Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-03-13

went down in Gcorgy it would go up in Wash
ington, by which suppose you meant that
you was ready to swap ends just to suit your
pckuliar circumstance and that's what's
| the matter agin Joshua. You have been see
sawin too long and chagin ends too Often
Twasent no time to be swappin hosses my
friend.
But see here Joshua, Mr.. Marshall may
beS clever reporter, but he treated you bad
ly. He's left out heap of your speech
lie aint had printed that see be saw flyer at
all, and it was l assure most beautiful me-
tator ofspeech And has left out them lit
tie sparks of Southern patriotism which you
emitted. uowsomever, may be these things
would have been in the way ofthe JTashiny-
ton and of the see saw. Ill tell you my
friend, where you wasted time in your re-
marks. You said that if we dident elckt
you moao we might want you hereafter, and
then we couldent git you. Don't worry your
self on our akkount. Don't cross the bridge
before you git to it. 1t will be time cnuf,
Joshua, for you to refuse when we AK you.
We haven't been runnin you down 10 give
you offs, and we aint goin to. Do you
scesaw away on your plank, and take good
care that you don't fall off Your speech was
sorter spteful Joshua, and if reduced to its
gum would read about thus: "Boys In, a
whale, am, and I'm prophet, and if you
don't elekt me to the Senate I'll go to WASH
ingtOn and give you the devil"
Well, we dideut elekt him. Mr. Tammany,
and the devil may come. In the landgwage
of Patrick Henry, ''lct him GOMEZ repeat
it, sur, ''let him come" There was another
candidate, Mr.. Hall, whose name was Jcems
Johnsin. Well, like Jeems purity we'll
He didcnt run nobody down. nor put on airs
| mout have vot.d for him if he had lived
in the State, and hadent liked HersheI
better. The truth is, | was partial to Jeems
for his sold lang sine" He was powerful
war-horse in sixty-one. How glorious lie
figured .at the Columbus w4r mcctins. He
encouraged the boys amazin, and he beat
anybody Il gittin volunteers. How proud we
was OF him that night, when he and Colonel
Sims made f: lends on the stand, and the
Colonel pind scceshion cockadc upon Jccnis
coat-col'ar. IIe then got inspired, and spoke
for two hours in words that brcathed of
bitches and death, and was full Of the spirit
OF rs. His watch word were ''Bcnning anal
S"ccsAio",' and he voted for en- both. Oh,
he's a whale in gettin up war Alas! he
were sM scmpcr then, but he are Sih transit
now. So nDte it be Mr.. Tammlny. |
couldeut help it. Iowsumever, it don't mat
ter much, | reckon, for we've got another
Johlisin, and they are high roostin family
shore.
Now you understand the trouble Mr.
Tammany, about this clcktion. We was
huntin for two .tisNbiooIcd Union men who
could find their way to Washintou and back
without way-blI, and we couldent find en-.
They aint in the Stat,, ! tell you. 81 we
fell back On old land MARKS, we are ridin the
old wagn hosses, and our opinion is, that
Andy wont raise any row in partiklcr about
1t. yA" GOcs, IRE doH't care a d0r".
Yours truly, BILL ARP.
p. Sim sittin to lie highly loyal, Mr..
Hall, l know am ; for a icllcr tried to sell
me little uigger today, and 'rouI,lcn GUy
Inn. [ heard Of bill that's comm up to
bind out the niggcrs for 50 years, and I'm
agin it. Darnd il LII vote for more than
81. You can tell Yhad. Stevens Of these
hopeful signs. B. y.