Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1865-12-07
A Sam Nv Agony.

the interests of his flock. His latest produc-
tion is,
A SAM w AaoNY.-The utter and abgect
state of cussitood into which the Dimocricy
find themselves, North and South, makes a
day of fastin approprit. Ef the Lord is ever
agoin to help us, now's his time.
Ef nv tleriklc brethren NV the Church
South beside to appint day of fastin and
PRAYER, submit the follerin ez sam NV
agony approprit for the occasion:
A SAM Wv AGONY.
On the Street | see a nigger!
On his back coat Of blue, and he carryeth
muskt.
He is Provo Guard, and haltccth me, cz
wun havin authority.
Aud NV tender daughter spit on him and
10 he arrested her, and she languisheth in the
guard house.
NV eyes doth dwell on him, and my soul is
n arteshum well of woe; it gusheth with
greet
For tha. wus my niger Il bought him
with price.
Alass! that ngger is out Nv his normal
condition, he is star Nv its sphere which
sweepcth thro the politikie hevens smashin
thirgs
Normally he wus wuth gold and silver,
now he is Il nitemare.
Wunst | was rich and that niger was the
basis thereof.
Wo ez me. owned him, sole, body, sin
oos. muskels, blood, boots. and brichis.
His intellcck wuz mine, and his body vuz
mine. likewise his labor and the froots there
Of
o,l ho ~
bine
The normal results of the conkebinage |
sold, combining pleasure and profit IN an en-
iuent degree.
And on the price thcrcofI played poker
and drank mint gooips aud rode in Gorgeous
chariots. ard wore purple aud inc linen every
day.
Wuz this micegnashun or niger equality.
Not emmy For she wul mine, even as my
OK or my horse, OF my sheep, and her increase
wuz mine even ez wuz theirs.
Ablishin mscsuash;m cIewatcs the niger
wench 20 her levcl-I did it for gain, which
degraded her muthly.
And when the wife Nv my buzzum lifted
up her voice in complaint. sayin' 'ho am
abuscd--this little niger rcsembleth thce.'
Half the price Nv the infant chattel wood
buy Il diamond pin with which to stop her
yawn.
And my boy follcrcd in my footsteps and
CRATE WIZ the mix, but profitable.
But my dreem is bustid.
The Niger is free. and demands wages
whether Shell. clcave to her husband or be my
concubne.
Yesterday l bade her come to me, and 10.
she remarkt. go way white man, or III
bust ye he'll"
And | code.
Her children are free--they are mine, like
wise. but cant sell 'em on the block to the
highest bidder.
Therein Linkin sirned-he violated the
holicst and highest instnks of our nacher;
he intcrposcd proclamashcn atween father
aud child
We took the hethcn from Afreka, and wuz
IL making Christians wv EN-. Wo to him who
stopt us in our misbnary WORN,
1t is writtcu-"Kin the Ethiopc change his
skim" | wuz a changiu it tor him. and my
frthcrs, and we had mcliercd II down to u
brite yallrr.
Dark is my fucher.
| obcyed the grcute law of Labor, ez l ser
we'd in the army, by suhsttoot-how shel
have to stanc my hands with labor, or starvc.
In what am | better than Northern mud
sill?
kin git no more ,'''amona pins for the
wife of my buzzum, and she yaneih contln-
onally.
Arraycd in home-spun she wrcstles with
pots and kettles in the kitchun.
Weighed down with woe, she dips snuff in
silence.
She asks NV me comfort-wat kin say,
say. whose pockits cont,ne only Confederate
skript.
Save us from Massachusetts,, which is onery
and cussid.
Protect US from niger sogers, which is
grinnen fecnds.
Shelter us from the ghost of John Brown,
which is marchin on.
PETROLEUM V. Massey.
Late pastcr Of the church Of the Moo Dis
pcnsashun.