, 1866-12-27
GASRT.
mr. Nasby Tries 10 Weep at thc Tomb
tn Friend ard Vttucx,cs a S{@tcrIr
sEtSns-Thc Disadvantages of thc Pa
4Ffafchnl Syx1rs,t


In Friend ard Wtt"c~srx q Nl.&crly
sEtSns-Thc Disadvantages Of thc Pa
trtatchnl System.
tFsom Tie Toledo Diode, December I'll
ros7 Oxx1s, coSErnrrr \ KoA3s.}
l"lra ta In the ste;s nv Keatucky.l
DcccrDber ls.h. 1855.
! hec1d, nearly two months ago THAT my
parted this lilc mud gone to that other and
better world where The wltked cccse from
Ironblin aud the Ecsty arc ~ rest, and wuz
profoundly shocked. John Guttlc wuz nv
friend, and much fear bis like Ine'er shail
look u2on as'n- He wuz Democrat w TIC
old skoo', one Nv the few links vfch rcnaned
to connect The present generntinn with tho
past. Well do remember the gcliorioas old
man. How often hev I set ii the square
room In bis country residence, and drunk
on US Good sec hole thro forty foot lad
der how many times hez he foggcd nIssers
tor my amoozemcnt, to show me the proper
Ws5 " nanagtn ny EN- aud how many
Ames htz he lent me small SUMS nv money,
xaryin from five to thiftY,one dollars, ak
when approached him on tue dc1ikit cub
tkl Aims poor John Cutie! Let
not the skoffer say that regret Its
death bceoz his sons will be apt to
parted holds Nv mine! No! no! they know
INC too we'll TO waste any time on that. I
mourn pecoz loved him aud bccoz NV the
1nisfartunes which dEur hin to 5 r-cnatoor
FTaFe. a. Liukfn is responsible for this dark
shadder outo my halfway John Gustle he'd
Three hundred niSgers on bis plantashens
and in his house IN town-these WIZ wreucht
from him by The Frpclanlashen aud turned
out fr,.nl lis patcr'ia1 care to starrc,
Tleh the NEST NV en- are industrious
en- NV all Aucs-there wuz the futl.blooaed
black, the di.gustn Mulatter, the pleasant
QuGdruoi,, the beautiful Oct oroou, and them
which he'd So nearly lost fhe cuss Of Hn1u cz
to be hardly d1stinguish1bsc from the pnre
CancaslaI. and It wuz noticeable that the
nc.rly white n1:Eers on tue tiuttlcses PLAN
tntson wuz all beautiful. The Guttlcses
thslsstlrcs E,,z pef{tck specimens uy nta1lY
beauty, MIA Il probably bnd its e!Ieck up,n
the blacks. The niGsrr Is q initiative animal.
? II WIZ Ibis robin Nv, him nv Ills property
this oyer1urnin uv The narmal coudlshn nv
thlnEs-wich killed Jvhn Cutie. He nerer
held up Lis 1cad after the Praclamashen, but
Edcd AWAY like ficstid flower!
VIA in Nobel last week on btznis con-
nectcd with our college, 1T was eolIsitIn
tEnt Good not leave the city without drop.
ptu lazet tccrs or such ohto his .save. I
fels q ac he'd contributed at various times
Eo rIuch 10 1noiste1 my clay, that it woaid
Pc unsentiemanly not to do sus1lm toward
n"i.ten'n lizzen. And in pursuance Wv my
resolve, wcnued my way sadly to tue Gem.
etesy, and, fludln the tomb, struck an asti-
TODD nv despair, and lcauin renstrely cato
The monEmcHt, strore. to the hest Nv my
ability, to weep, but it wo;z foLite cndearuf,
My eyes woodent give down. I stroye to
recall his Firchoos. but sicA is the weakness
NV human DAcher that, Whenever his Eirln
Icse in my meInoEy, my mind invo1uutaslly
wandered TO his whiskcy, aud ing mouth
would water to eich IN extent CT to nonopo-
'ltxe all thl moisture in MY system. I Good
hev spit onto his grave, bnt weep Good not.
