The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-12-29
Nasty AND MAST.
90 Few Last Words from Petroleum
v. Nasty.
Correspondence Of the Erening PoH.
HOSToS Dec 81 lStj6

BosroN, Dec. 81, ls66.
| have Just seen the proof-sheets of
I Nasby's new book, with the illustra-
tions Of Thomas Mast. The letter press
and the wood-cuts are admirably mated.
Mast contributes eight full page Illus
| trations those OF Nasby's Dream of
Perfect Bliss and his Vision of the
/ Future of the Democracy being the
/ best
, Nasby's contributions are forty-two
| in number. They comprise all his
weekly papers that have been published
since November, 1865, when the New
Jersey elections drove the pastor To
seek for new home where the aboli-
! tionists would cease tn "pesier' him. Ii
/ includes several chapters that have
| been expressly prepared for this vol
ume.
/ The title Is "Swingin' Round the Cir
/ klr. Py Petroleum V. Nasty, late
. Pastor uf the Church Of the New Dis
pensatiun. Chaplain 10 his EXcellency
! the President. and L. NJ. at Confederate
| y Roads, kcntucky-llisl Ideas of Men,
| Politics and Things"
I The dedication IL ncetiOus. Tho
/ chaper on "Change of BASE" "Ihe
Sonnet onto "A Soldier who was Onst
4 D.mok raj, =" and the Few Last Words"
are certainly new,
The following are passages from "A
, Few Last Words"
IL bid my readers farewell
/ in a period NV gloom rarely exalted,
and never surpast. for the Democrlsy.
/ Never in my recOllek shun waz the par
" in such state NV abject cussitOod.
The northern states hev slipt from our
grasp one by one, until none remains
which we kin fondly call Ourn. The
/ Border States are losin their Dimocrisy,
and rallyin under the black banner Ov
AOlI>hluI-m; anu the ten States which
We kin control OnfOTtinltiy amt got no
voice in the Guvment. From the
mouutin tops ~ Maine, and the level
} pararies NV Illinois, the remnants NV
| the Dimorisy boiler To us NV the South,
| 'Be firm well stand 10y yoou and from
the rich cotton fields NV the South the
/ plmucrisy boiler To them NV the North,
Keep up yoOr sperits! We are troo
to VOC! all NV which u very cheerin,
. when them Wv the North il IN sich
/ hopeiis minority ez To TIE unable To
elect u township constable, and them
/ in the South haIn't got no vote AT all
/ 81 appeal, however, with the rest NV
I the leaders, 10 the Dlmocrisy TO remain
firm. Suthin will come IN time-what,
/ | can't with any degree NV certainty,
/ now state; but suthin will come. The
/ Ahlishnisis cannot alluZ rool. The cu-s
Nv the old Wing party wuz, that the
respective individOOdl members thereof
Good read and rite, and he'd mack NV
dniu their own thinkln, and therefore II
Good not be brot into that state NV dis
sipine so necessary to success ez par
". That same cuss Is a hangIu onto
/ the Abl.Shnists. They hung together
from lSJ5 Ia 1850 coz there wuz wat
they called a prinsipple at stake; and
7 on that prinsipple they elected Linkin.
/ They wood hev fallen to pieces then,
! but our southern brethren decided To
commence operashens for the new gov
1 eminent IL he'd 80 long desired; aud the
/ VerWhelmIn preSsur NV the war
smuthcItd al! minor ishoOs and all in
. l.y.jolal ieciin, and they hung togeth-
rr long enough 10 see that throo. Now,
still tor the priusipplc wich welded en-
. dooring the war, they are holdin to-
gether VT, and probably will ontil they
think this question witch they are dis
po,in of - disposed OF. Then they will
split up and our openin i made. We
heva solid phalanx, wich they can't
win over To detich from Us. We hey
them old veterans who voted for JaSon,
and who are still VOtin for him. We
hev them sturdy old yeomanry who
will swear that Bloc Lite Federalism
ought To be put down, and can't he toll
Grated IN a Republican Government, and
who. bless their old souls! don't know
no more what BLOC Lite Federalism
. wuZ than an unborn baby does NV Guy
Fawkes. We hev that solid army NV
voters whose knees yawn hidjuSly, and
whose coats is out at th" elbows, aud
whose children 90 barefoot ia winter,
while their dads is "A drinkin cheap
whl-key, and DAMN the Government for
impO>in income tax. We hev the
patriotic citizens whose noses blossom
ike the lobster, aud VINO live IN mortal
fear NV Niger ekality; and We hev
John Morrlsscy's constituents.
These classes argument won't move,
/ aud rCISOnin won't iaz'. They like tn
abOole the Government for levyin
taxes, hopin 10 deceive somebody into
the idea that they pay taxes, and that
Il bears hard onto en- and they oppose
niggsr ekalitv bccOZ II sOothes ON, like
lsuduum. To think that there j. some
BODY !u the country lower down than
themselves. the Dimocrisy alluz he'd
. these. and alluZ will.
III, 1 remarked, the AblishniSts,
when relieved NV the pressure now
besrin onto EN-, will grow iractious,
and split, and these classes Will hev no
trouble 10 git into a majority, ana then
our time comes
"The discouraged Dimokrat may say
that preachers, and newspapers, and
Sunday skoOls. and sich, are under
minin their party. In time they Will,
I but not yet. There ~ still whiskey In
| the land, and the Niger Is not yet ex-
| tiuct. w wat danger is preachers to
I these men. when 700 cOOdent git one
NV en- within gun shot NV one? and
/ wat harm Is nOu>eplpprs TO EN-, when
| they can't read? Besides, we are not
/ at the end NV our resources vet. When
/ the wust comes To the wust, there il the
I Niger left US. When he IL no longer
NV use To- Us "a he is now-wheu the
| rrciOOdi, il 80 lar removed ez To invest
hiu with the suilTage-theu WELL
I give him the ballOt--wE' LL lead him up
out NV Egypt, and we'll make him
vote with US. The Dimocrisy never
/ yet failed To control all NV the lower
, orders NV sosiety. They hev the low
est grade NV the furriners; they hev
/ Delaware and Maryland; they hev Moo
/ York city and Southern lllinoy and
ef the Niger gets the ballot afore he
| does the spellin- book, he's ourn be-
/ yond perndvencher.
/ Let W hold onto our faith, and con-
/ tinyOO To- run, hopin eventooally To be
glOrified. Let US remember that all the
malUrlties agin us don't change the fact
| that Noah Gust Ham. and that Hager
wuz sent back 10 her mistress. Let US
remember that Paul, or some one NV
/ them posscls, remarked, 'Servance,
obey yoOr masters and that, under
/ AblIshn rOol, we are exposed to the
/ danger Nv margin niggers. Let us
still cherish the faith that evenchooally,
when reason returns, the Amerikin
people will not throw away the boon
we offer EN- of tillen the cuss of labor
imposed by the Affinity for disObedience
| in the garden, eZ the Dimocrisy served
| in the army, by substitoOt, and perse-
b we're even unto the perieck end. When
/ this good time is come, then will the
anshent DimOcrisy, NV wich | hev bin
/ to-wunst pillar and n ornament for
/ thirty years, triumph, and the position
witch ! now hold. witch is rather too
| temporary to he agreeable, be contin-
wood unto ma for keeps, and layin off
/ the armOr NV actoOal warfare, | shell
l rest in that haven NV WORKOUT patriots
IA perpctooal Post Oils. May the day
I be fastened Farewell!
"PETRoLEUM V. Nasty, L. NJ,
xsFif.h IL Bnal.nuSfar ~