Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-06-01
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0ood pye, blue ruint 20 into the dy,
tub--iIto the rag bag --anywhere out of ny
sight. For three yeapI wore those blu,
buds. and now, thank God, they are of, ant
once more ! am In command Of myself
And IL l. want a id fool, I'll be id
Learned 10 swear In the army.
What In the devil did 90 to the wal
fort That's the question. What did cal
hard tack for-drink commissary whisky
carry mules load-sleep in the mud-suf
fer In hospital and lose this limb forf Who
knows7
enlisted to save the Union.
went TO war to put down the rebellion
Tough. TO punish traitors.
killed people to restore the harmony Of
things.
went to war because that was in old
times the way to patriotism.
And what was there gaincd2 had .hir.
teen dollars month. / rode shank's mare
from Bull Run 10 the Red River, and tramped
from high living to hell almost for nothing.
1foughtto keep this Unson whole, and now
when the war Ia ended, am told that fight.
ing divided, and that legislation alone can
restore the UIion! Then why in thunder
must lose these three years Of time and a
limb II all this work must be done by Con-
gress? What did Congress want OF men 7
Why were million of US KILLED by drunken,
thieviug, demonstrating, silverwLre-hunting,
conceited, up start political generals, who
went up like rockets and came down like
sticks, II Congress can, or could restore the
Union by legislation
Invent to war In good faith.
foughta score Of times, and the more !
fought and the less stole the slower came
promotion.
helped to make dozen generals, fifty
colonies and hundred other officers rich.
have lugged many piano, rosewood
bedstead marble top table, cabinet of books,
mahogany sofa and such stuff out of southern
homes TO be sent north for the use of my
superior officer and the adornment of his
home 10 the North. This was the big dart
for putting down the rebellion. Great God,
what fighting some of our generals did
And went TO war for less wages than
could have earned at home. And my wife
was often starving while was away. And
my children became dirty and ragged-my
farm nan 70 weeds-my shop ran down--my
tools were stolen or iost-ny place is filled
by another--I came home cripple, filled with
disease, and now looked upon by the same
men who wanted me to 60 to war, much as
people look upon some dead beat who has
gone through them for all their spare stamps
And the Abolitionists, who forgot to take
care Of tho soldiers families-the Abolition
lists, who told us that the Democrats wanted
the Union dissolved--the Abolitionists, who
said Democrats were traitors-the Abolition
lists, who staid at home and dare not fight,
except in the form Of mob, in the attack oil
come defenceless Democrat, now tell us-the
DID cowardly traitors and rascally thieves
We have found them to be, that
The late war did not restore the Union
The war was therefore a failurel
The white men Of the North were no match
for the white men of the South.
The war would have ended in defeat for
the North but for the niggersl
This Is what the Abolitionists tells u.s.
Recon they will have good time getting US
returned soldiers engaged in another crusade
for cotton, niggers, mules and stolen plumber,
taken by force of the bayonet from poor wo-
men and children.
1t seems to me as II the late war was gag
IA humbug--a id, wicked, REASONABLE
unconstitutional gag. 1t did not restore the
Union, but it made a pile of Abolitionists
aud War Democrats rich.
1t never prevented secession, but left this
Union in the shape we did not find it.
1t never benefited any one, North or
South, except thieving soldiers, army chap
lains, swindling contractors, drunken officers,
incompetent generals and other such pets Of
the late administration.
1t didn't help the white people.
1t didn't help the niggers.
1t impoverished half of the Union.
1t didn't make the South friendly to north
ern ideas, interests or people.
1t piled big debt upon us, and took from
us two-thirds Of our means to pay it.
And now l am back from the war to find
that must pay the most exorbitant taxes,
and to find that old Grudgings, id mean,
narraw-minded, stay at home coward, is
rich, with safe full of United States notes
or bonds, for which must work the balance
of my life out TO pay interest on, while he
escapes taxation and lives in idleness. had
2 hundred dollars bounty to go the wall
Now l come home to find the town, county,
city and State in debt for the money | had
the wealth Of the county is in bonds the
school-houses in ruins; the bridges in ruins
the courthouse, etc., in ruins-all these
things to be built up-the bonds and their
interest to be paid besides all the other taxes,
and the holders Of bonds living in luxurious
idleuess, with large incomes, and not one
cent Of tax 10 pay anybody for any purpose.
II was bad enough TO fight for such infer
nal towards.
1t is bad enough to have il said we could
not have whipped the South without the aid
of these high favored niger troops who are
It's bad enough to have enormous taxes
W pay n1 damages time ana war nave