Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-06-19
They talk about hirin Brownlow to

'' P'io' 'it 'peu "lu thtiI Hhoiai
spongy. I'd like 20 stand off ahou
ten rods and hear him spread himself
1t would be "ore than a SPUR. sur
full Of COW slop, and have no doub
would give general satisfaction"
CHATS sufficient. Sir" says ole
Boutwell,. lift was in their power
to 10 SO, would your p-opi. renew
the fight Z"
Not unless they could fight the
radicals alone, and all the world
agreeto hands off Even then there
wou!dn', br no fight, for We couldn't
cotch you"
What do your peopl. say upon
the subject OF n"sr" equality :"
"lhcy say il. a lie, sir-it don't
cX"st by nature and never can in
practice. Folks w"r. not created!
tree aud equal. That may be- the
"retlcat truth, but its always been a
practical lie. There's grades of So
clety everywhere. There's mn Civ.
the sidewalk TO, aud there's men that
gives it 10 me. There's men that |
vote, and men that vote me, aud the
yra''es go up. step by step, from my
sort TO Mr. Davis and Mr. Stephens,
and Gen. raj Lee, and Howell Cobb,
and Ben Hill, and their sort for
they are the highest in the nation;
and then again isg"es from me down,
down to the niGgers, and the repub-
iicans and the radicals, and that's as
low as they run Their. amt no
equality, and you can't make one
I'll vote Tip, and Tips a 'headcen-
ter. He'll vote about forty. and the
first thing you know we'll elect sew
en- big, black, greasy niggers to Con
gr.ss. Wen do it c.rtain-seven
Of EN- Is carats strong, with African
musk. The other rebel States will
do the same thing and you'll hav.
about fifty of EN- to draw seats with
ard You can all stick your legs upon
your desks together, and swap lies
and v.rmin, and be shampoonel at
the sam" shop. and the fair sexes can
set together in the galleries and mix
odours, and fan their scent around
pro,niscuous. Well give you a full
benefit of your Civil Rights Bill, see
If "" don't. You 90 on-play your
cards. We are bidin our me. W.
are payin your taxes and your du
tics and back rations for 1854, aud
your internal revenue, and ob-ying
your laws without tavin any hand
in max '.m, and W. ur. cut of from
pensions aud public lands and you
sold poor msu's still in my couu-
try the other day because he couldn't
pay your lax on som" peach brandy
he still 4 for his n ighbor- TWO years
ago; and soon you'll b- selling tn
land for the land tax. and you're try
in your best t" play the dr.i! s"mrr-
ally bat youth catch it in the long
run. Sec il you don't. Talk about
F-uians. When the good men OF
the North and the South all get to-
s-,h.r. they'll walk over the track
so fast that YOU won't have time TO
get out of the way. You'll subsid..
iu,o "bscu'ity, and your children
vail deny that their daddi-. ever be-
lougrd % such a party Excus. nv,
t'tN VI lItlif tACllSt
Five cents II pound on cotton will
excite anybody that makes it Tax
on iudustry-ou sweat and toll. Pro-
lection tariffs tor Pennsylvania and
five cents a pound tax on Southern
cotton--halfit's average worih-and
your folks will mauas,. some way or
other to steal the other half Ny
advice 10 You i, /" qui, this foolish
ness and begin to travel tn. only
road To peace
Old BLOW couldn't keep up with
his garhl-d extracts.
"Wh., makes the Presidrn, 90 pop
ular at til. South
Contrast, sir--Coutrast The
more he amt l,k. your party, thu.
NOR. popular he is. H. would treat
US about right, treckou, if YOU would
let him alone, but YOU n..drvil him
so, that sometimes he don't under
stand himself | don't think he know
tor IA while whether his Peace Pro-
clamaiIon restored the writ OF babe
a. corpus or not. But do YOU 70 on
and imp,.ach him, and that viii bring
matters to II focus. III bet you'd to-.
in Fort Delaware in week, and thu
Southern members be here in their
seats, and they'll look round at tht.
political wreck and ruin and plumber
and stealag- that's been goin on, and
they might eXclaim, in the language
of the poet,
Who's pin her ., since Ish pin gones''
"Mr. Arp, suppose We should hav,
war with England or France wha,
would the rebels do !"
They'd follow Gen. bee, saG
Gen. ohnson, and Longstr.et, anc
Bragg and old Bory. My opinion i:
tina, Gen Lc. would head the Uuio,
army, AMI Gen. Grant would he tn
chief of staff, and Gen. Buell. wont,
rank mighty high. audi
What wosld goa do with Grn
Sherman
Sorry YOU m"ntior|rd him. We,
max. him, | reckon. a camp fiddler