Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-09
j NO. 30:
j POLITICAL GENERALS SOA5
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How like rocket went i up, ,.,r.ii9; ,err..ii9y
ing the innocent. tss8HS AR
.pat 60 -
How ike a stick falling in the mud
did come down ,arits9s ssesfT -,
When the late rebellion begsn, ri did
not amount to Aenougn to add up and
give one to carry. :. | was : sort of see-
ond ond- --rate.loafer, begging. tobacco stand
ing around saloons anddbarirooms. wait.
lug to be treated by liberal strangers.
! had no clean stockings-no neat home
mo money saved no credit NO 6ne
food and but little coarse. A., os 49,
Z" But sue denly star aroset' Brave
men were wanted-l had peddled whis-
ky at the polls to elect men Of the God
and-morality, retrenchment-and-r reform
ticket could tell 9 bigger lie and
stick to it closer than any hungry politi.
clan ia the country, and the late admin
istrations- noble administrations - gsss
rich reward ] was made = captain, and
like u blue tailed bottle-Ay, | strutted
about my native town. ,.ssg ].
Guess 1 wasn't old style. in white
gloves and stripes up my legs, Guess
! didn't support the government. Rsckr
on didn't get trusted to little things at
stores, and when man wouldn't trust
me, guess wouldn't incite mobs upoinl
such copperheads And + was put in
command Of hundred men. Egad ]! that
was q joke. Why, lord bless you, /
didn't know a. much ABOUT the war @ .
dog knows Of his great grandfather-
but Ihad political influence could alb
sorb vast quantities Of whisky, aud could
steal Or like John Brown. Or liko
Butler Or like aoy other horse robbsr.
And ! went to war, And I hired
correspondents TO mention my brave ex-
ploits in Republican papers And Istole
wine from hospitals, and treated my
friends. And read thsarmy letters which
| hired written and which the poor foole
printed to political friends. And / kent
out Of the way Of bullets and suoh-
aud l stole piles Of household goods.
from rat-traps to pianos, from silk elastic
to linen intended for infants got splosp,
and SO in the eyes Of the late sdpipltrs-
ton proved my f:ne.s for highe. posi-
tion. $50 ssats5 20
And was made brigadier general.
Big thing. Nearly yeyer fool in tho
army was brigadier general. While
brave men fought, / stole sp sons aud
such. While otner men aiwere at waryaI
was Furnishing democrats Issuing petty
ORDERS" taking toll from union farmers,
and sending chairs, tables. beds and bed
ding, pictures, books, spoons, knivss md
forks, nutcrackers. glass and silver ware
mirrors, sidebords, pAi!oor err aueots
laces. silks and ladies, uDdercloths stolen
from drawers, trunks aud bureaus. sent
up north at government expense, 70 let
people know that / Was saving my salaZ
~ to beautify my homee .,.ss ss3als. esss.st
And | denounced democrats. thereby
winning promotion and good opinions,
From republican papers. Aud | spent ny
salary for whisky, except what went fot
nothing nov, mot much, at first And
l went on raids. capturing imaginary
bands Of enxmies, ! reported by tho pa-
pers az. real. And being an unscrupslous
knaye, intent only on money, | was hired
BY the administration Of the late lamspt-
ed to 20 up and down the land stumpinG
the country. for and in behaH Of Degroes
and abolitionists- -por .obis J1aAs.!
And ! sent democrats to the front and
they were shot down like dogs, OF drag
ged bacR wounded 20 die ii hospitsls, q
swear allegiance to Abraham, Ard \
stuff election returns - and stole cpttoa
wherever it could be found mules ditto;
corn ditto government stores ditto, and
other things ditto, till | became rich.
And what lot Of men there yefe Who
believed we we're 6ghtingato subdue tbe
rebellion. That was good joke. 'Cxas
merely pleasant little murderous cru
sade for cotton and negroes the cotton
for the rich, the negroes for the poor tax
payers TO support. asisa 58sa. e6E
The war was God send 70 ms. II
took me from the gutter Or stool il sone
saloon and made : great man of me. =
lifted me BY the waistbands night -
alo1gside of Wellington, Nspolesi, At52
andeI v WashiogtoD, Jsckson, Grant 'ehaesf-
msn and other great men,, And didstI
strut ? And didn't I fall back. on ~
dignity |. And didn't / ennb thale Who
servant / wa5 and win the contemw of
every sensible man in the land I lAhd
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