Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-06-06

LOOO: ana DeQ I1lll, dtlu tuof oo'', '
they are the highest in the nation and
then again it goes from me down, down,
down to the niggers, and the Republicans
and the Radicals, and that's as low as
they run. There amt no equality, and
YOU can't make one. We'll vote the mig
gers certain. III vote Tip. and Tips a
head center Hell vote about forty,
and the first thing you'know well elect
seven big black, greasy niggers to Con-
gress. We'll do it certain-seven OF .em
Is carrots strong, with African musk. The
other rebel States will do the same thing,
and you'lhsye about fityof 'em todraw
seats with, and you can all stick your
legs upon your desks together, and swap
lies and vermin- and be shampocd at the
same shop, and the fair sexes can set to-
se,h-r in the galleries and mix odours,
aud fan their scent about promiscuous.
Wei giye you a full benefit of your
Civil Rights bill, see if we don't. You
G" or--play your cards. We are bidin
our tine. We are payin your taxes and
your duties aud back rations for 1864,
aud licenses, and your Internal revenue,
aud obeyin your laws without havin any
hand in maxim 'e,n, and We are cut oil
from pensions, and public lands and
you sold poor mans still in my county
the other day because he couldn't pay
your tax on some peach brandy he stiIed
for his ncighbors two wears ago: and
soon you'll be srlin the land for the land
TAX, aud you're lryin Your best to play
the devil geiltraiI. hut you'll catch it i'll
tn. long run. See # you don't. Talk
about t'cnians. When the good l'rn OF
the North and the South all yet together.
they'll walk over the track so fast that You
won't have time to get out Of the way.
You'll subside into obscurity, and your
children will deny that their daadies ever
belonged to such party. Excuse me.
gentlemen, but lnl il!le excited. Five
cents a pound an cotton will excite any
body that makes it, Tax on industry
m sweat and toll Pro,tcrr,n tariff i4r
Pennsylvania nni five crni> i poan'l tax
ON Southern cotton-lEl;r it's av"rag,.
worth and yu.:r folks will manage soli''
yay or other 10 5 eaI the ";her half. NJ,
advice to you is "qmit this toolishneH>
snd begin to travel the on'y road to
peace"
OLD Blow couldn't keep up with his
garbled extracts.
"What makes the President so popn-
lar at the South ?"
| "Contrast, sir-eontrast. The more
he amt like your party, the more p"pu.
| lar he is. He would treat US about right.
reckon, if you would let him alone, but
vou bedevil him 80, that sometimes be
don't understand himself don't think
he knew for Il while whether his Peace
Proclamation restored the writ of haheas
corpus or not But do yol 90 on and
impeach him, and that will bring matters
= focus. III bet you'd be in Fort
Delaware in week, and the Southern
members be here i'll their seats, and they II
look round at the political wreck and ruin
..nd plunder and stcG!age that's been gcln
on, and they might exclaim, IN the Ian
guage Of the poet,
"Who's pn here since Psh pin gomez"
"Mr. Arp, suppose we should have u
war with England or fsbBca, what would
the rebels du?'
They'd foiler Gen, Lee. and Gen.
Johnston, and Longstreet, and Bragg aud
ald Bory. Ny opinion is, t at Ger. Lee
would head the Cl.ion army, and tfcn.
Grant would be his chief Of staff, aud
Gen. Buell. would rauk mighty high,
aud"-
"What would you do with General
Sherman ,"
"Sorry you mentioned him. We'd
have to hire him, reckon, camp fid'
dler and make him sing "HaH Columbia'
by freight, rs a warum to the boys how
mean it is to burn cities and towns and
make war upon dcfenceless women and
children. No, sir, our boys wouidenl
| light under no such.
| At this time the man with the memo.
randum put down some more garfield
Extracts.
"Do you think. Mr.. Arp, that if the
Sourl. should ever hold the balance of
power. they would demand pay for their
.psroeS?"
II can't say. sir. Bat | don't think
lie Snn'i hs, lost anything that way.
s'e gu; their labor before he war iar
leir rllrls arI clothes aid doctors bills,
I'D We get it nov for about the same
't's aIi settled down that way, and ynur
Bureau conldn', help it. The only differ
.nce i, in The distribution. Sunc of IL,
lont own As many IS We Us. to, but
Everybody has got II Niger or two now.
md they'll all vote 'r'n or turn 'em of.
bigger that wouldcnt vote As told him.
shouldent Black lny boots"
At this time the Committee looked at
one another, seemin' to be bothered and
lstonished. Garbled extracts were put
down with a vim.
Mr.. Boutwell, says he, Mr.. Chairman,
think, sir, we are about through with
the witness. | think, sir, his testimony
settles the question as to what we ought
to do with Southern traitors"
The Chairman gave me Il Republican
nod and remarked, " Yes sir, think we
do. The scoundrels burnt my iron
works"
Whereupon retired, having given
general satisfaction.
Yours truly,