Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1865-08-10
Mr.. Nasty Meets a Reconstructid
Suthsrn Slivelry, and hez Conf
ipnCoc
SAINTS REST. (which is in the State uv)
Moo GerSy.i Julv ID IS65.

heve bin to Washington, and while Their wuz
interioosed to General Marion Sumpter Fitzhoo
Gushar, of Mississippi. | wuz anxious ? meet
with a Representative DmeirIt ny the south, in
tcr:hange views, to hav a sOOthin condolences, to
un5uzzum, becOz for the past 4 yeers the Dimckrat
tx party hez bin trooly seckshnal and the seckshun
il hez okkepied is the identikle seckshun onto
which the orfses IS lOkatid, and only by a perfeck
union with our wunSt loved brethren NV the south
kin we ever git onto trooly shinel ground.
Gineral Gushar is a true contlemanruv the raal
suthern skool. lie puts c. ). Il. after his name,
onto the hotel register, anl hi rings, buzzum pin,
and the head Wv his cane IS all made NV the bones
NV mizabe Yankee Soldiers who fell at Bull Run
he sex by his own hand, and it must be so, for
who ever knOGe suthern man TO boast vanclo
riousy. We met and embraced, weepin profoose-
ly.
"Alarsl'' so5bed the Gineral, "wat mite mare
has obskoored our respective visions for the parst
4veers. wuz ailuz Union man, allluz, aluz.
alluz. The old fig Owed moIe nor parentel af-
eckshun-2 ME il wuz more nor if, 80
"Why, then. nv Ajlcks," sojbed I, "did 700
raise yoor parrsidle hand agin -?''
why? my beloved: Becoz Ny STAT sechest,
and wuz carried along by torrent nv public opin-
ion wich Good not stem. and | went with her
Bat its all over. We hev awOke, and I'm here
I'm here in the eapitll Nv nv beloved country un-
der the shadder that gellorious lg which is the
pride Nv Americans and the terror of all week na-
SHcils WHICH lSL lttI4lOfltS contiguous, reQuv TO
t.ik oath, and resOOm the citizenship lid or,
and agin run the Guyment fer its own honor anu
glory
''Hev you parlonl'' seq l. MEETINGS wunst
paper reacket nv humble village witch is unani-
InOusiy Dimekratik-lit cum around a package NV
goods from New ork) and in that paper saw yoor
name, ez wun Nv the Orfsers who killed the niggers
at Fort Per7 An rite?"
. 90 air. I'm gushin chile NV nacher-I'm
enihOoiastc. Labrin under the same deoOson
that seceshet Us. bleeved at that time that | wuz
doin good thing in killing them property ours
that Linkin he'd showed bloc kOtes onto. | hev no
apologies to offer-I am now writing a iustifca
cashen-
81, and speek fer thousands Nv the shivelrous
sons NV the South who would ike a good square
meal wnIst more, am willin to be cOnsiliatid. The
opp0rtOOnity is now offered the Government to
consulate Us We are returnn prodygle sons
Kill yoor fattid veel and bring out yOOr gold rings
and purple robes and Sch We ask cOndishns-
we shell insist on terms, but we air disposed to be
reasonable. We are willin to acknowledge the
soo2remacy Nv the Government, but there must be no
humiliashen. prond. high speritid people ike
US uns, won't stand it-nO sir, we cannot. Their
must be no hlngin, no disfranchisn. We air will
In 10 step back jest we slept out, resoomin
old status, trustin to engincerin git sech luther
pintS ez air not here enoOmerdtid. Without them
condiShns the union wood not be wun NV hart
twood be holler mockery. Wat we are gon for is a
union foundid OIL Inv, which is stronger and more
solder than muskits. Harris is trumps-let the
platform be hartS. and all is well.''
"But, Gineral." SEE l., sin all This wat DO 700
perpoSe for Us Northern Dimoerats?''
''fowards them our bowls melt with luv. We
fursiveyo Ell you kin take the old attitood,
well and gOOd-ef not
"Hold," |, "don't threat. A ginooine
Northern DimOkrat wants but little here below,
but wants that little long. Give him a smill erfs.
nigger driver to look up TO, AID Niger to look
down to, and he is soOpremelv happy IF angel
IN glory wuz to offer , trade places with him, harp,
golden crown and all, he would ask odls.'
"Uv course them positions 700 kin hey-we
don't want 'em. All we ask is to make the plat
forms, and hev SIGH Ofisis ez hawty, heightened men
kin afford 2 take, and 700 uns kin hev the rest.
"But wun thing must be understood. The
scenes Nv Charleston ConYenshun must never be
re enacted-ther must be no more Duglissis I'm
der the new dispensashun VOC dance whenever We
fiddle, askin no questions. The sutheTn hart must
never aSin be fred-it would consume itself.
"Ez soon ez | hev took the oath 1 shell immei-
ately go hum and run fer Congris--see to it that
700 hey enuff dimOcrIts Their that jntv kin con-
troll things. Wv coarse, in union of luv, the
must be equality. Linkin's debt must never
be paid onless ourn is-his hirens must never be
pensioned unless our patriots is. Wat deliteful
speckteclei Men who, Yesterday a gougin
eech luther onto the field Nv battle, to-day draw
in penshuns amnikably, frum the same treasury
The eagle wood flop his wings with GOV, and the
angels wood exclame "Bully.' l disabled from
wounds reserved on the field, and rejoice that our
penshun law is so liberal
$50 home. my friend; and marshel fer the con-
hict. Tell yoor centred Commits to collect ex-
pense mummy, and l. and Gineral Forist, and Ker-
mel Moseby, and Champ Ferguson, and Dick Tur-
and Boregard. and perhaps that noble old hero,
take orr yoor hat while penounce his gelloruS
name.l Gineral Robert E. Lee will come up and
stump the north for yoor tikits. | hev dun.
CO.,
"Noble man, thot /, ez he stalket magestically
away, takin, in abstractin manner. my new hat
and umbreller, leavin his old wuns, "who coodent
foler thee, and SIGH ez thee forever and forever.
PETROLEUM V. Massey,