The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-03-23
From thu Rome Courier.]
Bill Arp on the Situation.
ROME, Bio snAxrY TEnn,ronY, No. 3,

iMF. ED1TON NY NtcHIIOn WAS " AdFc
remained in digaiicd obscurityTthc small ROM
nant of my miserable days, but my friends Bob
Hide, Sam MyCrackin, Tip and other rcspec-
table gentlemen of all sexes and both colors,
seem to be dishcycled about the times, and
insist on my views about the nomcntous state
of our sufferin country The good people in
ATLANTA have got shaky in the knees, and its
the duty Of every good citizen to keep the dis
case from sprcadin if he can. Il haven't been
to Washinton nor been playing sentinel on Il
! watch tower, but my observation convinccs mc
there is power of fuss on hand about some
Bill Sherman ovcrrun the country.and destroy
cd and carried away our property and now his.
brother John is fnishin up the job by robbin
us of the rights and liberties our forcathcrs
won General Thomas is playin Vantoum with
his 21 orders-puttin harmless boys i'll the
barracks for tablcauin with an old rebel flag
accusin us of NIL the crimes in the dccaloguc:
, such as murder, larceny, rape, arson, burglary,
bigamy, perjury and suicide, THROWN up i'll our
teeth the n,agnaamHy Of orr con9"cro's, as
bcin our safoty valve from dcnth and Bcclzlc-
/. bub i. Good gracio,,s! What an awful people
VIC are And now comes Joseph, the sentinel.
with his long-windcd message of consolation.
tclln us how VIC may Hoc from the wrath to
.comc-skccrin the pcoplcto death, and gcttin
everything in stew What made him in such
Il hurry? why didcut he keep silence for u few
!. days until the veto was signed, and the bill
was passed? Why didcnt he give Mr. jenkins
a chance? If the times was SO pcrilous why
/ Gidcnt he go and sec DIr. jenkins. and give
him his opinion i'll private and save all this cx-
citcmcnt? Mr.. jenkins is Governor; he is
the sentinel OH the watch tower; he's the pilot
OF the old ship he's the peoples choice lIc
can call tho Legislature when It's necessary
II he is in doubt about it, he can consult with
Lumpkin and Cobb and I'LL and Cooper, and
IIardcmun and Gibson, and Byoma and decide
what ought to be done, and the people will b.,
satisfied. But while the ship is i'll II storm let
all the deck hands keep silence. The word
will come from the Captain soon enough May
be that Joseph feels sortcy responsible for the
fix he's got us in May be he's repentin for
the didos he cut up, and the seeds Of discord
he sowcd during the war but l doubt it.
,l0n't think his ambition or his vanity secs any
thing but his Importance. 1t looks like
he thought the Capital was moved to Atlanta.
and he was Governor still. He's afraid Tie
big thing happens, omd lite Jctlre, he clutches
tho occasion-scizcs the opertunity, delivers
his message, stirs-np the people, sets the Gate
City i'll tcrmcnt gets his name III the Lc'wM
and Tribune. Joo Brown, whale. biz leader,
conspicuous, fame, history, Mr.. Jenkins no
where, Millcdgcvillc gone up, Joseph Il. run
min the machine, i'll Atlanta!
Well, l don't know what is at the bottom Of
all this but am afraid that while Joseph was
in Washington somebody carried him onto Il
high mountain, and showed him Kingdom or
!, two, and he fell down and worshippcd. These
little Kingdoms that man sometimes sees from
the top Of q mountain arc mighty demoralizing
But notice that all this fuss which Joseph
has kicked up is confined to the towns and
cities, where heap of folks live, who haven't
got L uch ofanything to do. The farmers don't
know much about it and care less; the whole
concern is a God-scnd to some folks. know
All old worn-out politician, who has been poking
around for six months, trying to revive the
Democratic party for livin and now he's in
his clement. Parties are iormin, and the old
hack is in his glory. He's sorter like the Ac'-
Era as yct-hc wont take sidc he wont join
issue, he wont commit himself, he's kccpin an
opcn-,xar as the Era says CT wish that paper
would take an astringcnt.) But, my friends.
we've got nothing to be ashamed Of Since
the war our pursuits have been peaceful and
honorable. We necdcnt humiliatc, ourselves
through fear of what humankind can do to lis.
If the Radicals intend to confiscatc us, they
will do it, and no acceptance of Shcrmans bill
will prevent it, If thcy want our cabbagcs,
they arc goin to have 'cm. If they will ride
over one law, they will over another. If they
disregard Mr.. Johnsons great argument, they'll
disregard anything. | don't know how it is
generally, but there amt an unpardoncd rebel
1, in this county, and il they confscatc they have
got to declare the pardons all void. Nobody
knows what thcv wont do or when thcy will