The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-03-28
didn't we keep this war up, till the States
we're all hack in The Union? And didn't

to,kssp Ey6nr doggohed StataslGOm goingi
out Of the Union 7 And didn't-we act
magnanimous, and as SOON as;war was
over, unite inrsaying thatyou we're out of
the Onion , Really Bill ii seems as III
you had IL all yotr own oway,!a This war
has proved a. a. supcess. "a brilliant sue,
cess. 4, WI were bound to push it through
in ninety days, and should but for your
stubbornuess. All we wanted was your
niggersAand your cotton, mules, furni-
ture, sllverware and such odd tricks
which you folks could buy better. than we
could for you had more money 1t was
wrong to- keep slayes, Bill, but it was pot
wrong fois steal This war was to presetve
the Union. Every body said SO. The
Union has. Seen preserved much fof
u.s. Now ,5rctsrda,let as pref! ~ "
Your States are kept outoi the Union
which is still preserHedl You wanted
reconstftictiCg Ws1hbfssfcpnsEns y9H |!
You Slks are very Wicked, BIZ. God
Furnishes wiokedussa. Gods agents live
in the north, exclusively Bill And we'll
let You beck in the Union, which has
been preserved, when wc'getready. Fist,
you must hunt up the balance of your
property and give it TO some Of our great
and good agents or generals. Then you
m lust move out Of your: houses, that is,
what are left, and let tho niggers in.--
lAndoyou must give the lniggers your
plantations. And Bill, you must give
them all your property, and then support
The innocent cause of the late war, by
manual labor. And you must let the mig.
gers vote, for they are wanted for repub-
lican Coogressmen, Senators and sich.--
And you must ignore all your personal
Of war debts, and not pay them even up.
Oh the basis Of honor. And you must
help us.to pay for licking you& And ere
you do this, you must have all your prop
city taken fr' m you, so il will DO easy
We aye o Just and q magnauimous people
in the north!' We are liberal and broth.
erlyl We want peace and harmony !
We don't want ycu folks toltgo Ito HE'LL
nor dove want you to dress better than
we do2 Personally, we know but little Of
this country. In 1868 We left our coun-
try Immediately in advance of bayonet
fGr,aying that some Of our folks were
stealing from some of your folks, and for
writing naughty letters to the La Crosse
Democrat, charging some OF our generals
with fobbing, and cowardics. And we
have hard very pleasant time of it at
home for thinking much as you think,
but now We are convinced that the war
for tho preservation of the Union was a
splendid success--that the country is bet.
ter ofAthat the negroes are happier
that PEOPLE are in better circumstances,
especially theahieves and robbers who
have fattened, upon blood and stolen the
encmniiies poof-that the way TO make one
section Of county love another section is
to fisht, rob, stcAi and desolate them into
bappiness-t that our taxes are lighter
that republican retrepchment and, reform
is good thing for poor people and tax.
payers--that the sure way to national
greatness is to quarrel with sections con-
tinually-that a people are apt to love
their pfosecqturs-that it'is honorable
aud an evidence Of manly christianity to
hammer man after he is down-tbat it
| id blessing for poor men to pay interest
Oh bonds the rich holder not taxable-that
The negroes ore better of in rags, sick
| ness aud shallow graves than at content.
cd hbor&thatis unehristiau tcresentin
suits, and that you folks down south, and
especially you, Bill Arp, SO called, are au
uhgratefpl people not 4, admire the pres
ent state Of affairs in the Union, SO called
| aoeug Indignantly Yours, l,g at
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