Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-03-02
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our saddles and we kicked What else could
we do? Jest think Of it, Tammnay. Ru-
med and desolate, the people in mournin and
their homes in ashes-no luxuries, no COM
forts, no Christmas worth q Gus, no Santa
Claws, no nuthin Could we lick the hand
that laid US low mary time-no, never.
! While we was strugglin to rise from out the
wreck, to breath the air above us, to take an
invoice and see if there was enuf left to live
for, cur enemies were shoutin hit irim, kick
hun, mash him, smash him agin.
We were then at the bottom, Tammany.
We didn't know there was any lower deep,
but our enemies were huntin, and they still
arc huntin some deeper pit to put us IN, and
some pendulum Of Poe to swing and cut US.
Well we amt heathens, we've been to meetin,
we've seen misshionerys, we've got churches
and sermons, and hymn books and prayers
We've got pious old men and wimmen, and
brave boys, and maidens who are finished all
the way up like the corners Of temple
God bless EN-, Tammany, partickler them
last, for in connection with them are centerd
the hopes of posterity and the joys of our life
We've all got hearts, old Tammany, and
there's many good Samaritan among US
who wouldent pass you by and go over on
the other side. We've got charity too, and
long suffering, and patience, and hope in
abundance, though we cant believe them Rad
icals will walk right straight into heaven with
out knockin at the door. That doctrine of
elektion is powerful thing Tammany, but
as shore as you are born it looks sorter un-
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the celestial city. They may pass amend
ments enuf to do it, and reckon that's why
they are tinkerin at the old document so
long; but somehow or other when | hear
one Of EN- dyin, my thoughts materially
have downward tendency. [ csnt help it,
Tammany.
But maybe we'll get over SIGH feelings
My wife says we will ottermhile. We are ali
right towards you, old Hall, and our Legis-
lature have been tryin for about two months
to harmonic things generally, and any rca-
sonable man ought to be satisfied with the
efforts they have made. But we can't salts
fy them Radicals, [ don't care what we do.
We elakted Mr.. Stevens and Hershel john
sin to the Senate, and they are mad about
that. They wanted Josh Hill and Jeems
Johnsin becauS they was Union. Well now,
Mr. Tanmany, its better always to take men
vine have done sumthin than men who have
nuthin. Mr.. Hill delivered his farewell ad-
dress before he was bet, and he said he would
like to know why we sing hosanna to Andy
Jchnsin, who f0ut agin Us, and yet we wont
elekt him who dilent That's what's the
matter Joshua, if [ may be allowd to apos-
troiize you, you dident take no side at all.
You say you can take the test oath and git
in. Well don't see how exaktly. You run
for Governor in sixty three, and you writ u
letter aGin Reconstruction and compared the
old union to q proclaim case ttat pQs broke,
and coldent never be mended agin-no never. ?.
And don't you know if you'd been elekted
you would have had to take the oath of office,
and be swore to support the Constitution of
the Confederate States so called, now de-
ceased. But you are smart Joshua, and it
was funny what you said to the General that
night, when he axd you if you would have
taken that oath Youpausd Joshua for near
ly minet It was nifty tite question, con-
sderin the porcelain vase that was broke
| don't blame you for pausin, my friend
Finally says you, "W ell-General-I-I-
dident- much-eXpect-t o-be-elekted.
Bully for you, Joshua. But now about that
see saw bisncss you spoke of, you said
in your speech that you was playin see saw
in pohtix, and if your end Of the plank went
down in Georgy it would go up in Washing
ton, by which | suppose you meant that you
was ready to swap ends just to suit your pc
kuliar seckumstance: and that's what's the
matter agin Joshua You have been see
sawin too long and chagin ends too often-
Twasent no time to be swappm bosses my
friend
But see here Joshua, Mr.. Marshall may
be a clever reporter, but he treated you bad
ly. He's left out heap of your speech
He amt had printed that see be saw flyer at
all, and it was l assure a most beautiful me-
tafor Of speech And has left out them lit
tie sparks Of Southern patriotism which you
emitted. Horsepower, may be these things
would have been in the way Oft the Washing-
tom and Of the see saw. I'll tell you my
friend, where you wasted time in your re-
marks You said thatif we dident elekt you
no2e we might want you hereafter, and then
We couldent git you. Don't worry yourself
on our akkount. Don't cross the bridge be-
fore you cit 10 it. It will be time enuf,
Joshua, for you to refuse when we ak you.
We haven't been runnin you down to give
you offs and We aint goin to. Do you
seesaw away on your plank, and take good
care that you don't fall off. Your speech was
sorter spiteful Joshua, and if reduced to it's
gum would read about thus q Boys I'M
whale, Tam, and I'm a prophet, and if You
don't elekt me to the Senate I'll go to WASH
ington and give you the devil"
Well, we dideEt e,e,zt him, Mr. Tmmmany,
and the devil may come In the landgwage
of Patrick Henry, g let him GOMEZ re-
peat it, sur, d" let him come" There was
another candidate, Mr.. Hall, whose name.
WAS Jeems Johnsin. Well, I like Jeems
purity well. He dident run nobody down.
nor put en- airs. ] moqt have voted for him
if he had lived in the State, and hadent
liked Hershel better The truth is, | was
partial to Jcems for his, g cid lang sine.'-
lie WAS powerful war-horse in sixty-one.
How glorious he figured at the Columbus
war mcet;ns. lie encouraged the boys anna
ztn, and he beat anybody gittin volunteers.