The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1862-08-02


the Stars and. Stripes, an the eagle, an
thirty millions Of white people, all happy
and contented, and joy and prosperity
smilin everywhere. An the sky seemed
to be bendin down so as to almost tech
the arth, an away up In the clouds 1
could see rails of light streemin forth. AN /
thought [ could even see the angil robes
Of Washington, an Jefferson, an Madison,
an the old Ginneral lookin down, an rite
over the hull was the words "GLoRY"
and "PEAoE," in CRATE big letters. It.
was ralley beautiful. got lookin at it,
an forgot all about myself, in sort of
reveree, an wen I cum to, I found I'd been
cryin, because, you see, that was the Union
as 1t acas, an not as it is now. In fact,
wen [ got awake, it was enamost pitch
dark, an so Linkin couldn't look thru the
Telliskope that mite. Then got piece
of chalk, an marked it "Liabia's Tell
shope," an took it to him.
"There," scs [, "Kernel, that Tell
skope is done, an tomorrow you kin take
look at the Union as it was, an the Con-
stitushin as it isl Ses I, "the scene is
glorious one." So 1 left the Teliskope in
Linkin's room that mite, an went to bed.
The next mornin, after I got my break
fast, I went in, and now, ses l, "Kernel,
we must look at the Teliskope." So I
thought I'd look thru fust, to see eff the
glasses were set all right, wen I was never
SO took aback in all my life. Instead of
the joy and happiness, and the smilin
faces, and the thirty millions of white
people, the rails of light in the sky with
"Glory and Peace" on EN-, all was dark
and dismal. All I could see was some
100000 of negroes, and war, and blood
shed, and misery, and camps full of sick
sojers and broken wagons, wimmen and
children cryin, and the sky was black, and
away up on black cloud, in letters still
blacker, I could see the words, ''NEGRo
FREEDOM AND WAR"
jumped back as eff I vas hit wen l
saw it. Ses Linkin, "Whats the matter,
Majer? Ses I, "Kernel, that Teliskope
is all out of order. 1t amt rite" But
Linkin sed he hadn't teched it, so I was
puzzled. So after thinkin awhile, ses I,
"Kernel, was there eny body here last
mite after I went away?" "Yes,' ses he,
BOSS Seward came for awhile an talked
over matters" SEES I, "Did he tech this?"
"Wal, he was lookin kinder inquirin at it,
and I telled him what it was, and he
seemed to be grately struck, and exam
ined it very close"
"Now," ses l, "that ackounts for it.
The pesky critter has been playin one of
his cunnin tricks on me; but my name
amt Jack Downing eff I don't expose
him. No true constitushiual Teliskope
will give such view as that of the
Union" So L sot down and took out my
jack nife and went to work takin it all
apart. | found the box all rite; there
warn't eny thing in the tube, and was
puzzlin myself what could be the matter,
when | slipped up the magnifying glass,
and rite back of it was little bit of
paper Niger, black as the ace of spades,
that that TELLER Separd had cunniny slip
ped IN there! You see that at once ac-
counted for the hull troubled, for the mag
nifyin glass reflected the niger instead
of what it would materially, the white man.
After | took the niger out, it was all rite
agin, and wen Linkin looked thru it he
was perfectly astonished. "Now,' ses I,
"Kernel, you see e'that it is tryin to put
the nigger where he don't belong, that is
the cause of all our troubled. He don't
belong in the Constitushin, and wen we
undertake to put him there it won't work,
This trick Of Stewards jist SLOWS you
what he's up to. Now, Kernel, I'm goin
to start for Downingville arly tomorrow
mornin, and Til leave you this Teliskope,
so you can take a look at the Union as 1t
,oas, and don't you let, Seward or Sum
ner, or any of them fellers, get hold of il.
Wen you get puzzled, jest go and look
thru that, and you may depend upon it it
will lead you strate. Ef you get inter eny
deep troubled, write me and I'll give you
my advice, or ef you can't get along with
out me, III cum back after the Fourth is
over and stay with you till you get out of
this scrape with the rebils.. told you
would stick to you, and ! will. So /
bid goodbye to,the Kernel and his wife,
that mite, reddy to start in the early train
in the mornin.
I intend to give you full account Of
the celebrashin Of the Fourth at Downing
vile. Insine Stebbins, Of tho Downing
vile Insensibles, who writ ihs piece Of
poetry On Mrs Lnkin's ball, and who