Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-12-01
S6EfL0QUY OF A sOUTHERNER.
BY BRICK PoMERoY.

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Dog gon my buttons if us folks dowl
here don't amount to a little bit of melo
dy after all. We were but a handful o
towards before the war killed off Lalf o
us, yet the great big North is afraid t.
have us in the Union We'uns helpec
make the constitution aud helped make
our common country great, and when We
j. saw danger Of our rights under the con
stitution being ignored after we were
educated by the abolitionists to believe
we had the right to secede, and to save
ourselves did secede, dog gon us if these
same men who wanted us out did nj
want us back again |! They said we
were a bill of expense to the Union-th thai
it cost more to furnish us mails, revenue
officers, ETC., etc, than it come to j; and
when " Q wished to relieve the liberal
North of this taxation on our own &C.
count. dog gon US they incurred more ex-
pense to keep VS. in than we were worth
while we were in. And they didn't want
us to work niggers, yet were willing to
sell them to US, and buy all the niggers
raised end pay us in gimcrcks for the
same. They drove US out of the Union j;
they said. we had better go out. We
took them at their word, for such good
Christians as populate the North must
be honest ;; and they sent armies to drive
us back. They said we'd a right to Sc
.cede, and advised us to do, so. We took
the North at their word. Then they said
We could not secede. 49,
And they sent soldiers and thieves
down among Us. While brave men fought
us, thieves stole from US the things we
bought Of them, and now insist on selling
them overl w could stand their fight
ing, but dog gon 'em, not their stealing !
When we sent our wounded home. We
found our homes burned, or our goods
stolen They destroyed or stole all we
had, then blamed US for not caring for
their wounded. They carried on war
against US to drive US back into the In
ion. And when We were driven back.
they discovered that we were out Of the
Union. II ysu-8 a..l-
They wanted US to send members to Con.
greEs, and they sent them back home.
They say the war vas q brilliant success.
They sayAighting, alone, can restore the
Union, and still, when the fighting is
over WITH, say, war divided the Union.
We have been Acknowledgements
spossessed-disfranc
ded .-reconstructed and desolated,
We have quit fighting, yet are warrcd
upon. we want peace, yet are promised
war. We want to be in the Union, vet
" are told we shall not come in. Tbey
All us in6dels, yet forget Christianity
II
II We are now without money, influence,
power or prestige, why is the North
Afraid OF us! If we are expected to be
good citizens why do not the Radicals in
he North set the example (? If we are
in the Onion where are We? If this
9 onr reward for %disbanding our serried
'anks, what was the use Of %disbanding
Why not keep on fighting? If we are
conquered, why not accept Us as such :?
We are not conquered, why not go on
the Wat, renew the murderous crus-
lde for cotton, mules, niggers, jewelry
md furniture? The men who fought US
ike brave lei now say that fair play
hall be the order Of the day. The COW
lrds, thieves and p~lunderers who robbed
md desolated and desecrated us. now
IRE anxious for another war upon US, that
he balance of what we have NAV be
!tolen from us, and their pockets still
arther filled, and we are blamed for not
aughlng at our own funerals.
We are askedqto sing melodies while
lifting on bayonets. We are asked to
lance while the slow match il still burn
ng brightly in our cellars. We are ask.
d to sit still and be insnlted by the men
Who stole from US, who insulted our WON.
n, wko,, stlbe while others fought. Wei
re asked to be good citizens when We I
re trested like bad citizens. We are
'sked to believe Others who will not be-
leve US, even in tears. We are asked {
0 grow flowers ia the face of wintrv {
lasts, yet piping fiom the North, and to E
eek bur gfaveysrds with flowers while I
ogs are barking Il our heels. The North
Iaims the religion of the country, vet q
Dos and stsbs Us with s~puritanioel hate. :
All We want is peace. We wish to re- t
elr ito damages the war made. We /
''sh to live a. brothers of D. common q
erltage, yet are treated as servants. As {
ne Of the Southerners, l try to bear ali o
this-I try to smile-I try to e