Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-12-01
"BilI .Arp.o

The Chattanooga Gazette is after the re-
doubtable g Bilp' with g sharp stick, y in
regard to some illusions made in his late let
ter on the state Of the country The article
begins as follows:
The latest aspirant in the arena Of COM
ic q literature has written letter published
in the Nashville Republican, of Sunday, in
which he INDUCES in considerable growing
at some things which do not sut him in the
reconstruction Of the country. Perhaps he
has right to do it, but we submit, Bill, that
your attempts at g harmonizing" are not like
ly to succeed, while you are indulging in
such terms as calling the Union men Of the
South F" tories and g slink-hearted fellows, 7.
and the Union men Of the North g Black Re.
publican Pups" Because you could not kill
off g your enemies as fast as they were I'M
ported is no reason why you should keep up
an i'll feeling Which true men are trying to
smooth down. Do you expect to better the
matter by the use Of such language as this ?
The following is the reply to the same pub
lished in the Rome Courier Of the 9th inst.
BILL ARP TO THE EDITOR OF TIE CHATrANoo-
GA GAZETTE.
Gentle SIR don't think you tote fair. |
haven't expressed my laserated feelins in pub
lik but twice sinse the war. I dident live in
Chattanoogy, and dident have no Gazctt.
For about three months you bullied us in
your paper to your entire satisfaction. Tn
til Mr. johnson sorter took up for us, you
never sent a sheet to Rome that dident hurt
our feelings ard bore into our hearts like a
cotton gimlet You copied from Yankee
papers the meanest of their slandor, and it
seemed to be perfectly congenial with your
sentiments.
Well, sur, we bore it like an Injun. We
bore ii silently and proud. We looked at
| our desolated land, our lonesome cFimneys
our grayeyards, where you unhur.icd our
dead and sunk your rifle pits: where you
broke to fragments the iron rating, AID took
the very tombstones to put in your fortiii,ca-
tons. We read your exaltations of North
ern bravery and Southern treason, and we
skorncd you from the bottom Of our hearts
Now when of late an humble individual makes
bold to bust his biler and express his senti-
ments in two breef letters, you get up like a
sanktfed preacher and read him aspGpiik
texture about hormonszin. Gentle sur, it
don't beETum you. When I've insulteei you
about eco times We will be even. But I
don't intend to insult you at all. If you are
an honest man an % generous conqueror,
amt after You When you make an effort
to convince Mr.. Harper's Weekly aud the
black coprblikins that cur people from Gen
eral Lee and Mr. Davis down to the high
priyates, are just as good and brave and hou-
orable as they are, I'll harmonic with you.
But Gentle Sur, haven't you spred your
self too fur from home? What hay you been
doin about harmonizn your own people p
Our little burnt city is fast film up with
your best citizens. Durn the war you let
EN- stay but after the war they are forced to
leave. Like exiles, they are seeking refuge
in Cherokee Georgy, and there stands your
Paper like a lampless, Gght9ess beakon GA the
shore, and sustains tie men and measures
that made EN- leave You are seem EN- day
after Gay desertin your State. and you look
away of and employ your pen Id lektnrin .
poor stranger about harmonizin.
Gentle Sur, shorten your sights BEGIN
to work on your hc:ac concerns OF you'll lose
all your best society. They are welcome
here, and we'll all stand BY EN-, bit then I
hay always thought that every great State
ought to hav some good men left in it. Don't
you?
Gentle Sur, tote fair.
Not yours,