Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-01-13


PARODY ron rHis TIMES.
ysA8isf M d u IsIsg I',gI,,,,. n
An6 A3ettsine tired of telling lI'IlIf
N What had on been told before Y lltI
sa,/1zflihfs thought most cutting
Sud 6I6nly there carae bniiing,
Add "a woody head was stuck In,
III Stuck In at my office deor4 III
Ti&homR, ,darkey with voucher
1hought !, writing as befpre
Only this, and nothing NOR. -~-s
WA tired Of darkey capers t,.,..,.t a
Aud bent ciose above my papers. D'S 's''A' ~
Hoping thus the black intruder n
.fs1Nvould 20 wandcr-fforn MY door si Z ID
But hope and wished most vainly; has y'se T.
Fok nc knDcged and buued, plainly
ShouinR that he was determined $50 o. : .,... |
ss.br1o llaye speech upon the floor; tir-si l.
Showing that he really thought he
Had NHifhf upon the lfbors oToiI
..-.sssiay be this- and something moreso $50 srl
csss sS s.,r y, s.s aid I IN yeya,ion 9,3 49, ,saol
sa,s i;lsa ,ha ns,on ~ ~. ~ - Saiiis
Thus to ssSe5tSe fgaidw fhbnpihg, ,4soo0
'Come ihg Darkey, alIimplofegnw
What the dickins is the matber,n u qid-a1oT
Thatyeo. make this awfM clatter, ''o 'uDz orie
Mako lbs hotrid din and batter. 49,, ...,.,l
Thus against my Office uoor?
Do you gsntecbos sprerssdl tgojRI
Serve your master as before?"
rrRsstA the .piggeEr ''Neysrpore, 2. ~~r7E
"rEttkc sOiht IF sfef6w Gil N4@@ I
Who was murdered at Fort Pillow;
Murdered yhenI begged,formereyi .EOlti
Pinned BY nayonets to the floor;
And A. ,a,i iysc0Ps & ,,s. e ask ssIe Il 5e'S%0n son y
To have rebels who have strove to
eiStab. the nation to the gore , tss.s stoor I.
Taken in, bid freely enter
10 Through the, Nations n so 5open, 1,1 qoort LU
S, only ibis And nothing more SY e. = - a. ~, ~
.We have fought as do the bravest ''" y
For your lives, your homes, your safety i
B&cs3f soRrSl@ @ Eeh H. A3wn VIVA a. 81 O
Black and white are bound together,
Mutual suffering forms the tether, ,,~,.. .- .,l
NowlI ask, should we be eyer, .' 80, \, -.,J
Made mere vassals a. before2 i-..u bas ....
AasTtt thai, if nothing gonlas m9rss' Ssa,si ssas,
.History tells us of nation, .s,,,si9s,
Ttiiats mhen,owing its salvation lsa ir -V -srlpG
TO the slaves who nobly foughtsto soc.'"s isi y!'t
Keep the foemen from the door, 10"
Granted freedom to such heroes; -
Bat Git y even bloody Neroes OiD 'cdlHktl
Nyergranted pardon freely .-.s,', t'',irft ~ if
''Hq ffo tle ''Tebs, thousand score, ~, T.
While the serfs remained in bondage ...15as.
sssiosWhipped ana cursed 'at as before. u'.iln
Bapsh that if nothing ing more. e e r.. s. ,s ,
nAsk your soldiers *ho'ex,chdedUDi
1fcib aud sdccor as they wended ~ ~ '.
uabious paths mid Southern forests, -..l ..s,
tonuaaFlaint and, weary, sick and sore (; "A
Who il was that always waved them .li'' o. 4
Onward, praying God to save then,, .i s,..,,
And return them MS he gave them .-,, lsoJ =.
ssTo their homes and friends once more III
ASK them this if nothing more.
.hiTa ~ teetpWN T-gAsa Il ggf
"Ask them, when they heard the thunder
Rending earth and sky asunder, ..4.-.,,,
AIidthe black and white stood close al ~ , o.
ssiais Lied amidst the battles roar, 'f. -a-
II the fear Of gun or halter f'..... ..
HverIcaused ussonce to falter? o e. .'ar
lfsa1ighting reputation
Did not greet the colored corps, f'
Ask them this, and one thing more
'Ask them, now the war is ended,
And the hag has been defended 1870
Bytwo hundred thousand colored iso"'I'
ssni Men who form the Antique Corps, So
II they11 push us from our places, 'f..,.
To make room for rebel faces, ,,io,,.1 -...,
WIt TffEY nave Us vorE, OR THOSE VINO ga
,BRoUGuT SUCH HORRORS TO THEIR DOOR -
%. Ask them that; there's nothing more"
Thus the darkey said, and started, s
And the vans before him parted '~t
But he waved his hand and said, with, ,,t
isos look ne'er had seen before - ~ \
'sGood-by. white man, as a nation Z,
God has given US salvation; d .a.F, g. v..- ~.
And, Up THERE the humblest private, --lisi
49,, Sir, in all the colored corps
or. Is your equal eyermore.. - ,t.
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