Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-10-05
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S0lilOquy Of a SOutherner.
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Dog gon my buttons If pc folks down her
don't amount. 70 a little BIZ, BE- melody ATTIC
tsl. We were but q handful Of towards be
fore the war killed. Of half Of us, yet tn
great big North is afraid, to have US in tn,
Union. We uns helped to make the Consti
tliion, and helped TO make our common
country great and when we saw danger o
our rights under the Constitution being ig
nored after we had been educated by the ab
oiitlonists to believe we had the right L
serede, and, to save ourselves, did secede
Edog gon us if these same men who wanted
us out didn't want us back againl They
SAID we were bill of expense TO the Unor
that it cost more to furnish US mails reve.
nue officers, etc, etc., than il come to-, ant
when we wished to relieve the liberal North
OF thus taxation on our account dog gon u:
out they incurred more expense to keep us
| IN than we were worth when we were in
And they didn't want US to work negroes
YET Were willing 10 sell them to us, and tc
puy all the negroes raised, and pay rs in
gimcracks for the sarne. They said we had
better go out. We took them at their word
for such good Christians as populate tic
North must be honest, and they sent armies
-. ~ -, '' . D.'en. iney salu meu
,asl sL' - seSece, ana ADVISED us to DO so. We
soon so;a .ue No,tn nv their werd. Then they
eoulu ho' seceoe.
1nu .pey sent soioiers and thieves down
ohe en.e us. Wnhe brave men fought us,
thieves stole from us the things we bought
OF them, and now insist on selling them
overas We could stand their fighting but
hog gon EN-, not their stealing When we
sena our wounded nome, we found our homes
49,, 49, uu'nea or our gooos stolen. They
w or s'oie All we had, then blamed
70 ior noe earing lot their wounded They
80. 80. ", war against us 70 drive us back
ul,o aie' mon. Ana when VIC were driven
.,sa oS, lhey discovered That we were out OF
''e ~, mon '"''.'.'.'' % -'22. ~
lney wanted us to send members to Con-
gress, and they sent them back home. They
tns war was brilliant success. They
usm'ing aiohe can restore the Union,
anu SUI, wnen the lighting is over with,
Say Mar divided the Union. We have been
!. u"lusateu-repudiated = dispossessed-dis
: contrabanded = reconstructed
anh desolated. . -.I. ,... ,.,f. .-,g
We have quit fighting, yet are warred
upon. We want peace, yet are promised
war. We want 10 be in the Union, vet are
told that we shall not come in. They call
us ihfidels, yet forget christianity themsel Ives.
IT we are now without money, influence,
power or prestige why is the North afraid of
US? 1--WE are expected to he good citizeus,
why DO not the Radicals Of the North set the
example? If We are not in the Union,
where are we? If this is our reward fof
dlsoanding our serried ranks, what was rhe
nse Of disbanding? Why not keep ON fight
mgr II we are conquered, why not accept
us as suchf If we are not conquered, why
not go with the war, renew the murder
ous crusade for cotton, mules, niggers, jew
eiry and furniture? The men who fought
us iike brave men now say that fair play
shaii pe me order OF the day. The towards,
t,heVgs ana plunderers who robbed and des-
oiatec ana desecrated US, now are anxioas
ior another war upon US, that the balance Of
what we have may be stolen from us, and
sneir pockets still further filed and we are
olamea ior not laughing at our own funer-
a's ee are asked TO sing melodies while
sl,.ng ON payonets we are asked to dance
Mui'e 'ne SLOW iiia,ch is sun burning in our
er,,us We arg askel 70 81 Stul and be in