Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-08-01
rho FederaI soIdier,s so1iloauy.
We find the following in the La Crosse
(Wis.) Democrat:

into the rag-bag, anywhere out. of my sight;
For three wears wore those blue duds, and
now, thank God, they aare off, and once
more am in command OF myself.
What the devil did 60 to war for ! InaFs
the question. What did / eat hard tack
drink commissary whiskey-carry a mules
load-sleep in the mudmsutier In hospl'ai
and lose this limb for? Who knows!
I enlisted to save the Union.
went to war to put down the rebellion
fought to punish the traitors.
killed the people to restore the harmony
Of things. 80
went to war because that was in old times
the way to patriotism. -,
And what was there gained? / had thlr-
teen dollars month. Irode shanks mare
from Bull Run to Red River almost for moth
ing. IT,. md
I fought to keep this Union whole, and
now, when the war is ended, - am tolo tna'
fighting divided, and that Legislation alone
can restore the Union? Then why In thlnT
der must I lose three years OF time ana a
limb if all this work must be done by Con
gress? Why we're million of us killed by
drunken, thieviug, cotton stealing, silver
ware hunting, conceited upstart, political gen
erals. who went up like rockets and came
down like sticks, if Congress can or coulo
restore the Union by Legislation?
vert 20 war in good latin.
fouunt q score of times, and the more
fought and the less I stole, the slower came
promotion. t.s4q. 60,
helped tomake dozen generals, hfty col
oh
I have lugged many apiano, rosewood bed
stead, marble-top table, cabinet OF DOCKS,
mahogony sofa and such stuff OF Southern
homes to be sent North for the use of my
superior officer, and the adornment OF his
home in the North. This was the big dart
for putting down the rebellion.
Ard went to war for less wages than l
could have earned at home. And my WI
was often starving while i was away. Anu
nv children became ragged and dirty-my
farm ran to weeds-my shop ran down-my
,ools were stolen or lost-----my place IS i ni,ee
by another-I came home cripple, hlleu
with disease, and am now looked upon by the
same men who wanted me to go to war, much
as people look upon n'somendead beat who has
gone through them fer alltheir spare change'
And the aboltionists who fought to take
care of soldiers-tbe aboltionists who told
ne that the Democrats wanted the union dis
s~lyed-the aboli:ionists who said the Demo.
crats were traitors-the abolitionists who
staid at home and dared not fight except IN
the form of a mob, in the attack OF some de-
fenceless Democrat, now tell US that
The war did not restore the Union.
The war was therefore failure.
The white men of the North were no match
for the white men of the South.
The war would have ended in defeat Tor
the North but for the niggers.
That is what abolitionists tell US. Reckon
they will have good time getting US return
ed soldiers engaged in another crusade Tor
cotton, niggers, mules and stolen plunder,
taken by force of the bayonet from women
and children.
It seems to me as if fke late war was gag
"a humbug-a wicked, reasonable unconsti-
tutional gag. 1t did not restore the Union,
but it made pile of aboilonlsts ana war
Democrats rich. o.,..
1t never prevented secession, but left this
Union in the shape we did not find it ln'
1t never bettered any one, North or South,
except thieving soldiers, army chaplalns,
swintiling contractors, drunken officers, In,
co,npetent generals and other such pets ol
the late administration.
1t didn't help the white people.
1t didn't help the niggers.
Il IMPOVERISHED half OF the Union.
It didn't make the South friendly to North
ern ideas, interests or people.
oh took
US two. thirds Of our means to pay 1t.
And now am back from the war TO ma
that must pay the most exorbitant taxes
and to find that old Grudgings, mean nar
row-minded, stay.athome coward, is rlcn,
with safe full Of Z. S. bonds, for which
must work the balance Of my life out to pay
interest on, while he escapes taxation and
lives in idleness. | had hundred dollars
bounty to 60 to ear. Now come nome 10
find the town, county, city and State IN debt
for the money had-the wealth of the coun-
try is in bonds-the school houses in ruins
the court houses &c., in ruins-the bonds
and their interest to be paid besides all the
other taxes, and the holders OF bonds ii'ing
in luxurious ideness, ith large income, ana
not one cent of tax to pay anybody or ior
any purpose. Cd, c,.l o.r,
ards. :,
It was bad enough to have it said we could
not have whipped the South without the AID
of these high Favored negro troops who are
now to be called our equals.
It is bad enough to have enormous taxes
to pay to repair the damages time and war
nave wrought. But it's worse than all to
have to pay six hundred million dollars
wear of interest to the men who hold bonds
exempt from taxation-in other words, to 20
To wnr. and then come home and pay our
selves for being shot at, wounded and killed.
AboIitionism don't pay. Now I'm as good
man as any of them. Norman has right now
ro lord Il over me. wear no badge of servi-
tude. advertising that | am fit subject for
shoulder-straps, dams, cuffs, kicks, guard
houses. &c. am returned soldicr-a poor
man who must work or starve. l love my
country. Pm better patriot than the man
who makes the poor man to pay taxes and
interest i n % on the bonds exempt from taxation,
and say it boldly that the next tine
shoulder musket it will be for equal taxa
ton, equal rights and free country: don't
like the idea Of repudiation, but if the Gov
eminent don't tax her bonds, may, | be hang
ed if | ever pay cent of taxes, for my Grip
nled limb is better and more honorable
bond than the Government ever issued. II
all are taxable alike, it is we'll. If not, its
repudiate, or another light.
A man named Darius Hyatt, living in
Franklin county, Missouri, on the llth in
slant, cut his wife's throat with butcher