The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1865-11-29
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A Sam nv, agony.

The utter and abgectstata of2cussitood
Into which tho; Dis Eiey find ,then-
selves, North and South; makes a. day
Pof fastin appropriate: Eff the lord lis
ever agoiuEto help Us, nows; his time;
Eff my clerikle brethrin Nv tho Church
South dosiao to nppi!ot, a day Of ts :. .
and prayer, I submit the follerIn ez o
sam NV agony; appropEis for the occa:
| A SAM w AGONY. ~
On the street sec a niger! -.
On his back q coat of bloc, and he
caryeth q muskit. 49, -
Hc is q Provo Gard, and he halteth
me, ezwun hevin authority -,
And my tender daughter spit on him,
and 10 he arrested her, and she Ian.
euisheth in the gard house. ~.
My eyes doth dwell on him, and my
soul is arteshun wellof Woe;it gusheth
with greet.
For that wuz my niggcr!-1 bought
him with price. -, ., 49,, ~, =
Alass! that niger is out w his nor
NAL condition, he is star out Nv its
sphere which swcepcth through the po.
litikle heavens smashin things.
Normally he wuz wuth gold and sill
yer, now he is nitenarc.
WuustI wuz rich, and that niger
vas the basis thereof.
Wo ez me! owned him, sole, body,
sinoos, mu.klcs, blood, boots and brichis.
His intellcck wus mine, and his body
wus mine. likewise his labor and the
froots thereof.
His wife wuz mino, and she was my
concubine. ~. ........
= The normal results Of the conkebinage
I sold, combining pleasures with profit
in eminent degree.
And on the price thereof I played pc.
kcr and drank mint goolips and rode in
Gorgeous charots,. aud wore purple and
6ne linen every day. ...
Wuz this miccgnashuu or niger equal
/ ty? Not any. For she wuz mine, even
as my OK or my horse, or my sheep, and
her increase wuz mine even ez wuz
theirs.
Ablishn misccguashun clewates the
niger wench to her lcvcl-I did it for
gain, wich degraded her muchly.
And when the wife Nv NY buzzum
lifted up her voice in complaint, sayin,
"Lo! I am abuscd-this little -niggef re.
scublcth thce!' Half the price " the
infant chattle would buy diamond pin
With wich to stop her yawu.
And my boys iollered in my footsteps
and great was the mix, but profitable.
But my dreem is bpstid.
The niger is free, and demands va.
ges whether she will clcaTe to her hus'
band or be my concubinc.
Yesterday l. had her como to ME, and
10! she rcmarkt, go way white man, or
I'll bust yer he'd"
And I code.
Her children arc frcc-thcy are mine,
likewise, but can't sell en- on the block
to the highest bidder.
Therein Linkin sinned-he violated
the hottest and highest instincts Of our
uacher: no interposed a proclamashou
atwcen father and child.
We took the hcthsn from Afrcka, and
wuz q making Christians wv 'cm. We
to him who stopt US in our mishunary
WORK. -. -. '..:.. -' D.. - 80.
1t is written" Kin the Ethiope
change his skin?' I wuz changIn it for
him, I and my fathers, and We had mel
lowed it down to bright yeller.
Dark is my fucher.
obcyed the great law Nv Labor. ez l
served in the army, by substitoot-now
shell I have to stanc my hands with la.
Dor, or starve.
In what am I better,that q Northern
mudsil? .......
kin git no more diamond pins for
the wife Nv my buzzom, and she yaw.
peth continooally. .'. "
Arrayed 10 homo.spun she wrestlcs
With pots aud kettles in the kitchuu.,
Weighed down with woe, she dips
snuff in silence. ...,
She asks Nv me comfort-wat kin l
say, whose pokits contain only couftd'
crate skript?
Save u, from Massachusetts,, which is
emory and cussid.
Protect us from nigScr sogcrs which
is grinncn feeuds. :
Shelter@s from the ghost Nv John
Brown which is marching on. 49, =.
PETROLEUM v. Massey,
Late Pastor Of The church 40 the Moo
Dispensashun. ......,. - .-,.'