The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-04-10
From the iSouthern CuttirGtor
A Letter from Genes MuIlro.
MISSISSIPPI, Feb. 1867.

NliSSlSSlPIlj INCD. LCOI.
Mr.. Editur Thar ain mo use to deny
it, for its Jest as the poit said, some twen-
ty hundred yeres afore this here prcse at
writer, when he said, "times aint as they
uster was" No sir, when l kast my op-
tikal luminaries askant, and experience the
foatin' events what ar happenin ever and
anon, kontinually, Tm konstrained to
make use of the aforesaid potts language,
with felins kin ter mclankoly. Every
thing is changing, and l kant keep up
with 'cnl. We go from bad to badcr and
I'm altered there is worser still away
fernent the present. 1866 has disceasod
gone glimmering-bccn wound up and
slid silently back into the vast lumber
room. whar time draps as it wares out
taint even 'ssllool boys tail" Kould l
step back inter that thar aforesaid "room"
I'd pick up the yere '66 and wipe ont a
heap er things rccordcdagin Genes Mum
TO. Yes sir; don't know but I'd tear the
hole kontrapsion, from Krismus ter Kris
mus, and let IS run smooth into 67--skip-
pin 4th July, even. GLOW, % how az
the mighty fallinl" Butt all been did
now, and its too late TO cry after yer
BIS ar tore. Wisdom says mend um
quick, ter kiver yer nakidness-be more
kereful and tare en- no more.
1 wound up at the ender the yerc with
81 bales er kotten-havin spent 25 bales
ter make the 81. Now | have the 81 10
run me tbrou this yere. The nfggcrs
made but little, and made but little
but havin adopted the britchcs parable,
provcrb, er whatever it tis, am tryin it
ag,. and don't low TO give up yit--how-
ever, everything is a runnin kontrarJ-wise.
Tho't I'd ship ten bales or kotton to Mo-
bile tothcr da y, and hawled it ter the De-
po-a fcllcr kun up an said he had ter
way the kotton afore il kould go--that he
war government agent and somethin bout
rivernue. l told him it want government
kotton, but belonged to me and the mig
gers what made it. ALI the same, he said,
and wayed the hole OF it afore l konld X
plain thing about hit; then said that l
must fix up the taxes afore it konld git
on the kars
You kno I told yer I was tryin to quit
fghtin and kussin, SO | sot right down
thar all day, ter see if he done everybody
the same way, but he did, and l had to
give that thar chap nigh on to one hun
dred tor git the kotton released from
konfskasion, and get it on the kars. DO
they do your Georgy folks in this way
Mr. Editur? Has the North busted up.
and are, we carryin ON the Government by
taxin cotton? Somcthin is srong-thing's
ortcr be moro cquil on "the best Cover
mention the ycath." What sorter per.
duce have they got, they tax like kotton
May be we aint back in the Government
yit; but then yer kant make fellcr pay
the preacher aforc he iincs the church.
In so fur behind, kant understand their
changes I'm lookin fur tax on korn
and pertaters, next thing. When they
do that, blievc I'll quit the hole kontrap-
sion, go out an jine the injuns, whar thar
aint no laws, taxes, Government agents,
nor nuthin else, and every feller skuflles
for hissclf. Ter tax one set er folks and
not the tother, aint that konfishasion
Whar's the use CT calm it taxes. When
me and my folks lived on Little River,
Gcorgy, ! ulster to go to town-run my
han in my pocket, pull out few thrips
and bits, pay my taxes, get recipe, and
heard no more of taxes that ycre; but
now, out here, you kant sncczc thout
payin for it, and its that way all thro the
yero. Then, when krismus komcs, they
jest make a clean sweep, and take nigh
onto, all yer produce. Yer kant write Il
"One day after date" thout byin per-
mission and sticl1in it on. Has Missis-
sippi moved ter England? DO white
folks git anything out er the Civil Rights
Bill" If so, what civiltics, and whar ar
Yer rights? Ar "al men born free and
cquil as they ustcr was? Ifso, whar's
your freedom and yer cqul? Yer see I'm
so fur behind the times, [ kant locate my
sclf-bcicvc Tn lost. They say the mig
gers frcc-if so, know white folks az
sold, and we aint found out who we be-
long ter Just sloshin round loosc-stray
dogs thout anybody ter give us q bone.
Jerushacm! Wish u ycth quake would
komc-lnake big land slide of Atissis-
sipp, and land her away out yandcr in
the Ocean, sorLcr iland like. Somebody
woud want us then, reckon, thout 3 cents
on kotton. Then, if AIabammy and Geor-
gy begun ter crack all round and slide
slowly, wouldn't somebody wantto throw
on the grapplin' irons, and may be offer a
premium of3 cents on kotton. Whoop G
wouldn't ther be shakin er the dry
bones in Kongrcss, and bcllowin and
tarrn up CIR dirt by the Bulls on Wall
Street. Yer 5-20's would drap down to
1-nohtins, and grccnbacksberkomc thum
papers fur llollored children. This may
never komc TO pass-that is ter say, the
landslide; but that other things-i. c.,
"shal1in of dry bones" and thum papers
lis as certain MS Krismus, if things keeps
or goin on as they ar now. Aint the
goose most died whar laid the golden
aig? Aint Kongriss sittin on litter OF
foreign aigs, and hachin out things
never heard of afore? Don't the hole