Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1866-02-01

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Logan and Cushin and McLernand and
Butler and Company buzzed around awhile
like humble bees till they were bought up
and then they lit over on the other side =
They got their. reward and they are welcome
to 1T so far as | am concerned.
How is it now Mr.. Happy? They con-
quered us by the sword but they haven't
convinced us of nothin much that | know
Of All is lost save honor, and that they
cant steal from us nor tarnish.
If they had held out the hand Of fellow
ship, we would have made friends and bur-
led the hatchet But the very min
it they whipped us, they begun to holler
treason from one end of the country to the
other, just like they had made bran new
discovery. 1t seemed to strk Ike EN- all of u
sudden like an Xpost fakto law, and they
wanted to 60 into general hangin business
and keep it up as long as they could find
rope and timber
Now the idea of several millions Ameri-
kan freemea being guilty of treason at
eleven great suvreen States, which met in
solem convention, and in the light of day
dissolved Onion they. had created, and
which had been disunioh for twenty years.
The idea of applyin treason to the Old Do
minion, the muthcr of States and of Wash
ington and Jefferson and Madison and Mar
shall and Patrick Henry, and all the Lees,
and who gave all the territory in the north
west for nuthin! Is she to be scandalixed
by these new light christians, who arc COM
pounded from all the scum Of all creation.
and think that Paul and Peter and Revcla-
tions hav been for 300 years maxim special
arrangements for rcceivin their sanctihed
souls in Paradise? Treason the dickens
Where's your dictionary? Where's Danl
Webster? Where's the history of the Amer
kan revolution?
No it aint trccson nor reeson-but its de-
vilish internal inhuman hate. What do
they keep Mr.. Davis in Jail for? | hear
sum say that it aint Mr. johnson volun-
tary doins; but the tremcngius pressure of
surrounding circumstances. Durn the cir
cumstances. Aint Mr.. Davis a great and
good man? IF Andy johnson aint an inf
del, wouldent he swap chances for heaven
with him and give all his earthly estate to
boot? If Mr.. Davis honor and integrity,
and patriotism, and true courage were
weighed in balance against Summers and
Stevens, and all Of his enemies, wouldent
he outweigh EN- alH Wont his conduct in
ty of character live long and bright in his
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are baying at him in his dungeon will sink
into ohlevion? Think so-that' S what say,
2 and I'll bet on it, and Charles O Conner and
all the women in the country will go my
halves.
But there aint no particular point in all
this Mr.. Happy. It's only my opinion,
that all. | may be tarnal fool and
sometimes feel like | am fool about every.
thing and don't know nothin. I'm tryiu
my best, however, take things just as find
EN-, and my principal bisness for the last
two months has been weanin niggers for
to make EN- feel free put en- all out to
care for themselves, but they keep comm
back to me, and, it keeps me workin day
and night to provide for EN-. I've been
wilin long time for en- to be free, if they
could take care of themselves, and | don t
| know what Thad Stevens is fussin about,
unless he is jest mad because our boys burnt
his iron works. If that is all we can plead
the ruins Of various similar establishments
in these regions, and get Il judgment against
| him.
But am about through Mr. Happy,
with what | had to say. Only this-ii
! there ever was an atlikted people that
= needed friends it's us. If we've got any
friends anywhere, want EN- to show theil
hands and stand by us in our trouble
feel like reaching out to the five points o.
the compass in search of sympathy, and il
there is an honest statesman or a brave sol
dicr north of the line who loves his fellow
men, let him open his heart and meet us OF
half way ground We aint afcerd Of bcast
or varmints-of devils or demons-of Ste
vens or Sumner-but we are warm hearted
and torgivin people, and love our friends
Amt We, and don't we?
Yours evcrlastinCly,
BILL ARP
I. SIS Brownow dead yet? I'm writ
in his obituary, and thought that woul,
like for the sad event to come off as soon a
possible. wish you would send me lis
Of your members who voted for that resolu
ton declaring Gen. Lee and Mr. Davis infa
nous. We are gettin up bill in .hc Gcor
gy Legislature dccarin them infamous VIII,
voted for the resolution. Fight the devi
with fire, is my motto. B. ARP.