The Lincoln County herald., 1866-06-22
THEN AND NOW.

AHc loiioWlHS IToW DTlck IOmcTOy
of the La Crosse Democrat, is so cmi-
nently appropriate just now, that VIC give
it in full to the exclusion of other mat
ter: Can anybody in Troy or Lincoln
county, make the application ? DO any
Ct our friends, RAIDS or otherwise, see the
point? "Brick' says -
llark
Verify, Verify, it is very still all about
here A change has come clear over the
spirit Of the nations bloody dream -.
There is not 50 much murhincss-
much threatening in the air as there was.
There is not so much wool thrown on the
Goals as few years since.
Lincoln was good man and went to
Heaven. That is to say! five say he
went there, folks say We speak in sarcasm.
II We say he went to the other place, down
there, they say We arc prcjudccd. But
he went somewhere.
Now listen
There arc not so many sncaking, bcgg.
inS, lying, thicvns millions of tyran,s
about rs there were few years since to
spy around corners, to peep into windows,
TO tamrcr with Scrvan, girls s-,o open let
tcrs, and get a few dirty dollars for DO
ing the work Of a cowarlly adminis,ra-
,iun.
There are not 50 many State Prison
birds in Federal uniform II, there were.
There are not 80 many people robbius,
ignorant, headed, platter Drained,
conccitcd and drunken provost marshals
aud deputies to be seen rs there were
once.
Soldiers ,lo not 90 about shooting
Democrats and mobbnS printing offices,
insulting honest people. abusing strangers
and raising the dickens rs they did not
long since.
There is not 80 much ola cry of "cop.
rcrhcad as there was, nor arc people a,
rampant for blood rs they were year or
two ago.
1t is very still! We can hear the echo
Of the footballs Of Booths marc us they
pattcr on the road to Maryland! We
can almost hear the spirit Of Lincoln as i,
rars at st. Peters gate. We can quite
distinctly hear tho tlatlootcd ghost o!
martyrcd John Brown, AS he tran.l ;,
wandering jew like, over the horse pas
lures Of the spirit land looking for some
c'ancc to steal one ormorc weird cuunrs,
1t is very still So still it is almost
painful We usc,l to dcnouncc the rrcsi-
dent. Not this man, but that other man,
We said he was tyrant!
We said lie was not brave
We said hc was no statesman.
We said he was good story teller.
We aaid he was man Of wax in the
hands of bad men.
We said hc was naturally honest, but
mollcl to suit the wicked idea of others.
We said lie was the head Of dsunion
party.
We said what VIC believed true, and
what time has proved most wonlrous true
to the very letter OF argument. For tell
ing the trutl, We were called q traitol.
We were branded as a rebel, but arch
cl is not coward
", were waylaid, insultcd, mobbcd,
shot at, arrested, denounced as an enemy
Of our country.
We were pointed as traitor, simply
for defending; the Constitution and stand.
ing by the people.
We were told that to differ from a
President was treason:
That the President, even ifa story tell
or, was the Government.
That the President was accountable to
no one.
That it was treason, rank and bold, tc
differ from the President.
That to war against President was tc
war against our country.
/ We were told that cowardicc WAS brav
cry.
That ignorance was ability.
That the art Of stealing was the art 0
war.
That II fool was much letter than {
wise man.
That the Generals who stole cotton
robbed dclcnsclcss women Of silver ware
and orphans Of their inheritances, wer
better men than Washington.