Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-09-04
An E.-conssd.ra.s'. H.n.etlon.'
By ". A. cnOySvr.


Ya.s. nt In the war. and war on the ioEtn'
A Johnny Rsb-I state 1t Eat. tho tainf no
cause for pride; .t
YG war down IN Dixie wen the trouble 1T on
Ivw raised in Ai.bamy. way up the Tsnnes-
Thafs how IL came about. you know; ssoesh
IN. state wuS t boss; the FedrAi Gov'msns
An Ole John Brown he'd stole our nisu. Ole Abe
he'd follered suit.
An lowed he'd march his ntnions down an
tread us under foot.
II made MS mad, this sort o. thing; we swore it
IN uhsp n Aisbamv. wav m thu Tennessee,
Ths old Tuscumby Battery enlisted fer the
signed tho roll an wadsd in. not doubtin' it
AM when the evening come to 60. we stopped,
10 get the benediction OF the Oldest man in
Ths Revolution veteran. my uncle. Marion
who'd LETT leg at Eutah Springs nigh eighty
years beio'.
he leaned across the winder-sill and looked
On his white har an furrered face see the
candle shine;
An tears war strenmin' down the cheeks Of
An in his hand q little fiag he hol' an waved IT
my boysr he cried, turn bsCki turn back
The warnin' of q friendi
Tho trouble you are hringin' on you'll never see
Turn baoKi DON'T hre upon this nag. but all Its
stars defendl"
He sssped fer breath, benind the Light we see
An, than Ia dronpsS AMI died rieht thar. the
banner In his hand.
Some said it war q Judgment, some thought he
Some said 'twere second childhood and failin'
sgs of the brain; a5ss M lS4s
At any rate, the drums struck up, we took the
And four years it across betwixt the mountinss
At corinth, shiloh. Doneison, and chattshoo-
Al Nashville, Dalton. Mission Ridge, and all the
Ole Kenessw, TIL half of us waz furloughed un-
der ground.
An wen at Last along the James, ole Grant had
cornered Ice. 'E IN
tOted home an empty sleeve to the Upper Ten.
neasee.
Wal, Jim. ! hev got shet Of them old obs slete
idees;
For I've looked round sense then and seen wat
everybody sees:
I've seen that we uns wuz behind; that you
'uns ways wuz best
I've seen that Ole Abe probly knew whut Ole
Brown prob1y guessed;
I've seen the niggers chuckleat the Joy Of bein'
free;
i've seen life come to Dixie. just as chpper ez
can be,
TIL 1T hes reached Tusculnby on the Upper Ten
nessee;
And es brood upon these facts. it suddenly
II wasn't Uncle Marion but me that was insane.
I'm glad the blamed Contdracy was blighted in
I'm glad that we was walloped by chaps of kin
dred blood;
From Florida tc Mexico, from Maine to Oregon !;
An viii mention three men whose teachin's
despise,
who duiied my brain with ignorance, and band
And allied my heart with hatred and stuffed my
ears with lies,
And sent me on that FOOLS errand from the Up
/ Iuds to JEFF an Davis and Robert Toombs an
mel
I'm proud Of these United States as any man
I'm proud 81 this old dag that blooms ez daisies
bloom in May;
Proud Of the land that poor folks love, the land
that tyrants hate;
That lights the glim Of hope again where men
That holds its head aa high as any nation on the
whore every mothers baby has blessing with
And, JIM tsint pleasant to reaeot--and you
what confcunded idiot formly used to be,
When listed In Tuscumby on tho Upper Ten
sa nessee. 4x G