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

staree out the Inhabitants They kept peg.
:, gin at us until we got mad-show enuF, mad
sud we resolved to cut loose from emsand
4 paddle our, own canoo.tSI Let ,s-S(ai- -:
4 . Nov ALI this time we had some good
friends among EN- Asolne who swore we were
imposed upon, and said we Had coed cause
to dissolve the partnership. They Said that
if we did seseed and the abolishunests made
war 1ponus, theywonlds stand by US and
4 throw their, lives and fortunes and their So
kred honor right in the BREACH, and the first
fight would be over their dead. bodies, and SO
forth and so on. My memory is bad, bnt l
remember thatsome of en- were named James
Buchanan, sand Dan Dikinson, and John
\ COCHRAN, aud Logan, and Cushin and Butler,
surnamed the. Beast, and McLernand, and
Steven A Douglas who got his commission
.abont the time be died, and carried 1t with
him to parts unknown, and lastly man by
thename ofAndy johnson, who suppose
are some Dissatisfaction to the PresidentIof
the United States of Ameriky. Butt D man
amt responsible for the bad conduct Of his
relations aud i dontsthrog up tolhobody. I
\ suppose that our Presiden. are, doing the
best he can, aud Mr.. sEthridgo oughtept 10
be rakin up his record. ;. s.. sas "a. =, q
Well, the war come sand show enuf Lo-
gan, and Cushin and Mel Lernand and Butler.
and Company ,bIzzed around awhile like
lbsumblsbees, til. they were bronghtSnp al and
[ then they Iii over ron the other side. They
igot their reward and they are welcome to it
fso farasI an concerned. ssa,asss< ~. >1s
ia How Is ii now Mr.. Happy7 They con.
quered us BY the sword, but they havnt con-,
vinced Us of nuthin much that know of. All
is lost save honor, and that they cant steal
| from rs nor. .tarnish. yss ..t.ssq..;.s' IS -
IF they had held out the hand Of fellowship
swe would have made friends and buried the.
shatchets sBus the very sulinnit they whipped
us they began to holler treason from one end
Fof the country to the other, just like they had
made bran new diskoSery.. + seemed to-
strike um all Of once like an Xpost fakto la@
and they wanted to go into . general hangin
bisuess, aud keep-it up as long as theycou ould
findfo and timber. p -
Now the idea of several millions Of Amer
ican heemen bein gnilty of treason atzoncet
The idea osappiying such . crime Ito .eleyens
great suyrcen States, which mot in sole mn
| convention and In the lisht'of day dissolved
Union they had created, and which have
been disunion for twenty years! The idea
Of, ,applyin 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 uuthin Is she to be scandalized By these
new light christians sazwho are compounded
from all the skum of creation, and thiuk that
Paul and Peter and all che Revelations hev
2been for 200 years making special arrange
ments for receiyinZ their sank,i6ed souls in
Paradise. Treason the dickens! Where's
your dictionary p Where's Dahl Webster
!: Where's the history oE,kc Amerikin revplu-lI !
lion : ., 90 80 - II
=, No it ast treason or rsason-bus its dey
ilish Internal inhuman hate. What do they
keep Mr.. Davis in jail for ? hear sam say
that it Amt MIR. .Johnson's voluntary doings;
but tho tremengions pressure Of surrounding |
circumstances. Durn nthecircumstances. Amt
Mr.. Davis great and good maa9 If Andy
johnson amt au in6del, woodent he swap
chances for beyen with him and: give all bis
earthly estate to,boct? If;Mr. Davis honor
aud integrity, and patriotism, aid courage
were weighed 10 balance against Summer
and Stevens, and all of his enemies, Soudent
he outweigh em all? Wont-Eis conduct in
Mexico aud in the late war, aud his nobility
of character live long and grow bright in
history, while the memory OF the howns that
are basin hiE, in his dungeon will sink into
oblivion 2. i think so-thats What / say, aud
III bet on it, and Charles G'Colner and all
tho womenin this country will 60 my halyes.
But there amt no particular point IN all
this, Mr. Happy. IT'S only my opini3n, that's
all. Il may be Q tsrnal fool, and i sometimes
feel like am fool about every thing and
don't know nulhin. i'mrtryin my besta ahow-
ever, to take things just as they come, and
my principal business for the last two moPths
has been weann niggers to make EN- feel
free. Iput ern all to take care of themselves,
but they keep comm back tome, and it keeps
me workiu day and night to provide foriem.
I've been willin a long lime for em to be free
if they could take"care of themselves, and l
don't know what, Thad. Stevens is o. fuRsin'
about, unless lie is just mad because Jour
bows burnt his iron works. If that's. all, we
can plesd the ruins of various similar estab.
hshmepts in these. regions,s and get ajudg-
ment against him.
- Bnt I'm about through, M. Happy, with
twhasI had to say. Only this--if there ever
was an afaikted people that needed friends
its- rs. g If we've got apy friends anywhere
want en- TO show their hands and stand By
rus inour, trouble Il feel like reaehiHoat to
the Eve points OF the compass in search of,
| sympathy,' 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 JUS, ,rn halfway. ground. We iaint'
af,orad of hensfs orI yarnints-ofS devils cor
demons-of Stevens or fSumner-but we are.
warm hearted and forgiyin people, ''and lore
oursfrierds.,s Amt weand dontqwe? e-r.
,'ss27U-- : .. Yours, everlastingly,l
lv .e-sst'. - g. ssss'-, - BILE HRP.
4 ,p.SLIs Brownlow dead yit? I'm 9fitin.
This obituary, and thought / would like TO.
have, the sad event come off as soon. as pos
'sible. I.wish you would send nae a LIST Of
your members who voted for the resolution
| declaring JEFF. Davis and Gen. Lee.iD:aulois.
We are getting up a bill in the .Georgy Leg
islster,s sdeclarin them. infamous who voted
for the resolution Fight the devil with fire
lis my motto. = ,>4 .sssT> g.s-.f i;ss s 81.
b. ~ veg .sesli Asss I-s7 f..yB. a.
-, eNeex saEA. 20 -. -. s. :. .---- e.u 50
ABouT Formerly Womar was
not trusted to be the. sole protector of her
own virtue. either 10 public Or private fifs'
| The beautiful female conceptions of yShaks,
t,peare,. which viii live through sallsages TO
ad0rn and sanctify the eek, were perform sd
/ 10 the authors day by beaidless boys, and
npst have lacked in representation all the
.tVigors grace and beauty which woman alore
cansim partto such delineatioGs, and which
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