Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-03-08
WHOLE NUMBER 097.

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Tried to 7 Lor bless you, mnasn, I nsber
thought Of smch q thing--woulin't 20 Il I
could.
Bot wouldn't you9 said, thiaklpe he
had some conscientious scruplts about
running away wonldn't ron II you could
buy YOURSELF and 60 honestly, as free
man7
Boy myself. sar he exclaimed, n sHrN
prise buy my own aesh and blood dat De
Lori hisself gabe me No no massa
I'D Ike to be free, but I'D nebcr do dat
Why not do that / asked.
Cause 'twouid be owHing dat De white
folks hab a right to de black and canse.
saF if war free could stay here.
Why should You ssey hereY You have
no Nife nor child why not 60 where The
black man can be respected and nseinlf
Use spected and useful heah, massa.
hab no wife nor child and dat make
me feel, I s'pose, like as e all de- black
people war NY children
But they are not your children and yoa
can be Of no service to them. At the north
you might learn. and put your talents 20
some use.
Saf 7 be replied, singular enthusiasm
lighting up his face, de Lord, dat made me
what ! as pat me here. and must stay.
Sometimes when things look berry black
end feel Almost 'scouFagcd, go 10 Him,
and say Lord, Use 20 use, take me 'way.
Iet me get tru wild dis. les me no more
see de soFerin' and preston 90 de poor
culled race den He says to me, just On
plain as | say IL to you, Keep up good
courage, Scipio, &c time win come and
| now, bless de Lord, the time am coming
What time is coming, Scipiol
Hs gave a quick suspicious glance bat
his face in moment resumed its usual
expression, as be replied / sure masse.
das / could trust you. feel yop are
my friend, bnt can't say no more.
You need not. Scipio, can guess
aud what you have said is safe 10 nee. But
let me consel you not TO be rash---wait for
the white man. Do mot let your freedom
come in blood |
II will come, maRsa, as de Lord will
When hs war set free de earth shook, aud
de veil Of de temple war rent in twain
We said no more but rode on in silence.
the darkey absorbed 10 his own reflections,
casing over the black volcano, whose
mufled echoes then heard away down
South in Dixie.
| was riding on an uufrequeased road,
hut expected 70 reach my destination
before night fall. / stopped at small
clearing to make inquiries as to the dis
tance, and in the doorway Of a dilapidated
hut, seated on chair which wanted one
leg and back, was suit Of linsey wolsey,
adorned by enormous metal buttons, aud
ed
that might have passed for either a hat or
an umbrella. was at loss to determine
whether the object was human beiug or
scare crow, when at the sound Of oar APP
Iproach, the umbrella like article lifted, and
pair of sunken eyes. o nose and an heard
disclosed themselve. Addressing -yself
to the singular figure. inquired how far
we were from our destination, and the most
direct route to it
Wal, stranger, was the reply, It's right
smart twenty mile to the Coloners but
reckon you'll get there, II you follow your
horses nose and ar good az swimmingN
Why good at swimningg Inquired,
Cause the runs have riz, and are consid-
erable deep by this time.
That's comforting news, said.
Yes, it or to a man as seems in o hurry.
be replied, looking at the horse which was
covered with foam.
! How far is il to the nearest run ask,
ed.
Wal, II mought be six miles it moEght be
seven, but you've ono or two ALFRED ones
to cross arger that.
Here was pleasant Predicameut. IL
was nearly FIRE O'Clock, and our horse,
though noble animal, could not make the
distance on an unobstrncted route, In the
then heavy state of roads, in less than three
hours. Long before that il would be dark,
and no douht stormy. for tho sky. which
had lowered all the afterpoon, every now
and then uttered an ominons growI. and
and seemed ready to pour down upon us,
But turning back was ont Of the question.
so thanking the native / was about TO
proceed, when he hailed me as follows:
/ say stranger, what's the talk in the
city Z
Nothing sir. replied, but Gghs and -.
cession.
D. secession was the energetic answer
Why so. my friend the doctrine seems
to be popular hereaeouts-
Yes, popular with the Soaih Carolina
chaps They'd be oneasy In heaven it Gas
briel Was cook aud the Lord head waiter.
They must be hard 10 suit, I said cal
calats you're not one Of them.
No stree not BY several miles My
: mother moved over the line on purpose u
make me decent Individual
But why are you for the Union when
your neighboFs 50 the other way
Cause il has allers carried as along a.
sleek as a CREASED cart and cause stran'
Q yer. ~ sraHdfather was one Of Mafion'a
boys, and split little claret a. TeWIaW
for the old eousern. and recon he'd Be
oneaay in his grave IL TUNED my back on
Il now.
Bot my friend. they say Lineoln y On
abolitionist, aud II inaugurated viii free eE.
cry darkey you've got,
He can'tdo that stranger. .Vcofdn' to the
constitution, aud my old gsandlatheF used
q TO say that ar dockerment would bold the
|. devil himself but for ny part, I'd Ike TO