Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-03-22
rroul the Rome (Ga.) Courier.
BILL ARP on THE SITTATI0N.
RoNE, BIG SHANTy TERRITORY, No, ;, !
March Sth 81. /

EoNE, BIZ, SHANTy TERRITORY, No, ;,
March 8th, 'G7. {
N. Editor: Ny intention was 10 have re.
manned in Identified obscurity tie small
remnant Of my miserable days, bat my
friends Bob Hide, Sam McCrackin, Tip and
other respectable gentlemen pt all sexes
and both colorS seem to ]3g di6heVcled
about the times, and insist nil luy views
about the momentous state 81 our suiterin
country. Tie good people il AtlaHt;, have
got shaky in the kIt.~. and - the dut.- OF
every good citizen to keep tie disease from
spreadin if he can. ] haven't been 10 Wash
ington, nor been playing sentinel on a
watch tower. but ms obsti H.tl.,'t conyinces
me there is q poNCr III II, -: hand about
something Politics look Sgsta:tY and liar
min. Bill Sherman ore:run the countr,
and destroyed and carried away cur prop
erty, aud now his brother john is fnishil.
up the job by robbin us Of The rights and
liberties our forefathers won. Gen. Thorn
as is playing Vantoun with his 81 orders
putting harmless boys III the barracks fO1
tableauin with an old rebel tiag-accusin
US of all the crimes in the decalogue: such
as murder, larceny rape. arson. burglary,
blgamy, perjury and suicide. THROWN up III
our teeth the nl0g3ld!lln1itu Of orT' cOu4He1OrS
as belu oursafety valve from death and Becl
zlebub. Good gracious What an awfu
people we are. And now comes Joseph,
the sentinel. with his long winded message
of consolation, tellin rs how we may fee
from the rath to coine-skeorin the people
to death, and gettin everything in a stew
What made him in such hurry why did
ent he keep silence for few days until the
veto was signed, and the bill was passed :?
Why dident he give Mr.. Jenkins a chance :?
TT tho tiD1aC Voc co 1lnr,i1o71S 7-lu JiSap% ba
go and see NEr. Jenkins, and give him his
opinion in private and save all this excite
ment Mr.. Jenkins Is the Governor; he is
the sentinel on the watch tower: he's the
pilot Of the Old ship; he's the peoples
choice. He can call the Legislature when
its necessary. If he is in i0nht about it,
he can consult with Lumpkin aud Cobb
and Hill and Cooper, and Hardenlan and
Gibson, and BJ'orn, and decide what ought
to be done, and the people viii be satisfied.
But while the ship is in storm let all the
deck hands keep silence. The word will
come from the Captain soon enough. May
be that Joseph feels sorter responsible for
the fix he's got us in. May be he's repen-
tin for the didcs he cut up; and the seeds
of discord he sowed during the war; but !
vanity sees anything but his own impor-
tance. It looks like he Thought the Capitol
was moved to Atlanta, and he WAS Cover
nor still. He's afraid the people will think
he's dead, and just as soon as Il big thing
happens, 01td u lM5e bcfore, he clutches the
occasion-seizes the opportunity, delivers
his message, stirs up the people, sets the
Gate City in fcrment gets his name in the
Herald and the Tribune. Joe Brown, a
whale, big leader, conspicuous, fa1oe, his
tory, Mr. Jenkins nowhere, Alilled5eville
gone up. Joseph E. runnin the machine in
Atlanta
Well, ] don't know what IS at the bottom
of all this, but am afraid that while Jo-
seph was in Washington somebody carried
him up onto high mountain, and showed
him d Kingdom OF two, and he fell down
and worshipped. These little Kingdoms
that q man sometimes sees from the top OF
q mountain are mighty tlomoralizing.
But I notice that I'LL this fuss which
Joseph has kicked up is confined to the
towns and cities, whore heap of folks live,
who haven't got much Of anything to do
The farmers don't know much about it and
care less; the whole concern is god-send
to some folks. I know an old worn-out
politician, who has been poking around for
six months, trying to revive tho Democratic
party for a livin, and now he's i'll his
element. Parties are formin, and the old
hack is in his glory. He's sorter like tie
Ne,C Era as yet--he wont take side, he
wont join issue, he wont commit himself,
he's keepln On open rear as the Era says Il
wish that paper would take an astringentl.
But, my friends, we've got nothing to be
ashamed Of Since the war our pursuits
have been peaceful and honorable. We
incident humiliate ourselves through fear
of what mankind can do to us. If the Rad
o1o inko 70 In !
and no acceptance of Sherman's bill will
prevent it. If they want our cabbages.
they are going to have 'em. If they will
ride over one law, they will over another.
If they disregard Mr.. Johnson's great ar
gument, they'll disregard anything. | don t
know how it is generally, but there aint an
unpardoned rebel in this county, and if
they confscate they have got to declare the
pardons all void Nobody knows what they
won't do, Or when they will quit doing it,
and my advice is to suffer and be strong, en-
dure everything and accept nothing. All
is lost save honor hold up your man
hood, don't lick the hand that's raised to
strike the blow. Joe Browns banner says
"all islost save honor, and that is only tolera-
BILE thank you, it grows puny and weak :"
He says, We can have representation IN
Congress- Who by? A man who can take
vote. Who wants such representation?
How long before he would jine the Radi-
Gals and go in for confscation? If he con-
trolled the nigger vote he'd promise 'em
land or anything else. Demagogues have
always controlled the ignorant whites, dem
agogues will control the ignorant blacks.
Who controls the niger influence in Ten
nessee?-why, Brownlow and his party.
Tennessee has done just what Joe Brown
wants US to do, and now look at her and
weep "a niger candidate running for
Governor.
But suppose we had representation, and
had elected all good men, fair men, Just
men, what could they do for us just
nothing at all With the present Radical
majority al our votes wouldn't ando any
thing that has been done, and with Rad
ical President they could do as much more
as they pleased. Just let EN- all alone,
give em rope, more rope; historyis repeat
ing itself. the crisis will come sometime,
tyranny and oppression must run its course
Joe Browns programme won't stop it
One of his resolutions made my head SWIM
[ felt like taking chloroform He would
make the whole Yankee nation believe we