The Portland daily press., 1864-10-24
Monday Morning, Oct. "a, 1864.
The i.Nasby Papers. !"

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The following is description Of recent
class meeting athis church, and the views of the
members thereof on the negro messacres.
CHURCH wv THE Moo DIsPENsAsHUN, / 4
Gooly 30, 1864. a|
Our class meetins hev ben sumwhat neglect
Id Nv lalt. Sumhow it Is in our church ez it
is In the hetrodox-we air hot and cold alter
nifty. Last sunday we he'd a preshus seen
Bro. Siples spoak. He contest that he was
q week mortei He he'd his ups and downs
bad. 1t waz ruff on him. Whenever Grant
and Sherman he'd a success his faith failed him
and sumtimes he he'd difficulty in cumin tu
time even wen Lee whipt Grant. But he he'd
recently paid So per gallon fer whiskey, and
that stifd him. With wun hand upon his 2
often Empty jug, and tother pointed to heaven
he he'd sworn eternal hostility tn them ek he'd
razed these prices, which is ablishnists. If
convenient he asked the brethring to pray
fer him. yae
Bro. Hopp riz. He he'd his ups and downs
also-rayther more downs than ups. His sole
wuz full wen Forrist killed the niggers, but
alas woe wuz on him wen Sherman faxt EN-
at Atlanta Now the skize is ibrite. Lee
holds out bully, and tother day 1000 niggers
MI Eiilad a Poforo ohrsro
At this pint interrupted bro. Hopp. The
killing Nv niggers is no coz Nv rejoisin. Wat
destruction Nv property 1900 niggers at 81 ;
500 per nigger is $6,000,O00! This sum NV
mummy, even at the present ablishn prices,
wood prodoose &C., ,000nipsi Wood, o woodt
that l wuz condemd to consoom em ALL Eff
them niggers had been white men wooden,
hev keered. Wy? Bekoz. white sogers is all
ablishnists. Don't shake yer he'd, bro. Gramp,
it's SO. Your own son, even, backslid. He it
wuz who rit hum sayin that if be had KUN
back and found that old hypocrit Nasty eet-
ing chickens about yoor howse, he'd plump
ounce ball into him. Hypocrit Chickens
Sich baseniss confirms me in my beleef in the
doctrin Nv totle depravity. / am an unobtroo-
sive gest at the table nv my flock. Troo l etc,
but wood eny NV EN- say that chiekings wus a
equivalent fer my improvin conversashen? Ez
fer the paltry mummy borror, allez Civ my
noat, wich settles them transactions. saf7s
2resoom: Every niger killed infaims our
brethren powerful. Imagin, my brethren, a
suthrin artilrist bringin Nv his peace to bare
upon the advanein enemy. He sees their air
niggers, and his hart sinks. Neerer and neer-
er they cum. Seezin glass. he vews em, and
horror! in the front rank, "clothed in scots Nv
blu" be beholes his indivijile niggers Neerer
neererl Fain would he spare EN-, for them
very niggers may be the uncles Nv dozen Nv
his children which is patriarklel to say nuth-
in NV the mummy he has inweastid In EN-. But
no! The order is giveni "Firer p He pulls
the fatle string, and ezhe beholds his own
property bleedin on the plane, he swoons
away. My jentil friends, maik no doubt that
half the cases reported in the Suthrln papers
ez sun stroke wuz from that coz.
Uther brethrin give their experience in. The
feelin is improvin sence the draft, and hev
faith that eff our groseries kin hold up till Sept
5, under the credit sistim and too menny don't
run Kanady, We will be able to whale emmy
Provo Marshel's forse they ken send agin us.
PETROLEUA V. NAsRY,
ia Pastor Nv sed Church in charge.