Alas for poor humanity!
While Nuz a standiu there tsytn:to yecp,
q and maltie bal fist nv 1t, l nollst tllr.c
psautuu! young la'lSes aprs.aslsn, Tish has,
lLtir arl't. ! recognized clu to wu.st.
They wuz john Guttle's daughters, Anl
they Wux comm IL stsew 1owcrs onto the
Ernvc nv tlcir patesnal ancestor on tlleir
fathers side u wtlz a tcehs1 site, and
blood relashun and "nly ctn,lecsed viii, lie
d.cerst ns notes Nv hand, l withdrew short
dis1anls. Skasclr Ind they gut tn the tomb
when from thr other side approached three
more r1rlsAin,y beautiful youug la,lies, With
0askais nv hot-honse flowers onto ti1cir arIns-
The lest ones rcscmNlcd In str1ktn 1aanncr
the fust ntes, eeFtin they WIFE saaie dark
er& aud their hare waved heotifuf, whereas
Ing hare uv The fust wa Perfectly sira,e.
The two parties faced each other on oppo-
sile sides ny the too'p, ani party Surn5-r
''L'zc Flora Jane! !" eci the Oldest Nv
Es5tt5: Np"'S' o's' "a' "ts you doom
''siatcss," sed the eldest nv party Number
Two. "we'rc hear dschargiu fiilyct dooty.
HcGe1th thcsr sod lies the rematucs uy Our
tatAcs, e:sA We are "o!s to steew tAese aowcrs
onto lis toom. lin US In the strrw.''
Father! '" shrieked the tllrcc nv party
NGnhr One .'.'Foor nil nisgess and WIZ
servants nnto-"
sour fa1fsis'crs," sed the spokesman ,uv
party nnn,'ser two, .'hut Ltskln removed the
ctss UT lIslu, and we're now free aud hey cz
much rite to ktreW the eravc Nv our common
rarient. wjch wuz John Cutie, cz VOC. Oh!
our sisters. our fsther WIZ good lnan--let
us bedew lis grave with our tccrs au4-n
WAT impudehce!'' shrrkcd party num-
bcE one, all in korious.
tflmpudencc yenrselfl'' rctortcd Marty
number two, geitin led In the Ecc. We
arc John Guttles's daughters pereIsely ~
hev over us Is in tue article IL mo,Lsrs.
ZOO three hey wun, uicl WIZ john GutIle-
scs wie. while we thfcc hev thrcc-pnc
apiece crcgaacsiy-wlcl wuz Johu Guttleses
servants, but VIC can't, nevertheless, stifle
our etnosGuns. eh"l command myself, ant
thus 1sreecd to perform a net us dllyel
do0ty."
And bhe hlstcd out the flowers and co,n-
menst 10 strcw.
key tothcr wuns VIZ . sct.in hot. The
\
toegsr: and dropptn her basket, went for
her, follercd by her sisters. It WIZ sperit-
ed conflict, and lasted perhaps four 1ninits,
or until parted 'cns. when tley gathered
themselves together, and depsricd-oac par
TT went one way, aud tother, tothcr.
Filtsl love he'd done more Ia The strewIn
tiInis fhau It sot out to dn. The six loyin
daughters ofthe dccccst John he'd not only
atlrTed fiowcrs onto his grave, bu. halr, :nd
co!tafs, and buzznm pins, and slscds> Nv
silk, and wntc-f1us, and cotton, and ialse
teeth. and pieces Nv almost every thing wich
goes to mike up the SUM total uy female at
tire.
Ez razcd at the wreck Aad saw their tat.
tered forms vanish in the dim Distance,
Good mol help adMittiu tflut wien it come to
strrw.n the graves Of t1eccest ancestors there
wuz sum disadvantages attcudin the patriar-
klc System. :
FxzEaLErN =. NAsEE, P. H.,
(Wlch :s roz!matser}. aud iikeutse Pfnrcs.or uv
E,h!il:fc ruiltcks n The Southern ClssstLle i
Military fusu;out