Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-09-22

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and said, "Stop boys, all that can do
us no good now; / was once a poet
myself, and in my leisure moments
used to write lines on The Beautiful
Snow and / can embody lthe truth
about ourselves and posterty in six
lines Of poetry-every line avolume !
con Plymouth rock our tents we set;
Our guns and rum made the Indians get.
We Struggled slaves from Congo's mouth,
When it didn't pay we sold them South;
Then groaned because of Southern sins,
And freed the negroes 10 tan their skins"
| have travelled over that wonderful
country (for l have not always been a
miller); my feet have pressed that sa-
cred rock at Plymouth, and while it
looked like an ordinary rock to me, my
feet grew bigger from that day. have
breathed the classic atmosphere of
Boston, and | grew so bigoted and con-
ceited that was charged double price
at the hotel. L visited Salem, but
found the ponds where they drowned
old women for witches had been. drain
ed. did not go to Tewksbury, for it
had not attained its celebrity for tan
ming, as negro skins were too dear. l
have rested under the shade of Bunker
Hill Monument, and have thought
since, that if they would put up anoth-
er at "Bull Run," they would both
serve as monuments Of the folly of their
fighting, unaided, people of superior
bravery, But after all they are q
great people, a prosperous people,
wealthy people; and they owe the most
Of it to the indomitable energy, indus
try, and economy practiced by them
from the cradle to the grave. They
get all they can, keep all they get,
and throw away nothing but their
: prayers. 1t was foolish for us to have
: fought them; poor man might as well
go to law with rich one for his rights J;
he nights gain every verdict, yet die
in the pOor-house. If the Confederates
had not worn themselves out whipping
y them, and quit when they did from ex-
. haustion, the Yankees would have
{ hired out the finishing job, and got rich
+. on shOddy contracts, and plundered
|. goods, and actually enjoyed themselves
( reading about our devastation and de-
o struction.
But thank God these terrible times
e have passed, and passed forever! Those
strong and cruel men who rose to EN-.
inence through their hatred of us, have
T. gone to their reward; their loss has
o been our great gain, for they have gone
!. where "the wicked cease from troub-
ling, and we, the weary are at rest"
= There will be no more war between
p the sections from now, henceforth and
II forever.
}. There will always be a contest, but
it will be carried on under the banner
c Of peace.
Achilles, who was thought to be in
Il vulnerable, caused great havoc in the
e Trojan ranks, until they found he
e had tender place in his heel-the
tender place, in our late triumphant
q. foes, are in their pockets and we must
q attack them there. 7'h ~
# 1t will do no good to, compromise
# your principles or your policy with
n them; you may throwltgb after tub tc
,s the Northern whale on the subject o.
Il negro education, but the whale won't
e bite.
IS Military companies may exchange
4, visits and have royal time conquered
banners and worthless swords may be
returned and the Yanks will smile
!, but let the South ask for place in the
: government-present the purest, the
: best, the most gifted Southern states
man to them for President-that viii
be the Ithurael spear that will turn thi;
smiling, social people into demons O.
F., hate
The Turks have remnant of one Of
the striped petticoats of one o.
J." Mohammed's wives; they call it the
sacred banner, and they never faunt il
- to the breeze unless their religion is ir
"A danger, and under it they fight to the
!. death, asking for and giving no quar-
- ter.