The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-01-17
TONY TULIPS TO THE STANDARD.
RACKET HoLLER, December
the %. 1866.

Tile 90, lCUo
MISTER KANNoN AND HoLDIN Gents, at
ter my best respeks, and regardin the wether
the coolest spell rekolec to hev felt, ALLOW
me to say we ar all pretty much right VI
hear. We ar all union men now. Uncl
Jim says his old coon dog lyon has got to b.
union, and its union every whar and ever.
body. some how or some how else. Thar
John Flaps, that was captin as was Of tn
home gard, and ketched the desarters, an
SIGH as he couldn't ketch he shot, he's
union. And agin thar's Pete Wagner, tith
aigent, that hilt the box at the riglar electit
in 1854, and cussed every Holdin man al
marked his ticket so as to put him In t! /
konscrip, he's union. And Billy Blaloc
that rid his boss nearly to deth to get totoN l
to sign the volunteer paper, and didn't 81
it then, becawse he sed on secon thong l
he'd reserv hisself to meet the inemy VIII
he sot foot on North Kerlina soil and did
20 then becawse Mr. Davis had foced an o,
on him, and hilt him back and sed eve
man as didn't go wasNa traytor and ous
to be hung, he's a union. And ole
Clump, as was a war man, and kept his tn 4
sons out of it by briben for offises for {
and wouldn't talk no Confederit money, ]
gold, and put that away in his chist a .
swore he had none, for fear OF Whealt
kavilry, and cussed powerful wien the ko
taxed him to support the soldiers fanny |
and wanted the soldiers wives and DAFT l.
to wash for Twin, sayin they was no bet /
than his niggers, and cussed the union m |,
and took drink whenever he heerd t |
captin Flaps had pulled down a house o
helpless women, becawse Their husbans y
union, and said give it to 'um when cap
Flaps under orders from Rolly, marched Il
wimmen and children into barns and NEE
houses and bull pens, becawse ther bush | ;
was union, and put ther thums under {
tense to maik 'em tell whar ther hush;
war; he's a union too.
/ tell you, gentlemen. we ar all rite
hear l thort l was tollable strong un =
myself, but sum times look in the glass
wonder eff its me. reckon not. must
somebody else. Let me cea. voted agi i
Konvention. wanted to voat agin the
cession ordnance, but the Konvention wO I
not give chance. l was Peece Nan
the while, and wanted every gun to be /;
last. was the President of Peece NEE &
and got myself arrested for it by orders fl !. L
Rolly. I voted for Holdin with wi {
ticket in 1864, and got put in the Konsc !:
for it, and only got out by provin from
Bible that was "a, and was then thretei
powerful by a small legged cuss with
home gard at Kinston, whar I'm told
bred looked like smoked soap stone, and !
meat wasn't thar The Lord in his me
saiv me from the hoam gard at Kinston.
writ up quire of paper to the ripresen y
tiv fun my Kounty urging him to go fo
Konvention in December, 1864, to talk !
North Karlina out of the concern and 81 !
the effusion; but orders cum from Richm, 4
and the Legislator baucked and did nothi
As soon as the inemy, as Pete Wagner cal
'em, got the upper han and begun to sw, |,
the people, l went to talk the oath, but
found the Provo crowded with Ceceders,a
| had to wait three days, and ole Clump z
he cum out called me tory, and tole m
vas agin the union. We hitched and
considerable, but l was 50 asstonished thin
in of the Ceceders and ther swarm so yum;
imous that ole Clump gained ticks on Il j.,
and l was nigh on to bein whipt. Abe !
twenty Ceceders stood roun bettin on Clu !.
and cussin me for an ole tory, and acte. ,
some; ov the Phederel offisurs thort l "
agin the union. So much so that when IL /
formed the hoam poleese they maid 10
Flaps captain, and tole him to keap an
on me and the free niggers. And then, g, I;
telmen, what was wuss than all, when VT I.
up to voat for Foldin in November 1865, !
alters vote fol Holdin, ole Clump was
boxholder, and he tole me he was curpris 1,
at seein me voat the Cecession ticket. =
never let on, for / wouldn't speke to /,
ole coot, but Bob Dinkins who was GO
union, said to me, says he uncle Tony h
you herd the news? l tole him hadn't
Well, says he, Andy Johnson's deserted FL,
din. He's jest found out that Holdin vot {
for the Cecession ordnance in 1861, and
man named 10 Turner has writ speach, al
says that was wuss Cecession than Bill va l.
cey's. And what's more, says Bob, this
gentleman Worth that's runnin, is An
Johnsons pet, and he'd ruther have him tn
Holdin. And what's more, sails Bob, H 7
din's for Niger sufferin, and he's appoint
Koorts to make we boys smoak for whipp
Ceceders. 1 tell you gentlemen, was h,
saw the voats gtil in for With and l
hotter. Says I, Bob Dinkins, if the rod
wern't so bad, and the trip so fur, and
shure l wouldn't lose my boss on the wa
I'd gear up and talk you to the loonattit
Aoiluhh' hHu tLel eAtrClStu my Tlte
sufferin bv votin white ticket for Hold
Ole Mr.. G imp called me Ceceder. l @
him tie lye, and we shud have hitched ag
but for the respecks | had for the boxholder
Now, gentlemen, deel farely with me.
have bin taken your paper the rise of fftee
ears, and hev never deserved you. l new,
was SO put to in my life. Are you union
Am union9 Let me know the wust, if IL
wust must cum. Hev gone astra, or am
what was9 Thisis distressin question:
git to the end of my argument when l sa
this If ole Clump is union, then I'm not
If Pm union, then old Clump is not. 1 e,
pect the next thing hear will be that II
to be tryed for treesea to the United State
Gentlemen, with respectable considerable
lhave the honor to be yours,
TONY TULIPS.