Maryland free press., 1866-10-18
Soliioqus OF a soutberner.
BY ''n,Icw'i poMaaoY.il


Dog con NV buttons it us folks down here
dn amount To Il Iitlu lif ola ,tcoar aiter All
we were hut II handful of cowards brinre the
wf N,''ed on hall OF MS, yet The grand liz
North Is nfr;tii TO have Us in tue rnionl W.
ms helped To make the Constitution and helucd
our c0mpnn rnunrv great, and when We saw
dtnger of ctr rights under the Constitution bt.-
Ing Ignored after we were educated by Aby-
Tourists TO believe we had the right to scccdc,
ant to save ourselves did sccede, dog gon Us il
fhcSn same men who wanted lis ont iidu' wan,
As hack again. They said We were sbill of ey.
pense to tne Uniun---tlm il eDst more TO furnish
mails, revenue officers, Re-. flnn il came to- and
when we wished to relieve the liberal North of
Ihis 'axa'inn on our arconnt, Dig eon u.s. but
dhey incurred more expense. to keep ms in than
we we've worth while in! And ther diln want
aS 10 work nisgcrs, vet were Willing to sell them
TO us, and TO nuy all the nigsers we raised. and
pfy lis in gimcracks for the same. They drove
aus out OF the Union. They snd we had better
slide ont. We took them NJ their word for such
good christians rs populate the North must be
honest and they sent armies duwn here 10 drive
us hack They said we'd right to sccede, and
advised us To do 20. We took the North nj
their word. Tlieu they said We conld not Sc
ccde. -
AMI 'hev sent soldiers and thieves down among
us. " hiie brave men fought us. thieves stole
sole from us the things we had bought of them,
""a now insist on selling them over. We could
s.an,i 'helr lighting, hut deg gone en-. not their
SVaIinG! hen we sent our wounded home
we found our homes were burned. or our Goods
stolen. They destroyed or stole all we hnd.
Ineh blamed lis for not caring for their wouudcdi
iacy carried on war against us To drive us bark
at the Union. AMI when W. were driven
back, ihy discovered that We we're not in the
Union. III '''>
They wanted us to send members to CONGRESS
a"d they sent them back home. They said the
war was brilliant snc"cSs They say fighting,
alone, can restore the Union. and still whe the
war Is over with, say war divided the Union
we nave been ul,iugafel-rcpntiiated- dspos-
feSseu- -dlsfrhnchiSrd-contr abandcd-rccunstruct-
ed and desolaied.
We have qut.fshtinS, vet are warred upon -
He want peace, vet are promised war We
want to lie in the Cnion vet we are Told we
snhll not lie in. They call us infdrls, vet forget
Christianity themselves
1t we are not without none, influence. now
er or prestige, why is the North afraid of ~ p
u we arc expected To lie good citizens why ,la
not the Radicals of the Nerih set us the cynnnle2
II we are not in the Union. where are We? If
TINS Is ohr reward for dislanding our srrrird
ranks, what was the use Of disbanGing? Why
not Keep on fehtiag? If we are conquered whv
not accept us as such?
II we ARE not conquered, why not 60 on with
the war; renew The murdcross crusade for cotton.
'"hesi h'SScI5i IeWclTI ana furniture! The men
who ioneht us like brave men now say that fair
PLAY shall he the order of the day. The towards
thieves and l:lnnarrcrs who robbed and dosols
led and dcSccratcd us. now ere anxious for an
other war upon us, that the balance of what MO
have may be stolen from us, and their rockets
still farther filed, and we are blamed f,r not
laughing at our own funerals We are asked to
sing melodies while sitting on-bayonetsl We
arc asked to dance while The slow match isburu
ing brightly in our cellars. We are asked To ait
sill and I've insuted by the men who stole from,
ns-who insutcd our wumen-who stole while
others fought We are asked to believe others
Wao will nat teliero us even in tears. We are
asked 10 grow flowers in the face of the wintrrr
oiist yet piping from the north and to deck onr
grave yards with flowers while dogs are hrk-
ing at our heels. Thu North q inns the religion
OF the country yet jabs and stlbs lis in puritan.
meal hlte
All we want is peace W. wish TO rcpsir the
damages the war has made. We wish to lire as
brethers OF IA common heritage, vet ARE treated
MS servants. AS one Of the Suuthrrncrs try TO
bear all thiS-l try to Smilc-I try To dance while
our conGuerors ere fencing in drunken glec-I
am in earnest in asking for lht, peace which was
promised rs, it we asbandrl our armies Il keen
itih with the North, yet the North will not keep
t,ith with us. And tell you if we can't have
the peace and the rights promised US, lifris bur
then and we htd better lose it st once. BIT
will wait awhie-for surely the sense of nation
nj honor has not quite died out in the North y
There is better day cominS-anothcr year will
tell the story.