The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-01-15

had been agreed on by the gener
ais in the field, and demanded th,
trial of Gen. r. E. Lee and other
for high treason. johnson had jus
had q taste Of a woman's innocenI
blood, and he wanted to take a SUI
from hero's veins. No people OF
the globe ever endured theil
wrongs with more patience than We
have. After the war was over, We
had right toexpect to be let alone
but not go. The man who can
abuse US most in the north, gets the
highest Office, and woe be unto the
man who dares to defend us. We
surrendered in good faith, and we're
anxious to be at peace. We were
willing to bury the past, and let the
horrible cruelties of war be forgot.
ten; bat the stock in trade Of north
ern politicians, would vanish if that
was done. Men who never got mad
enough to fight until after the war
was over, are the main ones who are
now clamoring for southern blood.
Let US have peace is all we ask.
Let by-goles be by.gones." +
"Captain, don't tell me any more
such horrible tales; it makes the
blood curdle in my veins to hear it.
War is a horrible thing any way,
andit is to be hoped that the time
is near at hand when all disputes
between nations will be settled
by arbitration, instead Of war I
dare say that many cruelties were
committed on both sides, and the
best thing to be done, is for all par
ties to trytO forget and live in
peace with each other" /' a@
81 most heartily indorse that sem
timsnt; and SO far as my part of the
business is concerned, I have dis
covered a plan by which think /
can get my money back" "5''a HILL
"Howis that!" aH afs {. NV 1o
"Y0u will inherit some money
from your. father; he got 1T from his
tather-who received it from my
grandfather for his negroes. Ny
father inherited the negroes, and.
gaVet them to me. The government
took them from me, leaving me
broke; butyou have inherited the
original price Of the negroes. Now
you and | will form a Union Of our
own-a more perfect union than
that of the United States, because
1t will be cemented by true love,
and upheld by the money received
for the negroes. ! think this will be
a foundatain on which we can start
a first.class republic of our own,
and if any little Burks should be.
admitted into our union we will
teach them better manners than to
be cutting each others throats, like
the savage members of the federal
union. Scottie will you enter into
this union9"
"Only on conditions that you quit
abusing my people of the North"
q think in that respect you mis-
understood nae. / don't mean to
censure all the people Of that sec
ton, by any means. Think large
majority of the northern people are
just and honorable; but they per
mitted a minority to infict on us
an unpardonable injustice"
ITO some extent that may be |
true; but there are two sides to all
questions. What defense can you
offer for the treatment that our
prisoners Of war received at Castle
and Andersonvilleg Don't
you know that many Federal sol
diers died Of starvation at those
placess"
Snow, Scottie, you touch me on |
a tender point, because | happen to |
know aigreat deal about that ques.
ton. I was a prisoner Of war I'll.
teen months; and, at one time anil
officer in d subordinate position atI
Andersonville, and / am, therefore. /
70 give 4 correct histOfy1
Of beth places" ''.t
"Indeed, lam glad to hear II: Gorl
l have heard so many different sto-l |
ries about those prisons that myI
curiosity has been greatly excited, /
and / want You to tell me the truth
about them"
"Yety well; Twill do it. No pris.
oner ever suffered for food at AMI
dersonville, except when we had
none to issue TO them. We had
many thousands Of prisoners there,
and nothing scarcely to feed them
on. All our ports we're blockaded
our soldiers we're starving in the
ield-0nr wives and children were
starving at home. How could we
feed the prisoners when We had