Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-07-25
NASBY.
From the Toledo BIads,l
MIR. Nasby Preaches-EEThe Prod
fgaI SOn''-AR Interruption.
CONFEDRIT X ROADS, (Which /
is in the Stait Nv Kentucky,)
Julv e 1SG6

our friends made in Memphis,
the caRin NV Grinnel by RossO, and the call
for johnson COnvenshun in Philadelphia,
all, all hev cOnspired to comfort the souls NV
the Dimocrisy and encourage EN- to renewed
effort. 1t is bringing forth fruit Only last
week five Northern men were sent whirling
out Nv this section-dHsted in the night to
escape hangin, leavin their goods as a prey
for the righteous-six niggers hev been kill
ed and one burow officer shot. TroOly we
have everything to encourage US.
The house wuz full. The weather wuz
hot, and the pleasant incense Nv mingled
whisky, tobacco and snuff wich ariz wuz
grateful to me. The sun shOne in on Deekin
Pogram's face as he gently slept, and when
the sun hits him square kin alluz tell wher
he sets, even eff it is dark. He drinks ap
ple-iack instead NV corn whisky, and chaws
fine cut tobacker instead Nv plug, and conse-
kently when in the pulpit KIN distinguish
the peculiar aroma NV his breath from
those around him.
''My brethren" sed I, sieh NV 700 ez hev
Bibles in your houses, kin get somebody to
read yoo the parable to wich 1 shell call your
attention. A man wunst upon a time had
sons, ez many men hev since, and wun NV EN-
wuz a tough one. He left his home and went
into far countries, maxim the old man shel
out his share NV the estate, and he lived high,
jist, my brethren, ez your boys do or rather
did when they went to Moo Orleans, in the
days when 700 he'd nigger or two wieh you
could sell to supply EN- with money. He
played draw poker and faro, he drank fan
cy drinks and boarded at big hotels, and he
followed after strange women wich'n bust a
man quicker nor any one small sin wich the
devil hez yet invented, ez yoor pastor kin
testify. Nv course his pile give out and he
got down my friends, did this ingenious
youth, to rags and Tretehedness, and ended
in being an oVerseer Nv swine. What did he
do. He ariz and went to his father, and the
old man saw him afar off and went to meet
him, and fell onto his neck, and give him an
order for SCOT Nv clothes and pair nv boots,
and put ring onto his finger, and made
feast, KILN for the purpose the fatted calf
wich he he'd saved for another occasion.
My friends you kin find in the skripter
suthin applicable to every occasion, and this
parable fits the present time like ready made
coat The South is the Prodigal Son. We
went out from our fathers house, on a expe-
dition wich heznt proved altogether success.
We spent our share Nv the estate, and lit
tie more. We run through with our means
and hev cum down to rags, and dirt, and
filth, and hunger. We are, and hev been some
time, chawin husks. Werun out after them
twin harlots, Slavery and State Rights, and
they've cleaned US out. Our pockets are
empty. No more doth the pleasant half-dol-
lar jingle in unison agin its fellows: our wal
let is barren Nv postal currency, and the gro
Gerry keepers mourn and refuse to be com
forted becoz we are not. We hev got to the
husk stage Nv our woe, and wood be tendln
hogs eff the armies wich past through these
he'd left US any. We hev kun back.
In rags and dirt we hev wended our way to
Washington and ask to be taken back. Now,
Why don't our Father, the Government, full
ill the skripter? Why don't it seek US afar
1ff and run out to meet US? Why don't
1ut onto US a purple robe?-Where's the ring
or our finger, and the shoes for our feet!
md where's the fatted calf he ought to kill ?
Nv brethren them Ablishnists is worse than
won't practice it. For my part, /"
at this point sargent belongin to that /,
3urOw, who Wuz in the audience with 1
.nOugh Nv soldiers to make oppOsin Nv him |
unpleasant, sed he he'd bin sort NV an ex-
n explanation of that parable, ez applicable /
errupted, remember belong to the church /
military, wieh is, just now the church tri-
lmphant" And cockin his musket he pro-
.eeded, very much uninterrupted.
oThe prodigal son, sez he, 'twuz received
" the old man with considerable doins, but
nv worthy friends he went out decently.-l
le didn't ez soon ez he withdrawed from
he house, turn around and make war onto
he old gentleman-he didn't burn his house,
nd barns, tear up his garden, burn his
enees and knock down the balance Nv the
hildren. Not any. He went away peace
bly, a misguided good-for- -nothin, but yet
peaceable good -for-nothin. Secondly, he
ome back NV his own akkord. The old
nan didn't 90 after him and fight four years
It a cost NV half his substance to subdue him
nd bring him back, but when he had run
trough his pile and squandered his share Nv
he estate and got hungry he came back like
whipped dog.
Ny friends, let me draw small parallel
etween these cases.
The prodigal son went out-so did the
outh-thus fairly the cases is alike.
The prodigal didn't steal nOthin. The
,onfederaey took everything it Good lay its
ands on.
The prodigal spent only what wuz his to
pend The Confederaey spent not only all
stole but all it Good borrer, when it knowd
S promises to pay wuzent wurth the mis-
rable paper they wuz printed onto.
The prodigal when he did come back,
lm ez penltent ez the consciousness that he
ad made fool of himself Good make him.
he Confederaey wuz whipped back, but it
i'll swears hefty oaths that it wuz right all
le time.
The prodigal didn't demand veal pot pies
nd purple robes and sich, but begged to be ;
servant unto the more sensible brethren
1ch stayed. The South comes back de- {
landin Office Nv which the fatted calf and
ngs and purple robes, is typical, and con-
derably more share in the government
ian it had before it kicked over the traces
nd went out like the lost tribes of Isreal.
Sposin the Bible prodigal he'd stopped his
aren't and remarked to him thus: 81 am
illin to come back on conditions. You I
lust pay my debts-you must give me an
xaI share Nv the farm with the other boys
DO must treat me in all respects Just ez eff
hadn't gone out, and this is essentual-you
ust take with me all the sharpers who ru-
led me, all the gamblers and thieves with {
hom 1 fell in while 1 wuz away, and make |
lem head men on the place, and above all,
hev with me the two harlots wich wuz the I
.ime cause Nv my ruin, and they must hev
even of the best rooms in the house, and Q
ust be treated ez your daughters. To
-oid displeasin the others I'll dress EN- IN
ferent clothes, but here they must stay
.herwise I'll go out again.
Probably the old gentleman wood hev be- '
me indignant, and wood hev remarked to T
m to 90 and never let him see his auda- |
ous face agin, or rather he would hev
rangled the harlots, scattered the black
gs, and choked the young sprout into sub {
ission. Them's me. am anxious to kill
@ fatted calf, and am also anxious to put
VOC robes and shoes. But alas the calf
hered from want Nv attention so long 7
,orin the late misunderstanding that he's
o poor-the robes wuz all c1t up into bloc .
ties for the sojers we sent out to fetch yoo- t
,ferson Davis wore the only style we heV 2
the shoes they wore out, and the rings;
hen you come back in good shape yool
Id US ready to meet you, but till then, chaw
lsks."
Lookin around, this armed tyrant re-
arked that there would be no more preach I
g that day, and sadly the congregation q
spersed.
Pm heart sick. At every turn l make
at Burow stares me in the face and counter