Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-03-29

confscate they have got to declare the par
dons all void. Nobody knows what they
wont do, or when they will quit doing it, ane
my advice is to suffer and be strong, ell
dure everything and accept nothing. All i
lost save honor; hold up your manhood, don
4 lick the hand that's raised to strike the blow
Joe Browns banner says ssall is, lost save
i honor, and that's only tolerable I thank you
it grows puny and weak" He says we car
have representation in Congress, Who by
A man who can take. the test oath and con.
troll the niger vote. Who wants such {
representation How long before he would
jine the Radicals, and go in for confscation
If he controlled the bigger vote he'd promise
'em land Or anything else. Demagogues have
have always controlled the ignorant whites
demagogues will control the ignorant blacks.
Who controls the niger influence in Tennes-
see? why, BroWnlow and his party Ten
.nessee has done just what Joe Brown wants
us to do, and now look at her and weep la
niger candidate running for Governor.
But suppose we had representation, and
elected good men, fair men, just men. what
could they do for US? Just nothing at all.
With the present Radical majority all our
votes wouldn't undo anything that has been
done, and with Radical President they
could do as much as they pleased just let
em all alone, give 'em rope, more rope his
tory is repeating itself. the crisis will come
some time, tyranny and oppression must run
its course, Joe Browns programme wont
stop it, One of his resolutions made my
head swim felt like taking cAloroform. -
He would make the whole Yankee nation be-
lieye we loved 'em like brothers, and wanted
EN- to come out South and let US hug 'em
Well, all that sort Of stuff is played out
There amt a hundred men in the State that
has any more respect for q Radical than
hyena, and Joe Brown knows it. But the
good Lord knows our hearts, and how fondly
we cling to those moderate men Of the mighty
North who would save us from the humila-
ton that awaits us. Let a kind word be
spoken to a subjugated reb, and the warm
blood qulckens in the veins.
Oh, but here are the Union Leaguers,
somebody says, what are they goin to do
with Us? Never mind my friends, the
Union Leaguers amt goin to burt nobody
They are made Of flesh and blood like we are,
and they arc citizens, and their fate will be
our fate. They are as much disguised at
Sherman's bill as anybody. They are our
neighbors and our friends, and if there is
some bad men among 'em, there is enough
of the good to make 'em do right Sc 1-~-r
quiet and be easy, and the Union Leaguers
are not going to trouble you. Ii they want
want to steal yours.
But Joseph is afraid we can't stand a mil
itary government Well, I know its humil
iating, whitening, crushing, but we have
stood it, and can try it a while longer. We
can do it till we can do better. Military
Government amt the cause Of our poverty
and distress. Its a government higher than
Thomas, or Sherman or Sheridan. Its the
loss Of crops and the want of rain. The
military never stopped the corn frcm CROWN,
and there's just as much rain in one platform
as another. IF the good Lord will only bless
us with abundant harvests, everything will
go on smooth enough with the humble and
honest people who drive the plough and hoe
the corn. IF they prosper,f everybody else
will too, if they mind their own business.
We will have to quit talking SO much, ana
quit writing altogether muzzled lips and
gagged press. I've done took warnin my
self, and quit. Had my life insured in the
Knickerbocker, and the policy wont allow
me to expose myself, to jump in no unneces-
sary peril The military can out write US
anyhow. Folks say the pen is mightier than
the sword, but you put 'cm both together.
and they'll flank a man out of his liberty, and
may be his life in double quick The Mayor
Of this town had little billet dom with Gen.
Thomas the other day, and only come out
second best, though it wasent an open field
nor fair fight. I thought myself that q
order must be a hoax, got up by Brick Pom
eroy, or somebody, and was looken for the
General to come out in card denyin Of it,
but soon found that it was a genuine Rope
sperean document still think his posteri-
ty will deny it some twenty years hence.
Well, I was mighty mad. [ would have
given hundred to have played Vantoun
with him one hour, just to have heep turned
loose in the papers, all free, no gag. no Jail,
no barracks, no bayonets, no guard. L
would have got such a grin on him for the
next six months as would have made every
body except Brick Pomeroy forget that
Beast Butler stole spoons. Living on their
magnanimity p | tell you that got me,
that burnt me, when [ knew there wasent
enough magnanimity in ship load of all
such to support a poor Reb "a hours
Magnanimity! My opinion is they've lost
the seed, and don't know what the commod-
ity is I was as full of epitaph as Brownlow
is of pisen. Language comes to me sponta-
neous; regular hidelifters, that would have
peeled the bark from a mans carcass like
SHINING an alligator. But you see was
in the cautious state and had to smother my
feelings. think l should have gone up
with spontaneous combustion if my wife
hadent broke the spell with her comic scenes.
She is an amusing and interestin woman,
but much given to music in these days of
numerous and lively offspring, but just as
soon as order 81 come out she hunted up
the "gray jacket" and the conquered ban
ner," and jest such a solo soiree as | have
81 times week, was never heard in Big
Shanty before She seems to take delight
in lettin the rebel flag on the title page. see
the light, Land 'faunts it about" IN my face
ha,,co oaU myself q JIniOn man She