The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-10-29
Bill Hrp'S Letfer

Written for The Weekly e"'SNAe~S'N-'
/ AS Patrick Henry said, IL Is useieS' :"
| cry peace when there IS no pe1oe 80
nv Grady never loved the nation INTO
| neace for more than about week Del
/ ter take that inscription or ms nhoiiu
men+ at alarms me is the 1acl tiia'
| the northern papers that are most 49, -,
| against us are the most popuiai 49,
| tbc:~ neopIe his is a bad sign. Inc
! New York Press boasts that It's clrcuia-
ton is twice as great as that Oh ai 'is
republican papers of New YORK aHo
/ prooLI,-n combined and 1t IS increasing
every day 1t Is ably and bitterly euil-
ed Not daily issue but has some INNS
! or Islander against the SOUTH wouiui'
care for what an editor said II MS reaus.'
] dident approve and indorse al, diio
reasonable to suppose that the hiiiii'i
/ northern readers OF The Press nate US as
/ cordially as does the editor. e"l
account for this antipathy' TOT we aI
not doing anything to them IN id91
/ sundays paper The Press says that we
..sho1;ld build a monument 20 PAU Sioan'
the IDENTITY sheriff OF Lake Charles ld''
/ because he lost his life IN trying 10 pr
tect a negro from a mob. Ihal - ~
en- had but he continues his remarks ana
saws we should set up MS sta'uo ~
Mace of one of those erected 10 Naiiio'
and Taney and Davis, whom their own
every question of their time anu .
northern mind reads raul Sloans tue
/ to n monument as clearly as Johh
( Browns"
What is the use OF trying 10 keep cam
and serene under such proVocatoiS-
Chief Justice fancy and John g Caiii"ut
were dead before our civil war anu u.
not know that any respectable cl'lHS.1 U
/ che United States would dare TO disiioh-
I "a. their great names They were states
mon. not politicians, and the tributes
I'D eulogies paid to them by northern
i mon were fun of praise and oVerfoWlhS
With national lamcntation- Even Dan
4 ieI Webster spoke with much emotion al
( his beautiful eulOgy on MI Caiii"",1,
/ But now a this late day the same "iu
I f,7atical cry is heard that caused new
Z r-,,.5.rd "a send John Brown on his ma
I jfrious ana devilish errand. The same
,naIienant howl that inspired John u
Whittier 10 write OF Webster;
so fallen. So lost, the light withdra"h
r,a qi"r wi from his sray hairs gone for
All else Is gone: from those great eyes
when ' fajth 9oi IS lost ana honor dies, the
man is dead
And this because he honOred Calhoun
ana il, his old age dared TO say in his
I snaecb at Canon Springs that a state had
( -Ia ricbt To sccede from the union when
fine coInnact was broken. Ny father was
( from Afassa chusetts and honored A'r-
Z Webster above all men and was intense
~ ir.l-- naut at Whituers lanaticai pun
taniral verses That triumverate Weo-
eter C,lqv and Calhoun was his ideal ot
,~r-a+ ,oe,, potriots and statesmen, and
II ie mime tcdav NJ contempt Tor old
whittier is very great and none Of ms
sIande~ous illusions shall find a place N
nv collection OF poems. / was surprises
~ ard p lot of them IN William cullen
Z Hrvart's collection.
But l am going to quit reaulng s"ct
rewspapers as destroy my serenity
bave TO hurry ont into my garden anu
dig too hard and too often this hot Weath-
-. 10 keen NV choler down. I've been
buildius- q yrcoished. and chicken coop
WI, fv-o arUartrnents, one of when IS
for the Christmas turkeys, wnen 'ie
I time comes. Old Uncle sam dl1 oie sur"
+ enough, and ! am now ennnatlct-iiS nc
/ t.r.,--bfr / reckon il is good Tor me ny
wife SAYS it IS I've worn out my iorhel
hoe DIGGING up the hard ground III 'i's
hoe mods for the worse am insulied
ttia harder 1 die. 1 don't understand
some things General Gordon and General
. Wheeler and some Ct our orators anu
/ r~eacbers go M north and mix UP WIN
those Yankees and come back I"aoeu
down and say: on. they are All rl1hl'
they are harmonious, but houce ma
tbe Grand Army wants 10 regulate our
echoolbooks. and the editors dictate now
we shall manage our negroes. m doing
nv host 10 harmonic. but when read
,hc7r editorials I want 10 hire cussin
roar-one that can't be broke OF II
ana III give him s. day 10 use LANGUAGE
en- that editor. He wouldent mimi peihg
cuSsed afar off and mayp he IL WouiU
.rio,-o ,7, feelings. He knows that every
/ follower of fancy and Calhoui sun SUI
I'm their COZ stitutional teachings. itS
I-~ovs that Dr. Andrews. who is the hon
,-e4 head of the public schools Of Chica-
30 declared in a public address that every
nrincfole the south maintained and fought
for. mad been decided IN our favor by the
sI,pre.1e court OF the United States before
the war and has Been since the war con-
Grmed by the present court lie knows
an that and he knows all about
-, md Akron and New York
cit,-.s treatnent OF the negro. and in face
of an this lie dares to spit out mis- venom
,+ ms don't understand him nor what
manner of man he is nor how he can
-reoD in 1eace or enjoy and digest hiS
daily food.
But we win get even next month ahc
then you viii hear howl 5000 sra-
.
ing and wailing and crashing of teeth
Ran and Stevenson! Both names end
,,-,tb :, big y and that combination has
+ never failed yet.
Well. 1 am working on that book now.
and nv friends are sending the names Of
their favorite poems from al over the
south 1t Is already Interesting ana curl
ors To note the ones that are most pop
MIR. / shall publish a list of them be-
lore long in the order in which they
stand , 49,.
And now about that sCriptural enigma
7 have received several letters about II.
and int one correct answer and SO L VIII
have to give the solution as sent By the
Mississippi girls:
You have heard. no doubt. the oft-told
tale
Of Prophet Jonah and the whale
His living soul was kept within
Till he reDeuted of his sin.
I When the whale dies. its oil gives light
Dispelling darkness from the night
BILL ARP.