, 1866-12-11
NASBT.
The Amnesty pro1,oslston--The 1nhsb'
ftaufa OF the CrpAs Roads Made &hc
Victims Of q cruel and HcArueA1


rEsc1p the Toledo Dl.dc. p.cem1es sth.}
txten Il il @ tae 1 etsi: u Ksasaskr,,{
December Sd, 'a6d. J
never WIFE 50 elevated nor never 80 cast
down in my life cz 1ast mite, and the entire
Corners uz ditto. The circumstances uy |
the case wuz ez follows: Nc aud party uv |
friends wuz plsyin draw pckcs with Mo |
York commesehei traster, believe they cali !
ssm. 4 feller with tnustash aud side Hblsk- |
eYs, 1ich comes South taikln scccsh and a |
ectliu goods. Tie made some inquiries about |
The stsndtn uv the dcclcrs at the Corners, and |
wuz, aftcr ecd enquiries, egSs,rcemly anxious |
to eeu 'e1n goods 'or cash: They wanted 'sm
on ninety days time, and on this they split. |
lie agreed With 'em In princig gle-ha dfauk !!
TO Jcn Dayfs, and danne4 Linkin floocutly-|
but on the cash question he wuz infexblc
and immosable. To while away the rosy
hours, knot Of choice sperlts. hitn inc1ood- |
cd. gathered in the Port Orifs, to enjoy a
game nv draw poker. There wus INC aad
Square Garitt. and Dcckln Po:ram snd
Elder Slathen, and the Moo York drummer.
We played till past tho witchin honr Of IL
M, when grave yards ynwn and costs troop
Innocent, unseasoncd bowels hed'u bin eddl-
Gated up 10 the STANDARD ur Kentucky wh!s-
key, wich. new cz wc drink II, Is plzen to for.
cicncrs. The Deekin and Elder grabbed the
stakes wich VIZ onto the table, aud riaed his
pockets Tn tht suSpishen that lc WIZ u Alb
the very act, Pollock, the 1liinoy store keep
es. cum rushin in. askin Us ef we'd hecrd the
news.
We ansercd yooaanimusly that VIC hedu't.
s'l'm list In from Louisville sed he, II
j!st rode over frcm the stashcn. Louisville
Wat" seq "hcz Summer killed Thad
Stevens and immcJiils committed sooic!dc:"
Nary seq he, "but johnson and Con-
gross hey come together on the basis NJ
yoonivctsal amnesty, whicl WIZ proclaimed
yesterday. to be fol1ered By yoonive1sat suf
11sEe ez soon as the South kin Conveniently do
It They hev met aud embraced on uorls
Greely's pfan.n
Dcckin Pogsam bust into hystcrical laa,
and ia Ills JOY handed tne the proceeds uT
his eKplo.ashen Ut the pockets uy the Noo
Yorker. auc like blessed old tunatic broke
Tor the meettn house. Ia moment or two
mint more the half dressed ti1lsgers wuz
seen cuacrgin from THAR respective dota;cites
In ali styles Nv attire. A few minits sut11ced
tn make them understand what wuz the oc.
casion NJ the uproar, and more enthoossas
tic population never woke the ckkos. Afore
fve minits he'd rolled OF into eternity, thcr
wuz bonfire b1azin Tn the north side uy the
square, the sed bonfire br1n ni-g.r skooI
house, wich the Frecdmen's Conmisho he'd
erected, md wich our enthusiastic citizens
wuz emtlesnutic. The stnoEc cx it RULED 10
the South u1cth1wt a'sooned the shape uv
olive hranch-the cry uv the nt..er children
wich coodent Escape. symho.ized tlcsr de-
sertid ccndishn, aud the smell uy en- c. thcy
roasted VIE like unto iucense, grateful to
Our uostrils.
4 informal mectfu wnz to wunst organ
lied BY the lite Of the bu'nln skool house, to
wich Deekin Togrnm addressed hisself. Ht
remarked that this wuz a solemn occasion,
20 solemn indeed that be felt iuadekatc to
express the fcci :; sich tilfcd hun. His
mooth wazn't bi. :aougE to give vent tn Ills
sole. though Ct b.: dion't he'd bust: wat
.are VIC net toF to.1i,e, m,5 i1isnda;' sed be,
Sounds III. lcy-whercfore this tire, aud
wherefore Is Bascom seliin likkcr Mt half
pIiccs Decoz We arc rchabflttatcd-that's
what we are. Bccoz the North hcz gone
into the olive branch bExues4 dsin, and VIC
hey wunst more our rites. We are am
Eress-wc are acin citizens Nv the great Re-
@Pollock, the nlinoy store keeper, riz and
begged rerlnisllin to say word. I1c pro-
kordin TO norTis Greclcy's plan, that yoo1i-
vers.l suffrage WIZ to follow yonnircrsal anu
nesty-wAy then this maxim John R.d@crses
nv the niggcrs: Wuz the South u goin to act
in good firth.
