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

and men that vote me, and The grades 70
up. up. up, step BY step, from my sort to
Mr.. Davis and Mr.. Stephens, and Gen.
Lee, and Howell Cobb, ard Ben. Hill,
and their sort ; for they are The higbes.
10 the nation ; and then again it goss
from me down, down down to the niggers,
and the Republicans and the Radicals,
and that's as low as they run. There
aihtno equality, and you can't make one.
Wei vote the niggsrs certain. I'll vote
TIP, and Tips head center Hsl vste
about forty, and the frat thing you know
vel elect seven big, black. greasy niggsr.
to Congress. Wei do II csrtain-ssv.n
OF 'sm ls carats strong, with African
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 desk, together.
and swap lies and vsrmin, and be sham
pood at the same shop, aud the fair sexes
can set together in the galleries and mix
odours, and fan their scent about promis,
cuous. Wei give you a full benefit Of
your Civil Rights bill, see IL We don't
You 90 on-play your cards. We are
bindiu our time. We are payiu your
taxes and your duties and back ra,ions
for 1854, and licenses, and your Internal
revenue, and obeyin your laws without
havin any hand in maxim en-, and We
are cut off from pensions, and public lands;
and YOU sold poor mans s,il! 10 my
county the other day because he couldn't
pay your tax on some peach brandy he
stillsd for his nsighbors two years ago;
and soon you'll be selliu the land for tn.
land tax, and you're tryin your best to
play the devil generally; but you'll catch
it 10 the long rua. SEQ IL you don't
Talk about Fenisus. When the good
men Of the North and the South all 90:
together they'l walk over the track 20
fast that you won't have time to get out
Of the way. You'll subsids into obseuri,y,
and your children will deny that thsir
daddiss ever belonged to such q party
Excuse me gentlemen. but I'm" little
excited. Five cents pound on cotton
will excite anybody that makes il. Tax
on industrv-on sweat aud toll. Protsc
ton tariffs for Pennsylvania and FIVE cents
pound tax on Sou,hsrn eotton-halfhs
average wortb-shd your folks will man
age some way or other to stsa! the other
half Nv advice to you is to qui. this
foollshness and begin to travel the only
road to peace"
Old Blow couldn't keep up With hi,
garbled extracts.
What makes the Prs.idsn. so popular
at the South Z"
Contrast sir-contrast. The more bs
ain't like your party. the more popular he
is. He would treat us about right, /
reckon, II you would let him alone, but
you bsdsv,l him so. that sometimes hs
don 'tsnderstsnd himself. ] dom, think
he knew for . while whether his Peace
Proclamation restord The writ of habsas
corpus or not. But do you GO on and
impesch him, and that will bring matters
to q focus. TIL bet you'd be 10 Fort
Delaware in q week, and the Southern
members Be here 10 their seats. and ,bsyI
look round At the political wreck and ruin
and plundsr aud stsalags that's been goin
on. and they nigh, sxciaiu, in the Ian.
guags OF the poet,
"Who's pin here since rsh pin gonsr
"Mr. Arp. suppose We should have q
war with England and France, what
would The rebels dsi"
They'd follow Gen. Lee, aud Ger.
johnson, and Loogs,rsst. and Bragg and
old Bory. Ny opinion is. tha, Gen. Lee
would head the Union army, and Gen.
Grant would be his chief Of staff, and
Gen. Buell. would rank mighty high,
and"-
"What would you do with General
Sherman !"
"Sorry you mentioned him. We'd
have to hire him. reckon. as . camp
idlsr. asd make him sing "Hail Colx~
sis" By Gre light, as varsin to the boy.