Evening journal., 1898-05-10
WAYFARER'S NOTE BOOK
Things, Pleasant and Unpleas-
ant, Caught on the Way.
sKITs ON PERSONS AND THINGS
IF YOU READ THEM BEFORE SUP
PER THEY WILL AID YOUR d.
GEsTION, BUT THERE is MOTH
ING PUT IN THEM TO LULL YOU
TO SLEEP.
RELIC OF THE WAR.

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RELIC OF THE WAR.
The war that is now going on be-
tween this country and Spain has
brought many curious relics of the last
war out of their hiding places. They
include such things as collections OF the
war envelopes like those used by many
citizens of this country, both in the
North and in the South to show to the
world at large with which side they
were in sympathy soldier caps, bullels'
gilt buttons, swords, muskets and many
ether things tCO numerous to menulOn
here.
Several days ago a man showed to
the Wayfarer a copy of The CHRISTIAN
Banner, which was published at Fred
ericksburg. Va, May q, 1862. This
small. patriotic sheet was edited ana
owned by John w. Hunnicutt, and is
printed on brown wrapping paper, but,
| for all that, it overilows with patriot
ism of the boldest kind, notwithstand-
| ing the fact that it was published ia
one of the hot-beds of secession, where
men were being arrested and shot or
hung as traitors for saying far less
| than was said in the columns Of this
little Union paper.
The following notice why it was
printed on brown paper is clipped from
cne OF its editorial columns:
Being unable to obtain newspaper
from the North we are compelled to use
brown paper as a substitute We are
labOring under every conceivable diff
| Guilty. but hope finally to overcome
them ALL Be this as it may, we feel
confident that generous and enlight-
ened public will make every possible
allowance for us in our presentstraight-
ened circumstances. If we can secure
ink and paper, by the help Of God and
our fellow citizens we shall write many
things which we trust will be Of SER
vice to the people. Read, and think -
A story was published in Northern
papers that the plucky little sheet had
been suppressed by jefferson Davis or
ders, TO which publication it responded
as follows:
"CorrectiOn.-Our attention has been
called to an article in the New York
Tribune. in which the correspondent
says The Christian Banner was sup
pressed by order of JEFF. Davis The
EDITORS life has been threatened, and
his property destroyed We have itali-
clsed the words by order of JEFF. Davis
and his property, because they were
underscOred when the paper was sent
to us. We did not discontinue the Ban
ner by order Of JEFF. Davis Had we
continued to advocate the Union Longer
than we did, an armed mob would
: have suppressed It, This we know
And his property destroyed Our
property was not destroyed Our busi-
ness, it is true, was all broken up, and
we shall lose the most of our hare
! | earnings for the last several years, ye
our property was not destroyed by or
] der of JEFF. Davis. We make this cor
{ rcction because we would not do injus
, tlce. il we knew il, to any human beinl
, On earth, not even to the devil himself
! rcr to the hidecus monster, Secession
Secession is the concentration of al
; curses, social, civil, political and relig
iOus. That We have been under the bar
f secession prescription for the las
welve months is a well-known fact
lat our arrest has been threatened
me and again, we presume none vii
deny. That our life has been, and still
: is threatened, is a fact well known
And what is our offense? Simply be
cause we love the South, and hate Sc
cessiOn, and expose the villainies O
the political scoundrels. who have
forced secession with all its cOncomi
tant evils and horrors upon us. MeI
may threaten our life now, and thirs
for our blood, and talk Of driving
. Union men out OF Virginia. but they
! had better look into the future a little
for in less than five years secession will
: stink in the very nOstrils of Virginiani
| and the leaders who have forced
q 7upon us will receive the eXecration o
, all good. intelligent and patriotic citi
/ zens."