Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-03-19
A FAMILY TALK ABOUT SECESSION.
SO

| RocKBRIDG, March 1861.
Cusin Boo
was sittin tother mite with old Saly-tbsts my wifi,
at the fire place. when she tux nuspapur out OF hu'
big side pokit. She wasn't sayin nothin at all was
reetbar afeerd to say anythn myself for noes hur vel
when she So alwas thinks il hes to let vel emu
sta So Thar sails she thars Bob Rgwas papur-a Mise
chap Of Cusin of ours-I thot wen seed him last
HARVEST with bis sic Ease bis greesed har his shoos
| shinin hk EN- BOTH that Cusin Bob wernt the rite
chap for thes here tmes-st lok at his papur with old
| Abe's augora in t-cuss him-what dus yu think o
cusin Bob now to printe SIGH thing, as that, then
sont il here tn me- arter SIGH talkin as gin him last
harvist-0ld Abe the black president to sit himself up
to bore the South with his big augor tel US south folks
that thay haven't the rite du st thay plesescuss
himst reed it Roburt So what yu thinks OF seshiun
| now.
TUX the papur st as if hadn't seed it afore, SADIE
Deer Sally, lone yur specs wipe em cleen fur al
wais had TO speek salty to bur, hav iussso be-
gins reedin & reediu along when Sally jurked of
nv Specs x seed she a comm rite at me-so cot
still and didn't sal nohin but tel yu Sally farely busted
ou-yu arnt goin reede that thar Who'll thing here
in our hous at mi fire pase-I tel you Robert you shant
and yu noe tu-ist reede herorite tere then tbro
| the cusscd thing in the fre-here don't you yu see
liant WI no ise-nor-jist lux sa, done he sa that
we south states is wrectionary and ravoutonin-don
you see-can you heer-Aint yu gut no les nor eres-
don't be sa he'll tax hold on the south and make EN- pc
taxes as sure as deth-thas enuf for Robert and
tu-so YOU needen't rede more-tain't fit toso Ia it
in the chst & wee'l stop hole in the windo with it.
Now Cusin Bob jist KEEP shady fur Will SADIE no.
thin ill seed she a swagin down into sotness,
when leened down my he'd tux Sallys hand in mine
4 sade-ah Sally quier times now-we's lived in peece
& plente all our dais Il rased our boys gals pigs
hens a. craps bundantle-& every mite mornil prade
fur the yunn-and now we're chawn cusses agin it
il giys me msere here Sally But seed she wus age
in to bust agn st soppd awh, thinkin fur sumLhn
saft 10 sa-but twasnt no misere-sas she-cUss
your msere-ant il msere enuf TO hsv old Abe fur a
marser-cuss him 4 the yunin tn, if old Abes in it
cant we rase corn pigs hens our granchdurn IT,,
without askn old Abe Robert sails She she TUX
mi tother fist in hern-and ist seed she wus gwiin TO
satin apin-and | -Sally-Sally-but was skeered
cudnt think Of nothn saft sorter so, to pcese hur
so sails Sally did you rede all that tarnal thing-no
Robert-dont kitch this wumun at sch work as that
well Sally Of yud rede il eileen thru both ierepart hind
mart all atwxt en- yud old Abe amt go alfred mad
after nod Abe SADIE Saly--and she tossed hur he'd
like pee hen ainungst the goslins-I sadcdeer Sally
mitv saftly-ist listen TO old Robert wonst more-dont
cid Abe ga he wont hurt if the merican peepe wont
let hn-dont he he wont hit us anywhar-dont ne Sd
he wont ride US if backs s sore-dont he "a II we git
mad bel list lot us aloneand don't he he wont collect
taxes if ne can't
Jist then Sally seemed to be a swein agin X thot
she would bust-but didn't give her time X sade as
rassd rite up-& don't he s4 if thar IS any fu that
vel max i. Il not him and don't he say if wants him
hit ua he wont 90 lt--OOHL ne sd 80 GtI1-uI
time she was leetil saftened-but | seed thar
heep of stuff in her yit thot best to let il run rite
out won time az wei as another-so give hur rope.
