The Hillsborough recorder., 1878-09-25

Jne. Thus | uarbled Oh until my nerves
settled little when 4 seized the pen to
write Jon this letter Of hearty welcome lnto
onr ranks. Sat '''''''8l.''t'+s &i'.aa' ]@s"
s'' God bless you Old Joe, am truly glad to
isra ,oa here. - ws will have you duly hap.
tized after D while Bro. Holden shall sce il
done, and we will open a keg Of nails and
kill Blacknell's Mexican dog, Font Tay.
lord know can have him cooked 10 i turn
but all in prudent iime - Its dangerous
TO 20 ioo fast in these matters. We
} yuu to bring your sheayes with you. The
lnnest truth is. Joe il is your duty 10 bring
al least Your avn fodder with you. ii not
some '4lso Tor the brethren II you are oll-
ly coming TO help eat mp our fodder mo
Irisl, need apply. The rack in our camp
j. nearly empty, and the grazing IN our pas
ture il already goo>e-cropped and we are
nlo-t unIappily 'pnrihed' OF currnpting
dross We welcome you rs ,leserter. be.
cause we hope you wall either bring forage
or can show us where to steal it. a.,..,
But WON'T scold you, Joe. my darling.
You are q great acquisition to sinking
cause, Whether with or without your shea, es.
Nonody knows better than | do from sad
experience the strength aud power If that
foul tongue uf you.s, once. alas. .iirected
against lhe chosen. but now. heaven be
praised. to be used only against the wisest
aud best uf our enemies. A more gallant
fighter than you never stoud in partisan
ranks. Numbers could not deter you for
n,oneni. nor could pr,priety. age, or sex.
nor cnn,clence. nor truth for one moment
cause you to hesitate when fighting your
now brethren. So be 10 unto your late
friends. now enemies. Surely your right
hand retains is cunning. How skillfu,ly.
too. 5ou managed your csmpaigns as we'll as
valiantly fought them! You apl ealed to
Holden for the martyrs crown aud he gave
IL 10 5ou by making klrk arrest sou aud
put Spu in Jail with dirty negro. Aud
how modestly you drank. buttermilk with
Bob Vance when Raleigh turned out to
greet you IN your release! Then. too,
when thuss giories began To fade a little.
how oppOriunelyiasome miserable. Radical
shot at you thrmgh :he window and finally
blew mp your office. Or WAS il Radical:
Honor bright now joe. aud between friends.
how was that any how? Ny folks sorrer
Observation-Disclosures knuw what |
mean. And even some Democrats when
questioned. said they didn't know" but
| always believed they did nr Thought they
DID. You played il ine, Jue. that sou did.
But better than all these politicians
tricks. you displayed real genius iu pre-
lending to be ln'nest and in making the enc.
my pay the expenses Of the war. or. ss |
have heard the ungod!y say, by fighting the
tiger with his own money. During all that
splendid war you made on Swersoo. Lttls-
field, Menniuger. Deweese. l.afiiin, and the
ring generally. NOT human soul knew or
suspected you we're doing il with Swepson's
ring money! Tslleyrand would have died
Of envy had he lived ~ our day. Alas.
alas yon can't do 10 again. Joe. in our be.
hals. YoH glatiH't got the char@ler. JOe.
OF all the ,lndgrs ui the politician. the Lo.
nesty dglye is the best and ::ools the Iesple
must completely. But IL requires good
character do il. The slightest suspicion
Of dirty hand YOURSELF will break the
charm Efareyer. Well. Swepson's money
and the. 'em quad business ruined your lv-
n.sty dodge, Joe. Take my word fr it.,
you are wasting your breath to try it on any
,nure. Even lileasoe can beat you at il.
much more such s2otles, pure man rs
J"e Davis. know what am talking
about. lost my character early in lie.
Lemonadr.wss my undoing. suppose ,ou
have heard nf II. Talk about the dangers Of
strong drink indeed :. wber the weakest
kind VI lemunade could overthrow such
man as | am True afterwards came
very near being elected United States Sc.
hator from Alabama aud did get 60 be 60.
vernoF Of Territory. but | give you my
word, ait was nut done b. the hrmesty re.
L. simply my good luck to fall upon
friends and into the arms of part. that did
not require hunesy and who considered il.
in fact. rather drawback. Tint was the
way Of u. @s a@stt ss .iea.s, ..e.
BE warned. Joe. Don't try on things
that won't work aud above all, DON come
over LOO last. You are 10 tight place aud
must work slowly. II sou show too much
Radicalism. such men y, DR.. Leach. Zoe
I,sn,ay aud Major Russ. will leave yuu.
May be the monkey wrench man. even, will
leave yon. II you dnn't show cnnugh Ia.
dicalisu,. neither Holden. Ike yuanr, Tiai
Lee. Bunting nor any Of the faithful. will
swallow you. unless u be my esteemed
friend Rieba.d Badger. shoss ccsmrpoli-
tan appetite will relish anything. in which
case Bledsoe will march of with tho nc.
grocs. ln fact. joe. you are in a-ll Of
6x. anyhow. Ycu sre like tadpols
which has h.st bic tail but hnn', vet got
his legs. 10 short you are now justa Brin.
detail as you used 70 call such folks. Call
yoarself aa independent ora National far
the present We understand you aud expect
by the natural course ~ Darw,nis,n 10 call
yon something better afic, awhile. 4
Hut | can't write all a. aiiss. IN future
letters ! will give yun more advice snd fur.
ther assurance. nf nv full forgiveness for