel blue, and about twice in while go to
+ the doggery and git blue, and then look up
at the blue serufsan heavens and sing the
elnkolly choryus of the Blue-tailed Fly. I'm
doin my durndest to harmonize, and think l
could succeed ifit wasent for sum things.
when I see black guard goin around the
streets with gun on his shoulder, why right
then, for a few minutes, hate the whole
Yanky nation. Jerusalem, how my blood
biles The institution thaFwas handed down
to Us by the heavenly kingdom Of Aassachu-
setts now pat over us with powder and ball
Halmonze the devil Amt VIC human be-
ings? Amt We got eyes and ears and feelin
end Lhinkin Why the whole Of Afriky has
come to town, women and children, and ba-
bies and baboons, and all. A man can tell
how fur it is to the city by. Che smell better
tEan the mile:post They won't work for US,
and they won't work for themselves, and
they'll perish TO death this winter as shore as
the devil is hog, so .catte& They are now
baskin in the summers sun, lvin on roastin
ears and Freedom with nary idee that the
winter will cum agin, or that castor oil and
salts costs money. Sum of 'em, a hundred
years old, are whinin around about goin to
kawlidge The truth is, my friend, sumbody's
badly fooled about this bizness. Sumbody
has drawd the elefant IN the lottery, and don't
know what to do with him. He's jest throwin
bis shout about loose, and ,by-and-by he'll
hurt sumbody. These niggcrs will have to 60
back to the plantations and work. aintagoln
to support nary one, of 'en, and when you
hear anybody say SO, you tell 'em, 'its lie, )"
so called. golly, aint got nuthia to sup.
port myself on. We fout ourselves out of
everything exceptin children and land, and
suppose the land are to be turned oFer'to the
niggers for graveyards.
Well my friend, don't want much lain't
ambitious, as used to was. You all lrave
got your shows and monkeys and sirkuSeS
and brass bands and Origins, and can play on
the petroylum and the harp Of a thousand
strings, and so on, but l'rc only got one ia
ror to ak ofyou. I want enuf powder to kill
tic yalIcrstump tail dog that prowls round
my premises at night Pom honor, won't
shoot at anything blue or black or n:ullaler.
Will you send itP Are you and your foaks
50 skeered of me and my foaks; that you
won't let US have any amyllishun? Are the
squirrels ard crows and black rakoons to cat
up our poor little corn patches Are the
wild turkeys to gobble all around US with i'm
punity? If mad dog takes the hiderfoby is
the whole community to run itself to death to
got out Of the way? golly 1t looks like
your pepul had all tux the rcbelfoby for good,
and was never gwine to git over it. See here,
my friend, you must send me little powder
and ticket to yourShow, and me and you
will harmonize Sertln.
With these few remarks think feel bet
ter, and hope .haint made nobody ftin mad,
for I'm not on that line at this time. | am
trooly your fiiend-all present or accounted
for, BILL -ARP, So,cHS'e0.
P. S. Old man Harris wanted to buy my
fiddle the other day with Confrdrik money.
lie Sed it would be good agin. He says that
Jim Funderbuk told him, that Warren s Jack
seed man who had Jest cum from, Virginny,
and he sed man told his cousin Mandy that
Lee had whit ed eu~agin. Old Harris says
that fellow by the name of Mack c. Million
is coming over with million OF men. But
nevertheless, Notwithstanding, somehow sor
somehow else, I'm dubus about the money.
If YOU was me, Artcmus, would You make
the fiddle trade? B. A.