White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-07-12
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Who has not read and enjoyed the
letters of Petroleum V. Nasby ?" We
pity the taste Of the man who cannot sp-
preciate them. They are always fresh
and rscy. and. better than all, are true to
the life; for it is q ridiculous fact. that
the once great and powerful Democratic
party has become reduced down to . sim
gle issue, and that issue is war upon the
niger. Th&t'party has always regarded
the negro race as but little superior to
bru,es. and worthy of no higher consid-
Grafton; yet it has pitted itself in death
struggle with that despised race. This
fact. together with the great Democratic
levers. whiskey. Ignorance. vice, and
Federal offices. "Nssby" shows up in
their most ludicrous light.
We are often asked who this "Nssby"
is, and what he designs to illustrate BY
his character of "Pastur nv the Church
nv the Moo Dispensasbun 2" His name
is Locke, and be formerly edited the
Findlsy 20 } yefersonian. in which his
first "Nasby" letters appeared. But they
soon became too popular to be confined
to 30 obscure paper. and year ago or
more be commenced contributing bis let
ters to the Cincinnati Commercial. He
has more recently become connected with
the Toledo Blade, in which paper his
letters have since made their first appear
snce.
II we do not mistake, the origin of the
Nasty" letters was something like this:
In the early part Of the war. (about the
year 1862 Vallandighsm. Edison B.
Olds. and other leading Ohio rebels.
came to the conclusion that all the Chur.
ches were Abolitionized, and that new
Democratic Church was needed, which
should recognize Slavery as Divine in.
stitution. We believe they actually sci
about organizing such Church, but soon
gave it up as bad speculation. Here
was an opening for fun. too rare to be
neglected. Mr.. Locke conceived the hap.
py idea of appearing before the public as
the leading preacher of The new Church
He first called It the "Church nv Sain,
Vallandygum." and assumed the titlt
of Petroleum v. Nasty, Pastur Nv sed
Church in Charge" When -Vallsndig
ham and other traitors were arrested, i'm.
prisoned. or banished. 'Nasby" changed
the name of his Church to "Ghurch us
the Slawtered Innosents :" and still Ia
ter, adopted the name of ~Chureh nv tn,
Moo Dispensasbun." In 1864. wher
every Northern State except New Jersey
went Republican. "Nasby" related ter
rible time that he had with the members
of his Church. .supon receipt of the cleo.
/
ton news. in consequence of certain pro-
phesies and promises which he had made
them. and had borrowed money and OBJ
tanned credit upon the strength thereof
The result was. he put out for New Jer.
sey. the only Democratic State. Then
his letters were dated at "Saint's Rest,
(wich is in the Stsit nv Moo Gersy. y
and his title became "Lait Psstur nv the
Church nv the Moo Dispensashun. u
Last Fall, when Gen. Fitzpatrick and the
Republicans succeeisl in routing the
Copperhead party in New Jersey, the
venerable d" Nasty" was again out of bis
element. and took his flight once more.
to the only remaining Democratic State
that had not seceded-Kentucky. Since
then, his letters have hailed from "Con.
fedrit x Roads. (wich is in the Stsit nv
Kentucky.p's
Such is brief sccount of Nasty"
Long may he flourish, and continue bis
inimitable burlesques. He has never
been surpassed in this line-not even by
the renowned Major Jack Downing, u
Of Jacksonian times.