Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-06-05


Radical as-as-a -as-well as beggar on horse
back-a buzzard sailin round a dead eagle-a
suck egg dog creepin up to the tail of dead
lion They talk about hirin Brownlow to abuse
'em, to use language on EN-, like he did a few
years ago when he spoke against ,Pryne. If
they do hire Brownlow he'll spattor EN-, he'll
daub EN- all over, and slime 'em and slobber
on EN- about right, and it will stick for the
pores are open and their morals spongy I'd
like to stand off about ten rods and hear him
spread himself 1t would be worse than
squirt-gun full Of COW slop, and have no doubt
would give general satisfaction.
THAT sufficient sir, says old Boutwell,
'Ef it was in their power to do so, would your
people renew the fight.
Not unless they could fight the Radicals all
alone, and all the world agree to hands oil. -
Even then there wouldn't be no fight for we
couldn't cotch you. "
of negro equality?'
They say it's lie, sir-it don't exist by ma
ture and never can In practice. Folks were not
created free and equal. That may be theo-
retcal truth, but its always been practical lie.
There grades of society everywhere. There
men [ give the side walk to, and there's men
that gives it to me- There's men that [ vote,
and men that vote me, and the grades go up
up, up, step by step, from my sort to MIR. Da-
Wis and Mr.. Stephens, and General Lee, and
Howell Cobb, and Ben Hill, and their sort, for
they are the highest III the nation; and then
again it goes from me down, down, to the mig
gers, and the Republicans, and the Radicals,
and that S as low as they run. There amt no
equality, and you cant make one. Well vote
the niggers certain. I'll vote Tip, and Tips a
head center He'll vote about forty, and the
first thing you know we IL elect seven big black,
- ANA7t .l.N
tain-seven Of EN- Is carats strong, with Afri-
can musk. The other rebel States will do the
same thing, and you'll have about fifty Of 'em
to draw seats with, and you can all stick your
legs upon your desks together, and swap lies
and vermin, and be shampooned at the same
shop, and the fair sexes can set together in the
galleries and mix odours, and fan their scent
about promiscuous Wen give you full ben
eft of your Civil Rights bill, see if we don t.
You go on-play your cards, We are bidin our
time. We are payin your taxes and your duties
and back ratlons for 1864, and icenceses, and
your internal revenue, and obeyin your laws
without havin any hand in maxim of EN-, and
we are cut off from pensions, and public lands;
and you sold poor mans still in my county
the other day, because he couldn't pay your
tax on some peach brandy he stilled for his
neighbors two years ago; and soon you'll be
sellin the land for the land tax and your tryin
your best generally; but you'll catch in the
long run. See if you don't. Talk about Fe-
mans. When the good men Of the North and
the South all get there, they'll walk over the
track so fast you won have time to get out of
the way. You'll subside into obscurity, and
your children will deny that their daddies ever
belonged to such a party. Excuse me, gentle
men, but I'm a little excited. Five cents a
pound on cotton will excite anybody that makes
1T. Tax on industry, on sweat and toll. Pro-
lection tariffs for Pennsylvania and five cents
pound tax on Southern cotton-half its average
wortll-and your folks will manage some way
or other to steal the other half. My advice to
you is to quit this foolishness and begin to tray
el the only road to peace"
Old Blow couldn't keep up with his garbled
extracts.
''What makes the President so popular at
the South.
Contrast, sr-contrast The more he ain't
ike your party, the more popular he is. He
would treat us about right, L reckon, but you
bedevil him so, that sometimes he don't under
stand himself [ don't think he knew for
while whether his Peace Proclamation restored
the writ of habeas corpus or not. But do you
go on and impeach him, and that will bring
matters to a focus I'll bet you'd be in Fort
Delaware in a week, and the Southern members
be here in their seats, and they look around
at the political wreck and ruin and plunder and
steaage that's been goin on, and they might
excaim In the language of the poet,
tWhos pin here since rsh pin gone?'
Mr. Arp, suppose we should have a war
with England or France, what would the rebels
do?'
They'd follow GeneralIee, and Gen. John
ston, and Longstreet, and Bragg and old Bory.
My opinion, is, that Gen. Lee would head the
the Union army, and General Grant would be
his chief of staff and Gen. Buell. would rank
mighty high and'-
"What would you do with Gen. Sherman?"
''Sorry you mentioned him. We'd have to
hire him, I reckon, as a camp fiddler, and make
him sing 'LhI ColunoJia' by freight, as a
warnin to the boys how mean it is to burn cities
and towns and make war upon defenceless wo-
men and children. No, sir, our boys wouldn' t
fight under no such.
At this time the man with the memorandum
put down some more garbled extracts.
''Do you think, Mr.. Arp, that if the South
should ever hold the balance Of power they
would demand pay for their negroes?'
II can't say, sir. But [ don't think the
their labor before the war for their vittels and
clothes and Doctors bills, and we get it now for
about the same. It's all settled down that way
and your Bureau couldn't help it. The only
difference is in the distribution Some of US
don own as many as we used to, but every
body has got niger Or two now, and they Il
vote EN- or turn EN- off. A niger that wouldn't
vote as 7 told him, shouldn black my boots. y
At this time the committee looked at one
another, seeming to be bothered and astonished.
Garbled extracts were put down with vim.
"Mr. Boutwell," says he, Mr.. Chairman,
[ think, sir, we are about through with the wit
ness. [ think, sir, his testimony settles the
question as to what we ought to do with South
ern traitors "
The Chairman give me a Republican nod
and remarked, Yes sir, think we do. The
scoundrels burnt my iron works.
Whereupon [ retired, having given general
satisfaction.
Yours truly, BILL ARP.
DEAD HEADS 'Two-thirds Of the members
Of my church., says pastor, ''are honorary
members. They don come to prayer-meeting;
they don't attend Sunday school, they don't
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