Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-03-28
all such plunder to place ofsafetyl

Dlll, ii you nau billion OF millions o.
dollars, and enough nice furniture to fur
nish all of the country, New England
could steal it in four years; ami if New
England abolitiouists could not, the Kan.
sas saints and ives ern children oil aboli.
tionism could Hav'nt we prayed for
you in nearly all our churches? And
hav'nt We told you better? You wanted
to get out of the Unionl All Bill, States
once in never get out That is Whit we
always told you. All those friends OF
the great martyr told you SO. We went
to keep you in. We fought you at An
tietam, Pea Ridge, Gettysburg, Vicks-
burg, Fredericksburg, Shiloh, Mobilo,
Fort Donelson, and the devil only knows
where, to keep you in the Union. And
then we sent Christian missionaries down
there, Bill to recue your valuabes and re-
move them North for safety, you know
And We burnt down your houses, and we
took what food your wives and ehldred
had-and we sent your cotton to market
for you, you know Bill And we sent
three million men to war to k ep your
burned fellers in this happy Union. God
only knows how many of you folks we
killed, for one Northern man was always
good for five Southern men, to say
nothing about mules, niggers, cotton and
keepsakes. And, Bill, we have stepped
into some little debt on your account
You see, Bill, cotton was too cheap Rice
was too cheap. Sugar was too cheap
Tobacco was too cheap Gold and silver
were too cheap Happiness was too
cheap. Our national debt was too small
1t was costing too much keep that negro
boarding house of yours, so we remedied
taat by killing your niggcrs or giving
them the benefit Of liberty, rugs, old bones
and aboltiOnism. And we make your
cotton more valuable. And, Bill, we en-
hanced the price of everything for you,
and made demand lor carpenters and
house builders down there. You forget
how we have benefited your wicked coun-
try, Bill, or you would not Arp SO CON
tinually on imajinary evils
And we did all this to keep you in the
Union. We sent old John Brown, peace
to his ashes, fresh from stealing horses
in Kansas, to atone for his sins by rescu.
ing negroes from your grasp in Virginia.
And for this little pleasantly on the part
Of one Of our martyrs-of our illuminat-
ed title pages to history, you never thank
ed us as you should. And didn't we
throw some few iron into Charleston har-
Dor? The water Of that pool will be a
good tonic for years, Bill. And didn't
Curtis save your cotton? And didn't
Butler save your gold and protect your
And didn't Banks save the
Red River property? And didn't two
hundred and eighteen of our generals get
rich as mud from finding thing you folks
had lost? And is there not household
after household of keepsakes up North,
picked up in the woods and on wood piles
by our army chaplins, and our moral boys
while you were trying to kill those ofour
'olks who wanted to visit you and keep
your souls from hell
Bill, you are ungrateful And then
lid'nt we keep this war up till the States
we're all back in the Union ? And did,
We go to war and keep your doggoned
States from going out of the Union ?
And didn't we act magnanimous, and as
Don as the war was owe unite in saying
hat you were out of the Union? Real
y, Bill, it seems as if you had it all your
'wn way This war had proved success.
\ brilliant success. We were bound to
,ush it through in ninety days, and we
hould but for your stubborness. All I
Ve wanted was niggers, and your cotton, t
nules, furniture, silver ware, and such
id tricks, which you folks could buy !
nuch better than we possibly could, for
ou had more money. 1t was wrong to
teal. This war was to preserve the Un- s
IN. Everybody said so. The Union '
as been preserved-so much for US.