Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-06-08

off, Even then there wouldn't be no fight
for we couldn't cotch you"
what do your people say upon the sub
ject of negro equality ~
"They say its a lie, sir--it don't exist in
nature and never can in practice. Folks
were not created free and equal That may
be a theoretical truth, but its always been a
practical lie. There's grades in society every
where. There's men give the sidewalk TO-
and there's men that gives Il 10 me. There's
men that vote, and TIERS men that vote
me, and the grades go up.up, step by step
from my sort to Mr.. Davis and Mr. Stephens,
and Gen. Lee, and Howell. Cobb, and Ben.
Hill, and their sort for they are the highest
in the nation; and then again Il goes from
me down, down, down to niggers, and the
Republicans and the Radicals, aud that's as
low rs they run. There amt no equality,
and you can't make one. Well vote the
niggers, certain. I'll vote Tip, and Tip is a
head centre He'll vote about forty, and
the first thing you know we'll elect seven
big, black, greasy niggers to Congress-
Well do it certain seven of EN-, Is carats
strong, with African musk. The other rebcl
States will do the same thing, and you'll hove
about fifty Of EN- to draw seats with, and you
can all stick your legs upon your desks TO-
gether, and swap lies and vermin, and be
shampood at the same shop, and the fair sex
ss can set together in the galleries and mix
odors, and fan their scent about promscuous.
Well give you full benefit Of your Civil
Rights bill, see il we don't. You 90 on
play your cards. We are biden our time.
"We are payin your taxes, and your duties
and back rations for 1884, and licenses, and
your Internal revenue, and obeyin your laws
without haviu any hand In maxim 'em, and
we are cut off from pentions, and public
landS and you sold poor mans still In my
county the other day because he couldn't
pay your tax on some peach and brandy he
stilled two years ago; and soon you'll be
sellin the land for the land tax, and you're
tryin your very best to play the devil gener-
ally, but you'll cetch Il In the long run. See
If you don't. Talk about Feinans. When
the good people of the North and of the
South all get together, they'll walk over the
track SO fast that you wont have time to
get out of the way. You'll subside into OBJ
scurity, and your children will deny that
their daddies ever belonged to such party.
Excuse me, gentlemen, but am little ex-
cited. Five cents a pound on cotton win
excite any man who makes II. Tax on in
dustry-on sweat and toll. Protective tar
ifs for Pennsylvania and FIVE cents a pound
tax on Southern cotton--half its average
worth-and your folks will manage some
way or other to steal the other half. Ny
advice to 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.
"What makes the President SO popular al
the South 2"
Contrast sir-contrast. The more he
amt like your party, the more popular he
is. He would treat us about right, reckon
if you would let him alone, but you bedevil
him 80, that sometimes he don't understand
himself. don't think he knew for while
whether his Peace Proclamation restored thu
writ of habeus corpus or not. But do YOU
60 on and impeach him, and that will bring
matters to focus. I'll bet you'd be in Forl
Delaware in a week, and the Southern mem
bers be here in their seats, and they'll lool
round at the political wreck and ruin ant
plunder and stealage that's been going on
and they might exclaim in the language Of
the poet
who's pin here since Psh pin goner'
"Mr. Arp, suppose we should have wa
with England or France, what would tn
rebels do 2"
"They'd follow Gen. Lee, and Gen. John
ston, and Longstreet and Bragg and Bory.-
My opinion is that Gen. Lee would hea,
the Union Army, and Gen. Grant would b
his chief of staff, and Gen. Buell. would ranl
mighty high, and
What would they do with Day, the Mem
phis Photographic
"lf he was one Of your sort, they woul
make him take the Chairman, Thad's pic
ture, condemn him to hang IT over his bet
post, so he might dream of devils, and sc,
and have delirium triangles."
"Do YOU thing, Mr.. Arp, that if the Soutl
should ever hold the balance of power, the
would demand for their negroes3'
~ can't say, sir. But don't think th
South has lost any that way. We got thei
labor before the war for their victuals ant
clothes and doctor bills, and we get it nov
for about the same. It's all settled dow
that way, and your bureau couldn't help II
The only difference is in the distribu
ton. Some of us don't own as many as W
used to, but everybody has got negro o
two now, and they'll ali vote 'em or turn 'cr
of. A nigger that wouldn't vote as toll
him shouldn't black my boots"
At this time the committee looked al or
another seemin' to be bothered and astonish
cd. >Garbled exnacts were put down with
vim.
Mr.. Boutwell, says he, "Mr. Chairman,
think, sir We are abont through with th
witness. ! think, sir, his testimony settle
the question as to what we ought 70 do wit
Southern traitors"
The chairman gave Republican nod, an
4 remarked, "Yes, sir, ] think we do. Th
scoundrels burnt my iron works."
Whereupon | retired, having given genel
al satisfaction. Yours, truly,