Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-01-17


And we, enlisted with the dead,
Shall follow where her Steps have fed;
To that far world rejoicing 60
To which she pa,sed " ono year ago"
'BiII Arp At dresses his Constituents.
Respckrabul people; I address you on
this okkasbun with a profound admiration
Tor the great consideration and the nice dis
crimination which caused you TO honor me
by your votes with seat in tic Sinate Of
Georgy. For two momentns and inspirln
weeks, the Legislator hay been in SOL: m
session, one Of whom | au Proud to be
which. For several days we were engaged
as scouts, maxim sorter Of rckonysamce to
see whether Geo'ey were o Sta:e,or a lagin
tcrrytory, whether we were in the old Un ior
or out of it, whether me aud my folkcs and
yol .ad your folkes were somebody or nc
boly, and lastly. but by no means leastly,
whether cur pyor innocent children, born
durin the war, were al illegal and bad to b
born over sgin' or not. This last pint are
much unsettled, but our women are advised
to be kahn ard screen.
. NV friends, our aim Lave honestly been to
cit YOU all back into the :"lds Of the glorious
Un.lon. Like the prodigal son We bad moth
ing t, live on, and feeling lonesome sud hur'
ery, hav bowin and scrapin and maxim aplo.
Sys for FIVE OF six months; We have been seen
standing afar off fer we'.ks, but durn the cal
do they kill fur US. They know we've got
nuthin for they Gu. up our substance and Us
for putin rings on our angcrs We couldn't
expect it until they bring back the jewelry
they carried away. | cannot say in the Ian
guaec of the poet, that our labor has been
labor of love, for we've had monstrous poNr
encouragement be shore; but We had al
set our heads towards the stars and stripes
and we i;ntly determined >that come weel
come wo, rink ar swim, survive or perish.
thunder or litcnin, we'd slip back or sneak
back, or git back s'm how or somehow else.
or we'd stay out forever and ever, amen and
be hanged to om, so called, golIy.
Up to this tiulc it has been an up hill hu-
sincss. The team wasa good one and the
gear all sound, and the wag:n creased, tu'
tae road arc perhaps the ruRtss, rnt'incsr
c.rdruy in the v"rd. LIS pull UP and sketch
and pull np and >ko,ch, and ever and annon-
yemu, the skotch slips out and tie !lung GU $
round and away we go irto tie gully. Andy
Jonsin is the driver, ard he Gays "go slnw"
anil be llyllrrs wu. o, "a,d loses the r"nd
:.... ,Len we Lave to s" back 10 tie Iu.k and
wait III he b!az.s the way. IL" .c' ms to h.
doing his best. Lu. then. thar is Simmer ami
S,t:n and Stevens cnd Davis ahd other like
gentlemen, who keep hollerin at hin, ard
crackin his whip, and cntnsin his lucas $"
that sometimes We don't k:.ow VIII, thcr Lc's
gee in or haw in
Myrin!., zbput thtm lers dort knov
what orl to LAY. II you do, or if aayb 'dy
does, I wish lhvy would say it. don't et-
curate cussiu in nobody. not at oil. huff y u
know of a man thyt cant be broke ef it dnrin
his material lle, i, mout BE- well tn hire him
by tie year. II lhel is in all history good
exkuse and proper suhjict, it is upon them
hartlcss, soulsc,s, buwcllrss, gizzardless fra
irisidal, .uisidal parasidaL sslercidal, abomi'
n.bul, contemptibul, disgustabul individuals.
sometimes think of cm till my brain gifts
sorter added. and feel lik becoiuin volun-
teer convict Of the Lunatic sylorum. Cbarl-
ty inclines me TO the opinyun that old Sum.
ner are crazy. think ho has been gittin
vorse ever since lie took Brooks on the brain,
and it do seem like the disease has proved
contagus. If they arc for Peace it must be
tho Peace that passcth all understandln ior
we cant fathom it in these regions. They
fought US to free the poor niger hut didn't
keer for the Union. The Western boys fout
for the Union but didn't keer for the niger.
Bg double toamln on Us they licked US and
we oin it up, but now the one don't want cur
nireers and the other dont want our Union,
aud its the hardest skedule to pleas em both
a DOOR vanished peopul ever undertook. Its
the most hardest war to wind up That hist 'ry
.retords. Summer, Satin and c ,mpany, arc
,t;ll a fussin and fum!n about the everlastn
nipgsr-want him To- vote and make laws
and squat on jury, and wants 70 prohibit
US rebels. from doin the saae thing TOR 3
Tear, to come !-Jecrusnlcm where is the
cu,siu man. They say its all right fur a
niger not to vote in Connecticut, bekause
there amt but few of EN- thar; and its all
wrong for EN- not to vote in Georey bekaus
there's a heap of ern here, aud they talk Logik
and GeLorik amazin to soss how it is. Well
I baint got whole passel Of sense like sum,
hut az shore az aui too foot high, q niger
is a niger don't keer whar Jou smell him,
nnd a vote is q .voto don't keer whar you
.drap it. j golly they cant get over that.
The truth is, my fellow-eltlzens, some
times feel like we didn't have no government.
+ / felt that way sorter when Mr.. Gibson ap
n;nted me committee on the State of the
Republic. When the Sskretary read out my
name ALI mixed up with the Repuhlik, + felt
that was obliged to renig. Risin majesti-
kully to my feet, says l.: MIR. President, |
beg to be respectfully cxkusei, sir, if you
please, If thar i. any Republic: on this side
of Jorlin can't perseye it at this time with
these speks. Tn r VITA place mod Vir
ginny called Port Rrprblik, but Mr.. Rsbe
General Stonewall Jackson wiped out its
contents generally in 1863 and lhayent since
heard of it in Northern Literature: ! have
heard of skrub consarn over about Wash.
ineton they COLL Republic, bu. sur; it are
likely to pl owe the grandest ,imposture tha
| ever existed on continent OF freedom.
=" / suppose sur itare to be moved to Bo
|:ton or the Internal alreguns in few days, ane
II: want nuthin to do withit. .ESkuse fne.aur
but l n .ust insist on bein respektably dis
charned:n Itook my sea. amidst the mos
nrofounde and .tumultuous silence ever seed
and Mr. Gibson remarked: that he wouldh'
impose the Republk on. no respectable maj
agin his wishes lie then transferred .rae:t'
t6a Finanis Committee; and sed he boped WI
would taks s:immediete: aotiop;. .fdrthe stat
hal no money, a&weB as, himself, sapd boar
WAS high and catseteras frequent. This ma
mt have been his exactuaT: :langwid5ep ppt i
auGIin towards a; st. bowed my head anl
t1ssg Ditto q ekssep ttist, 4 ifnnt est tSeteras'
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