Dcckin Pocram rerlicd: "The South ucrer
yit broke pli@h1cd faith save when she Good
make suthin By so doin. At this present
junkteR nv affairs be pFesooined the South
wood extend, not precisely universal suf-
frugc to The nlEger. bnt the way wood be
opened TO en-. Sich q mass nv ignorance
Good never he trusted with the baitus with
out prrparashen, and to prepare cru wond be
ovcrtuEuin in the Kentucky theory, that
the Niger Is a oeast, aud the Northern Demo
kratic Idea thAt the niger wuz Gust by Noel
and doomed forever to be q sIove.
The gentleman from 1llinoy will to-wun.i
perceive the fl We arc ID. ThcY atnt III fo1
the ballot now, and ef VIC make em 60. II
oycrturns our theory, wich VIC cant do
sim We propose to be just to en. We shcl
intelligent, nnd We shel not put tue standard
too high nuthcr. We ehel 'girc every wuu
Ut them the ballot who IL able to reed the
Greek Testament huently and pas.
fness sa''s r.sr saal'''sn asa q dou5s sstir eair
hook-keepin. The path to the polls y.so SCI
is open to en-. uv cnurec We cant be ex
rected 10 tolerate skoat-houscs far eu1, CO..
that wood raise EN- above their normal con
dishen. Also, ther must be proper rcgula
arc mere infants, and their totterin steps ot
tho road to freedom needs directing. Societ,
is compromise In wich every one restgas c.
mnch uv his persnel liberty cz the gool u
the hull. and the restnfn nv pcrsnel liheft,
must come from them. That n!gger." saft
he, pintiu to won vich th' joyous citizen
WIZ etringin up to Bascom's sign post, !" tha
ujEEET is z lCfl1In 0lS lEFsEEl lEGCuO1H ~
the good OF tEe hull. No doubt In hts hear
he mu7murs, and Ct the cord wich Ia choki
him Good be- loosened, be wood replnc.
Is rough on him, but the sooptrior1fy nv th
Caucasian race must be-My tod! Its one Il
my nlcgrrs! Stop! Dascom, stop" ejaek
Niger wux alrtady black In the face and he
erased to kick, and the Deckin, hearln
sign. perceeded.
"Wc shcl ecroopulously regard their rite
MI & Ia l.
In all respects like us,. cz soon ez they be
trusted. Till then they will hey totin n
strained. There must he Laws proaibttn e.
from receeyin more than q. 50 per mont
that they may not become bloated aristocfa
and panrcrcd sons nv luxu.y-tlc prop
development OF The country, and lIkcwi
the payment Of the ConfedFit debt, require
manuel later wfcll We wux never cd}ucat'
to do, and therefore the good Of the who
rcqnlres that they shel resign their pessN
tashuns onto wich they her engaged
Iabcr, that they may rel[ius.y do It, wiz
Is clecrly neesary, for 700 zee ef l hirc
niggcr IN Ianoory, / u>rst not he exposed
wat more kin they want. They are fec 10
great extent e the good of society v
permit VIC shct give en- qualified suat1.
Akin, uv course, which Is just the 9ualiat
4ions ourselves, and beln Ealyooahle me
en-, 20 long cz they are hcalthy-good Lo,
why will them ct1sses persist in haucin
ablc.bodled nigCers when there's 50 ma
old ones around, good Tor nothln but
celebrate WITH" aud to kavc another wun
his former servants, the Deckin clio:
II Is unnecessary to recount the further
ins Nv the Mite. There WAS skool-honsc n
church recently erected, burnd, with so7
fkorc or sich a matter nv young nigEars
en- wich wuz too Young 10 he uv any 700
save one girl, wich WIZ neerly while a
almost fifteen, wich ought to hev bin resE1
and five, ell counted correctly, able'tlod
men and Nimin wus hung. Bsscom sold {
his stock entirely, and By three a. m. the
tire inhsb'tancc nv Tue corners wus q IN
a.,und The square. In festnous-
There wux bitter aw8kentu to this SC
nv fcA.ivitY. AT little after !, while
Deckin. the Elder and myself wux In
CONS tryin to get An assuagcr, and the
We Good do wuz TO pouF q quart nv ".
into a barrel which had been emptl
and roll It around and thus aavor
<'artain McPelter, late uv Morgan's carn
. cum in from Louisville. Eagerly VIC as
him the confirmation uv the ttdins. v
such thing he'd been done, nor WIZ Con!
in any snch noshen. Pollock dropped
and when rcproached him With his doc
city, he anteted that It wuz hoax, bu1
desire to see whether ef Amnesty and
ffage shood be sderted, how fur we'd 6
the latter direction. He ,wux satisfied.
honestly hoped we'd forgive him the p,
ant Jest. He'd made the Corners lively
rIte ar$ how. I Iwuz too profoundly diss
cd 10 reply to the wretch.
PE7RoLEuM v, NAsnT, r. NJ,
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