The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-04-19
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
HE is ASKED TO CHIP IN FOR
SHERMAN'S MONUMENT,
But Declines, and Gives His Reasons
at Length for so Doing

Mr.. Slickmnn--Sir: ! received your letter,
asking for - cents to help buld monam pt
to General Sherman, the hero of the march to
the "A, and wanting me to send three other
names and warning me not to- break the chain.
etc. l will so as far any rebe so-called TO
keep the peace and lnry the past and be fri nd
ly; but you must excuse ME. / have lived all
my life in the path OF that march 10 the sca,
and for thirty years ! have been s'raining
my mind to Zee the heroism in it, and ]
cant DO it, 1t just shows now blinded we
poor mortsls are. All the herosm j zee is in
the retreat OF Joe Johnston. who, with 40. coo
men. resisted that III rch of Sherman with
three times that numb ,r AMI XII ed more, man
for man, th,n he h ad soldiers. There is-whcre
the herosm comes in. But we will make
far compromise with you. III you AMI your
boys W II c,n ribute rs cents each for a monn-
ment TO JOh Johns on, the real hero OF tho
march to the sea- will let you build one to
Sherman and say nothing about it, We
thought that the t.ine was about out for braG-
ging, but il you are determined 10 keep II up
lets tot" fair IL seems TO us hat il REQ ules a
pool deal Of cheek to brag about an army Of
near three millions Of men whipping army of
thrcc.qua"ie's of q million in four years timo.
woudcnt mention it if ] were you. We are
very tired of all this rldiculou' Gush about the
Grand Army of the Republic, especially
wleh you know or ought 10 know that
yon have on tie pension rolls more
men than We had in our army
during the war. You cant knock the truth out
with monuments. We will help you build
monumcn; to all the brave soldiers who fought
ON cliEc side and we vii! urv the tomahawk
and say hurrth Tor Americana. but we take no
stock in Tecum>el Sii' Tman. nor any other
Sherman that il kin 10 him. We would II we
could. hut somerow or other we can't. 30
you VIII please eXcuse me for breaking the
chain. Some of these days. wh"n this ever
lasting panic IL over. we will build monu-
ment to old Joe Johnston that Will tell the truth
and e nm morIte the herosm OF that march
10 th sea.
This r. minds me OF old John Sherman, the
statesman, sO-callcd and of a littl" papor-cov
cred book that is called COINS financial
School and is going the grand rounds on it's
silver mission. 1t did not come from our side
of thr country, but it is capturing the people.
l don't know who lS behind il, but do know
that II IL the brightest, clearest aud most at
tractive book Oh the silver sfGe that has been
placed before the American people, and If not
answered i'll All effective. convincin; way will
sweep this western country as fire sweeps the
prarres. IT will not do f. r the god standard folks
TO lay. "Oh, it il oil bosh and is paid for by
the siIve.ites.' The book mrst bc answered.
May. it can't be. l don't know. can't an
swer Il p stion in IL and am an average man.
Tnc Truth is. am afraid to hclcve all that is
in it for fear somebody will cali me a fool.
| asked Joel Cisuder Harris about j. yester-
day and what he knew about W. II Harvey,
who wrote II. He smiled and said III ivcy is
silver crank. just like am. They call me
crank, but nobody can answer the argument
on the silver side and hence their only reply Ia
that the book is u humbug-a decctful snare
and all that. but ;hc book is taking the west
ern and southern country. They cannot print
them as fat AZ they arc called for You will
find til. ni on sll the railroads, but rs ye' they
have no; got in 'le book stores. 1t j. said that
2ju, rN copies have already been sold. The
supple colioqniHl style "f questions and al
swrrs and thr illustrations Cal ture tie common
p.npie.'
Now. there are whole lot OF as wL0 have
beer reading both sides Of the newspn pr:5 for Il
al so W., 81 m y,I nD
come 70 the conc U>ion tina: Lohudy Knows
mucr about it, But this little boot; has told
rs more than al the newspapers, and :! some.
body don't publish a reply 10 il I'm a.rs.l we
will all slide down the silver t"bOSg&I and stay
there. Com says that the vane o. al tho prop
crty III the United States j. S25 0N. ii'O.O Onh and
the Indebtedness ot the nation j. 81. 900 OOO-
800, and lie gives all the fgrres IN detail
We'll. if iha!'s So are but, 4. and tie ap-
pointmcnt of II ma: :ional receiver IL il n'de". He
Gays the railroads alone owe S5.0cr W0,o'C TO
Europe. and the ANIMAL interest IL S2it OOO 900.
payable III gold He snvs tha; cv - kind Of
property has been shrinking N va:rr since the
crime of 1878 that Oil John sherman was the
author Of. TIE crime q! domOuctj2img silver lN
an ac, nas~cd bc!wccn nj :miSrt and day,
when everybody YVES drank OF ASLEEP ana
even General Grant said IL" G!,!oni know that
he had signed any ru IN an h,:. u tanes twice
aS much property now 10 prv debt a. ,; did
five years ago, an! as we above nearly a. much
az We don owe, the ouu'ry = about bankrupt,
and f'w Thousand mtliIOn"Ifcs will soon own
the whole conc IN. This iS the picture ne
draws. ana to read II and h,Irvc II makes n1n
feel like taking his dOul le-harIrl shotgun ana
joining the army of hrraG wInucrs. The
masscs Of the people are III debt and willis
proper shrmks. the d"h', swell and taxes in
crease until they are burden. The people
rcniiH this. No. long ap" sriG piece q:
properly for $500 that r,F,i.eG $500 for
th,eC wears ago. J forced 20 s"l 20 lay
dch.e and taxes. some ,u.c lee. .'a'csineu say
that wncH' and Co,iUu aud other thIncr rave
come dow from ov"rp'u 'ur'ipu or rom
cheaper mCthoGS of growing HuG avvcStlng.
But Com savs how ahoui WOO. that has not III
creased III quantity hur I'm, decreased 90 Ier
cent in pr cr: iiow about horses that have
been ceiling IN COOrdd for S5a heaG: