Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-07-04

we'll. IF it was in their power to do so,
would your people renew the fight?
Not unless they could fight the Rad
icals all alone. and all the world agree to
shands of. Even then there wouldn't
/ be no fight. for we couldn't cotch you
What do your people say upon the
subject of negro equality !?
They say it's lie, sir-it don't exist
BY nature and never can in practice
Folks we're not created free and equal
That may be a theoritical truth but it's
always been a practical lie. There's
grades of society everywhere. There's
men give the sidewalk to, and there's
men that gives it to me. There's men
that vote, and men that vote me, and
the grades up, up, step, step, from my
sort to Mr.. Davis and Mr. Stephens, and
General Lee, and Howell, Cobb, and
Ben. Hill and their sort for they are
the highest in the nation and then
again it goes from me down, down. to
the niggers and the Republicans and the
Radicals, and that's as low as they run.
There amt no equality, and you can't
make one. Well vote the niggers GER
tain. III vote Tip, and Tips head
center He'll vote about forty, and the
first thing you know we'll electseven big,
black, greasy niggers to Congress. Well
do it certain-seven of 'em eighteen car
rots strong. with African musk. The
other rebel States will do the same thing,
and you'll have about fifty of 'em to
draw seats with, and you all stick your
legs upon your desks together and swap
lies and vermin, and be shampoed at the
same shop. and the fair sexes can set to-
gether in the galleries and mix odors,
and fan their fair scent about promiscu-
Gus. We give you full benefit Of your
Civil Rights Bill, see if we don't. You
60 on-play your cards. We are biden
our time. We are payin your taxes and
your duties and back rations for 1864
and licenses, and your internal revenue,
and obeyin your laws without having any
hand in maxim 'em, and we are cut
off from pensions, and public lands !;
and you sold a poor mans still in
nv country the other day because
he couldn't paw yonr tax on some peach
brandy he stilled for his nplghbors two
years ago and soon You'll be sellin the
land for the tax, and vour trying your
best to play the devil generally; but
vou'll catch II in the long run. See if
you don't. Talk about Fenians. When
the good men Of the North and South all
get together, they'll walk over the track
so fast that you won't have time TO get
out Of the way.s You'll subsiie into OBJ
scuritv. and your children will deny that
their daddies ever belonged to such a
party. Excuse me. gentlemen, but I'm
little excited. Five cents n pound on
cotton will excite anybody that makes
Tax on indusfry-on sweat and toll.
Protection tariff for Pennsylvania, and
five cents a pound on Southern cotton
half its average worth-and your folks
will manage some way or other to steal
the other half Ny advio0to you is to
quit this foolishness and begin to travel
the only road to peace.
Old Blow couldn't keep up with his
garbled extracts.
'Whot makes the President SO sopopular
at the Sonth p
Contrast, sir-contrast. The more
he ain't like your party, the more popular
he is. He would treat us about right, I
reckon. if YOU would let him alone, but
vou bedegil 50 that sometimes he don't
understand himself. I don't think he
knew for a while whether his peace pro-
olamation restored the writ of ba6eas
corpus or not But do you go on and
impeach him. and that will bring matters
to a focus. I'll bet you'd be in Fort
Delaware in a week, and the Southern
members be here in their seats; and
they'll look round at the political wreck
and ruin and plunder and stealage that's
been going on, and they might exclaim,
in the language Of the poet,
"Who's pin here since Tsh pin gone"
Suppose we should have war with
England or France, what would the
rebels do p
'They'd follow General Lee and Gen.
Johnston. and Longstreet, and Bragg
and old Bory. Ny opinion is that, Gen.
Lee would head the Union army, and
Gen Grant would be his chief Of staff,
and Gen. Buell. would rank mighty
high
do you think Mr. Arp, that if the
South should ever hold the balance of
power. they would demand pay for their
negroes?'
i can't say. sir. But I don't think
The South has lost anything that way
We got their labor before the war for
their vittels and clothes and doctors bill,
and we get it now for about the same
It's all settled down that way and your
Bureau couldn't help it. The only
difference is in the distribution. Some
of us don't own as many as We used to,
but everybody owns a niger or twonow,
and they'll all vote EN- or turn 'em off.
A niger that wouldn't vote as | told
him. shouldn't black my boots.
At this time the committee looked at
one another, seemin to be bothered and
astonished. Garbled extracts we're put
down with a vim.
Mr.. Boutwell, says he, Mr.. Chairman,
I think we are about through with the
witness; 1 think, sir, his testimony set
ties the question what we ought to do
with Southern traitors.
The Chairman gave me Republican
nod and remarked.
yes, sir, I think we do. The scoun-
dreIs burnt my iron works
Whereupon I retired, having given
general satisfaction. Yours, truly,
BILL ARP.