The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-02
SUPPRESSED EVIDENCE,

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SUPPRESSED EVIDENCE.
Bill Arp Before the R]ccOnstruc
ton COnimittee-His Own Re
port Of His Testimony.
When | was put on the stand, Ole
Boutwell, sworc me most iiercely ant
solcmnly to speak the truth, the who'll
truth, and nothing hut the truth, and
observed that he was then entertaining
about n quart Of double rectilied, and i
looked like it had soured on his stom
ach. Old Blow was scttin Off on ON,
side, with Il memorandum book, get
ting ready to note down somc" garblec
extracts
O!d Iron Works was Chairman, anC
when he nodded his Republican head
Old Boutwell,, says lie, 'Your name is
Arp. ! believe, sir?'
$50 callcd,' says |.
You reside in the State of Georgia,
do you;'
II can't say exactly" says I. 81
live in Rome, right in the fork of two
lnjin rivers,'
"ln the State Of Georgia." says he
iicrccly.
"In state of uncertainty about
that" saysI |. I'VE don't know whcth-
er Georgia is a State or not. | would
like for You to state yourself, if You
know. The state of the country re
Quircs that this matter should be set,
tied, and | will propose to state,"-
Never mind, SIR says he. How
Old are YOU, Mr.. ArpY"
"That depends on circumstances
says |. 81 don't know whether to
count the last five years or not. Du-
rim the wal your folks said that n State
couldn't secedc, but that while she was
in q state Of rebellion she ceased to
exist, Now you say we got out, and
we sllan't got back until 1870. A
mans age has got something to do
with his rights, and if we are not to
vote, ] don't think we ought to count
the ting. That's about rs near as !
can comc to my age, sir"
well, sir" says lie, scare you IA
miIiar with the political sentiments Of
the citizens Of your Statc:'
"Got no citizens yet, sir, that we
know Of. will thank you to speak Of
us rs "pcoplc,'
"Well, sir says he, "Tll hnmor
your obstinacy. Are the people OF
your Statc-'
"Don't speak of it as a State, sir, if
you please. I'm on oath now, and you
must excuse me for being particular.
Call it Il " section
"Mr. Arp, are the people of your
section sufficiently humblcd and repent
ant to come back into the Union on
such terms rs we think proper to i'm
poscf'
"Not much they amt" says |. IL
don't think they are prepared for il
yet. They wouldn't voluntarily 90 il
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 II darn
what you do. They've become indif-
fercnt and don't care nothin about
your Guy Fawkcs business. ! mean
no respect to you, gentlemen, but ] was
swore to tell the whole truth. Oui
people aint a notion 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 p!owin and plantin and raisin boy
childrcn."
Right here the man with n mcmoran-
dun scratched down a garbled extract,
and old Boutwell, says he: "Wlmt dc
You mean by that, sir? What infer
cncc do You intend?"
I'm Stain facts" says l.. "You
must draw your wi differences. They
are raisin' hoy children Any harm
about that? Any treason? Can't q
boy raise boy children Perhaps you'd
like to amend the Constitution and stOl
it. Old Pharaoh tried to stop it among
the Israelites, but it didn't pay. Hl
finally caught the dropsy in the Rec
Sea. We are raising boy children for
the fun of it. They are a good thing
to hayc in the house, rs Mrs. Toodlc>
would say"
Mr.. Arp, are not the feelings o
your people very bitter towards the
North y
81 beg your pardon, sir, but you'll
have to split the question, or else III
have to split the answer Our people
have u very high regard for honorable
men. brave men, noble hearted men,
and there's a heap of'em North, sir
and there's a heap of widows aud or.
phans there we're sorry for; but as for
this here Radica! party, they look upon
'em like they was hyenas scratchin' up
the dead for a Twin. It's a. natural to
hale EN- as it is to kill Q snake. 1t Is
utterly impossible for me to tell the
strength aud length and height, depth
and breadth of their contempt for that
party. They look upon a Radical as
-as-as-well, as a bcggar on horse
back-a buzzard sailin' round u dead
eagle suck-egg dog creepin up to
the tail OF . dead lion. They talk
about hiJin' Brownlow 70 abuse 'em.
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