The tri-weekly standard., 1866-07-31
NASBY.
From the Toledo Blade]
Mr.. Nasty Preaches--The ssProdigal
SOn.-An Interruption.

CoNFEDRrr X ROADS, (Which is in !
the Stait nv Kentucky, July 6, 1866.
I preeched last Sabbath, or rather
tried to, from the parable NV the Prodi-
gal Son. We had a splendid congrega-
shun. notice revival Nv the work in
this part NV the Dimocratic vinyard,
which reealy cheers me. The demon
strashun our friends made i'll Memphis,
the canin NV Grinnel by Rosso, and the
call for johnson Convenshun in Phil
adelphia, all, all hev conspired to com
fort the souls NV the Dimocrisy, and
encourage EN- to renewed effort 1t is
bringing forth fruit. Only last week
five Northern men were sent whirlin
out NV this section-dusted in the night
a prey for the ighteous-six niggers
hev bin killed and one Burow officer
shot. Trooly there is everything to en-
courage us.
The house wuz full. The weather
wuz hot, and the pleasant incense NV
mingled whisky, tobacker and snuff
which ariz, wuz grateful to me. The
sun shone in on Deekin Pogram's face
as he gently slept, and when the sun
hits him square, l kin alluz tell where
he sets, even eff it is dark. He drinks
apple,jack instead NV corn whisky, and
chaws fine cut tobacker instead NV plug
and Consistently when in the pul pit,
kin distinguish the peculiar aroma Nv
his breath from those around him.
My brethren, sed 1, sich Nv yoo ez
hev Bibles in your houses, kin get
somebody to read 700 the parable to
which [ shell call your attention. A
man wunst upon a time had sons, ez
many men hev since, and wun of EN-
wuz a tough one. He left his home and
went into far countries, maxim the old
man shell out his share NV the estate,
and he lived high, jist, my brethren, ez
yoor boys do or rather did when they
went to Moo Orleans, in the days when
700 had nigger or two wich 700 could
sell to supply EN- with money. He
played draw poker and faro, he drank
fancy drinks and boarded at big hotels,
and he followed strange women, which
will bust a man quicker nor any one
small sin the devil hez yet invented, ez
yoor pastor kin testify. Wv course his
pile give out and he got down, my
friends, did this ingenious yooth, to
rags and wretchedness, and ended in
being an overseer NV swine. What did
he do -? He ariz and went to his father
and the old man saw him afar off and
went to meet him, and fell onto his
neck, and GIN an order for SCOT Nv
clothes and a pair NV boots, and put
KILN for the purpose the fatted calf
witch he had saved for another occasion.
NV friends you kin find in the skrip-
+ l. III
and this parable fits the present time
like a ready-made coat. The South is
the Prodigal Son. We went out from
our fathers house, on a expedition which
heznt proved altogether success. We |
spent our share NV the estate, and a lit
tie more We run through with our
means and hev cum down to rags, and |
dirt, and filth, and hunger. We are,
and hev bin some time, chawing husks.
We run out after them twin harlots,
Slavery and State Rights, and they've
cleaned us out. Our pockets are empty.
No more doth the pleasant half-dollar
jingle in sweet unison agin its fellows;
our wallets is barren NV postal currency
and the grocery keepers mourn and re-
fuse to be comforted becoz we are not.
We hev got to the husk stage NV our
woe, and wood be tendin hogs of the
armies wich past through these counties
he'd left us any. We hev kun back
In rags and dirt we hev wended our
way to Washington and ask to be ta-
ken back. Now, why don't our Faith
er, the Government, fulfill the skri pter?
Why don't it see us afar off and run out
to meet us? Why don't it put onto us
a purple robe ? where's the ring for our
finger, and the shoes for our feet ? and
where's the fatted calf he ought to kill?
My brethren, then Ablishinists is worse
than infidels while they preach the
gospel they won't practice it. For my
part, /
At this point sargent belonging to
hat internal Burow, who wuz in the
lwdience with enough Nv soldiers to
make opposin NV him unpleasant, sed
le had bin sort Nv an eXhorter III his
lay and desired to say word in expla-
lation NV that parable, ez applicable to
he present time, and seZ he " ef l am
Interrupted, remember l belong to the
hurch military, wich is: just now, the
hurch triumphant" And cockin his
nusket he proceeded, very much unin-
He pIOulSSd+ sui, oCH III, " 40 SSSi'
d by the old man considerable dolns,
,ut my worthy friends he went out de-
emily. He didn't, ez soon Ell he with
rawed from the house, turned around
nd make war onto the old gentlemen
e didn't burn his house and barns, tear
p his garden, burn his fences and knock
own the balance Nv the children. Not
ny. He went away peacefully, mis-
uicled good-tor-nothin but yet apeace-
III good-for-nothin. Secondly he come
ack Nv his own akkord. The old
IAN didn't go after him and fight
our years at cost Nv halfhis substance
o subdue him and bring him back, but
7hen he he'd run through his pile and
quandered his share NV the estate and
OF hungry, he came back like whip
ed dog.
My friends, let me draw small par
llel between these cases.