Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-05-30
d Northern copperhsad Hfs
Meanness = What Southern
Soldiers think of them.

Solul6lS tnluk ot bnem.
A correspondent of the Gin. Com
travelling South, in late letter from
Montgomery, Ala, refers to one o.
cur Northern copperheads, in tn.
following extract, which explains
itself. This Brick Pomerey is the
meanest Of all our copperheads; still
not SO mean but what good many
of the same class in Gallia County
take his paper in preference to any
other. By their company shall ye
know them.
The other day 1 noticed in one of
the news stores in Macon, a litho-
graph about o foot square in size,
posted up as an advertisement for
the La Cresse (Wis.,) Democrat,
Brick Pomerey's paper. In the cen
ter was an ''imperial" sized likeness
of Pomeroy, with sever thine" and
the autograph of the egotistical ass
underneath. Above and around
this were six war pictures, all in
tended as abusive slanders of the
Union soldiers, and the cause they
served. One was entitled, "How
they Restored the Union," and rep
resented a couple of Federal soldiers
hating wagon loaded with cotton,
and putting pistol to the head of
the negro driver. Another was
"Going to get Legacy for his Chill
dren." Under this caption there
was Union soldier, about to leave
home with his knapsack on his back,
and his wife and children around him
bidding him farewell. Opposite to
this was the Legacy he Left"
which was presented to the observer
in an old, lame man, surrounded by
squalid and want stricken family,
with grief and despair on every
countenance. l have forgotten
what the other three pictures were,
but those l have spoken of will suffi-
ciently indicate their character. A
one-armed Georgian to whom 1 had
previously been introduced, happen
ed to come along at the time, and
pointing to the infamous libel, 1 ask
ed him what he thought of it, and
what he thought of the filthy wretch
who, living in State that sent sc, 900
soldiers into the Union army, would
print such thing. "Well," said he
stranger. to tell you the truth l
think that ere fellow would do
most anything that's mean. l am
Southern man, and while the war WAS
going On, was the biggest rebel
you ever saw. 1 don't like the Yam
KEGS very well now, but the Yankee
SOLDIERS deserve better than that,
even from us rebels, let alone a
Northern man. | lost my arm on
the skirmish line at Kennesaw. The
man that shot NE was on foot, and /
was on horseback. 1 rode up to
the length of this room of him. He
had q Spencer rifle and l had car
Dine. thought l had him sure
Surrender says l. Go to hell,
says he, and bizz came a ball that
knocked my horse from under me-
got behind tree, and loaded my
gun, and came at him on foot. Sur
'ender,' says I. Meier a time,
says he. I've got four leads in this
life yet, and when / shoot them out,
I'll bust your head with the butt end
'f it, He blazed away at me, and
hot me in the elbow. So 1 had to |
give it up, and get to the rear. Now
hat man was no coward, and al
hough he knocked my arm off, if l |
,ould come across him to-day I'd
axe a big drink with him, and treat |
lin like q gentleman, for he was a
rood soldier; and now, that the war
5 over, there is no men-in the North
We like so well as Yankee soldiers.
f they only leave reconstruction to
he soldiers on both sides, we'd fix
up among ourselves mighty quick.
saw that fellow pointing to Pome
oy's picture of himself, when he
vas down here last winter. When /
Ieard him talk, l made up my mind
hat he was a id coward, or he'd
ave been fighting on our side in the
var. But he wanted Us to take his
'aper, and good many of US did it.
lie said Ben. Butler had sued him for
and we must help him out.
didn't want to have anything to do
nth him, but my wife told me / must
i've him few dollars to go to law
nth Butler-for you know the wo-
len down here all hate Butler like
he devil" / Istopped the Georgian's
ow of conversation just here to tell
i'm that Pomeroy was base born
Jar, and that Butler never thought
f sueing such beggar as he, be-
ause he knew the old proverb, that
you sue a beggar you'll catch a
'rick Pomeroy. l then asked him
that. would be done to Southern
ian who, living in Georgia, should
ublish such "pictures" about Geor
ia soldiers. 'Well," said he, 1--WE
youldn't stand it long. I guess the
elbow would be missin' very quick;
nd when the cid woman rang the
reakfast bell some fine morning, he
rouldn't come to time. We'd make
hort werk of him, you can bet" He
ras very much surprised that Peme-
oy was allowed to live in the North,
though" said he, "we'd rather he'd
G there than here, for we have ne
Sc for him. We think more of old
ohm Brown than we do of such crit
srs as he is; for old John was a brave
ian, and died like soldier, and
QUILL find that the Southern people
ave more respect for the men they
ought than for the fellows up North
'ho told US they would help us out
nd then stayed up there like cow
rJs."
REcovERY-"Pray, man, what DO
on charge for recovering an umbrel,
a?" said Michael O'Flaherty, OF