The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-02-22
From the Richm ond Enquirer.
Scene I'm the u. 8. House Of Re.
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'Good morrow, Mr.. MCPHERSON
Give you good morrow, sweet Gent. Swee.
business have you here?'
We be divers poor gentlemen from Virginia
and we have come hither to cntreat entrance
at your chamber door,
On what grounds do you seek admission -
In verify, We be loyal men and true, we
have ta'en one oath, and the other we will
gladly gulp.
'Odso! Ye be in quest of dollars, thousand
three times told. ween.'
Nay, but We will gulp the oath, and we be
tired of standing in the cold without, and Of
eating peanuts withal'
Marry, come up your sorrows touch my
heart: But ye are Virginians, and methinks
your loyalty is somewhat doubtful
Say not so, fair ST, for we will gulp tie
oath. Nay, be cntreated and let us in, for We
are cold and our wallets are empty
But stay, ye claim to represent the people
BY cock and pic, we do
le took no part in the rebclion!'
Not title
when your land was invaded, what did ye!
Good sooth we stayed at home
hen your houses were burnt, your cattle
and negroes stolen, and your fields laid waste.
what did We then?
I'VE fled to a safer place, and kept ou Of
the army"
shot down for defending cause they deemed
righteous; what then did YEP
POUNDS! we stood by with folded arms
'Mhen your mothers were insulted, your
wives and daughters scoffed at, and your sis
ters imprisoned, felt ye no sympathy for tLem,.
Not one particle. Nay, start not back in,
norror, Tor we are willing to swear it on the
Holy Evangelist
Aye for the sake Of three thousand ducat.
per annum, some men will take any oath.
Vlrginans, trow, are not So base. But when
all arins-bearing men were conscripted, with
what magic and by what arts withal did We
escape conscription p
'Gadzooks we had amassed great store OF
Confederate scrip, and deftly did we use it.
Moreover, many of US held numerous African
men in bondage, and thereby gained exemp.
ton
Cer,e'' twas cunning dodge. SO then, ye
loved the Union?'
That We did, good SIR
1e fought for the Union!'
- Not overmuch, save in our devout PRAYERS.
which daily and nightly ascended unto God.
our tather, Tor the success of the Union arms
so, so. Being pi) )us men, and ever ready
to go to your last account, vet nevertheless We
were not willing 10 peril life for the blessed
Union?
Nay, be not wroth with us, Mr.. McPhcr.
son, but he entreated, and let us in, for we will
gulp the oath
Verify, ifye did not fight for the Union,
ye shurely wrote for it?'
Noble Master Mcpherson, we did not write.
neither did We speak for the Union, for we
were afeard.'
'Afeard of WHAT
We pray you question not so closely
demandan answer. Say, Of what ye were
sfeard ??
Softly, softly, gracious, generous sir. An i.
please you, We were afeard of our propertv
But we will gulp the oath-oh, how elibivr
IL appears by your own showing, that We
periiied neither life, limb nor property for the
rebel! on. Yet ye come hither TO represent
The rebels Also, it appears that ye periiled
neither life, limb nor property for the Union.
Yet ye claim TO love the Union. Faugh! Get
ye gone, sirrahs Avauntr
Nay, precious Master Mcpherson: but va
will gulp the
And the door was shut.