The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-05-11
Mistellaueuns.
MR.. NASBY SEES A CLEAN OF LIGHT.
CoNrEDRIT Y ROADS, wich is in)
the Stait NV Kentucky,
April dth, 1866.


is Inc still heaven.deiyin pcrsekOoler Of tic
Democratic saints? That's wat | and some
thousands NV watin souls would go sulhin'
Iansonie To knO.
Iconfess never quite lost faith in AndroO
Pro.slayery Democracy sticks to man as
does the odor of the gentle skunk to clothes,
and il is got rid ov only by the same means,
to-wit, brlryin the victim thereof.
Androo started out to be Moses, and he Is
one, but think he's changed his lsraelites.
onct saw woman skinnin' live GELS, and
approached her, sayin', "Woman, why skin.
nest thou the ecls alive. Doth i not pain
'em ?" "Narry!" retorted she. "l've skim.
ed 'cm this way for goin' on to ~ years, and
they're used to it,"
Even 20. The negroes hev bin in bondage
so long that they're used to II, aud Androo
feelin' call to continue in the Moses bisness
hes, hope, turned his attensun to Dmocri.
sy. 1t is he s agOn' to lead Ov the Egypt
Ov rctchdness we've bin in for nearly five
ycars-it's Us that's goin' to quit brick maxim
without straw, and goin into the Cannan wicl
is runnin' with the milk and honey oy public
patronage. We shall hey sum tites-therc, 4
Amalekitish post masters and Philistine col
lectors to displacc, but with second Jaxon al
our he'd, what cnn we fear?
feel tonight like yung colt. To me il
seems es tho my venerable locks, wich hangs
skanlily about my temples, he'd grown bnck
agin, and that my yooth was returnln'. III
he'd any noshun ov sooisde, them tee is dis
mist. I'm yung agin. What hes worked this
change? 700 ask. It's the proclanasl un de.
clarn' the war at an end, and withdrawn
from the Dimocraiic States the odjous hirelins
ov the tyrant Linkin, and the doin away os
that terrible marshal law. That's watts done
il for me. Now feel like sayin with one ov
old, anime eyes have seed thy glory-let thy
servant depart in peace"
We hcv been dooly subjoogatctl some time
and a waitin for this. We wanted II, anu
longed for il es the hart does for the water
course, and considerable more Onless the har
was thirsty in the extreme. For now we art
in the Unun agin-wc are under the shaddei
of that glorious old flag wich protects all men
'ceptin niggers and ablish,nists. The niggel
is left to be adjustid by us, who is to be gov.
erned by the laws wicll control capital and Ia
Dor. Ccrtinly he is-uv course. | saw two
NV my neghbors adjustin' one last mite. Thu
was dom it with paddle wich was bored
full ov holes. He didn't seem to enjoy II as
much as tIla did. BY that proclnmashun oliI
States are agin under their own control. Lei
en- 20 at wlInst to work TO destroy all the ves-
tgcs ov the crooel war tllro wich they have
past. There aint no solgers now to interfere
for the policy ov keeping solgers in and among
free people is abhorent to freedom aud I'M.
mainly. Go to work at wlinst and build III
the broken walls ov your Zion.
We must have peace and unanlnlty-nnd
pcace cannot dwell among us oness there's q
oneness oy purpose and sentiment. To pro-
koor this is yoor fiist duty. lfthere he among
YOU them as opposed 700 dOorin' yOor late
struggle for Rites, hist en-. Their presence il
irritatin', and kin not be tolerated. Ablishun'
ism is as abhorrent now ns ever, and the soon
er VOC air rid of it the better. 1t is safe to
assume that every man who opposed the late
" deceased contcdcracy, is a ablislihnst.
The next step, and the most important, is tc
tear down the niggcr skool houses and church
es wich hcv bin built here and there, ant
kindly takc the niger by the car aud lead hin
back to his old quarters, wicli is his norma
position. The Yankee school teachers sen
here by Frccdncn's Aid Socictics shool
properly be hung for sprca,lin' dissatisfaction
aud spelling books among the niggcrs, but
wool advise mercy and consultation. Tar ant
fca,herin' with whippin' will perhaps do n
well, and, will 20 to show the world that ou
justice is tempered with Charity that we XIII
be generous as well as just.
Yoor Legislatures shOod be instantly called
together and proper laws for the government
NV the Freedmen shood lie past. Slavery u
abosIIt, and the people must live up to IN,
requirements of the act in good faith. i pro
test agn my violation Ov good faith, but abo
must be done, for the skripter commands IT
and our frail nachrr demands wat cant be 60
without it. We don like TO do il, but shal
skripter be violated? Not ut all. The mig
ger must do il hisself, not rs a slave, for slave
nv is aboshd, but as free man. Ethiopenr
citizens ov American descent, which is inli
latter, and fiil.blooded blacks, and all hevin
in the vanes taint NV Afrikin bud must bt
restrained gently, and for their own good
suggest laws cs follows:
/. They must never leave the plantation or
TO which they are, when this act goes into ei'
feet, without pass from the employer, undel
penalty of being shot.
2. They shall have the privilege OF sller
everybody NV their own color, ef they cur
give white bail for costs.
3. They shall have the full privilege OF be'
in sued the same as white folks.
4. They shall be competent Ms witnesses ~
cases in which they are not Interested, b'i
their testimony is to go for nothing eft is ol''
posed by the testimony OF white man ol
another nigger.
5. No niggor shell be allowed to buy o,
Tease real estate outside OF any incorporated
city, town or village.
&. No niger shall be allowed to buy OF
lease real estatc within any Incorporated city
town or village, except as hereinafter proV!'
dcd for, to wit: lie shall give notice Nv iiIs
desires by publication for six consecutive
weeks in some noOsepaper Nv general c'rc'i'
laton in scd village, for which publication he
shell pay invariably in advance. he sl1el then
give bonds in sicl sums cz the mayor shel de-
eide, that neither he, nor any Nv his ances'
tors, or descendants, or relations, VIII ever
become public charges, and will always be-
have themselves with doc humility, the bonds.
men to be white men aud frecholdcS. Thel
the mayor shall cause a election To bc pro.
claimed, and il the free white citizens shell
vote "yea" unanimously, he shell I've allowed
to buy or lease real estate. II there is dis
seniing vote, then he shell he put onto the
Chain galig for six months, for his iinpudencs
in making such request.
7. Their wuges shall he such cs they and
the employers shel mutually agree, but that
the negroes shall not become luxurious or ef.
fcminate, wich two things is yises wicl, goes
TO sap the simplicity and strength of people
the sum shall not exceed IS per month, but
not less than enuff III all cases to buy him one
suit Of close pcr annum, wich the employees
shall purchase hisself: f.rt. .,s.gr.y.
6. The master shel hev the privilege Nv
nddn' to this code sirh other rules md rcg'l.
lations for their proper govcrg'nent eZ may
strike him Is being good for EN- from u'''e "
time. ..., \ !,
These provisions seizure the niger y, ell