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Rolla Herald The
Unkindest Cut of All The Rolla Express, some
weeks ago undertook the job of giving Monks a deserved rap over the knuckles,
as a set-back for his presumption in asking the votes of the radical party to
place him in the senatorial seat.
Monks retorted in a long letter, which the Express editor, publishes,
as he says, “verbatim, spellatim.” This custom of using the
club of an ignoramus to knock out his brains, is an old one, and is a species
of grim revenge that does an editor good to contemplate. Monks, however, promises
to make a little speech to our people, on his return from Below we give an extract
from the letter, in order that Democrats may see of what material radical
candidates are made: TO THE Who says by way of and
editorial which is placed in the rolla express
August 6, 1870, Major Monks may plead innocent of the changes made against
him but some of us now him and he cannot make that impresioun
on all of the people. I admit that a grate many
persons now me and thare is one class of persons
noun as rebels who have felt me and thare is a
class of persons noun as copperhead who do not like my land marks and I think
the above refered to are one of the persons and thare is a third class of persons who are worse than
either of the classed refered to this class of men
are composed of money skisters of fire pimps who
had not the courage to come out in support of their principals or was
entirely void of principal who was dastards and couards
claiming to be a friend to the strong party let him be rebel or union I will say to these fault
finders that same lot, they was to dastardly cowards to void of principal to
follow the rear of the army but when danger shone they retreated in the rear
of hoop-skearts thrown themselves on ther mersey to plead thir cause and if the rebels charge these fellows with
being radicals they would deny it with an oath declare on their sacred honor
that they was good Southern men always had bein for
the old constitution. This same calss of fellows so soon as danger was over would sally
out and those that could not get office at the hands of the soulger would erect a clabbon
or shanty near where the war worn soulgers was quartrd, hunt around and beg or pick up the top of some
old cracker box for a counter then by some doz. Boxes of sardeans
and the same amount ousters some four or five gallons of rot gut whiskey put
up some old refused crackers of the soulgers and
then by an old greasy deck of cards then hire some loafer to play an old bango these sowardly sneaks
would commence stealing of their own soulgers munny. |
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