Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-06-11
A Confederate Soldiers Opinion of ?
Northern Funkey.

Northern Funkey.
"Macl<," the correspondent oftbe
Cincinnati Commercial (conserva-
tive, after describing a sbamefulIv
slanderous picture which Brick
Pomeroy is circulating (tor a con-
sideration) throughout the South.
says:
"a one-armed Georgian, to whom
was previously introduced, happen.
ed to come along at the time. and.
pointing tothe infamous libel, | ask
ed him what he thought of it. and
what he thought of the filthy wretch
who, living IN state that sent 10000
soldiers into the Union army. would
print such thing. He said, "Wen.
stranger, to tell you the truth. |
think that ere fellow would do most
anything that's mean. I'm South
err man, and while the war went On
| was the biggest rebel you ever saw.
J. don't like the Yankees very well
now, but the Yankee soldiers deserve
better than that, even from the reb-
els, let alone from a northern man.
lost my arm on the sl1irmish line
at Kinesaw. The man that shot me
was on foot, and | was on horseback.
rode up to the length of this
room of him. He had Spencer's
rifle and | had carbin Thought |
had him, sure. "Sulrender," says |.
"Go to hell" says he, and biz
came ball that knocked my horse
from under me. | got behind tree
and loaded my gun, and came at him
afoot. Surrender" says l, Nicer
o time,' says he. give got four
loads in this rife yet, and when l
shoot them I'll bust your head with
the butt end ofit," He blazed away
at me, and shot me in the elbow. So
it was impossible to do any more,
and concluded to give up and go
back to our arnyis rear Now, that
man was no coward, and although
he Knocked my arm off, if | could
come across him to-day Ia take a
big drink with him, and treat him
like gentleman, for he was a good
soldier; and now, the war is over,
there is no men in the North we like
so well as Yankee soldiers. Ifthey'd
only leave reconstruction to the
soldiers on both sides, we'd fix it up
among ourselves mighty quick. /
saw that ere fellow (pointing to
Pomeroy's picture Of himself,) when
he was down here last winter. When
I heard him talk, | made up my
mind that he was ID coward, or
he'd have been fighting on our side
Of the war. But he wanted us to
take his paper. and q good many Of
Us did it. He said Ben. Butler had
sued him for 100000, and we must
help him out. | did't want to have
anything to do with him, but my
wife told me | must give him few
dollars to go to law with Butler
for you know the women downshere
all hate Butler like the devil"
"Mack" adds.
What I have just written will
doubtless please "Bricll" immensely,
for all he wants Is a little notoriety,
and as this puff is given to him graf
uitously, and as free will offering,
he will like it all the better. The
poor devil wants to be villain, but
he CAM. Nature and education have
fitted him out for a low lived whelp,
and he can't get any higher up than
that. He would be dirty dog if he
could, but an all-wise Providence
won't let him be more than NANCY
cur. If the gallent soldiers Of Wis
consin can let him live among them
after publishing such libe! upon
their patriotic services, have, per-
haps, no right to complain. But [
cannot let the occasion pass by with
out warning the Southern people
against any wretch who comes
among them to villifv, with his foul
tongue, the brave soldiers Of the
Union army, while he holds out his
dirty hand to collect from them, as
the price of his infamy, the few doll
lars which are left to them after the
ravages of war. The Southern peo>
pie to-day have no better friends in
the world than are to be found among
those men who followed the standard
Of the Union in the dreadful tour
years aftepSumter's fall. When men
from the North come among them
to SANDER those gallat fellows, let
them listen, if they will, but let them
devote this money to better pur-
pose than paying for the libel.