Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1867-03-29
From the Rome (G".) Courier.
BILL ARP ON THE SITUATION.
ROME. BIC SHANTY TERnIroRY. No. 3.
March Slh, 1867.

March 9Th, 1867.
Mn. Enron: NV intertion was to have
remained in digniied "t'scu'ity the small
remnant Of my miserable DAYS, but my
friends Bob Hide, Sam MrCrarkiu, Tip. and
other respectable gen,I,n-n Of all SEXES
and hoth c"lors, seem to- lie dish,vr!e'l
about the timrs, and insist on my views
about the m"men,ous state of our suff,in
country. The good people in A,Ian:a have
got sl'aky in the knees, and its the duty
Of every good citizen 10 keep the disease
from tp'eadin If lie can. l haven't been
to Washington, nor been playin sentinel
on watch tower, but my observation con
vinccs me there isa power of fuss ON hand
about something. Politics look sqnalIy and
alarnin. Bill Sherman ovcrrun the coun-
try and destroyed and carried away our
property, and now his brother John is fin
ishn up The job by Robin us Of The rights
and Iiherics our forefathers won. General
Thomas is playiu Vantoun with his 2l or
ders-pu'lin harmless boys in the barracks
for tableauin with All old rebel Hag-ac-
cusin us Of all the crimes III the decaopuc;
such as murder, larceny, rape, arson, bur
glary. higamy, perjury and suicide, THROWN
up i'll our teeth the nsngnanimity Of our
conqucrors, as helm our safety valve from
death and Beelzcbub. Good gracious
what an awful people we are. And now
comes. Joseph, the sentinel, with his long
wnded message Of consolation, telliu us
how we may flee from the wrath to come
-skeerin the people to death, and geltin
everything in stew. What made him in
such hu:rys why dident he keep silence
for few days, until the veto was signed,
and the hill was passed Why didcnt lie
give Mr.. jenkins chance2 II the times
was SO perilous, why dident he go and see
Mr.. Jenkins, and give him his opinion in
private, and save all this excitement Mr..
Jenkins is the Governor he is the sentinel
on the watch lower; he's the pilot, of the
old ship; he's the peoples choice lie can
call the Legislature when its necessary. 1t
lie is III doubt about it, he can consul. with
Lumkin and Cobb, and Hill and Cooper,
and unrdeman aud Gibson, and Bro,un,
and decide what ought to I've done, and the
people will le satisfied. But willie the
ship is in storm let all the deck hands
keep silence. Tho word will come from
The captain soon enough. May he lha,
Joseph feels s"r,er responsible for the fix
he's got us in. May lie he's rerentin for
the didos he cut up and the seeds of discord
he sowe'l durin the war; but I doubt it.
I don't lhii k his ambition or Lis vanity
secs anything hut his own Importance. Il
looks like he thought the Capital was
moved TO Atlanta. and lie was Governor
still. Hes afraid the people will think he's
dead, ard just as soon as l'ig thing hap
pens, and lille before, he clutches the oc.
casion -seizss the opportunity, delivers his
message. stirs up The people, sets the Gate
City III ferInent, gets his name in the
Herald and the Tribune. Joe Brown,
whale, big leader, conspicuous, fame, his
tory. Mr.. Jenkins nowhere, Miledgevil'e
gone up, Joseph E. runnin The machine, in
Atlanta |! !
Well, don't know what is at the bot,
tom Of all this, hut am afraid that while
Joseph was in Washington somebody car
ried him up onto high mountain, and
showed him kin adom or two, and he
fell down and worshipped. These little
Kingdoms that a man sometimes sees from
the top OF mountain are mighty demor-
alizing.
Blu, notice that all this fuss which Jo-
seph has kicked up is confined to the towns
and cities, where heap Of folks live, who
haven't got much Of anything to do. The
farmers don't know much about it. and
care lesa-the whole concern is god.send
TO some folks. I know an old worn-out
politician who bns been ;poking around for
six months, tryin to revive the Democratic
p"rty for Twin, and now he's in his ele-
ment. Parties are formin, and the old
hack is in lis glory. He's sorter like the
Ne'0 Erie as yet-be wont take a side. he
wont join issue, he wont commit himself
hes keepin an open rear! as tie. Era Says.
Il wish that paper would take an ss.rin-
gent But my friends we've got ;nothin
to be ashamed of Since .llie war anr pur.
suits have ave been peaceful and honorable.
we incident bdmiliate ourselves tl,roug 81,
'ear ef what Humankind can do 10 US. II
the Radicals intend to eep6sca.e US, they
viii DO It, and no acceptance of Sherman. |.
bftl VIM preventit. M,tb.y want 81 our cab.
bsgss hsy are. .goin:to have EN-. = iiilisy
Will ride ever one. lag, they 4sill. l.oysr, an
|. other. IL they disreoard NJ, J,h,.Ss,.