American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-12-19
NASRY.
The Norember Etections-M Mr.. Nas6y
Predches a serm0n--"No man putteth
Ne~ Vine into OLD BonteS," etc.
CoNFEDRIT X ROADS,


CoNFEDRIT X ROADS, \
(wIch is in the Stait Nv Kentucky,)
November l6, 1856.
When the news Nv the llinoy cleo
tlon lecheO the Corners, there wuz iee,
in of oneaslpess wlch wuz truly affectln;
bat when the crushin intelligence arOge
that Hoffman wuz beaten in Moo York,
there wuz prostrauon wIch wuz only
ekelled when the intelligence Of Lees
surrender reached us. We expected de-
feat in llinoy, aud some Of the other
States, but we he'd hopes that Moo Y York
wood 60 Dimocratic, that his Eggslcucy
mite hev some show pv backIn by the
people and consekcntly some excoos for
contlnyoolu to enforce his policy Bu
that hope wuz taken from US and NV the
entire pppulashun | wuz the only one
who had sufficient stamina to preserve
| The semblance NV cheerlulness, and that
wuz Only on akkount Of my hevin the
Post wills. Elections coodent take that
| from me-it is rock which the waves
oil popIcr indignashun cant wash away,
thank the Lord, for if they Good, how
many Nv us wood to day be holden our
places? Still felt overwhelmed, and
sorrowfally | entered Bascoms There,
with their heads bowed in sorrer and
tears fowin from their vcnrablo eyes, sot
Deekin Pogram, Elder Slathars, and a
few others Nv the Saints, who ez | eu>
tered mechanically rose and stood afore
the bar; mechanically, Bascom, who wuz
! likewise bowed down with great sot out
the invigorator, mechanically we dosod
ourselves, and, still in a dase, mechanical
ly | move1 out without payin, Bascom
ben to full of sorrer to nOtis it.
1t wuz deemed proper, in view Nv the
great calamity, that services shood be
held in the church. aud at p NJ,
(wich with US mite be said to mean post
mortem) we slowly and sadly filed in, the
only smilin countenance in site ben that
uv nigger al the door, who wuz to
wunst pelted over the he'd for lookn
happy.
gave out the hymn,
"Broad is the rode wich leads IT, deth,o
and it was sung with techin pathos AZ,
ter the weepin hat subsidized, and 1 got
my ieelins calmed down SO ez to permit
me tn speek, | commenst explainin to
EN- the causes NV the result. 1t wus, |
sed, chastisen sent onto Us for our sins;
a stripin becoz we he'd exalted our horn
IN our pride; that gloryin in the posses
sion Of the postoffices, the colectorships,
the asse ssorships and sch, we he'd be-
com vainglorious and puffed up, and
careless in the performance Nv dooties
Ther wuz niggers in Kentucky goin
about free, and lmpIously settin at naught
the DEGREES Nv Providence which con-
demned them to be servants Nv their
brethren and heer digressed to elooc.
ydate a pint. | he'd seen stricteIs in a
Boston paper onto the common practis NV
amalgamssh in the South, which pa
pei held up the practis to the condem>
nation Of pious men. "My brethren"
sed /, then Boston ablIshuists hev no
clear unJerstandIn Nv the skripter.-
When Ham wuz Gust by Noar, wat wuz
that cuss, 'He shall be servant unto |
his brethren Not unto strangers-not
unto the Phiiistlne or the Girgeshte, or |
the Mlllente, but unto his brethren =
How Good he be servant unto his breth-
ren except thro amalga.nashun? Onless
we amaIgamate with EN-, how wood the
L ale nlggers be our brethren Oh my
brethren, we wuz obliged to do thsse
things that the skripters mite be fulfilled
and to the credituy the Southern people
be 1t sed that they never shrunk from
the performance NV dooty. The per cent
Nv yefler niggers in this State attests how
faithiul Kentucky hez bin.
But to resoom. w hev sinncd in
permitten skools to come in and unfit EN-
for their normal and skriptural cond-
shen, hut this is not all My brethren
20 to Esq. McGavitt's and get the town
ship Bible and search till you find this
yer tex
And no man putteth new wine into old