The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-03-05

Thousand cartridges IN AMI You are wei
come TO these II you will 20 after them.'
"I said Thank you for the pistol. |
will 10 after them
Never Fired a Shot In the War.
"In this tx | went down TO Forrest
and we went to Brentwood station and
captured the fort and got the cartrid.
yes, but | never used them. l never
fred u shot during the war. That Ia
a fact. ] had just about as much rs
I could do, with the scare that was on
me, TO look after the mon that ] had
engaged, and that is the kind Of soldier
| was. told the other fellows TO
10 the fighting. A great many Of them
staid az home, and II ! had been as
smart as they were I might have done
the same.
Another time a gentleman, who is
living yet, by the name Of Capt. Brown
Of the seventh Ilinois-he and ! had
some little engagement. That seventh
Illinois was the meanest regiment !
ever saw, for IL never wanted 10 quit
lighting. The seventh and the Second
Iowa were the worst men l had 20
aght, but | am glad when ! see them
alive today.
when we meet we shake hands, We
are the best Of friends, aud Captain
Brown OF the Seventh Illinois have
kept up a correspondence ever since the
war. lie is living nj Leon, Iowa, now,
aud II you think I'm not telling the
fact, you can call on him and prove IL.
lie is still living, aud ! hope he will
live 100 years, and that l will live 10
Zee him decenily bur ed.
Wants Real United Country
Now, gentlemen, I did not get up
here just to make you laugh. | want
to tell you something that will no, make
you laugh. Down in Mississippi, whore
live when ! 20 home aud 20 to my
led 70 sleep aud dream sweet dreams
II the hours | have seen here In the
senate, ] will sleep with the sword VI
Democles hanging over my head We
have a problem to settle there that |
want you TO halp mo settle. do not
ASK you to agree with me, but | ask
you to talk with NE and listen to what
| have to say in kindness and friend.
ship. | want TO see Mason : and Dix
o s line oblitcrated from the map VI
the United states and on II the words
written Our County, (Applau,r on
the floor and in the galleries.)
~ am tired OF sectionalism. cod
knows | got enough Of 1t fghtinp
DO not want any Of IL. / do not want
to hear any speech in the senate OF any
where else that stirs up any strife DO.
tween the old soldiers Or citizens who
are not in the army. do wan 10
bring about peace.
Worthless Ones Seek Disputes
- am III old confederate; you re
old c~onfcderates perhaps. We disagreed
and you arc the v%ietors, but W. stall
think our generals were good men aud
our people were good people, aud We
do not dispute that yours were gust IA
good rs ours. Not at all. Our people
are not qusrreliug over these things
down south at ali.
1--WE have a few 'sbmouth fellows
that always want to make a fuss, but
they are not eve worth c%ussing so |
will not Use any inyectiyes against them
We have them down south, but they
are rot my sort, and | have got more
influence with the people thar they
nave, ] talk with them Ms tulh with
you. | tell them the truth and the
facts, and / tell them we are friend,
mere, aud they do not see things as We
10.
I've want you to think wei! ~ ~.
aud there +, no use calling US traitors
They used % call George Washington q
fcbel and 4 traitor, but We do no,
ihIn6 80 ourselves, snd I DO not think
any OF IN fellows, while We may have
been rebels--I DO not deny tha,-were
traitors We thought we ought 10 light
Tor our state and We disagreed lust on
q little section Of the constitution "A
mall thing TO fght about, but il made
tn awful blk fuss when they got at IL.
This is my father house. am
proud 10 be- associated today with men
bonn ,co around me. have fend
bee papers and | have hoard you all
0tu,ri and ensured, but / hnd that
't.- a the auest working body VI mcn
was ever associated with.
\ud This Is our country, know no
"rth lo south, no east, nor west. but
"'r my country every part the bc,,
never lie; hate get into my heart.
, as 10 make me unhappy. That i,
bee reason 1 have lived and kept young
.aI retained ny youth and beauty while
"a have gotten old and ugly, some Of
.1u.
81 har" no' lost my hair yet. but 1t
falling out, and | am going to leave
."rr TO Keep from losing II altogether.
an going 90 leave here, for muuy Of
700 have got all the hair OF POUR heads,
.. 4 Think / had better 90 home. "