jurisdictin

Updated: May 28, 2025

A Yankee jedge jurisdictin' our laws, a Yankee sheriff enfo'cin' 'em, and a Yankee postmaster distributin' letters and sellin' postage stamps." "But they were elected all right, Colonel, and represented the will of the people." "What people? Yo' people, not mine. No, my dear Fitz; the Administration succeeding the war treated us shamefully, and will go down to postehity as infamous."

Francis Hopkinson Smith - Colonel Carter of Cartersville