Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-07-17
Another ''Insect'' After Gree .
Extracts from a Business Letter. I


EXTRACTS from q Business LetteF.l
l see that JEFF. Davis is turned loose
on the community again Ifsuch dew
lis incarnate as JEFF. should not be pun
ished, what opinion must we form of
the acts of Samuel, the prophet, in
staying Agag, the king of Amalek p
The prophet said, "As thy sword hath
made women childless, so shall thy
mother be childless among women, +"
and he was executed. Has not JEFF.
Davis been the means of thousands Of
mothers becoming childless, and should
not he be punished? The man who
takes sides with such evil doers is a
partaker of their evil deeds. And
again, What shall we say of the Divine
procedure, as recorded in .he book of
Numbers, chapter l6? and ere the
rebels committed the first murder.
they committed treason against the
ordained government of Jehovah in
speaking against Moses and Aaron
And through the miraculous power OF
Jehovah the earth opened her mouth,
and the rebels, with all that spper-
tanned to them, sank instantaneously
down to he'll. And strange to say, the
very next day after witnessing this un-
heard of punishment, the Copperheads
of that day came to Moses and Aaron,
and "Ye have killed the people of the
Lord" But they lied, Just like the
Copperheads of our day. They said,
this is Old Abe Lincoln's War. Before
the setting of another sun, there was
over 1900 more of those ancient reb-
els slain by a special act of Eternal
Justice. Now who will doubt the
equity of Divine punishment? And
are not the rebels Of our day q hun
dred fold worse meni Where, in the
annals of the world, is it recorded that
there have been such repelling horrors
committed as in the South during the
war-horrors which for revolving
heartless atrocity, might make the
devil wonder and he'll recognize its
own likeness. And should not such
men be punishedf l say, shame on
my Government, or rather 1 should
say, shame on its administration
Horace Greeley, and every other man
who lent his influence to liberate JEFF.
deserves to be hung, because the same
spirit that promoted the rebellion in
huenced them. Where or when has
there q Government existed that has
extended such clemency towards its
deadly enemies as oursl The world
cannot produce a parallel. think it
as much the duty of the Government
to hang the leading rebels IS it was its
duty to sustain itself in the fiery ordeal
through which we passed. As old as
l am, 1 would be willing to join that
Andersonyille league, who organized a
few days ago and swore vengeance
against JEFF. l honestly confess that
l think he would not be safe in my
company. And now I viii give some
reasons why l entertain such views
l am free to say that next to salvation
of my own soul, 1 have priced the sal
walton of my country. In proof Of this
/ viii state some facts; my
father was soldier under Washing
ton. For over half century l have
been an Old Line Whig. At the COM
mencement of the rebellion had sew
en- cons; they all voted for Old Abe;
they, all seven, fought for him 81
they were all seven in the service at
one and the same time the aggregate
Of time Of their service perhaps would
be some sixteen or eighteen years
one was buried at Fortress Monroe
one was wounded at Atlanta one was
at Shiloh, There were three
in that battle); / cannot enumerate
the fights and fatigues they underwent;
and last, though not least, /, too, prof-
cred my service, but was respectfully
rejected by saying that my white hairs
placed an impediment in my way II
wished to ayenge the death of my son.
plead these facts in justification of
,he animosity 1 hold against JEFF. 1
confess have no sympathy with kill
Iheep dogs or rebels.
A word on our coming election. |
intend to vote for negro suffrage, or in
to expunge the word white. /
| was born in a slave State, and have
Ieen the evils of slavery. Nothing
made a happy slave but degraded |
nan. In proportion as the mind grows
,allous to its degradation, and all sense
# manly pride is lost, the slave feels
comfort. In fact, he is no longer a
nan; though living, he was dead as to
il voluntary agency. Though moving
mid creation with an erect form. and
With the shape sndsemblance of q hu-
nan being, he was nnllity as q man.
The mother had no more control over
Ter child, than e COW has over her calf.
'hese are some of the lesser evils of
lsVery. l think slavery a principle
ONE from the bottomless pit. He'll
as engendered it, the devil has be-
often it, and evil men have fostered
!. And now, as it has been abolished
through the logic of events, and We, as
people, have been punished for tol-
rating it, l think it our duty to do
way all its attendant evils lest worse
unishment befall. For the Bible
ays; "When the judgments of the
ord are abroad the people should
.arn righteousness" But" says
~ brother Democrat, ''if the darkies
ote, the women should vote also, and {
1en We would have lady Generals and '
Idy Representatives in Congress, &c"
Tomen suffrage is not an issue. But
erhaps a lady General on one occs- {
oD would have done we'll. l mean I
hen Mcclellan crossed 8 certain hsz- I
-dous swamp and gained a victory, 8
nd ordered an immediate retreat. If
3 had been = good tacticisn and fol- q
wed up his success, all would have {
zen we'll. But l think Grant would r
ot like to have a crinolipe General v
lt-rank him, Upon the whole, l think i
le ladies had better stay at home and 4
Ike care of the babies. v
As have taken your paper some 40 C
sars, and now if you think you can
APE it to suit my creed, here is 81 e
r your Weekly but as soon as you T
Vs aid or comfort to JEFF. and Co., l
n of like a pot-leg, want my money
funded aud your paper discontinued. n
Yours, as eyer, Fl
DANIEL Smith.
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