Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-08-20

Some said they were glad OF II. One
South Caroinian said II turned out Just
as he knew IL would from the start.
''Oh, no." said a man from Massachn'
setts, trying 10 sit on the mantelpieee,
1.-THE north could have been whipped 40
times in so masy weeks II the south had
read the papers, aud am sorry II was
not done, for we never had such fun be-
fore the war as we are having now.
I'VE were wrong from the start,
said the southern man. "We should
have taken the niggers back TO where
we got them and paid Africa $50 per
month for their time. saw that all
the while. Then there would have
been an era OF good feeling. / like an
era OF good feeling, don't youP"
YES" said the Massachusetts man,
"and we might have had II 40 yearsago
IL could have had my way. My the
ory was for the abolltionists TO buy out
the slaves and take them north, where
we would treat them so well that they
would gradually die of OF govt. But.
no; nothing would do but fight, fight.
fight. / hate 10 fight, and hate TO see
people fight just because the politicians
need the excitement. Don't you? You
fought because the brass-mounted ora
tors with alligator lungs told you there
was principle involved, and so ola we,
when In fact, there wasn't blamed
principle IN the whole business. IL was
inst suffer and die and make the papers
spicy for four years and then take all
the next 60 years TO pay for It.
"That's my idea. Yon see how few
eras OF good feeling we have had 10 the
last 35 yearsl Well, my idea would be
TO have one every night. No north, no
south, no east, no west; Just have eras
OF good feeling on Thursdays aud Fri
DAYS anyhow, and oitener II possible.
Who was benefited by the WARP Why,
nobody but people who escaped the
draft and spoke pieces at home. I'm
man SO years old, and / can safely say
that. though | was soldier and slept
in my clothes as long as they lasted and
ate field corn most OF the time, there
was not moment when would NOT
have gladly gone TO some quiet place
with a northern man like you and open
ed an era OF good feeling with him"
"That's IL exactly. The war is ovor,
and who's got the Niger? You have.
He entities You 10 whole lot OF con-
gressmen and lets you pick out the con-
gressmen. How much are we ahead on
the war? We have 80 middle aged single
women 10 one man where We ought 10
have names and taxpayers. You've got
the niggers TO feed clothe and execute.
and we have most OF our best men buried
ip your cotton fields. That's the result
OF the war. Who brought on the war?
show me the man, and I'll show you a
man who would not enlist. lie remained
AZ home and cussed because the papers
in their list OF dead did not print the
names OF his wlis's relatives correctly.
Here's TO Tillman. In this pure element
we pledge fidelity 70 our era OF good
feeling. I'll bet dollar IiIiman
brought on the war, II we could get a.
the facts"
eyes. TIllman would bring on q war
n he could get IL out Of the freight
Office when II arrived, but he couldn't
He is the kind OF . mao 70 bring on q
war and let some other man fight II. IL
we could have got fanatics Ike him
into Vicksburg and blown them up and
nut ouicKllme on the place, we'd have
been fifty years ahead OF what we are
now. There ought 10 DO fanatlc
primer in the cabinet with nothing 70
do nut 20 around over the United states
and fertilize the comntry with fanatics.
war il only good thing Tor suffers
and bad women.
II say. dog on the war.
That's IL. Dog on the war. Each
town has got nice soldiers monument
with the terrible cost mark on u.
Tbat'sall. God save as from anoiher'
"War makes 80 adgance on mourning
goods. that's all.
"L,et advanced thinkers Ike Tillmsn
and naked sayages 10 light Uniform
Of cocoanut oil have wars and ngnt 10
them. I'm for peace snd an era Of COCO
feelIng with soda on the SIDE
This meeting was one long TO 90 re-
uembered. and following ~ 10 oid the
mee,Ing between Mrs Grant and MRS.
Davis will. am sure. DO much to frster-
n,,a the two sections and bring many
Sonthern capitalists north 70 live.
On the traIn the pass week GOT 10
,,IkIng with . porter on the palace car
Asphyxis-
son?s asked.
ives. We call 10 fair. sab, 5ast fair
-aaf~ f.t~ors aid L uoLrtuQ him