The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-02-20
Correspondence.
Correspondence ottswa Free Trader.
PARDI00LE ON THE SITUATION
How Things 10 Worken."

TOAD HoLLER, LAcEL Co., Feb. 12, $50.
Ny front name is Ps~diggle; lis peculiarly
sf sur family, Of whom l am which. Ny old
dad down TO Bosting he he'd the same name. He
was pious aeacking Of the Hedothist church in
that settlement, and was cashier Of q bank, and
the bank run under, and SO did dad He didn't
git ~ much on the divishun Of the spiles OF the
concern a. some others, and being careful man,
this loss Of money kinder prayed onto his consti-
tation, and so he died-in Urops, where he went
far the benefit Of his health, with the assets Of
that air bank. That's the way he cum to ding up.
I've gin you my front appsllation my rear
esgnomen is Blazus, and thus am known among
men. But faint my name that makes me proud );
ies my undsuuted, unycalding, never surrender,
6ght it out on this limo loyalty that makes me
fling my banner on the breeze. L don't know
what fear is when my countrys meannaced by
cowardly traitors and rebbils down South, spesh-
ally when there is sumthing to be made out Of
them. Tde shoulder my musquit end 80 any
time to fight the myscrsants who raised their
hands again our guvermint and would take
pleasure in getting their property and confsti-
eatiag it, even in the jaws Of deth, if they had
valuable stuff to BIO seazed, according to the
roofs of war, and sent home to ones family, suf-
fering in lonesomeness at home, far the cheerful
light of the couatenance of their absent husband
and father, and returnim' to wus than barbarian
ignorance for want OF his, that is to say, nv
noble and high moral eggsampel Messrs. Edi-
tors, my heart biles when I think OF the many
tejus hours and distressin days my own family
would have sustained if Tide agone to the war.
l had power of unpleasant tness in thees, becaws
of my tender family of seven boys and three girls
all between seventeen and thirty years old, hoos
welfare kept me out of the front Of the carnage
in the late sanguinaceous struggle Of the bloody
handed rebels, who, as it were, attempted to
submerge the temple of our liberties and bust D
the whole kaboodle Of free instite wshin., a.d all
that. l couldn't 90, but l sent my hired man
and my oldest boy, John Them was IA much
- l could afford to sacryfse. I was a old fool
10 send EN- soon, as insted of three hundred
dollars bounty for each, which got, egsklusive
Of government bounty, I could have had twice
that ef Tide only he'd the luck to waited three
weeks longer. had trubble, too, with John.
His mother was Adams, and they was dimmy.
crats, and some way she still has q hankeria
after dimmycrat idears. So she taught the bow
hull mess OF stuff about reigin, and that
twan't right to cuvet anuther's property, nor to
take things from anuther, even an enemy or reb.
bill. Jest as Though rebbils have rights She
had tho boy jest about chock full OF sitch nom
sense, and consequently he want no account to
me, and l thought could spare him for the
war. wouldn't hev sent him either, cos could
sgot him exempt from the draft, he hayin a
lame back but there was old Thomas, my naber.
who is stinken copperhed. He had sent four
OF his boys to the war, and offered to 70 hissef.
ut they wouldn't take him. Well, he kept
sayin:
"There's Pardiggle; he claims to be a LOYAL
man, but he hasn't sent any of his boys to fight
the rebels"
30 thought It best to squelch Thomas. When
ohm was agoin l instructed him to put down
the rebellion as fast ~ possible and that was to
weaken 'em.
"But," said John, +" Dad. how she'll We weak
on em!"
"Why," answered, stake their cattle, horses,
money, gold, land, silver plates and things"
SWELL" said John, "and send the things to
Washington, to the guvsrmsntr"
-" No. you blasted fool" said I, .send EN- home
to your poor father"
81" But" he objected, I. don't such things belong
10 the yuvermentp" ,a
"Yes," said /; suppose they do, amt the
people tho government, and amt one Of the
people Z"
Ny superior reasoning powers convinced John,
20 he won't out Is quartermasser's clerk, and fit
nobly, az the rings Watches spoons, three pisners
fsur mHtched teams, good pile If green backs,
and cAiSts full of clothing and bedding now at
ny house proves. The dimmycrats around the
naybsrhood try to make out it was I. stealing
- they call 1t; but jest look at the brilliant ar.
ray Of loyal men, the very light and front, heads
and brains and intelleck Of our loyal republican
party, and call it stealing! Do you sposs Butler
would steal or that Banks, Logan, Curtis, Hor.
ron, Heath, Fitzpatrick, Stone, Scnrnmon or
Busted would steal? They all got rich out az
the war They filed their houses with coufsca-
ted rebbil goods. which they bruyely seized right
in the midst Of the ferocions battles they fought
and won. Consequently, why is my son John to
30 prosecuted bv these low copperheads? ] be.
long to the loyal Ieege and am one of the main
Pllars OF that ben,fscent insti,se.hun, and am