The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-03-27
From the Rome Courier
BILL ARP OH THE SITUATION.
RoME, Bro SHgHrr T-.as-pRy. No. 4,
March Stb, 1867.

nave remained In dignined obscurity the
smah remnant OF my miserable days, but
my friends Bob Hide, Sam McCrsckin,
Tip and other respectable gentlemen Of Ill
ssxs' and both colors, seem to be dishev
eied about the times, and insist on my
views about the momsntou,'state Of our
sutierin country. The good people in
Atlanta have got sbaky 10 the knees, and
Its the duty OF every good citizen to keep
the disesse from spresdiu il he can. l
haven't been to Washiu,on, nor been play
ing sentinel on q watch tower, but nv
observation convnces me there is power
Of fuss on hand about something. Poll
sies look squally ssd alarmiu. Bill Shsr
man o'errun the country aud destroyed
and carried away our property, and now
his brother John is fiuishn up the job by
Robin US OF the rights and !berlie. our
forefatberS won. General Thomas is play,
10 Vantoun with bis 2l orden-put,in
harmless boys in the barracks for tabIssuin
with an old rebel fag-accusio us Of all
the crimes in the dscslogue: such as
murder, larceny, rape, arson, burglary,
bigamy, perjury and suicide, throwiu up
In our :ee'h the n,agnanimhy Of our con.
querors, as bsin our safety valY. from
death and Beslzlebub. Good gracious
What an awful people We are. Aud how
somss Joseph, the sentinel, with bi. lor G.
winded message Of consolation, tellin u.
how We may flee from the wrath to como
-skeerin the people 10 death, and gettin
everything in stow. What made him
IN such hurryi why ddent he keep
silence for a few days until the veto WAS
hgn"d, and tho bill was passed Why
d'dent hegivs Mr.. jenkins a chance =
IL the times was SO perilous, why did en-,
he 60 aud see Mr.. Jenkins. and give him
his opinion in private. and save all this
sxcitsmentf Mr.. jenkins 10 the Cover.
nor ; he is the sentinel on the watch
tower; he's the pilot ofthe old ship I; be's
the peoples choice. He can call the Leg
i'lsture when its necessary. n he 10 in
doubt about il, he can consult With Lump
kin and Cobb. and Hill and Cooper, and
Hsrdsman and Gibson. and Bro,rn, and
decide what ought to be doas, and tae
people will be satisfied. But while the
ship 10 in = stofm let ail.ihe deck hands
keep silence. The word will come from
the CsPtAiu soon snoueh. Nav be that
Joseph feels .or,er responsible for The fix
he's got US in. Nay be he. rspso,in Tor
the didos he cut up, and the seeds Of die
cord he sowed during the war; but
doubt il. don't think his ambilios or
his vanity sees any ything but bis own i'm.
portancs. II looks like he. thought the
Capital was moved to Atlanta, and no
was Governor still. ds's afraid tho peo
pie will think hss dead, and JUST a, soon
o. big thing happens. and a lille before,
no clutches the occasion-,sizss the op.
Po'tunity. delivers HE message, stirs up
tie people. sets the Cato City 10 . fer
msnt, ge.s bis name. in the Herald God
Tribune. Joe Brown, a whale, Dig .etd.
o.. conspicuous, fame. history, Mr.. Jsnkiu,
nowhere, hillsdgs'ills gone up. Joseph
+ runnin the machine, 10 Atlanta
well, I dol't kcow what 70 At tas DO,
tom Of all THE, bu. am afraid that while
Joseph ~m 10 Washington somebody
carried him onto . high mountain, and
showed him Kingdom or two, asd he
fell down and vo'shippsd. These little
Kingdoms that = man sometimes sess
from the top ofa mountain are mighty
dsmoralizing.
But ! aotice that all this fuss which
Jossph has kicked up h confined 70 the
town and cities, where . heap Of folk,
live, who haven't got much Of anything tc
do. The farmers don't know much aboa,
!: ssa csse lsss; The -hol4 eonee-. j. .
God send 10 some folt-. know sn old
wo,n'out politician. who has been pokisp
around for elk months, trying TO rssiv,
the Democratic parry for livio. and nov
he's in his element Psrtis. are formip
and the old hack Is in his glory. He,
sortsr like the Nes Era a. yss-hs won
take . side. hswont join issue, he ~op
commit himself, hes ksspiu an opr. rsa,
A. the Era says I wish that paper would
take sn astriugset) Bot, uy friends
we've got nothisg to be ashamed off,
Since the wsr our pursuiis have beer
psscsfal and honorable. We nsedsnt
humiIisis ourselves through fear Of VIA,
bumaokipd can do TO us. II the Radical.
io.snd to eona.es.s Ne. they will do it
and no acceptance Of Shssuisns bill vii