The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1865-08-02
Mr.. Nasby Meets a RECONSTRUCTED
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SAINTS REST (Which is in the
Stait ov Moo Gcrsy,) July y, 1868.
hev bin in Washington, and while
ther | wuz introdoost to Gincral Mari.
on Sumter Fitzhoo Gusher, Nv Missis'
<ippv. I wuz anxious meet with
Representative Dimekrat Nv the South,
. interchange views, to hcv soothin con-
fdcncis, to unbuzzunn, becoz for the past
t years the Dimokratik party hcz bin
trooly seckshnal, and the scckshun it hcz
okkcpicd is not the identikle seckshin
onto which the orfscs is lokntid, and
only byu pcrEeck union with our wunst.
loved brethren Nv the South, kin We
ever git onto trooly Nashncl ground.
Gineral Gusher is troo gentleman Of
the raal Suthern skool. lie puts G. S.
4. artcr his name, onto the hotel regis
ter, and his rings, buzzum pin, and the
he'd Nv his cane, is all made Nv the bones
Nv mizable Yankee soldiers who fell at
Bull Run-hc sez by his own hand, and
it must be so, for who ever knodc suth.
crn man to boast vaingloriously? Wet
met and embraced, weeping perioosely.
".Alarsm sobbcd the Gineral, "wat a
nitmarc hez o5Skoord our respective wish.
uus fer parst 4 yeers wuz alluz a
U'uioa man, alluz alluz The old flag
| loved with more nor parental atteck.
shuu-2 me it wu2 more nor llic
"WLy, then, my Ajacks, soLbcd |,
"dii you raise your parrSidlc hand agin
it?' .
"Why? my beloved. Because MY
STAFF scccsht, and wuz carried along
by torrent NV public opinion which |
Good no: stem, and | went with hur.
Bu, it's all over. We hcv awoke, and
In here in the capital uv my beloved
country, under the shaddcr Nv that glo.
rious aag which is the pride Nv Amcrl-
cans and the terror Of AL weak nashenS
wich hcz territories contiguous, reddy to
talk oath and rcSoom the citizenship
laid orf, and a.in run the GuYment for its
own honor and glory
"lIcv 700 4 pardon" sez |. " Me-
thinks wunst paper reccht my humble
village. which is unanimously Dime
kratik-Gt cum around n package OF
goods from Moo York; and in that pa.
per saw your name, cz wun Nv the or
Users who killed the nigscrs at Fort
Pi!lcr. Am | rite?
"Your air. Tn a gushin child Nv
nachar-l'm enthusiastic. Labrln un-
der the same dcloosion that scccsht US,
blccvcd at that time that | wuz doin 4
good thing in KILN them property Nv
ours that Linkcn he'd shoyd bloc kUtcS
onto. heY no apologies to oiter-l am
now writin jus,iicaShcn.
IL, and speak for thousands Nv the
shivrirous sons Of the south who woulu
like good square meal wunst more, am
wilhn to be consolidated. The opportoo-
uity is now offered the Government to
consulate Us. We are returnin prodysle
sous-kill yoor fatid veel and bring out
yoor golden rings and purple robes and
sich. We ask condishuus-we shel in
sic, on terms but we air disposed to DO
reasonable. We air williu to aknowl.
edge the soopremacy Of the Government,
but there mus, be no humiliashen. y
proud, high spirited people like us won't
stand it-no sir, we cannot. Their must
be no hangin, no conti$cation, no dis.
lrauchisin. We cir willn to step back
les, az we slept out, resoomlng our old
status, trusting TO engineering to get sleh
other piu,s AZ air not here enoomeratld'
Without them condishuns the union
wood not be one ov hardwood be hoI.
Ter mockery. Wat we air goin Tor Is a
union fouudid on luv, which is strong
crcr and more solder than musSits.-
lIarts is trumps-lct the platform be
hearts and all is we'll.
But, General" scz |, 'in all this
wat DO 700 pcrposc Tor US northern
Dimocrats
"Towaris them our BOWLS melt with
luv. We forgive 700. If 700 kin tax
the old at,itood, well and good, cfnot-"
Hold scz |, " don't threat. AgIn.
uinc northern dimekrat wants but little
here below, but wants that little long
live him small post orfs, Niger
driver to look up to. and niggcr to look
down to, and he is supremely happy,
IF angle in glory wuz to Oiisr to trade
places with him, harp. golden crown
and al he wonld ask odds.
Wv course them positions yu KIN heV
we don't want en-. All we ask IS to
make the platforms, and hev such Of
fists ez hawty, high.toncd men kin ef'
lored , to take, and yu uns kin hcV the
rest.
But wun thing must be understood
The scenes Of the Charleston Convcn'
shun must never be re enactid-there
: must be no more Duylissis. Under the
new dispensashun VI dance whenever We
fiddle, askin no questions. The suthcrn
hart must never agin be frcd-it would
consume itself.
"Ez soon ez I hev took the oath, |
shell immcji,ly 90 hum and run for Con-
sris-sec tn it ,het yu hev cnutf diml.
Sra,s thcr that VIC, jiutly, kin control
things w coarse, in Union Nv luz,
S.t bo onn,l;tv T,inEin'S war