Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-03-21
Pomeroy,s soiiioquy.

a Kentucky correspondent sends the
following to the Cincinnati Commercial,
concerning Pomeroy of the La Crosse
Democrat:
LEXINGTON, KY, July 10, 1865.
The rebel papers of Kentucky are pub
fishing various soliloquies written by
Brick Pomeroy, who edits dirty paper
I'm the Northwest. Here follows a solil-
oquy spoken by Pomeroy himself.
"BTick" PomerOy's lSOiiOqJiy. What
liar / am Humbug, cheat, toady,
knave, lickspittie and sneak know it;
the people know it God knows it,
Gredt God, ,Ciint n snob!
j, a Northern man yea, Connecticut
man, constantly reviling Yankees; con-
stantly Teviling my parents, my kinfolks,
and everybody whose bread have eaten;
every body who nursed me in helpless
infancy have lied on all sorts of occa-
sions in all sorts Of ways, and in all sorts
Of type. From my own depraved mind
/ have pictured my opponents. With
the slime which eXudes from my foul
tongue, have ! bespattcred my bettcrs. l
have beiouled my own nest TO obtain a
grin from the slave-drivers.
What dirty bird 7 dm.-When my
country was in peril, [ reviled her de
Tenders, and applauded her assassins.-
Too cowardly to become an active traitor.
] discouraged cnlistments in the Union
army. / tTaduced our Generals and ma
ligned our soldiers. i rejoiccd when the
great and good men of the nation died,
/ and l blasphemed Gods holy name to
! win respect for rebels.
! Did / Die d?-No! A thousand times
no. EveryIinstinct of my nature answers
in thunder tones: 20! They despisem me,
% s-l, .,.I
/ decent man, woman and child in the
! United States must despise me. Idespise
! myscf Give me some whisky; it browns
| the whisperings of conscience and dead
ems the stings of remorse.
! Aint | Il brick OF course am. Every
/ body calls me . Brick Pomeroy." IN q
brave man! do the dirty work which
others shrink from aghast. I am the
volunteer scavenger of the great Dem
ocratic party. / do its lying, its dirt
eating, and its pimping. But L am
Drawer than common bagnio pimps, 70.
they dare not publish their own shame
/ publish mine every day in the Dem.
ocrat, and people laugh at it.
oh! I'm q 6rick. III wonder what
made Prentice call me "brick.n Ha
ha! a brick! How people are hum
| bugged They take my paper.
! What JOr!-I know; they take it for
its monstrosity and indecency. They
take it on the same principle that they 90
to see five-legged calves and two-headed
babies. They want to see how deep q
! Connecticut Yankee can dive into the
cesspool of politics and bring up with hi,
teeth what decent man would not touch
with pole. They want to read my bias
phemous remarks about the death of tht
late President of the United States. They
like to see me crouch and crawl between
the legs of Southern men and lick the
dust from Southern feet. They like t.
read. my articles about Northern men
because they know / write from a cop,
indellibly stamped upon my own blacl
heart.
Bah! what sneak 1 am. A brick,
forsooth.
Yes, | am brick that ought to be laiC
in pavement, so that all upright being
could tread upon ME, and spit in my face
/ ought to be placed in 4 tlue Of u sOa]
factory, or broken into bats to throw a
mad dogs. on! what q detesfGbjc }?inll
lam! / am a libel upon mankind. an
living reproach to the mother that Dor,
me. | am q standing shame to tht
father who begot me. | am q chronic
disgust to the community in which
live. \ pimple on its nose. a louise il
its head. An ulcer in its ear. A rottel
tooth in its mouth. A stye in its eye
A wolypus in its nose. am its itch
its piles, its leprosy, and its .fstald IN aHo
In short, am Brick" Pomeroy.