The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-01-11
MASSEY

kentnrky.
sassg aCoEFsDflr Y ROADS, lwich
al Il in the Staff NV Kentucky.
Decembur 20, 1865.
At last The deed is dun The tran
iktc government which hez sway at
Wasbinton hez GneIly extinguished the
,st alin.nerin flicker ny Liberty. by
'.ot5-hia IaeeTvi The sun didn't go
How as.d et5es.r 'Eat nite--the stars didn't
tade in siEAIy vaiier, = witch obsti
macy Nv nNcaer | wsz coasidibly aston
ished.
! got TIE news at the Post OHls, (ncar
wich am ~ present stayin, at the house
nv venerable old planter, who accepts
my impinyig conversation and a occa
sional prom se- witch - cheap, ez equiv
alent Tor board Sadly n wended my
way 70 his peaceful hoine, dreadin to
fing over that house the pail az despair
After supper broke 20 en- CT gently ez
Good, thc Intelligence mat three fourhts
iIv the States he'd ratified the consti
tooshnel amendment that Seward he'd
i-hood bis proclamation, and tat all
Meyers WIZ free
Never did r zee -ich sorror depicted
on human comtcnance--neverw uz there
despair nv sich depth All mite long the
bcrcaved inmates ny that wunst happy
but now distracted home wept and walled
in agony witch wuz perfectly heart
rendin.
Wo is me, sobbed the old man,
wringin his hands
John Browns karkis hangs a danglin
in the air, bnt his sole is marchin on.
1t tool. posseshun M Seward, and
thro his ugly mouth, il spoke the words,
the niger is free, and there is no
more a slave in all the land
Wunst | he'd n handred niggcrs, and
the men were fat and healthy, and the
wenchcs wuz strong. and some Nv EN-
wuz fair to look upon
They worked in my house and in my
fields from the risin ny the sun 10 the
goin down nv the same.
Wuz they lazy? | Gated them till
they wuz cured thereof, for 10 they wuz
ez u child under my care.
Did they run away !. From Ken
lucky they run North, and 10 the Loco
foco Narshals caught them for me, and
brought the back and delivered them
into ny hand, without cost, sayin, 10
here is thy nigger-do with him ez thou
wilt witch alluz did, wich is cheaper
than kecpin dogs. and just as good.
Solomon wuz wise, for he he'd NV
wiser iii our day than him.
For he he'd TO feed his children and
tl;ost him shekels nv gold and shekels
Nv silver, and much korn and oil
We he'd our konkebipes with ez great
muchness ez Solomon, but we sold their
children for silve, and gold, and red dog
paper
And all mite long the hereaved old pat
riarch, who he'd alluz bin father to his
servants, land grandfather to menny
Nv EN-, poured out his lamentations.
In the mornin the niggers wuz called
up, and ez they al he'd their kotes on
and he'd bundles, spect they must hcv
heerd the news. The old gentleman ex
niained the situation to EN-.
700 will sed he. stay in yoor happy
homes-yoo will alluz continue to live
here and work here ez YOU hev aiiuz
dun
The niggers all in korious, with re
markable unanimity remsrkt that efthey
he'd ever bin introdoost to themselves,
they thought they wooden't. In fact,
they he'd congregated ut that time for
the purpose NV startin life on their own
hook
\ paroxysm Nv pain aud anguish shot
over the old mans face Nearest TO him
tainted with the accurst blood w Ham,
wood hev bin considered beautiful
Fallin on her neck the old patriarch with
teers streamin down his furrowd cheeks
eiackilated:
Farewell, Looizer my daughter. fare
well-I loved yoor mother ex never man
loved niger. She wuz the solace Nv
my leisure hours-the companion NV my
yooth. She | sold to pay OFF a mortgage
on the place-she and Your older sisters
Farewell! I he'd hoped TO hev sold 700
this winter (for 700 are still young) and
bought out Jinkins, but wo is me. Cur
ses on the TRENT who thus sewers all the
tender ties Nv nacher. Oh it is hard
for father to part with child, even when
the markets high, but oh God to part
thus -
And the old gentleman in a excess NV
grief swoonded away genteeiiv.
His son Tom he'd bin caressin her two
little children, who wuz n half whittier
than she wuz Unable to restrain his
self, he fell or her neck and bemoaned
his fate with tetbhin pathos;
Farewell FAREWELL mother NV my
children Farewell Faro, and bosses
and shampsne, long farewell Yoor
increase wuG my perQuiSites and | sold
EN- to supply my needs. He'd you died
Good hev bin resined, for when dead
700 amt with copper, but 10 see 700
torn away Twin, Il wuth $4,000 in emmy
market its too much--it's too much
And he tainted, fallin across the old
man
Who Il dc the work shout the housef =
,hreekt the old lady faintin and fsli;n
across Tom.
lWhcll dress ~ and wash u-, aud
sat OH TSP shreekt the three daugh-
.ers, swoondin swa5 aud fallin across
tbs cid woman.
NV first inpuise ~gs ~ faint away my
self and fail across ihs three daughters,
eut restrained mv-aif and wus content
ID sith sttiktu nttitccd and cresnisih
4 hable Hustiiu ths Nuggets away With
4 i,nruin ru.- for their irefstitoud, |
reut The rsisnce uy The fcrenccr In
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