The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-01-13
Arp on the Way the Figure 9 APP
pears in the New Year.
SAYS IT MEANS SOMETHING.
His Terms Of P~eaoe-WiIIing to Forgive the
Northern People if They Will Apologize
Alienation of the North and Sonth Was
Owing 10 Diet and Climate.

1899. | was Illuminating about this
riddle Of the 9's. l and 8 are 9, and
that makes three 3's in a row. IS are
two SO, and that makes four 9s IL q
row The three IS make 81, and the
2 and 7 make 9. The four 0's make SO,
and the 3 and 6 makes 8. Maybe this
wear of the 9's is to be o mascotte, aud
We will have peace and prosperity in
the land. Maybe the lion will lay
down with the lamb. and the nations
shall beat their swords into plowshares
and not learn war any more.
Maybe, | say. But there are some
signs Of peace op this side of the water
peace between the north and the
south. Mckinley has made o break Of
it. and il ne can control his party, con-
gress will fix up our confederate grave
yards. Then the next thing will be to
pension our confederate veterans and
widows just like they do theirs, and
last Of all, to apologize. never will
be satisfied until they apologize and
do that aud feel better for having
done 1t, for they know by this time that
they were in the wrong, though it has
taken o long time for them to find it
out and repent. Surely We are tho
most forgivirg people in the world, or
we wouldn't make SO much ado over the
offer to fix up our s~raveyards, for the
truth is, our women have already fixed
them up and our dead are comfortable
under their care. But it is q sign Of
good will and fo%reshadows an apology
in the near future. Tom Reed wants
to got ahead of Mckinley in the south,
and expect will introduce a Bill of
Apology at the next session. Pensions
and apologies will be his slogan. It
won't take q great deal of money for our
veterans and widows. for there are not
many left, but it will cause those who
are left to live longer, for
Time cuts down all,
Both great and small,
Except u pension soldier,
They do not die,
But multiply
Aud never grow any older.
An old friend told me that the alien
alton between the north and south was
owing more to diet and climate than it
was to slavery or negroes. Said he.
they live on cold bread and canned
goods and Goldfish. aud drink iced tea,
while we live on ham and eggs and hot
va 49, oSuC IA j L
Their diet is as cold and shivering as
their climate. while ours is rich and
warm and stimulating like our SUI
shine. Hence, they are inclined to be
coldhearted and selfish. We Toasted
Mckinley down here on southern food.
and warmed him to the heart aud made
him feel generous and kind, and SO he
made that confederate speech and wore
that veterans badge because he felt
good inside. If he had stayed down
here q few weeks longer he would have
spoken for pensions and ~apologized.
Maybe there is something IN that.
for | have observed that northern peo-
pie who domicile with us for any length
OF time always take u side and defend
Us. BOt my candid opinion is that the
classes at the north who are most in
the way Of peace are editors and
preachers. The editors want some
scandal to feed their readers on and
the abuse Of the south is like regular
stock IN trade and Is always in demand.
1t Is a good cement for the party and
keeps It solid. for If their readers differ
on home politics they can always har
NOME by abusing us. The leadin-
New York Republican paper is Just a.
malignant since Mckinley made his
souttern tour as It was before. Nr.
Mch ev played on the harnonicau
but Inc Press won't dance to the
music
As fpr tho preachers, my candid
opinion Is the majority of them have
no more real religion than did Henry
Ward Beecher. Like the editors. the
rely on sensation to ill their pews and
their pockets With y few exceptions.
their Thanksgiving ermons had
neither love to God nor charity to mau.
and they went out OF tho text TO give