The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-01-24
PETROLEUM V. NASBY.
nr- Na.by GonNcr-ss with Gen. 1Itc-
>tinger. OF south Carolina

From te Cincinnati Cemmcrcsl
WASHINGTON. T. g.. Nov Is lsC6.
Sence the November elections / hes bin
,neudiu the heft oi my time ln Washington
+ ! ind melancholy pleasure ia lng'rn
around The scene ~ 50 many democratic
triumphs Here 10 wuz that Brooks. the
heroic bluigeond sumner: here DO wuz that
Calhoun 81 lancey and Breckenridge a.
clleFed their glory and rcn0wn. Besides
it g tho easiest place 70 dodge a board hiil iu
the yoonited states. There's so many con
gresSmen here who resemble me that hey
40 difficulty D p4ssin for one two-thir,ls of
The time
Yesterday met i'm the reaIin' room of
Wllard'- Ginral MacStineer. of South
harlny. The gineral is here on tie same
0iziness most uy the southern men hey in
this classic city. that as prokooriu a par
don. pardon which Le bad prOkOOrel
and wuz get,in ready 20 90 home and ac-
cept the uomina~hen for congress Iu Ills
4 dceStrlck
The --uer-. "al gloomy. Things didn't
SCOT him. Ae observed. and he wuz afcered
that the country wuZ on the high road tu
room. He bad bin absent from the y00nited
states suthn over lOur years. wich time he
he'd spen. ia the southern cOnfederacy
When Dee Went out. The c0nStoOshuel dino
cr4cF had some ri,es which WIZ respected
On las return wat did hc see. The power
IA the hands uv raGlkais ablishnismin the
majority everywhere. a eX tailor president
"A state uF affairs dlsgGstin IN the extreme
to the highly sensitive southern mind. lie
had accepted pardon only becoz be felt
hssef constrained t. put hisself in2 pO-
SltlOn 10 20 TO congress, that the country
i.i
He sAOod 90 10 congress and then he shOod
ask the despots who now have control
whether
!. They spozed the south would submit
90 hOOmllatln condishens
2. What AndroO Johnson means by die
tatin 10 the convenshuns nv sovereign
states
Why sen he, "but a few days ago
this pOOr he'd the ashOorence TO write 20 the
Georgy convenshun that it must n0f-
mark mar the term-.NgsI >oI assoom The con
where are we drlfting For one, | never
viii be consolidated on them terms-never
] never WIZ used 70 that style uy talk in
{ jmekraiic conven-uns
.'E1 soon ~ lake my sect In cOugris,
( res0ouei hc. 81 shell deliver speech.
walch J wilt The day after Lee surrendered,
so eZ 10 hey t ready. in which | shel take
{ The toleria ground, 10 Wit:
e The south hev buried the hatchit. aud
, hey dish.verei that they love the old loon-
e ION above envthing on earth But
D Tie north must meet Us half Way. or
We won't Dee ausweraole for the consek-
p euce-. r. basis for Il settlement / sha
] insist on The fo'lerin condishens:
{ The federal debt must be repOoliated,
( principal anna interest. or ef paid, the
z southern war dclt must Doe paid hkew Sc
r uz peace Oiiern. The doctrine Nv state
5 rites mu-t be made the so0preme law u'
K the land that The south may withdraw
. whenever they feel thcirselves dissatisfied
r. with Massachusetts. Uv coarse this is ;
d olive branch
o jefferson Davis must be 10 wanst 90
e at liberty and sumner hung. ez proof tha
p tie north is really cOnsiliat0ry. On thi
:. pint lam nfexibe and on the others inn
% movable.
e An old man who he'd bin istnin 10 ou
e talk. mumureI that there was parable
b to this last prop0si-hcn
F. Where a~ demanded The general
% "The Jews remember. replied he
Z demanded that Barrabds be release
e unto them Who wuz a thief ! believe, al
ID the Saviour DE cruc.led; bat ! forget l.-
ID how Il was"
T. The general withere3 bin with a liteni
le glance aud re-Oomel:
ie Il shei, uv course, offer the north suthl
y n the way % compensation, fur tie trO
te theory OF republican government j. con
Do promise. or our part We pledge 0urseiye
81 ID kum back. ami give the north the ben'
4 DO Of our kunin back. 80 lOng ez Mas.
VI chusetts cOnd4E herself a6kOrdu 10 ot
" ices uv what is rite. Bat e. this e1itao
a adjustment is rejected. al he's % say ihe
ed is | shall resign, anl the government ma
sink without wun effort from me o save lt
waz ao0nt 90 give iu uy experel'
when tie 0.f man. wlo wlz sit-el near %
broke in again
Ny name. sez be. "is haginnis. and
= IKE 10 Alanana. want 70 say "ord
~ the Gentlemen from harln1. ana 10 u
2. Wlu rom 400 Veisey-
h-"' le-'l.t- j. A' you N-'" ]
=. from 300 'Tersel no' he'el spoken "o'
nc in your hearen
r. By msuc, AeF- NheneVer see
' su-leg1er laying ll down heavy to indl'
-D IpuL whose plist oo5amy ls lF slcl q ca
p that mon telo.len lt 700 lrSlncktFe
An feel 20 see That Tol pockethan lSer D.
ar safe. face that wood be- dangerous u
=. bad curEe INTO lt j aAuz An0" ihe laii
il % bee northern coppe-leal lac N
~ Gersl part ] guessed a., lecoz. MF ireL
~ that state furnished ne loves, order
us coDpe-1eals uv any ny nm far1en me
l hetter yoo. But what "3nied TOO s
s0 Tus that 1 suppose silueh ArZ haplel
- lo07en ne p-s- years vas a v.l9. Z
% seces-.o =. some !-ars '-52 h-l
~ hunlrei n.sserS, anu @u1 d '5-l We. ~ y