St. Mary's gazette., 1866-06-21
NOT SO NOISY AS IT WAS.

NJ CO NOIC1 40 l. ~ ~
The following from the La Crosse Dem
ocrat is one of the sharpest hits Brick
Pomeroy' ever made:
H4~k
Verify, verify, it is very still all about
here. \ change has come clear over the
spirit oftlenation's bloody dream There
is not so mrlh murkincss--so much threat
ening in the air as there was. There is
not 50 much wool thrown on the Goals as
in a few years since.
Lincoln was good man and went to
Heaven. Tha. is to say If we say he
went there, folks say we speak in sarcasm.
If we say he went to the other place. down
there. they say We arc pr ejudieed. But
be went somewhere.
Now listen
There are not 50 many sneaking, beg
cinr. living, thieving millions of tyranny
about as there were few years slnce to
spy>around corners, 10 peep into windows,
to tamper with servant girls-to cpen let
ters and get a few dirty dollars for doing
dirty work OF cowardly adlinlstra-
ton.
I There are not so many State Prison
birds in Federal uniform as there we're
There are not 50 many peoplc.robblng,
ignorant, dunder headed platter brainod
concerted and drunken provost Marshals
and deputies to be seen as thelc were
once
Soldiers do not 90 about shooting Dem
Gratis and mobbiug printing Offices, lnsul-
ting honest people, abusing strangers and
raising the dickens as tlcy dill not long
since.
There is not SO much Of a cry Of Cop
pcrhcad" as there was nor are people as
rampant for blood as they were a year or
two ago
1t is very still! SO still it is almost
painful. We used to dcnouuce the Presi-
dent. Not this man but that other
man
We said he was a tyrent.
We said he WAS not brave.
We sad he was 10 st .tesmen.
We said he was q story teller.
We scid BE was 4 man Of wax in the
hands of bad ucn.
We SAID he wa the head Of disunion
party.
We said what we believed true. and
what time has proved most wondrous true
to the very letter Of argument. For tel
ling the truth We were called . traitor.
We were branded as rebel, but rebel
is no coward
We we're vaylaid, insulted. mobbed
shot at arrested, denounced as an enemy
of our country.
We were pointed ct as traitor, simply
for defending the Constitution and stand
ing by the people.
We were told that to differ from Presi-
dent was treason.
That the President, even if a story tel
ler, was the Government.
That the President was accountable to
no one
Th#t it was treason, rank and bold, to
differ from the President.
That to war against President was to
war against our country.
We were told that cowardice was brave
ry.
That Ignorance was ability,
That the art Of stealing was the art OF
I war.
That fool was much better than a wise
man
I That thief was better than an honest
man
That the Generals who stole cotton.
! robbed dcfcnccless women Of silver ware
and orphans of their inheritance were bet
ter men than Washington.
) ,,opciuta3 not IN honor
able fghting, but in stealing, robbing
! swindijng and murder
/ 1t is very still now.
/ The bloody towards Of them do not con-
verse 50 freely as once. There is not 50
much laughing up on the front seats -
The game Of blood. treason and plumber
is over with, and into the earth intelligent
law loving, Constitution defending people
are grinding to powder the elcmcu; that
me..led with that which concerned them
not--4lcficd the law-insulted there broth
ren-robbcd those they owed 50 much to
-blasphemcd wronged man and
tieEl,d the victim Of their cowardice with
bayoncts pointed With hate.
We stood BY the when TO stand
there was to snap fingers under the
nose OF death.
Thousands Of brave men in the country
stood bv the Constitution in the dark
hours. full Of hope in the future, which is
now opcuinc 50 bright for the peopls-so
full OF terrible retrihuton for the liars,
thieves. klayes swindlers, fanatics. trail
tors usurpors, bicots, abolitioniSt, and
workers of rum, who hye so long stood
beneath the altar aud baptized US in inno-
cent blood
It is verv still now.
Fhe shoulder-strappcd officers Of the
la.c war have mostly SUNK back to their
corner groceries or Deer saloons, or to
whisky peallng a; the polls. They came
and went as scavenger's nigh, cart pas