Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-07-17
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JOHN MINOR Boris among the Union
men (so-called) of Baltimore was fimselfagain4
All the venomous auencyof his rotten heart
rolled on in delightfulraphsodie when hefelt
the influence of that congenial crowd. He.
does not rant, nor curse nor swear but With
the calmness of well disciplined wrath, he
piled SANDER on SANDER, lie on lie, until the
feeling of contempt is almost lost in one of,
admiration for the magnitude of his genius.
To hear Virginian thus turn on his own
kith and kin, denouncc them as past re-
demption, as criminal beyond all precedent !;
and SO totally, innately, and altogether infer
nal, as to meet universal denunciation, is
well, refreshing to say the least. There is
but one man on this planet that can do John
Minor Bolts Justice, and that is Parson
Brownlow. Elm whiskey would have killed
long ago;if fate had not intended him to be
tickled to death with piece of string but
he will never die till he has done Justice to
Bolts.
Whenever we contemplate Bolts as piece
OF mortality, We are inclined to hold opinion
with Pythagoras, and believe in the transmits
grafton of souls. The spirit which animates
his stately form, for the last century prior to
his birth has perhaps inhabited those tene-
ments of animal organic life which are the
most hateful of creation. The jackal, the
hyena, the tiger, the wolf, the snake and the
'syaller hound" all unite in his accursed ma
ture.
He barks and snarls, and RACES and bowls,
but he never roars or bites. In physionomy
he resembles the bull terrier, though he has
none of the noble qualities of that BRUTE
"Hear him ye Gods" when he says he has
sacrificed more than any man in the United
States, because of the position he took
When the war commenced he was bank
rupt, when it ended he was rich He lived
near Culpepper Court House, the vicinity of
which was as much devastated as any portion
of Virginia What soldier of either army
who has passed over that blood stained road
from Culpepper to Manassas but has noticed
that amid the general desolation for miles
around Brandy Station, Bolts house with
enclosed fields around it, remained untouched.
No matter what army traversed the country,
sentinels guarded his fields and focks. Not
less than three considerable battles were fought
in his ncighborhood, yet still there stood his
house and fences, when everybody else's were
gone. How do you account for this, oh, per-
secuted, ruined, and immaculate John p
Did not you, who pretend to have stood so
braTely up for the Northern side in the late
struggle, secure protection for your property
by solemnly avOwing to the Confederates that
you were neutral in action, though your heart
was with your State. But to the Federals
you told a different story. When they were
masters of the situation, you declared your
self true Blue and never ceased to heap
curses on the heads of your own fellow citi
zens. Yet such is the stuff that the so.callcd
loyal men of Baltimore would make patriot
hero of.
"The flag is the property of loyal men,"
you say. If all American citizens in the rev.
dictionary war had acted as you did in the
last war, that alag" would have sunk into an
early grave. What do you know about the
secession spirit in tho South =? Did you ever
comprehend anything of a Southern mans
feelings? You know as little about truth as
you do of honor, and can. neither tell the one
nor understand the other. Since YOU have
gotten into congenial gang in Baltimore we
advise you to stay there. Do like the bull
terrier to which you bear strong family re-
semblance, make your home where they APP
Preciate you most. For we do most sincerely
assure you that Virginians may come to be-
lieve that the negro is the superior race that
the Freedmen's Bureau is divine instltu>
ton; and that the Radicals are good set of
fellows; but they never will believe you to
be anything else than the heartless, soulless
monster that you are.