The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-01-31

pies. There aint no trial of right or
wrong by wager of war now adays.
For mighty nigh hundred years this
country have been big debatin
society on these questions. From
the time of Hamilton and Jefferson
down to 1861, the right of State to
dissolve her own partnership have
been argued by powerful minded
men, and there has been more for it
than agin it. More Presidents
more Senators, more statesmen, more
Judges, more people. MASSACHUSETTS
and Connecticut were for it at one
time, and bellere8found and paved
dirt amazin to git out, but they found
ont Barcus was willin, and they
didn't go. I believe, however, that
old Nutmeg did stay out about two
hours and half.
Well, the South went on nifty I'M
willingly, Mr.. Happy, as you know.
She had been nifty Iii gh kicked out
for q long time, and there was big
party that wanted us to GO out and
stay out. Everybody knows that we
dldent git along in peace, so we con-
cluded to do like Abraham and his
brotherin law-to separate ourh house
holds. What they wanted to keep us
for 1 never could see, and can't see
it yet. / wouldent have nigger or
dog to stay round me that dident
want to. Some say they wanted us
to strengthen 'em agin their enemies
IN case of q furren var. Does any
man in his sober senses expect us to
help the black republicans whip any
body? Have we got any worse enc
mics than they are? They can't make
lls fight, [ reckon, if we don't want
70. We have fout ennf and made
nothing by it but glory, and we aint
going to give another war to crafty
other people. Dodds says before he'd
pull trigger for Shad Stevens, he'd
have his soul transmigrated to bench
leg'd fee, and bark at his daddy's
mules 1000 years wonder if the
experience of the last four years aint
satisfied them fellers that our boys
are q dangerous set to be turned
loose in the time of war. Wouldent
you think that as matter of policy
they would soft solder us little, and
quit their slanderin? If we do fight
for 'em, it will be on one condition
certain-they must be put where
David put Uriah, and our boys must
consent to make charge or two be-
hind 'em with the pint of the bayo-
net
But want you tell me, John, if I
am right about this business. It amt
long story; I'll tell it the way I see
1T: Old Pewrytan went off one day
with some ships, and took few beads
and JUICE harps and bought up q lot of
captured niggers from the Hottcntots,
or some other tots, and stole few
more on the coast of Afriky, and
brought EN- over and educated EN-
to work in the field, and cut wood,
and skeer bars and so forth, but not
lncludln votin nor musterin, nor the
jury business and so forth.
Well, artef while they found that
the cold winds and Goldfish airs of
New England dident agree with the
nigger, and SO they begun to slide
EN- down South as fast as possible.
Arter they had sold them and got the
money, they jined the church and
became sanctified about slavery, sorter
like the woman that got converted
and then gave all her novels away to
her unconverted sister. Well, the
Old Dominion and such of her sons
rs Washington, and Jefferson, and
Madison, and Randolf, brought EN-
and worked EN- to satisfakation,
whereupon Old Pew got jealous and
began to preach agin it to break it
down. The fact is, they wouldent
work gals in their faktories if it war
rent so profitable, for they are con-
sclentlously opposed to everything
that don't put money in their pockets.
After awhile, they went into the
striped almanac business, making
bloody pikters of poor laserated Mig
gers gettin a hundred lashes for
nuthng, and mourning for their first
born because they were not. Then
they started the stealing program, and
while we were tryin all the big courts
and little courts to git back one sikly
melatter by the name of Dred Skot,
they were stealin from five to fifty a
day, and GOVERN their carcasses all
over with nigger larceny, and smuglin
the Constitution into an abolisRun
mush. They built fence around the
institution as high as Haman's gallus,
and hemmed it in, and laid siege to
It just like an army would besiege a
city to starve out the inhabitants.
They kept peggin at us until we got
mad-snow enuii mad-and we re-
solved to cnt loose from EN- and
paddle our own canoO.
Now, all this time we had some
good friends among em-some who