The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1866-03-15
A LETTER TO RILL ARP.

[Thc following capital letter 10 the
now we'll known "Bill Arp" is from the
pen Of gentleman Of the same State,
aud it gives proof that even amid the
suflcrings Of the South, that atrecupcrstiye
power, which extracts humor from hu.
man wrongs, will yet assert its ascen-
dancy, and rise above the accidents and
chances Of war,---EDs. -. II,
ATLASTER, Ga, Dec. 2Sth, 1866
DErR BILL. Betsy scs your name
amt Willum, but playin Bill an 40 |
addresses you cordiugly. She scs she
knous, kasc she wur with Misses Arp
an seed YOU named, which wur dun i'm
mcgiately. Howsumever, thar aint
much in a name no how, an our pastcr
scd, the day he filled his last appointment
here, thar warnt nuthin In a name, an
that rose would smell NJ sweet by emmy
u,her--thinks TO myself, 80 would a
niger. alters wur under the impresh-
ion that Bill wur short fur Willum--
that the short Que Wur intcnted fur far
miller concourse, an the tSthcr fur gra-
maticlc writia bat Betsy ses different,
an what she scs ar 10.
Id like the best in tho world to see
you, Bill. I've got heap to sag. Ia
fact, I'm chock fall, an ! want 10 fad
sumbody aint offered to talk tn. I
thaut wuncc I'd gist quit thinkin', but
its no use tTyia' 10 do that Tho ole
incrsheon ,cM rau, an putin ou the
brakes don't seem 10 do no good To
keep my biIer iram Dustin I'm oblccgcd
to talk, but dod, drot il, half the tirno
I'm afecred to raise my safety valve,
hast sumthin mought jump out what
hadn't ortcr; an then again, when do
spress my siutiments, I'm rkccrcd bali
TO ieth, least mought be doin il 10 the
roHg man.
tell you what Bill, times ar either
very much alter'd or rise my thinkin
mershecn ar very much out o order 49,
Sposin il moughi be the latter, I've bin
a oyerhaulin il an tryin' to Reconstruct
il, Its 20, 40 it don't grind out no idees
that's poper nor orthadocks. Afore the
war could allcs rclie upon il Tor opin-
ions an kouelasious | knowd wur kor.
rect, but now the burned ole things al
lers a foolin OF me f'r instance,
used 10 kHoe a a,glrr wur a niger
now I'm ceaRdeBt he's only a white
man slightly kullcrd--an smells tolible
sweet Agin, alters labcred under
the idoe that it wur rong to lie an steel,
an that no honest man would iBgage ia
emmy sich kneeiarious bisncss; but du-
rim the last year I've know'd the hon
estest sort o. men 10 do both at wunst.
Furthermore, ] gist knowed wunce that
Msssychasits wur separit, destinek'd
an individual person, thatshe wur born
akordin to the usual laws o laber, an
as soon as she got big enuff, went to
work an made mummy; that she then
went into holesail grocery, produce an
kermision bizness with Mcssrs $. Il N
Carliner 4 Co, on condition thatef she,
or emmy the rest o the consurn, should
git dissatis6de an want TO retire 10 pri-
yate life or set up for herself, she could
do so whenever she seed fit. But you
see | wur rong thar too, I've bin kun
vinccd o this mistake ever sence Mr..
Wilson KUN to Macon.
Talk about States rites | gosh she
amt got no rites but to stay whar she
ar, pay internal rcyinew taxes an be-
have herself Eff she does these, she
kin be treated like one o the family,
holler h0Oraw for the Younion, an have
big eagle TO perfect her. BY the way,
Bill | don't like the way that ar eagle
rocsts. She gits on pole up yander
about Washington, turRs her he'd t'other
way, an that, you sec pats us rite imme-
giately under her t'other eend. Pdlike
fur Mistur johnson to alter her Persi-
ton, fur I've heern it sed that habit ar
secon natur, an I'm ageeped she'll git so
she won't want to DO turned round at
all. They say variety are the spsce o
life, but as fur as am konsurn'd, I'd
reether not have mine sriced in emmy
such way.
Well, Bill, the war boss have ceesed
TO paw an snort, the smoak Of battle
have been bin blow'd away by tho winds
of heving, an the passin' breeze are no
longer tainted with the odor of buruin'
saltpctre an brinastone. We've made
up, shuck hands, an We orter now try
to be friendly an naberly. But thar
amt no harm in lookin' back kamly and
sareenly and reviewin' the kauses that
fust got us to quarrelin' then set us to
fghtiu,' In the fust place thar newspa-