Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1866-03-09

| ter! You wanted to get out of the
Union. All. Bill. States once in can
never get out That is what we always
told you. All those friends of the great
martyr tell you so. We want to keep
you in. We fought you at Autietam,
Pea Ridge. Gettysburg. Vicksburg,
Fredericksburg. Shiloh, Mobile, Fort
Donelson, and devil only knows where,
to keep you 10 the Union And then
we sent Christian missionaries down
| there, Bill, to rescue your valuables and
remove them north for safety, you know.
Aud we burnt down your houses, and
we took what food your wives and chill
dren had-and we sent your cotton to
market for you, you know, Bill. And
we sent three million men 20 war to keep
you burned fellers in this happy Union.
God only knows how many of you folks
we killed, for one northern man was al
ways good for five southern men, to say
nothing about mules, niggers. cotton and
keepsakes And Bill. we have stepped
into some little debt on your account. =
You see, Bill, cotton was ton cheap =
Tobacco was too cheap. Rice was too
cheap. Sugar was too cheap. Happi-
ness was TOO cheap. Our national debt
was too small 1t was costing too much
to keep that negro boarding house Of
yours SO we remedied that by killing
your niggers or giving them the benefit
Of liberty, rags Old bones and Adolf
tionism. And we made your cotton
more valuable And, Bill. we enhanced
the price of everything for you, and
nude demand for carpenters and house
builders down there You forget how
we have benefited your wicked country,
Bill, or you would not Arp so continu-
ally on imaginary evils
And we did all this to keep You in the
Union We sent old John Brown,
peace to his ashes fresh from stealing
horses in Kansas, to atone for his sins
by reseuing negroes from your grasp in
Virginia And for this little pleasantly
on the part of one Of our martyrs--one
Of our Illuminated title pages to history.
you never thanked us as You should =
And didn't we throw some few iron into
Charleston harbor? The waters Of that
pool will he good tonic for years. Bill
| And didn't Curtis save your cotton p
Didn't Butler save your gold aud protect
your women? And didn't Banks save
the Red River property? And didnti
two hundred and eighteen generals get
rich as mud from finding things you folks
had lost And is there not housefu.
after houseful Of keepsakes mp North,
picked up in the woods and on wood
piles By our army chapluins, and our
moral boys while you were trying to kill
those Of our folks who wanted to visit
you to keep your souls from he'll
Bill, you are ungrateful! And then
didn't we keep this war up. till the States
were all back in the Union? And
didn't we go to war and keep on going
to war to keep your dog goned States
from going out Of the Union? And
didn't you want to get out Of the Union?
And didn't we act magnanimous, and
as soon as war was over, unite in saying
that you were out Of the Union Really.
Bill, it seems us if You had itnll your
own way This war has proved sue
cess. A brilliant success We we're
bound to push it through in ninety days,
aud we should but for your stubborness
All we wanted was your niggers and
your cotton, mules. furniture. silver
ware and such odd tricks which you
folks could buy better than we conld
for you had more money. 1t was wrong
to keep slaves. Bill, but it was NOT wrong
TO steal This war was to preserve the
Union Every body said so The Union
has been preserved-so much for US.
Nor, Brethren. let us pruy.
Your States are kept nut Of the Union
which is still preserved ! You wanted
4 reconstruction. Wen reconstruct you !!
! You folks are very wicked, Bill. God
Furnishes wickedness Gods agents live
in the North exclusively. Bill And
we'll let you back in the Union, which
has been preserved, when we get ready
! First, you must hunt up the balance Of
your property and give it TO some of our
great and good generals. Then you
must move out Of your houses. that is.
what are left, and let the niggers in
And you must give the niggers your
plantations And, Bill, you must give
them all your property, and then support
the innocent cause Of the late war by
manual labor. And you must let the mig
gers vote. for they are wanted for Re
1 publican congressman. Senators and
sich. And you must ignore all your
personal or war debts. and not pay them
even upon the basis of honor And you
mnst help US pay for licking you And
ere you do this. you must have all your
property taken from you, so it will be
easy We are Just and maynaDimous
people in the North We are liberal
and brotherlyl We want peace and
harmony? We don't want you folks to
90 To bell, nor do we want you to dress
\ better than we do Personally. we know
but little Of this country In eighteen.
hundred and sixty-tbree we left your
country Immediately in advance Of a
bayonet for saying that some of our
folks we're stealing from some Of your