Now, cusin Bob, if cud unly rite as Sally cussed
blowed jurked you'd f6in in plrelipck tit lahn-
but was skeered stud rite next the doe-ior tel yu.
cusn Bob al Eais Altered Of these wumen seshon
ists-I meets EN- often they betes me talking all
hoor-consarn EN- purity thngs-tha don't spin now
nor skutch fax nor We've jsens as Sally me used
to-and tina don't do nothln but larn tllkng-& when
tina gts roDg seshnism all Jarikos rams horns
ANT pa'chin to EN-.
So sally busted rite out-and yu-yu Robert 81
yu-he don't sa no SIGH thng-whar did you sit all them
lies TO tell here TO me-yu-yu say-you hant red any
more of it-for | wudn't lot yOu-and you shant.
Now seed her har a-Tisin like brises sows back,
aud noed it wudnt du 10 tell her I'd red il also sed,
Sally our nabur Jones told tothur dl what old Abe
ssds he wus gum do-for be noed all about IT, Ma
Dor Jones' said shelton Jones-cuss him. sa-ddn't be
cum here wurs when yu won't here when was mlkin
the cow aud didn't he go into the kichn and Civ our
tel crandbaby sSete silks OF white and red and LETT II
a.suckin EN- and then out to me at the cow and
talk abou: unke Roberts vote and keered my mulee and
made hur Xix oyur the pale-and didn't the baby git the
kok that mite from his swee sufs aud keep you a-rarn
AID a.pich.n all ne-cuss hm-and he's bin a-takin TO
vou-he tom Jones--he never had a nigger-he don't
no not IN about uigger-the konsarned abhshunist he
s-he amt as gud as our black Bob named cusil
B5b-but cuss me il don't change Bobs name to Bill
fur hates that name now-savin and septn Robert
hats youru.
So She sits rte down prutty fur Gon, so that she
cudn't sa much m0re-when | JET hot I'd pitch in
wurd in a sa(t way-so sais Saly-Saly dus w wont
me- cede now? yes sails she-rite now-to-morruw-
YES to.dai-tan no time be fussn now-kase ii awl
the nahurs gifts rcdin that tarua papur Ike yu tom
Jones old Sally III bee Iult alone, pore, lone boiy
here 10 my old dais without evin my Robert with me
and then she begun a cryin sniiln hot I'd take
hur Just 10 her saftnCs-and sails deer Salyits nifty
serus time this-sO it is-tant okin or q cryin
now-but we must bee up doiu-haint We both lived
in this yuGon long Uneven bois gals
didn't We sing yankee dudel & hale koumba-when we
pitched on Together beur Parsun Brswn & soddercd
oar 25eycs into didn't our craps our knws orr
pig9 grow in this yunion-didnt our corn fields grow
biggsr-aud warn our ugly nabOr sam Smart Altered ut
the law TO hir our catte-aud hant had dOzn boys
( gals all nov l,tin round US with thar child'rn-
and dcnt w stand up every day or our door sill & lux
out al over this big happy smilin fancy Of YOUR
mine-now what more Guild yu expect by sh'ur, ont
of this yunion that's dun 30 much fur yu& ne ours
w.a faia WI Sally Jst then sally Eis upaur Ease shin
in Ike Noses-& sais sheycs RObeTt-zensable to tue
las;-o Robert, if wus boys q gals agin wouldn't i;
be a giorils yunOn
So sally 3 s;rate now II she VI unly sta strae-so
guide mite crssn Bob-thars heep OF fusay tecrs Up
here besides wmmcn tia. has to b. sratenei uso good
b ill you here fun me gin. yours alwaiS,
RoBFRT OF ROCkBRIDGE.