Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-01-24

| g2iluS. anu nenmeQ IL III, anu lal0 serge "
it Just like, an srmy would besiege city te
starve out the Inhabitants They kept peg
gin, at US until we got mad-show enuH, mao
! and we resolved to cut looee from emsanG
I paddle our own .canoo., Z, -, -z<5 =:
/ Now all this time we had come gooe
friends among en- Asone who swore we were
imposed upon, and said we 'hadegocd cause
to dissolve the partnership. They Said thai
| if we did seseed and the aboiishunests made
war npon1us, they y-woulds stand by us and
threw their lives and fortunes and their &C.
kred honor right in the breach, and the FIRST
fight would be over their dead bodes, and Sc
forth and so on. My memory is bad, but
remember that'soue of EN- we're named James
Buchanan, land Dan Dikinson, and Jobu
Cokran, and Logan, and Cushin and Butler,
surnamsd the Beast, and McLernand, and
Steven A Douglas who got his commission
about the time. he died, and carried 1t with
him to parts unknown, and lastly man by
the name of Andy johnson, who ISsuppcse
are some Decentralization to the President. OF
the United States of Ameriky. But man
amt responsible for the bad conduct Of his
relations, and + dont.throW up to- nobody. I
suppose that our President are doing the
best he can, aud Mr.. Ethridge oughtent TO
be rakin up his record. =. >. co. ~. >, ;
Well. the war, come on. and show euuf Lo-
gar, and Cushin and Mel cLernand and Butler
and Company bnzzed around awhile like
bumblebeee; tin they were broughtSn and
then they lit over on the other side. They
got their reward and they are welcome to it
so far:as'I am concerned. s-47s.= ifs. 8
"a How is il now Mr.. Happy7 They con-
quered 'us by the sword, but they havnt con-
yinced Us of nuthin much that know of. All
is lost save honor, and that they cant steal
from rs nor tarnish. ,.iss.--, $
If they had held out the hand Of fellowship
we would have made friends and buried the
;hatchet.i But the very minnit they whipped
us they began to holler treason from one end
Of the country to the other, just like they had
made bran new diskovery. Il seemed TO
strike um all at once like an Xpost fakto' 'laV
and they wanted to go into general hangin
bisness, and keepit up as long as theyrcould
find rope and timber. e ss5g -
Now the idea Of several millions of Amer
icau freemen bein guilty of treason. at zoncel
The idea of applying such crime to eleven
great suvrcen States which met in solemn
convention and in the light Of day dissolved
Union they had created, and which have
been disunion for twenty years The idea
of applyia treason to the Old Dominion the
muther of States; and of Washington and
Jefferson and Madison and Marshall aud Pat.
rick Henry and all the Lees, and who have
give away all the territory in the northwest
for nuthin Is she to be scand4lizcd By these.
new light christians who are compounded
from all the skum of creation, and think that
Paul and Peter and all the Revelations heT
been for 200 years makisg special arrange
ments for receivinz their sankti6ed souls in
Paradise. Treason the dickens! Where's
your dictionary7 Where's Danl Webster ?
Where the history of the Amerikin fevolu-
ton
a.. No it axt treason or rsason-but its dev
ilish Internal inhuman hate. What do they
keep Mr.. Davis in jail for hear sum say
that it amt Mr.. Johnson's voluntary dongs;
but tho tremengious pressure of surrounding
circumstances. Durn the circumstances. Amt
Mr. Davis a great and good man? If AndJ
johnson aint an in6del, woodent he swap
chances for beyen with him and. give ali his
earthly ostpie to boot? If-Mr. Davis honor
aud integrity, and patriotism, aid courage
were weighed in balance against Summer
and Stevens, and all of his enemies, woudent
he outweigh EN- all? Wont-Eis conduct in
Mexico and in the late war, and his nobility
of character live long and grow bright in
history, while the memory of the howns that
are bagin him in biz dungeon will sink into
obliyion2 think so-thsts what I say, and
I'll bet on it, aud Charles G'Colner and oil
the women in this country will 60 my halves.
But there amt no particular point in all
this, Dir. Happy. It's only my opinion, hats
all. ] msy be Q tarnal fool, and l sometimes
feel like am afool about every thing and
don't know nu,hin. I'm tryin my bestahoW-
ever, to take things just as they come, and
nv principal business Cor the last two moPths
has been weanin niggers to make EN- feel
free. ], put EN- all to take care of themselves,
but they keep comm back to me, and it keeps
me workiu day and night to provide for tem,
I've been willin long time for em to be free
if they could take care of themselves, and l
don't know what Thad. Stevens is a fussn
about, unless he is just mad because our
boys burnt his iron works. If that's all, we
can plead the ruins of various similar estab-
lishments in these regions: and get a ajudg-
ment against him.
But I'm. about through, Mr.. Happy, with
whasI had to say. Only this-if there ever
was an afaikted people that needed friends
its us. If we've got any friends anywhere l
want EN- to show their hands and stand by
as in our trouble i feel like reachiu out to
the Eve points OF the compass in search OF
sym pathy, and'if there is an honest states
man ora brave soldier north of the line who
loves his fellow men, let him. open bis heart
and meet us ,cn halfway, ground. We iaint
Altered of beasts or yarmints-of devils or
demons-of Stevens or Sumner--but we are
warm hearted aud forgivin people, ''and love
our friends. Aintwean dontswe2 yrr
.'ss'S u . - Yours, everlastingly,
BILE ARP.
,P.S-Is Brownlow dead yit? I'm swritiu
his obituary, and thought | would like to
have the sad event come off as soon as pos
sible. I.wish you would send me a list Of
your members who voted for the resolution
declaring jeff. Davis and Gen. Lee Infamous
We are getting up bill in the .Georgy Leg.
islater, declarin them infamous who voted
for the. resolution. Fight the -deyil with fire
is my motto. - s< sol rNs-t i'ss $ 80
tf var -s.Ii 49, "a t.s!. a.
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| in the authors day by eafdless boys, and