The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1865-12-21
DECEMBER .2l, 1865.


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that after going round for 3 weeks the
Bestown christians raised thirty-seven
dollars tc build a niger church in Sa-
vannah. They are powerful on theory,
but mighty scarce in practice. .sa5 ssd
Butts no use talking. Everybody
will know BY waitin who's been fooled.
Mr.. johnson says he's gwine to exper-
inlent, that's all he can do now-it' 5 all
everybody can do. Mr. Johnson's 5
heads level I'm for him, and every
body ought to be for him -only he's
powerful slow about some things, He
never made me. / hear folks 9hollerin
hurraw for Andy johnson, and the pa
pers say, oh he's for us, he's all right,
he's our friend Well,f spose he is,
hadn't he out to.be- Did you expekt
him to be dog. Pekause he amt, a
hanging of us, is it necessary to be play
in hypocrit around the foot-stool of pow
!, and maxim out 1ikche was the great
est nanin the world, and we the great
est, sinners Z Who's sorry I'd Who's
repentin Who amt proud Of our peo-
pie? Who loves our enemies No
body but burned sneak Ihsay let
'em hang and be hanged to Gem, before
I'd beg for grace. Whar's Sokrates,
whar's Cato? But if Andy holds his
his own, the countrys safe, provided
these general assemblys and sinods and
Bishops conventions win keep the dew
il and Brownlow tied. Here's passel
of slinkhearted fellers who, played tory
just to dodge bullets or save, property,
now howlin about offs want every
thing bekause they was for the Union
They was for themselvesy that's all they
were for, and they amt going to get the
offiises neither. Mr.. johnson amt got
no more respeck for 'em than I have.
We want to trade sem for one copper
head, and ak nothin to boot. Let Penn
shinny on their own side,, and git ever
among the folks who don't want us re-
construked.
There's them newspaper scribblers
who slip down to the edge Of Dixeyl
every "a hours, and peep over at us, ,on
tip toe. Then they run back putin
and BLOWN with straight coat tail, and
hollef out, "He. amt dead-he amt
deadlock out everybody. I'm jest
from thar-seed his toe moye-heard
him grunt he's egoin to rise agin.
Don't withdraw the soldiers, but send
more troops immegeately." And here's
your Harper's Weekly 2 aheardin all sich
IA gassin lies and SANDERS in every
issue-makin insuitin pikters in every
sheet-breedin everlastin discord, and
chawin bigger than ever since we got
licked, e9Wish old Stonewall had cotch
these Harpers at their Ferry, and we
boys had knowed they was goin to keep
up this devilment SO long. We'd a
made baptists of them sertain, payroll
or no payroll. n Hurraw for u brave sol
dier, / say, reb or no reb, yank or no
yank hurraw for a manly foe and a
generous victor-hurraw for our side
too. I golly, excuse me, but sich eex-
pressions will work their. way out some
times brakes or no brakes. sgns 81
But I'm for Mr.. Johnson. I'm for
all the Johnsons--it's a bully name.
There's our Governor, who aint goin at
discount; and there's Andy who is
doin powerful well considerin, and
there's the hero of Shiloh-peace to his
noble ashes. 9lYd % 4# edi
And there's Joe--my bully Joe, -
wouldn't I walk ten miles OF a rainy
night to see them hazela eyes, and feel
| the grip Of his soldier hand IDidn't
my rooster always clap his wings and
crow whenever he passed our quarters
aInstinct told him that he was the true
prince" and it would make anybody
brave to be nigh him. I like all the
Johnsons, even to SAM. c. He
never levied on meif he could git round
it, For, 20, years me and Sam have
been workin together in the justice
court. I was an everlastin defendant
and Sam the Constable, but he never
sold my property nor skeered Mrs. Arp
Hurraw for the Johnsons !! III ss;4s
Well, on the whole, there's heap o.
things to be thankful for. I'm Thankful
the war is overEthat's the big thing
Then I'm thankful i amt a black re
publican. I'm thankful Thad Stevens
| and Sumner, and Phillips nor none O
their kin amt no kin to me. I'm
thankful I live in Dixey, in the Stat.
of Georgy and our Governors nam,
amt Brownlow. e Poor Tennessee!p
golly didn't she catch it. Andy John
sons pardons wont do rebs much goot
there. They better git one from tn
devil if they expekt it to pass. Won
der what made Providence afiikt Zen
| with sich a cuss. s.e-aaf x s.s,g,affs ~
But CAM t dwell on sich a subjekt
Its highly demoralizing and Improbable
sssweet land ofLiberty, Of thee,
could not sing in Tennessee, hasi
But then we've had circus ion
more, and seen the clown play round
and that makes up for heap of trou
ble. In fact, its the best sign of rekon
struktion / have yit observed.
Yourn, hopin, gaS BILL ARP.
P. Sand they hawled Grant
cabin a thousand miles, Well aSher
d mans war horse strayed IN my stabl
Zone night. T want to sell the stall t
l.some Yankee State Fair. Aslouf pee
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