The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-12-09
BILL ARP ON THE sITUA-
TION.
Some Ideas About the Infimi-
dated People i'm the Land
A Little Humor aud "a Good
Deal of Truth.
tn. view. Of sunIIans Dc mecr.,.
ITO The Editor of the COMMENCEMENT

ITO the Editor of the Courier-JourpaI.l
RoNE. GA. November l7.--You must
excuse me, but il is impossible 70 sup
press myself altogether at this time. !
feel like a little CROWN will open the
pores and help digestion, and do me
good generally. And didn't we lick
eth, and did you say his name was
Hayes? and Is lac the man who said he
didn't mind himself, but his heart bled
for the poor niggeri Priests and levi
ties Of Ierichoi how much will he bleed
his pocket. Why, bless your soul. the
niger il free. He can go to Ohio if he
wants to-. We haven't got EN- penned
up. IL Hayes, or whatever his name
Is viii call en-, they'll come Amt il
curious the darkies don't 20 to their
iriends2 Ain'tit curious their friends
don't come down to see them il they
are so everlastin sorry2 Maybe they
are intimidated The truth is, Mr..
Watterson, them radicals give the ne
gro suffrage TO humble us and outvote
us, but they never counted on il givin
US thirty more votes in maxim presi-
dent. The Niger voted for Hayes, il
that his name. and elected Mr. Ii!den,
Iiurray for the Niger. Next thing you
hear Of these radicals viii be tryin' to
take away his vote, or colonise him in
some turin land
But its too late--the dog is dead
They may talk about intimidation and
countin' out and holdin ON, but il cant
~ did knayes don't take kings in
this game. They stocked the cards and
I had the shuttle aud deal, and we won ii
and the stakes we are hound to have
Wen fight on il, sur. Yes. sur, If the
worst comes TO the worst We whip EN-
sgin. Two hundred and fifty thousand
majority has settled the question As
General Gordon said; Stand up my
countrymen, stand up; don't wilt OF
wither. we have met the enemy and
| they are ours--that Is If we can keen EN-.
I know they are as siiekery as cells, but
we must hold EN-. The life Of the ma
ton depends on il. Liberty and free
speech, and Adbeas corpus are all in peril
Four more years Of Radical rule and
this country will be as liieless as an
Egyptian mummy They mustn't be
allowed to steer the old ship any lon
ger. It's agin natur. Its agin the law
OF Moses, ar | Revelation, and the
Shorter Catechi. IN, and the long
doxology. Nv wife says il the fight
must come, the women ought to take a
hand this time. and she is ready TO tear
hair with mother Hayes, if that's her
name. or any other woman who is in
mournin' for the Niger.
Mr. Watterson, sur, we have patient
" bided our time. We saw this glorious
!
the East, il was a roarin' borealis in the
North. We knowed there was Justice
and generosity in the bosoms Of North
ern Democrats. For n long time we've
been listenin' to the rumblin thunder
Of their indignation. Ever and
anon il has vihrated upon the
air like the shake Of a yeung
earthquake, and we've lived in
hope aud defied despair until at last the
pent-up storm came down upon EN-
| like an Alpine avalanche, or q simeon
in the desert. or u typhoou of the trop-
ice. or a cyclone Of the raging seas Oh
il was terriblel Excuse me for CROWN
eloquent IL you please. for it seems to
me ! still hear the mighty voices of
three millions Of honest Democrats ex-
elaimin' with trunpet tongues, Get
out of these Augean stables and let us
turn the Potomac IN. The stencil OF
your corruption has overspread the
land We have made the rich richer
and the poor poorer. We have smoih-
cred honesty, garoted industry and
Gown discord among kindred Ye have
put your Southern brethren in pit and
dyed their shirts in pokeberry Juice,
and called il blood to deceive the people.
but like Joseph of old, they will vet
be put in power and save the land from
ruin and destruction. Joseph's brethren
repented in tears and sorrow. but We
will not repent They did not steal his
silver cup, but We will steal and carry
away in your earpetbags not only the
cups, but the saucers and the spoons
Why, sur, the first official advertise
ment Mr.. Tilien will put in the Wash
ington papers will be fxin' day OF
thanksgivin. and calm for sealed pro
posals for penitentiary big enough to
accommodate thirty thousand Radical
thieves who have stolen o thousand
million OF dollars from the national
treasury.
Mr. watterson, sur, Uncle Sammy
Tilden is agoin to take his seat in that
cheer--if he lives. There's doubts
about heap Of things in this subloon
AIRY world, but there Amt no doubt about
that. Let 'em rip and roar and snort
and cavort like dyin' alligator il they
want TO. but my private opinion Is .
heap OF 'em had better be marshalin'
their assets for transportation to some
furrin and unknown cline. Intimida
ton Oh my country Amazin' impu-
dencei Who has been ihtimidated for
the last ten years Haven't they kent
US under bsyonet all the timei Haven't
they divided the army about half and
half between us and the Injun 2 Let
en- hunt for intimidation nearer home.
Why, sur. there was thousands of hum
BILE Democrats In Ohio and Pennsylvania
, who wanted TO vote for Mr.. Tilden, bu,
their bread and meat depended not on
doing it, How about all of the work
men in the shops. mills aud factories
| that belonged 10 the Radicals who made
their bloated fortunes out Of the late
war : There was no intimidation, OF
course. but the boss calls them all up
aud says You can vote as you please.
but II you don't vote for Hayes didn't
you say that was his nancy YOU can
come TO the captains Office and settle.
and get your waIkin' papers
The truth 10, Mr.. watterson, those
Radical towards have been afraid of us
90 long that they have got intimidafion
on the brain. Ben Butler was invited
20 go 70 New Orleans to help count, but
he didn't 90. He replied by telegraph
--6rest spoons can not 80. ! feel