Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-01-31
Mr.. Nasby Sets Forth the Effect the Proclamn.
tion of Secretary Seward Produces in Ken.
adf CoNFDERIT x ROADS. (which !
Is in the Stait of Kentucky,)
-E- .t3"'F December 20, 1865.

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7H adf CoNFDERIT x ROADS (which
Is in the Stait of Kentucky,)
e sH. #j.iF December 20, 1865. "
At last The dede is done! The tran 8
ikle government which has sway at WASH "
ington hez finally extipguished the last
glimmerin flicker Nv Liberty by abolishin 8
slavery The sun didn't go down in a B
gloom that night-the stars didn't fade '
into sickly yeller, at which obstinacy I
Nv nacher was considerably astonished. G
/ got the news at the Post Offs, (near .
wich am at present stayin, at the hous
of an old venerable planter who takes
my improvin conversashun and a occa-
sional promise ez equivalent for borad.)
Sadly | wended my way to his peesful
home, dreadin to fling over that hous the
pail of despare. After supper | broke to
em ez gently ez Good, the Stats had rat
fled the constitooshnel amendment-thet
Seward had ishood his proclamashun, and
ahat all Niggers wuz free
Never did see sich horrer depicted on
the hooman countenance-neve wuz there
despair NV sich depth. All mite long the
bereaved inmates Nv that wunst happy
but now distracted home wept and walled
in agony wich wuz trooly, perfectly heart
rendin.
"Wo is me-" sobbed the old man, ring
in his hands. as4 81 -t
John Browns karkis hangs danglin in
the air-his sole is marchin on"
at took possession of Seward and thro
his ugly mouth it spoke the words, the
niger is free, and there is no more slaves
in the land" .. @
"Wupst he'd hundred niggers, and
! the men wuz fat and healthy. and the wen-
ches wuz strong, and sum Nv em wuz fair
to look upon"
"They worked in my house and my
fields from they rising Nv the sun to the
e going down Nv the same"
"Wuz they lazy? ] Gated them till they
wuz cured thereof, for 10! they wuz az q
child under my care" '.'.
y Did they run away9 From Kentucky
q they run North, and 10 F! the Locofoco
! Marshals caught them for me, and brot
them back and delivered them into my
hand, without cost, saying, 10! here's thy
! lnigger-do with him ez thou wilt, (wich
= ulluz did,) wich is cheeper than keepin
y dogs, and jest ez good" . asg laFl
Solomon was wise. for he had of conke-
bines sufishensy, but we wuz wises in
!, our day than him. " ''''
e "For he fed his children and it host
him shekels Nv gold and shekelS Nv silver
}. and much korn and ile."' ;al af
IS ave he'd our konkebines with ez grea,
a muchness ez Solomon, but we sold their
e children for silver and gold, and red dog
u paper 'l.als ble .3Ha4 e3',d ''t...
And all night long the bereaved old pa.
b triark, who he'd allrz ben father to his
r servants, and grandfather to many Nv EN-
d poured out his lamentations.
IS In the mornin the niggers wuz called
to up, and ez they all he'd their kotes on ant
,e he'd bundles, spect they must hev hearc
IN tie news. The old gentleman explained
he the situation to EN-. '
a. "You will" said he "stay in your hap
Ipy homes---you will alluz continue to liv
h. here and work here ez 700 have allu
K done ?" s.t.I... .s. .,.t.f,.a.
w The niggers all in korious, with a re
d markable unanimity remarked that c
a they he'd ever been iutrodoost to their
, selves they thought they woodcnt. |
fact, they congregated at that time for tn
purpose NV startin in life on their ow
Ii. hook. -,..
i. q A paroxysm Of pain and anguish she
:" over the old mans face. Nearest to hiI
ar stood a octoroon, who, he'd she not bee
:? tainted with the accursed blood of Han
a would hev ben considered beautiful. Fa
ed lin on her neck the old patriark, with
:, tcer strecming down his furrowed check
~ calculated :: sf 81 9'la - -.
ION Farewell, Looizer my daughter, far
ut we'll, Flowed yoer mother as never ma
,r- loved niger, She wuz the solace of n
no |leizure hours-the companion Of n
~ yooth. She l sold to pay off mortga
10 on the place-sbe and yoor older sister
a Farewell! l. he'd hoped to hev sold y
ut this winter (for yoo are still young al
he bought out Jinkins, but wo is me Ours
~. lon the tyrant who thus sewers all the Ii
o.e nv my nacher. Oh it is hard for afat
-dd r to part with his child, even when
lid market is high; but Oh GOdl to p
less thus I5.i,..li.5..ts ..,..l.,.
/ :, % And the old gentleman in an excess
/ grief swooned away genteelly. lig> d
'nd His son Tom he'd hen earersin her :
little children, who wuz half Viii
at than she wuz. Unable to restrain hiss
dea he fell on her neck aud bcmoaued his I
i a. with tcchin pathos,9 o's 73bdu'5 > (.
- " ,,i Farewell. j mother Of my children ia
ipa- we'll faro, and hOsses and champane, q /
'ing farewell. Your increase wuz my pertq'
% lite, aud I sold EN- to supply my nee
II He'd VOC died Good hev ben resined,
- when ded yOo amt wuth a copper, .bu
7, see yoo torn away livin. & wutn ZOO
p" enpy market lit is too much--it is
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