The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-15

WuZ pleased 10 say I1aJ WuzSHt
worth a id ez a soldier anyhow
Nv second inearserashun wuz nv q
more irwin nacher. ! he'd been called
to organize and drill county Wleh
he'd determined. come veal, come woe,
they never wood, un0er emu clrkum-
stances, submit TO be dragged to fight
in a coz wich they didn't bleeve IN.
They he'd resolved IN their meetlns to
die IN their own door yards thou
sand times each. ruther than submit
to the drafts, witch WIZ impendln too
often, or to the unconstitooshnel taxes
wich the monster at the head Nv the
Government wuz q levyin. We WuZ
in camp, 500 strong. when q company
Nv sellers wuz sent aein Us. Wun by
wun the defenders Nv their rites be-
thot themselves Nv blznlss wlch
the he'd at home. Vans wife
wuz momentarily expected TO De
confined, another he'd forgotten to
feed his cattle, and a thirds Oldest
sun. the heir Nv his house, WIZ to be
marrid that mite. Eggsortin ~ us to
fte bravely for our rites, and die rite
there before submittin, they left, fust
wun at time, then FIVE in squad,
then ten, then q hundred, ontll all
Wuz gone but me and nineteen others.
I wuz restrained by pride; the nine
/ teen others couldn't git away OWN to
a bari Nv new whisky which he'd bin
rolled on to the ground, and wlch
they he'd monopolized atween EN- the
only tin cup we he'd IN camp. They
were. ez a reward for their heroism
and the sufferins that ensood, all
/ elected to offs that Fall.
10 I wuz treated with frightful sever
/ itv. wuz kept on the ordinary "a
shens Nv private soier. | wuz not
allowed the peroozel Nv the Rich
| mond papers. and | WuZ compelled,
afore bein released, to take the oath
Nv allegiance to the Fedril Govern
ment.
And wot hev l got for it? Good
/ Lord, [ shudder when | think Nv the
ongratefulnis Nv mani The party
for wich I suffered all this never so
! much ez gave me thing. wuz
never made the recipient w nothing
ontil reformed A olishishnist wuz
made President, and who he'd to hey
a party and who he'd TO take only slch
ez wuz for sale. But for this fortu-
nate circumstance / might now be
forst to beg my bread. I spare 700
more detales. Suffice il TO say | ap-
prove NV the meetin. Itvon't do me
ez much good ez It will you; yoor
sores amt heeled, 700 hev bin smart
enuff to keep irritatIn Nv EN-. 700
hev kept a proddIn kuv. EN- with rusty
males, and tearing Ty EN-, gsFeA with
yoor fingers, afore at5ences and in the
newspapers, ontil TREY hey RELY
come to be stencil IN the nostrils.
Let US unwrap EN- agin. Let the cold
wind of ingratitood blow onto EN- on
til they get so infamed that they will
attract my attenshun. Let VallaD-
digum onwind his bandages and show
the hole the envious Burnside made.
Holler " Asa " agin and agin in the
ears Nv Democracy ontil they heer
yoor cries aud stop EN- with the Sen
atorship Yoo, Olds, repeet the piteous
tale Nv how 700 wuz deprived Nv yoor
bible ontil 700 he'd well nigh forgotten
Ham, Hager and Onesimus, and that
even waste paper wuz denied 700.
Yoo, Milligen and Bowles. repeet agin
the story NV your captivity aud re-
lease, and see TO 1t that 700 git yoor
hair dyed white, and that 700
come intu the Convenshun leanin on
tn cane, or, if possible, ontu the
shoulders nv 2 yung men who wuzn' t
Imprisoned. I probably shan't be
there miself, for I want nothin.
am pervided for. I hey nothiD to
make But ez men who suffered even
ez 700 did, and for the same COZ, my
sympathies are with you. Fraternally,
PETROLEUM v Massey, P. NJ,
witch is Postmaster)