Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-05-15

WAsHxcrox, D. c., April 20, 1868.
Happenin to be in Washington At the
time Sergeant Bates, that noblest Roman
nv all the Northern men who took up arms
agin the SUNNI South, waz to arrive, it Ok
kurnd to me that it would be payin invest
ment eff l shood 60 out to Pettusville. wieh
is a beautiful village containin one dry goods
store and IL flood groceries, sitooated about
sixty miles from here, and witness the re-
ception that shood be given him. Wat trans
pired thrilled me in fact, never felt sich .
thrill Nv joy in my life ez did when I saw
this battle>scared veteran heave in sight. He
came, proudly bearin aloft the Flag wich,
when the South he'd her rites and owned the
nigccrs body and soul, in fee simple, wuz
RELY and trooiy the Flag Nv the Free, but
wicL now that, alas there sint . slave un-
der its shadder and all are permitted to do
ez they please, is the symbol nv the most
oppressive and grindin tyranny wich the
world ever witnist.
But, nevertheless, the devoshun to the old
far, with site w i. stirred up in the breasts
Nv the people NV Pettusyille. rcely surprised
me. Never shell forgit the site that met
nv eyes. The Sergeant vuz met three
miles out NV town, BY q perceshun wich ac>
companied him in. in the followin order:
Band, playin Bonny Bloc Flag
Detachment Nv the Pettusville Avengers.
made up Nv the soljers wich formerly served
in the 18th Virginia, wich wuz employed for
fourteen months guardin Andersonville.
Detachment Nv the Pettusville Cadets,
made up NV sons ofshc Confedrit soiers who
T. IL = Al a. l.. l.
onto wich WIZ inscribed, We will avenge
our slain sires."
Quartermaster Sergeant Bates csnmissary
in proudly late
late C. s. A. carryin the c. S. A.
American nag.
Four survivors Nv the late onpleasaninis
carrying each battle Gag capchered from
WISCONSIN regiments.
Band, plavia Dixie" meloius'y.
Citizens on foot and horseback and il
carts.
On s.rikin the corporation. the MAYO,
| (Carln Badger, Nv Forests cavalry and
| the town clerk (la;e NV the lamented Johr
Morgan's command) appeared, and the pro
cession stopped. while the formalties wuz
gone through with. The Mayor received III,
Sergeant in these words:
"SgKcEAxr BArrs, SiR R:-Understandiu
ez we do, that you chivalrously made . wa
ger (wich Is betl with Wisconsin ablish'
mist that yco Good walk from vixburg t
Washington earryin the Amerikin flag UNI
| furled without bein insulted nor nothin, enc
hevin received testimony from leadin Dem
ocrats Nv Wisconsin, wich il entirely salts
factory to us, tha 700 arc not in no sense
nor never wuz at any time, in sympathy will
the Ablishen. or ez they falsely style them
selves, the Republican party, we extend t
700 the hospitalitiss NV Pettusvi!e. And e
there are reporters present let me remark
sir, that yoor experience hex showd no,
falsely ne hev bin judged BY the crooel per
sekeoters Nv the Northern States. ZOO be
been met on euery hand With nothin bu
kindness. Southern hospitality Nv the broad
est kind her bin extended TO voc. Yoo he
he'd chav of every plng--yoo hev he'd VOC
suck oat " every bottle, yoor nose show
that seLcs 700 entered the Sunny South "a
hcv not been allowed to taste water vieh
, our idea Nv hospitablc treatment. Wstdol
:, thisrrove: EfCharles Sumner ibr instance