The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-06-13

say We got out and We shan't get back
again until 1870. A mans age has got
somsthin to do with his rights, and if We
are not to vote, I don't think We ougb, to
coun. the tirne. That's about as near rs
l can coms to my age sif."
"Ws!l, sir" ssys he "sre you familiar
with :l1s political sentiments Of the citizens
Of your s,a,.T
"Got no ci,izens yet cir that We know
o. will thank you to speak Of u, as
people,
"WeIl, sir" says 10, T'll humsr your
sbs,iaaey. Are the people Of your State"
"Dout speak Of il as . State sir, i!
you plsase. I'm on oath now, and you
must e&cuss me for bsing .particular.-
Call it a section
Mr.. Arp, are the people Of your section
sufficiently humblsd and rspentant TO
come back into the Union on such terms
IS We may think proper 10 impose I"
Mot much they aint," say, I. IL
don't think they are prepared for it yet.
They wouldn't voluntarily 90 it blind
against your haad. They say the deal
~asn't fair and you've marked the cards
and stole the trump,, but At the same
time they don't care darn what you do.
They've become Indifferent and don't care
nothin about your Guv Fawkss, business.
I mean no respect to yos, gentlemen. but
| was swors to tell the whole truth. Our
people aint no,iciu you only out Of
curiosity. They don't expect anything
decent. or honorable, or noble from YOU,
and they've gone to work diggiu and
plo~in and psn,in and ra;sin boy chill
dren." ." .'
Right hsrs the man with memoran
dunn scratched down a garbled extract.
and old Boutwell, says he: "What do
you mean by that, siri What inference
co you intend r.
"rm stain facts" says I. "You must
draw Jour own infsrsnces. They are
rafting boy shildren. Any harm about
thata Any rsasoni 'Cant man raise
boy cbildreni Perhaps you'd like to
amend the Copsti,u,isa and stop it,
Old Pharaoh tried 10 stop Il among the
Israsli''', bu. it dids'. pay. q. finally
caught the droPsy in the Red Sea. w.
are raisin boy children for the tuu Of il.
They are = good thing 10 have in the
house. As Mrs. TeodIss would say"
"Mr. Arp are not the fs cling. Of your
people very bitter towards the North I"
81 Leg your pardon sir. bu. y ou' have
to split the question, or else III split the
answer %, psopls have a very high
regard for honorable men, brave men,
noble hearted men. and there's a heap Of
them North, sir. and there's q heap Of
widows and orphans there ~s are sorry
for , but As for this here Radical party,
they hook upon 'sm like they was byenas
= seratchin up the dead for livin. It's
as natural to hate 'sm as it is TO kill a
snake. lrs utterly impossible for me to
tell the strssgth aud length and hight
depth ard bveadth Of their contempt for
that party. They look upon q Radical
as-a-as-wslI I" q bsggsr on horse
bsck-s buzzard ssiiin round = dead
sag|e--a suck egg dog crsepin up to the
tad OF dead lion They talk abou,
hirin Brownlow to abuse EN-, to use Ian.
guagsi on 'sm, like be did few years
ago when he spoke against Psyns. II
thsy 60 hire Browulow bel spa,tsr 'sm,
hel dsub 'sm oil over, aud slime EN- aod
.lobbsr on 'sm about right, spd It will
stick. for the pores are open and their
morals sponsy. I'd like to stand of
shout ten rods and hear him spread him.
self II would be worse than . squirt
guh full Of COW slop. and I have no doub.
~euld give genera lniisfsciioo."
"Tha,. sufficient, sir" says old Boat.
veil. "Ef II was 10 their power TO do 90,
would your psopls rsns~ tbs Hgbtr
"Not unless they could fight the Rsdi'
Gals oil alone, aud oil the world agree to
hands off, E'ss then there wouIdo',
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