Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-01-13
Bill Arp Addresses his Constituents.


York, has been so fortunate as 10 engage
that very respectable and highly humor-
Gus Georgia gentleman, Mr.. Bill Arp. as
a contributor TO that paper. The follow
ing i. his first contribution /:
RespektaJm People:
address you OH this okkashun with a
profound admiration for the great consid-
Grafton and the nice discrimination which
lcaused you 10 honor me by your votes
with seat in the Sna,e of Georgy. For
TWO momentus and insplrln week ihe Leg
islatu:e have been in solem session. one
OF whom am proud 10 be with. For
several days We we're engaged as skou'S.
IN akin a sor,er rekonysaDce TO see wheth'
er Georgy were STATE or lnj un Ierryto'
lrv-whslher we were in The old Union,
or oui Of it-whelher me and my foxes
aud you and yonr foxes were someb"dy
or nobody, and lastly. but by no means
leasrly, whether our poor innocent chill
dren. born durln the war, were all illegal
and bad 10 be born over agin or not. This
last pint are much nnsetlled, but our wo
men are advised 10 be kalm and screen.
Ny friends, our aim hay honestly been
TO gil you all back into the folds Of the
gIoryous old Union. Like The prodygal
son. we had nulhin to live on. and feelin
lonesome and hungry, havs been bow'n
and scrspln and maxim apologys for FIVE
or SIX months. We have been seen stan
din aiur of for weeks and weeks. bu,
durn the caf do they kill for Us. They
know we've got noIhin. for they eat up
our substance. and as for putin rings Oh
our fingers. We c"uIden. exrekt il until
they bnng back the j'welry they csrryed
away. csnno. cav, in the langwidge OF
the poet, that our labor hsv been labor
OF love. for we've had monstrus poor en-.
couragemsnt 10 be shore; but we had all
set our heads towards The STARS and slriPes;
and we jinlIy Gelermlnd that come wool
come wo, sink OF swim, survive or perish,
thunder or Iitenin, we'd slip back. or
sneak back or GIT back somehow or some
how else. ws'd stay ou, forever and ever
amen and be hanged to en. SO called, /
golly.
Up 10 this time il hav been an up hill
business. The team was good one and
The gear all sound and the wagin creased,
bu, the road are perhaps the ruHest, rot
,enes, cordyroy in the world. lis pull
up and skolch, and pull up and skolch.
and ever and anonymous the skotch slips
out and the ,ung cuts round and away we
60 into the gully. Andy Jonsin Is the
driver, and he says. $50 Slow" and he
hollers "Wo wo !" and Loses the road,
and then We hav TO 60 back TO the fork
and wal, I'LL he b!azes the way. lie
seem TO be doin his best. but then there
is Sumner and Satan and Stevens and
Davis and other like gentlemen, who keep
holIerin al him and crackin his whip and
coniusin his idees. so that sometimes we
don't know whether he's gee-in or haw.
IN. NV friends. about them fellers,
don't know what or, TO say. If you
DO. or if anybody does,I wish they would
say it. don't encourage cussin in no.
body. moi q, all. hui if you know Of man
! thai can, be broke Of i, durin his material
life. it moul be well to hire him by The
year. If ther is in all history good ex-
kuse and proper subjek. it is upon them
hairless. souIIess, bowelIess. gizzsrdess.
falris,del, suisidel, psrasidel. sis,ersidei,
abominabul, con,emp,ibul. di.guslibuI in
diyiduals. sometimes think of EN- till
my brain gils sorter sddled,snd | feel like
becumin volunteer convikt Of the Lunat-
TX Asylorum. Charity inclines me 20 the
opinyun that old Ssmner are crazy.
think he has been gi,,in worse ever since
he took Brooks on The brain, and it do
seem like !he disease have proved coma
gus. If they are for Peace it must be
the Peace that passe,h all understandin
for we can't faihom it in these regions.
They fout US 10 free the poor niger bu,
dideni keer for the Union. The West
ern boys foul US for the Union but didenl
keer for the niger. By double ,esming
on US they licked US and we gin il up, bu,
now the one don't want our niggers and
The other dohl wan, our Union, aad its
the hardest skedule TO pleas EN- beth that
a poor vanished psopul ever undertook.
LIS the most hardest war to wind up tha,
bis,opy rekords. Sumner, Satan and
Company are still lussin and fumin a.
bont The everlss,in nigger-want him TO
vote and make laws, and SCAT on jew
ry, and wan, to prohibit us Rebels from
doin the same thing for 80 years TO cum
Jerusalem where is the cussIn man
They say its all right for nlgger no! to
vote in Connecticut, beksus there amt but
few of Elm thar: and lis all wrong for eIn