Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-04-15
From the Hancock JefSrsOniAn.I
Mr.. Nasty Tries to Awaken an Interest
CHURCH w THE NEW DIsPKNsAsHUN,


CHURCH Nv THE NEW DIsPENsAsHUN,
February 20th, 1864.
| The old Dimocrisy hez lost its anshent
sperit. know not why, bat gloomy fore
bodin ez to our fucher hez he'd poseshun Nv
my sole for several weeks past. 1 notist that
the farmers belonging to my flock waz savin
up greenbax and he'd quit callin nv EN- rags
menny refoozed to contriDbit TO the VaIIandy-
gum fund, and collectshun for the benefit ov
the confedrit primers at Jonsons Hand wuz a
totle faleyoor, in consequence Of which l am
a doin without a overkote this cold wether,
Wich is unclerikle. And wuz than this-I hev
heerd, resen:ly, members of the congregashun
discussin tina skarsity Of labor, and 1 aetooaI-
ly heerd wun Nv EN- dam GeE Davis, instid
Nv Lnikun felt that suthin must be dun,
and set abowt to do it.
he'd bin preechen cousidable on the sub
gik Nv niger imigrashen, an ez the dislike
Nv the niger is cronic in the Dimocratic
mind, thot l wood stir EN- up with the mig
ger onct more. So blackd myself all over,
and putin on a SCOT nv ole cloza, / started
out afore day-lite, pintin fer Square Gavitts
who allus wuz inverit hater Nv the niger
he old man saw me a commin and l spected
nothln less than bullet thro me, but fer the
CRATE coz he'd determined TO risk even that.
But to ny horror the Square sed good mornin,
and askt where wuz frum. l told him I
Wuz a runaway slaiV frum Virginny, that 32,-
600 siartid the same day did, and that the
rest wood be along in a day or 2, 1 spozed
he wood bile at this, but he didn't He puld
frum his brest pockit the familyer old bortle,
and invited me to talk hold, which did, won.
drin why he wuz so plesent to a3nigger. Alas
fer Dimocrisy, soon found out, HE WAN
TED HIRE ME to work for him. Ez the
words fell frum his lips well nigh tainted.
but my consternashun Wuz re-doubled when
he askt me if 1 cooden't git him er A kuIerd
men! "Kulered men" thot in agony. O
wat softnin down frum the "NigRer" nv a
year agoI
Sadly | retraced my steps. Washin off nv
disgise felt, fer the fust time in nv life ut.
terly and entirely retched. Wen Dimocrats
gin to calln niggers 4kulered men," and want
EN- to work beside EN-, and drink out nv the
same bortle what better air they than Ablish-
nists ? The fucher nv the Dimocrisy is inded
dark and gloomy. We can't move the peo.
pie ez we ust 2. They pay the taxis, and say
they amt SO heVy after all. They hev diskiv-
cred that Government MUMMY isn't wuthIess-
they won't talk eny more about resistin
the draft, on the contrary they air rasin
mummy to send Dimocrats intu the army. which
allus Gums back rantin Ablishnists. a nokin
down peese men aud forsin EN- 2 talk the oath.
Farmers endoor the high prices Nv prodoose
with pashense and ekanimity wonderful 2
behold. Yesterday Bill Sipes sold his sorril
mare for $3.50, and insisted on heving his paw
all in greenbax. warned Wilyum nv the
risk he was runnin in keepin so much nv the
stuff wen be impudently exclaimed, "Stutfl
hey! Old Nosey that's played outl"
"Old Nosey." "PIayed out" This to his
spiritooal father! his paster and glide! Where
are we driftin? ea
What we are to do to stem the tide that is
settin agin Us is more than I know. good
decisive confedrit yictry wood help us, but
alas, see no probability NV that. It's 2 late
to talk nv compromise, fer theirs hardly enuF
left Nv the South to compermise with. I'm
sick. I'm sorry I supportid Wallandygum.
wish had bin good war man. NV con-
gregashun is gittin lOok-warm and don't pay
ther qwarterage reglar, and the grossry keepers
air intimatin that before long must begin to
pay fer my lickerl Wher will it end?
PETROLEUM Y. NASBY,
Faster Nv sed Church, in charge.