The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-10-10
soliloquy Of a southerner.
BY "BRrcK" PoMERoY.

BY "BgrCK" POMERoY.
Dog gon my buttons if us folks down
here don't amount to little bit of a melo-
dy after all We were but handful of
towards before the war killed off half OF
us. yet the great big North is afraid to
have us in the Union! We ms helped
make the constitution and helped make
our common country great, and when we
saw danger of our rights under the constl-
tuition being ignored after we were educa-
ted BY Abolitienists to believe we had the
rirht to secede, and to save ourselves did
secede, dog gon Us if these same men who
wanted us out didn't want us back again
They said we were a bill of expense to the
Union-that it cost moro to furnish us
mails, revenue officers etc, than it came
to, and when we wished to relieve the lib.
eral North of this taxation on our account,
dog gon as but they incurred more expense
to keep as in than we were worth while
we were in. And they didn't want us to
work niggers, yet We're willing to sell
them to us, and to buy niggers raised, and
pay us in gimcraeks for the same. They
drove us out of the Union. They said we
had better 60 out. We took them at their
word, for such good Christians as populate
the North must be honest, and they sent
armies here to drive us back. They said
we'd right to secede, and advised us to
do so. We took the North at the word
Then they said we could not secede.
And they sent soldiers and thieves down
among us. While brave men fought MS,
thieves stole from us the things we bought
of them, and now insist on selling them
over We could stand their fighting, but
dog gon 'em, not their stealing! When we
sent our wounded home, we fonnd our
homes were burned, or our goods stolen.--
They destroyed or stole all we had, then
blamed us for not taking care of their
wounded! They carried on war to drive
us back into the Union. And when we
were driven back, they discovered that we
were out of the Union!
They wanted us to send members to
Congress, and they sent them back home,
They say the war was brilliant success.
They say fighting, alone, can restore the
Union, and still, when the fighting is over
with, say fighting divided the Union. We
have been ,subjugated-repudiated--dis
possessed-disfranchised- contrabanded
reconstructed and desolated.
We have quit fighting, yet are warred
upon. We want peace, yet are promised
war. We want to be in the Union, yet are
told we shall not come in. They call us
infidels, yet forget Christianity them
selves
If we are now without money, influence,
power or prestige, why is the North afraid
of us? II we are expected to be good citi-
zens why do not the Radicals of the North
set the example? IF we are not in the
Union why taxed by that Union2 If we
are not in the Union where are we? II
this is our reward for disbanding our ser
ried ranks, what was the use of disband.
ing9 Why not keep on fightingl If we
are not conquered why not accept as such ?
If we are net conquered why not 60 on
with the war, renew the murderous cru.
SADIE for cotton, mules, niggers, jewelry
and fttrniture2 The men who fought us
like brave men now say that fair play
shall be the order Of the day. The COW.
ards, thieves and plunderers, who robbed
and desolated and deseorated us, now are
anxious for another war upon us, that the
balance Of what we have may he stolen
from us, and their pockets still farther
filled and we are blamed for not laughing
at our own funerals. We are asked to
sing melodies while sitting on bayonets
We are asked to dance While the slow
match is burning still brightly in our Gel
lars. We are asked to sit still and be in
suited by the men who stole from us-who
iilsulted our women-who stole while 9th.
ers fought. We are asked to be good citi-
zens, when we are treated like bad citi-
zens. We are asked to believe others who
will not believe us, even in tears. We are
asked to grow flowers in the face Of wintry
blast yet piping from the North and to
deck our grave yards with flowers, while
dogs are barking at our heels. The North
claims the religion of The country, yet jabs
and stabs us with puritanical hate
All we want is peace. We wish to repair
the damages the war has made. We wish
to live as brothers of q common heritage,
yet are treated as servants. As one of the
Southerners, / try to bear all this-I try to
smile-I try to dance while our conqnerors
are fddling in drunken glee--I am in ear
nest in asking for the peace which was
promised us, if we disbanded our armies
/ keep faith with the North, yet the North
will not keep faith with us. And / tell
you, five can't have the peace and the
rights promised us, life is d burden, and
we had better lose it at Ufce. But will
wait awhile, for surely the sense of Ma.
tional honor has not quite died out in the
North. There is a better day coming-an.
other year will tell the story.
u An ARRAY Of a serious nature &C.
Cured, on last Saturday night, on
board the Steamer Elnora, Just after
leaving her moorings at the upper
Warehouse for Shreveport. George
Watson, second engineer Of the beat
went to the fire doors and ordered the
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