The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-30

whole .trnth, and H6khing but the
truth md I observed that The was
then entertaining .about q quart Of
double reetiied, and it looked like it
had. soured on HIS stomach. Old
Blow was setin off OH one side, with;
q .memorandnm book, gettin ready to.
nate down somes ,s'gafbIed extracts"
: Old Iron works, WAS Chairman, and
when he nooded his Repphlicae head,
old Boutwell,. says *he:E ssYour name
is,Arp, i believe, sir2' =
tsSo-cailed. .H,tssays I.
lyon reside in the State of Geof-,
2ia, doyon2'. - '- =
s .'I can t say exactly says, I. 3'I
live IN Rome, right in the fork Of two
Injun rivers 2, 49,
..In the State OF Georgia ?. says he,
fercely. - -
sIn a state of uncertainty about
that, says I. 1--WE don't know
whether Georgia is a State or not. 1
would like for you to state yourself,
If you know The state of the conn
try requires that this matter should
be settled, and / viii proceed to
state :.
''Never mind, sir, +" says he. "How
cid are you, Mr.. Arpa" .>esS
THAT depends on circumstances"
says L "I don't know whether to
count the last five years or not.
During the war, your folks said that
q State couldn't secede, hut that
while she was in state of rebellion
she ceased to exist. Now, You say
We got.out, and we shan't get back
again until 1870. "A mans age has
got somethin to do with his rights,
and If we are not to vote, don't
think We ought to count the time.
That's about as near as l can come to
my age, sir"
ssWell, SIR" says he, 'sare you ia
mihar with the political sentiments
Of the citizens of your State?''
: -'Got no citizens yet, sir, that we
know OF. I viii thank you to speak
of as as people. -
"Wel1, sir" says he, s'I'll humor
your obstinacy. Are the people of
your State
''Don't speak Of it as a State, sir.
II you please. I'm on oath now, and
You must excuse ME for being parti-
cular. Call it section. !"
Mr.. Arp, are the people Of your
section sufficiently humbled and re-
pentant to come back into the Union
on such terms MS we may think pro-
per to impose?"
''Not much they ain't," saws I. II
don't think they are prepared for it
yet. They wouldn't t voluntarily 90 it
blind against your hand. They say
the deal wasn't fair, and you've
marked the cards and stole the
trumps; but, at the same time, they
don't care darn what YOU do.
They've become Indifferent, and don't
care nothin about your Guy Fawkes
business. l mean no respect to you,
gentlemen, but was swore to tell the
whole truth. Our people aint q no
t'cln you only out of curiosity. They
don't expect anything decent, or
honorable, or noble, from you, and
they've gone to work diggin, and
plowln, and plantin, and raisin bow
children
Right here the man with a memo
randum scratched down q earbled
extract, and old Boutwell,, saws he:
What do you mean by that, sir?
What inference do you intend?'
I'm Stain facts" says 7. "You
must draw your own inferences.
1hey are a'oiSin boy chi!elren. ANY
harm about that? Any treason?
Can't man raise boy childrcne Per
haps you'd like to amend the Consti.
tuition and stop it. Old Pharaoh
tired to stop it among the Israelites,
but it didn't pay. He finally caught
the dropsy III the Red Sea. We are
ralsin boy children for the fun Of il.
They are good thing to have in
the house, as Mrs. Toodles would
say"
''Mr. Arp, are not the feelings of
your people very bitter towards tho
North?'
81 beg your pardon, sir, but vou1l
have to split the question, or else IN
have to split the answer. Our people
have n very high regard for honor
able men, brave men, noble. hearted,
men, and there's heap Of EN- North
SIR, and there's Il hea; of widows and
orpilans there We a.c sorry for; bui
us Tor this here radical party, they
look upon EN- like they was hycnas
scratchin up the dead for alivifn. It's
us natural to hate en- as it is to kill
snake. It's utterly impossible for me
to tell the strength, and length. and
hight, depth and breadth Of their