The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-06-13
political Generals soliIOquy.

H. ia roc,et went up, terrifying the innoceat
How like stick falling in the mud did come
down. - 7;d not s-nount n
enough to add up and give one to carry was aiI
&c sescorJ rate Ieafer begging tobacco, stahaIhg
y. Joons and bar-rooms waiting to be treated
u I;baI stronpers I had clean stoeE1ngs--ho
,,sst bame-no money sayed-no creeit-no nne 1000
and but little coarse ., r ,,r ,,aro
ssBut suddenly a star arose brave LnGn W.T." '
aanted-I had peddled WHISKY at jug P Pr III
ON IN The God-and. morality, retrehchmehI-ahu-
.forntieket-I could tell bigger le aha sSich % !.
I.o than any hungry politician in the country and
- Iata Observation-Disclosures administranon-gaFe
7ns rich reward I made captain anu me Que
,..ta5 hottla-Av strutted about my naLlVe Town.
5tss wasn't old STYLE in white gloves and stripes
mn nv Iage Guess didn't support the government.
Reckon didn't get trusted to little things a. stores
and when man wouldn't trust ne, guess "oui4n
;ncite roobs on such copPerheads. Ana was put IN
command Of hundred men. Egad! thaG was
iokeI WIN Lord bless you, didn't know as mach
hor, tbe var as a dog knows about his great grand
father-hut | mad political intiuence-coud aos2fo
vast quantities of whisky, and could steal VI like
Tobn BrowD. Or like Butler. Or Ike any otDeF
horse robber ,,., . ,-, o..
a-,;on rnv brave exploits in republican papers knd
stole wines from hospitals, and treated my Trends:
And read the army letters which hired written and
which Door fools printed to political friends ana
kept out eft the way of bullets ana sacn-lna stoe
niles Of household goods, from rattraps to pianos,
from elk elastic to linen intended for infants yet I'M
born and 50 in the eyes of the late administrator
proved my fitness for high position.
And was made brigadier general. Big thing.
Nearly every fool in the army was brlgadler general
While brave raen fought, l stole spoons and sgch.
While ether men we're at war, Furnishing de.1o-
crats issuing petty orders g taking toll from Union
farmers and sending Chairs tables, beds and bedding,
pictures books spoons, knives and forks, nutcFtGN-
ers glass and sverware, mirrors sldeooards PaIior
ornaments laces silks and ladies' underclothes stolen
from private drawers trunks and bureaus up north,
at government expense, to let people know that was
saving my salary TO beautify my home.
Ana denounced democrats, therby winning promo
ton and good opinions from republican papers and
spent my salary for whisky, except what went for
nothing now not much at first And Went On
raids, capturing imaginary bands OF enemies, re-
ported as real. And being an INSCRIPTIONS kIaVe,
intent only on money, hired by the administra-
ton Of tile late lamened to 60 up and down the land
stnmping the country for and in behalf oil negroes
and aboitieusts-por nobile fratIum!
And sent democrats to the front and they were
shot down like dogs or dragged back wounded To die
in hospitals or swear allegiance to Abraham. And
stuffed election returns-and stole cotton wherever
Il could be found; mules ditto; corn ditto; govern
ment stores ditto and ether things ditto, till become
rich And what lot of men there were who be-
Ieved we we're fighting to subdue the rebellion. That
was good Joke. Twas merely pleasant little muir
,derous crusade for cotton and negroes-the cot
ton for the rcb the negroes for the poor taxpayers
to support.
The war was god-send to me. 1t took me from
the gutter, or a stool in some saloon, and made a
great man Of me- 1t lifted me by the wristbands
right up alongside of Wellington, Napoleon, Alexan
der Washington, Jackson, Grant, Sherman, and Other
great men, And didn't strut? And didn't fall
back on my dignity! And didn't snub those whose
servant was and win the contempt eff every sensible
man in the land? And didn't negro wenches fall il
love with me? And didn't keep abandoned womer
at headquarters on money l stole from my bleeding
country? To be sure did.
[LaCrosse CWis.) Democrat.