The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1868-10-24
EXTRACT FROM0NE. .OF BRICK
POMEROYpS q SPEECHES.,

" VI uS OllCs AAkAAN 1oAAAN e HANNb hlNAl
I've the habit Of sometimes telling a
story. ,-..,,.. .r.r .v1....
ner, on my way to the office, ! saw
on the street a one.armed soldier.
He was a Republican, he told me,
seven We rs ago. / asked him how
he lost his arm he said fighting at
Cold Harbor. l asked him how he
got along now he said not very
we'll. He had a hand-organ that he
was carrying. lie was procuring the
means of suhsisting for himself, wife
aud two children. | walked along
with him to the front Of my office,
and asked him to give me tune.
He had been a soldier; he had fought
to save the country; he was q white
man, and thought he was friend
of music. He dropped the Rand-or-
gan on its stick, and ! saw on the top
Of hts hand-organ piece Of paper,
which read that Charles Smith had
paid the United States SO for the
privilege Of grinding this organ one
year from the 18th Of last May.
Laughter and applause. ett
/ asked him If he had paid that
license, and he replied that he had,
"Did you fight to save your coun-
try?n
"Did You lose your arm in bat
tie ?n ..
Eyes, sir" i58Il~ EtG#-
"Did you say you were a Republi-
can when you went into the army ,"
"I was"
"Are you Republican now ."
"NO, sir. r ...- ..... ......
And he swore. presume he learn
ed 1t in the army or Of Ben Wade.
Laughter. aT.. r .uH.
"Give It's tune, and I'll pay you
for it?n ss
He commenced grinding out of
that poor and very dilapidated organ
that beautiful tune, "Away down
South in Dlxie.n / like that
tuneI stood and listened to it, and
dropped into his organ what few
pennies had, l said, play it again.
He played 1t once more.
"Do you say you were a soldier ? -
Cos Olls. E'H
"Have you paid licensc?"
"I have" Et-n.E1 tHr
"What will you take to stand in
front of my office every day this week
from one o'clock till four ~ .al#
II will play it for two dollars per
day. ... q a.... I.a..
| said, that is all right. You are
a soldier. / like you better because
you are a Democrat. | like you still
better because you were a Republic
can, and are honest enough to see
that you were wrong. | will give
you the two dollars. He seated him
self upon the curbst0ne in front of
my Office, and for a-half hour, while
stood in the office door laughing, he
was grinding, Away down South
in Dixie.n Itwas a very nice little
tune. An old gentleman came along
and says, when are you going to
change that2n He said, ~ don't
know. That gentleman has hired
me to play this one tuue.n In the
same Building thatI am the gentle
man of whom | hire the premises
has an office. In a short time, look
| ing out of the window, he saw u
crowd there. He came down stairs
and told this fellow to "moye on, or
You will attract crowd You are
getting up nuisance.p He saidt ~
cannot move on. Tam hired to stay
heren "Who hired you2n "This
fellow who runs this newspaper
heFe.n II don't want you to play
here, Hon are a nuisance; Move
onD 81 cannot; | will lose my
wages,n "Play some other tune,
then.'i mo IL Is in the Contract
that I play this one tune ~ and he
kept playing away. The gentleman
went up stars, and in few moments
came down againg He spoke to one
of my clerks, and said, II wish you
would get an order for this man to
lleave.n The clerk replied, II can't
do it. If ] order him away, / lose
my place.n ''Do you mean to say
that Mr.. Pomeroy has hired that fell
low to play that tune all day?" "
Yes sir and every day for a week. y
Laughter. EDo you think Romeroy
would maintain a nuisance?p 81
don't know anything about that, but
if Mr.. Pomeroy has told that soldier
he will maintain him playing Dixie
for a week,yOu may bet your bottom
dollar he will do it, Laughter
The third fine he came down and
said, 81 want you to move away
from the front Of this building.n |
heard the remark, and said to him
'sHold on. | rent half this build
ing?n "Yes sir.n "Pay ten thou
sand dollars a year for what IYoeeu.
py?ii 'Yes sir.n "This half Is
mine?72 ayes sir.p HThis man has
a right to play this tune in. front ot
my halt.na II don't like the tune
Let him play some other tune.i
"No, want that one tune played
1t suits inc. Mr.. Lincoln said ii was
the best tune that ever was invent
ed.n [Great laughter. "Fhat sol
dier,n said he, 'cannot stay there.
. Said ], che can stay there. That sol
dier was a Republican, He wen
into the army aud fought. He wen
there to save the country. He los
an arm fighting at Cold Harbor FL
has returned t0his home He find
} his wife and children In want HI
J pays ten dollars a year license for TIL
privilege of grinding this Fickety Ok
, hand-organ. That license goes t,
make a revenue, whIch goes into thl
! pockets of your bondholders. rap
! plause,1 That soldier fOughtfor hi
liberty, he is having itnow. / wan
! him. to stand right here and play thi
I tune every day this week. ,.l am 60
. ing into the country to talk to th
wofkIngmen, the, Democracy, and I
want him to stay right here, an,
! play every day,and tins same tune.
7 "Will not some other tune do2
I. "No, / want this tune TO remind tn
} workingmen ofNew York who pas
2 by here every day,that Away dow
Y South in Dixie are carpet baggers
! lazy niggers, and freedmen's bureaus
1 great, big standing army, that til
4 workinginen Of the North are Labor
/ ing day after day to support, at wa
t upon the reeeiptsand interestsof th
3 North, as they are at war upon til
y llusbandry of the South. wal
!. him to play that same tune, in ordt
3 that the people Of the North ma
y know where their money has gor
Il To. He Is going to play here, and
h yoil modest him, / will mash vol
n head for you'' Itireat laughter.
a. left the office at five minutes beloi
Il four Yesterday, and he stood the