Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1866-02-23
Mr.. Nasby Taketh 1feart-He Sees
q Future for The Democracy.
CoNFEDRIT X ROADS (wich is inthc Stait J
NV Kentucky January G. 1866.

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/, troo ez the needle to the pclc so am tc
Dmocrisy. Young wimmn flock to
margins, middle aged ones to bornins
and old ones to buryins, which show
concloosivcly TO the most limited fintellcck
what the mind NV each class runs upon
So it is with me. To ne Dimocrisy i
: wife, mother aud child -.
| hev di-kivercd many things scnce
hey bin in Kentuck y-things wich elevated
my deprest heart ez yeast doc dough, wicll
filled my shrunken soul cz wind docs ,
bladder.
The people Nv Kentucky wuz ali loyal
Doorin the horrible fartrisidlc war wicf
hez rent the proud temple NV liberty in1
twain, they preserved proud nootrality
hcda conversation with wun old patriarch
who assured me that he he'd never taken
sides.
Uron his honor, he assured me that after
battles he rihed the corpses NV both armies,
impartially Good any boldly be more
nootraler than that?" he asked. MY
sons" sed he, awuz in the conlcdrit army
This fact wood have turned the affections
NV weak minded man in that direction,
but when | thot NV the boys alluz ihot
also ofthat gellorious star spanglcd banner,
under wich | he'd whipped my niggers and
sold their children, under whose shaddcr
he'd men servants aud made servants and
home made servants. born unto me. That
banner hcd bin my shield. Ef my niggers
run of, who so prompt in tfe;r pursoot cz
the Dimocratic marshaIs, wich alluz re-
turned EN- to me ef it wuz possible. The
instooshun wuz guaranteed TO me by solemn
compromises wich we Good lcy cz often ez
we desired. Compromises wuz our best
holt. Whenever we wanted any thing, all
we had to do wuz to ask for it. The
Ablishnists wood oljeck-thc Democrisy
wood draw up a compcrmise wich inklood-
cd, ez roo, twice or , times wat we asked,
and pass it to save the Union. Sich u
Union wuz worth havin, and ] opposed all
efforts to dissoIutc il. lied the South
succeeded ] sbood hcv gone with om, for
Kentucky alonc--ihe only negro State in
the NorIh--would hev bin helpless -
Scaldiu .curs hev she'd when ccniempaiin
the horrors NV war, but | Good do nothing
to avert it. Kentucky. wuz loyal but
nootral
hnd down here that The loyal citizens
lof Kentucky who hcv fc,nrned from tho
Conitdrit service, arc notat all discouraged:
OF The contrary they urc hopeful Sed one
to mel believe he wuz kcrnal under
Genc.al Forrcst--indeed ! think ho told
me he participated in the glorious victory
at Fort piller)
"Why art thou east down. Things are
workin cggsackly TO our hand"
Ia a mounlul tone ictorted that !
failed to persceyc it.
81 kin, scz he. "I.ookyc, my venerable
friend. is the Northern Democrisy still
troo2'
They is" replied, wat few remains
But alas! war, croocl war, has deeimated
our ranks five times.
GLOW SOP ,cz I've, 'none nv your kind
NV Dimocrats jincd in this uuholy croosadc
aud fell aiore our deih dcalin swords, did
thoy?'
"Not any scz |, "nut Kanady and
Montana took em aiore each draft. That
wuz why we wuz so beet at the elcekshuns.
For one week. knccd Aboltionist We
scared into our ranks we lost two by cmi
grafton. and unfortunately wun half that
cmigrated starved TO dctl.. and tother half
is distributed in the various States prisons
in them lands NV refuge
"Still, seq he, rit matters not. Yoo
hey dcestricts you Kin carry in most nv the
States. The Five Points decstrick IN Moo
York is ours Mo- Gcrscy will go back to
her allegiance. The new gold States,
where 20 many NV our friends fed will send
up Democrats to Congress. Ohio hcz .
devoted to US, Pennsylvania. hcz several
and the most NV the Northern States will
send one or two. and them from the North
kin be deIendid On TO 20 any measure We
say. Then and he slapped nc on the
back highariously, ''the niger is frco!'
'Well,' scz !, not scein wat cause for
highlarity that was.
"Wellp' scz he, "ihcm niggers is not
now oTuER prrsoNsl We nlluz counted
five NV EN- for three, in making mp the
Congrcssors we wuz entitled to; now they
count MS white men, wich increases our
dclcgashuns TO sich an extent that Of 700
Northern men do half fyoor duty we'll have
majority in Congress. Then good Lord
The pleasant crack Of the whip shall agin
be heard on the plains uy the s6nny South
The niggcrs won't be re cnslavcd, but our
Legislators will speedily rcdoose EN- to their
normal condishun. We shell obscryo The
Consiitushne Amendment strickly aud in
good faith. The African shc be free, but
the good of society demands that lie shall
bo under proper guardianship. lie won't
be allowed to change his location, aud the
laws nv tho States will define his dootics.
aud give uS the power w cniorcin en-
lie won't lo allowed to hoy arms. 80 he
can't resist. Ez he cam leave plantations
he will hcy TO submit quietly TO such roofs
CO the high minded planter makcs for
him. or be shot on tho spot, or be turned
out to die Nv staryashun, 0kofdiu TO cir.
cunstanece III the planter is . unroion.
Grated child nv dumnushen, ho will shoot
hlm-el he II snnt who hcz southern
hope nv Immortality beyond the grave hc'll
rosiranc his anger aud turn him out TO die
nv hunger, onlers ho ropcnis and comes
back humble Then, they boin FREQ aud
responsible for ilcirselses we ain't obliged
10 Take care nv the sick, the ngod or the
innrnl, 81 II will bc rcnlly better than II
wuz before. ltcca gollorlus future before
uN 'rbfo tho thick clouds nv gloom, tho
hrtc tnn Nv hopc cheerlnly breaks. Ssyio