Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-03-22

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! Sherman s till Rs anbody. They are ON
nelgh'ors aud oul friends, and il there is
| some bad men among 'eul there is enough
| of the good to make EN- do right So keep
| quiet and he easy, and the Union LeagueIs
are not goiug tn trouble Won, tt they want
! to save their own, il don't follow thrt thcy
want 10 steal vOttro
But Joseph l. afraid VIC can t stand NIL
! itary government Well, l know It's httIil-
| iatin", withcring. crushing, but we have
stood 1t, and can Try It a while longer. We
| can do it till we can do better Military
Government 2iut the cause OF cur poverty
and distress. It's a government higher
than Thomas OF Sherman or Sheridan Its
the loss Of crops and the want of rain. The
military never stopped the corn from grow
III, and there's Just Us much rain i'll one
platform as another. Ii the Good Lord
will only bless us with abundant larvests,
everything will go on smooth enough with
the humble and horest people who drive
the plow and hoe the corn. If they pros
per, everybody else will too, if they mind
their own business. We will have to quit
talking so much, and quit writing altogeth-
e. --muzzled lips and a gagged press. I've
done took warnin myself, and quit Had
my life insured in the Knickerbocker, and
the policy wont allow me to expose myself
to Jump IN so unnecessary peril. The mil
ltarY can out write Us anywhow. Folks say
the pen is mightier than the sword, but you
put EN- beth 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 Goin with Gen. Thomas
the other day, and only come out second
best. though it wasent an open field nor a
fair fight thought myself that 81 order
must be hoax, got up by Brick Pomeroy,
or somebody, and was lookin 1or the Gen
raj to come out in a card denying of it, but
l soon found that it was q genuine Robes
percan document. 7 still think his poster
Ity will deny it some 20 years hence.
Well, was mighty mad l would have
given hundred dollars to have played
Nantoun with him one hour, just to have
been turned loose in the papers, all free,
no gag, no jail, no barracks, no bayonets,
no guard. [ would have got such grin Oh
him tor the next six months as would have
made everybody except Brick Pomeroy for
get that Beast Butler stole spoons. ''Iiv-
ing on their magnanimity - [ tell you
that got me, that burnt me, when knew
there wasent enough magnanimity in ship
load of all such to support poor Reb
twcnty-four hours. E1agnnnimity My
opinion is they've lost the seed, and don't
know what the commodity is. was rs full
OF epltaph as BrownlOw is OF pisen. Ian
guage comes to me spontaneous regular
hidelifters, that would have peeled the
bark from mans carcass like skinnin an
alligator. But you see / was in the eau
tious state, and had to smother my feelings.
think [ should have gone up with spon-
taneOus combustion if my wife hadent
broke the spell with her comic scenes. She
is al amusin and interestin woman, but
much given to music in these days of nu-
merous and lively offspring, but just as
soon as order II come out she hunted up
the "gray jacket" and tie "conquered BAN
ney,' and jest such q solo soiree as I have
21 times week, was never heard in Big
Shanty before. She seems to take 81 de-
light in lettin the rebel flag on the title
page "geo the light" and ''1launts it
about Ill my face because ] call myself
Union man. She says that part of the Or
der Gen. Hauson's remains was founded
on scripture, and SO was Phil. Sheridan's
about Gen. Jchnston's, for Solomon says
in Ecclesiastes, that living dog is better
than dead lion" Ny opinion is that it
will be impossible to harmonic these wo-
men durin this century. Such orders as Il
Will cut off all hope Of it. I think if Gen.
Thon as hadent been ' rginian, he would
ent have issued it. I've noticed that when
Il Nirginian falls, lie falls heavy and fur
He gifts further over on the side agin us
than anybody. I've heard tha' the General
and Edward johnson were both powerful
secesh, and got mighty impatient because
the Old Dominion was SO slow IN moyin.-
The General said all the good officers would
be gobbled up before she seeded. Well,
they say old General Scott got hold OF 'em
about this time, and took EN- up in high
mountain and showed 'em a kingdom or
two, and the General fell down and wor-
shipped, and Ed. Johnson wouldent.
tell you my friends, man ought to be care
full about going up onto these dangerous
mountains, and this leads me to remark we
ought to petition Mr.. johnson to put over
Big Shanty General who stood square to
his State.
Hope for the best, my friends. Don't
imagine you see painters and injuns, be-
cause you are in Territory. Don't mis-
take Bureau track for bear sign. Don't
fear, it will be sickly, because Florida is
hitched on to our diggins. Attend to your
business, keep off Of high mountain. and
all will be well. [ would say more, but my
wifes music has begun.
Yours, respectfully,