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

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it just Ike an army would besiege city t.
starve out the inhabitants. They kept peg
gin at us until We got mad-show enutf ma
aud we resolved to cut loose from EN- ant
paddle our own canoo.
Now all this time we had some goo
friends among em-some who swore we wer
imposed upon, and said we had coed caus
to dissolve the partnership. They said tha
five did seseed and the abolishunests mad
war upon US, they would stand by rs an,
throw their lives and fortunes and their sa
kred honor right in the breach, and the frs
fight would be over their dead bodies, and 81
forth and so on. My memory is bad, but
remember that some ofem were named Jane
Buchanan, and Dan Dikinson, and Job1
Cokran, and Logan, and Cusbin and Butler
surnamed the Beast, and McLernand, ant
Steven A Douglas who got his commission
about the time he died, and carried it will
him to parts unknown, and lastly q man b,
the name of Andy johnson, who l suppose
are some distant relation to the President o
the United States of Aueriky. But . mar
ant responsible for the bad conduct Of hi'
relations, and don't throw up to nobody.
suppose that our President are doing the
best he can, and Mr.. Ethridgc oughtent tc
be rakin up his record.
Well. the war come on. and show enuf Lo.
gar and Cushin aud McLernand and Butler
and Company buzzed around awhile like
bumblebees, till they were brought sup and
then they lit over on the other side. They
got their reward and they are welcome to it
so far as em concerned.
How is it now Mr.. Happy7 They con.
quered us by the sword, but they havnt con-
Tinced us Of nuthin much that know of. All
is lost save honor, and that they cant steal
from US nor tarnish.
If they had held out the hand of fellowship
we would have made friends and buried the
Ratchet. 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. 1t seemed to
strike um all at once like an X post fakto laN
and they wanted to 60 into general hangin
bisness, aud keep it up as long as they could
find rope and timber
Now the idea of several millions of Amer
lean freemen bein guilty Of treason at once |!
The idea Of applying such crime to eleven
great suvrcen States, which met in solemn
convention and in the light of day dissolved
a Union they had created, and which have
been disunion for twenty years! The idea
Of applyi1 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 scand.lizcd by these
new light christians who are compounded
from all the skum of creation, and thiuk that
Paul aud Peter and all the Revelations hcr
been for 200 Years makiSg special arrange
ments for reccivin their sankl6ed souls in
Paradise. Treason the dickens! Where's
your dictionary! Where's Danl Webster ?
Where's the history Of the Amerikin rcvolu-
tion9
No it ant treason or reason-but It's dcv
ilish Internal inhuman hate. What do they
keep Mr.. Davis in jail for? / hear sum say
that it amt Mr.. Johnson's voluntary doings;
but the tremcngious pressure of surrounding
circumstances Durn the circumstances. Amt
Mr. Davis great and good man? If AuGy
Johnson amt an iuiidel. woodent he sTap
chances for heyen With him and give al, bis
earthly ostGie to boot? IfMr. Davis honor
aud integrity, and patriotism, and courage
were weighed in balance against Sumner
and Stevens, and all of his enemies, woudent
lie outweigh Elm ell! Won't lis conduct i'll
Mexico aud in the late war, and his nobility
of character live long and grow bright in
his.ory, while the memory of the howns that
are bayin him in biz dungeon will sink luto
oblivion? think so-th2ts what say, and
I'll bet on it, aud Charles 0'COanar and all
tho womea in this country will 60 my halves.
But there amt no particular point in all
this, Mr. Happy. It's only MY opinion. bats
all. / may be tarna fool, and sometimes
feel like am fool about eYcry thing and
don't know nu,hin. I'm tryin my best, how:
ever, to take things just as they come, and
my principal business for the last two moths
has been weanin niggers to make EN- feel
free. put em all to take care of themselves,
but they keep comm back to me, and it keeps
me workiu day and night to provide for EN-.
I've been willin long time for cm to be free
if they could take care of themselves, and L
don't know what Thad. Stevens is q fussin
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 judg-
ment against him.
But I'm about through, Mr.. Happy, with
what had to say. Only this-if there ever
was an afaikted people that needed friends
its US. Ifwe've got any friends anywhere |
want em to show their hands and stand oJ
Us in our trouble. feel like rcachin out to
the Eve points OF the compass in search OF
sym mpathy, and if there is an honest states
man or brave soldier norta Of the line who
loves his fellow men, let him open his heart
and Inoe! us IN lt;way ground. We amt
Altered of beasts or yarnlints-of devils or
demons-of Stevens or Sulnner-but we are
warm hearted aud fcrgivin people, ana lore
our friends. Amt we aud don't we?
Yours, eyerlastingly,
BILL ARP.
P.S.-Is Brownlow dead yit? I'm writiu
his obituary, and thought | would like to
bsye the sad event come off as soon as pos
siblc. wish you would send me list o
your members who voted for the resolution
declaring jeff. Davis and Gen. Lee uamous
We are getting up bill in the Georgy Leg,
islater declarin them infamous who voted
for the resolution. Fight the devil with fire
is my motto.
B. A.
ABOUT AcrREssEs.-Formery woman wa:
not trusted to be the sole protector OF hel
own virtue, either in public or private lit.
The beautiful female conceptions of Shaks