Weekly Trinity journal. [volume] (Weaverville, Calif.) 1857-1972, 1866-01-13
From the Cincinnati Commercially
yasby Converses with General MacStinS-
err, of south Carolina.

WAsHIyGToN d. ~, November l9th.-Sence
the November elections hev been spendin the
/ hcft of my time in Washington. | find a melnn-
kolv pleasure in lingerin around the scene of so
many dcmokratic triumphs. Here it WIZ that
Brooks, the heroic, buageoncd Sumner here 1t
wuz that Calhoun Il Yancey and Breckenridge
achieved their glory and renown: Besides its
the easiest place dodge board bill in the yoo-
nited States. There's many congressman here
who resemble me that | hey no difficulty in pass
in for one two-thirds of the time
/ Yesterday | met in the readin' room of Will
lard Ginral MacSiin@er, of South Karliny. The
ginra is here the same bizneSs most NV the
southern men hev in this classic city, that ny
prokoorn a pardon, witch he he'd prokoored. and
wuz gettn ready TO 20 home and accept the nom
inashen for congress in his deestrick.
/ The ginral wuz gloomy. Things didn't SCOT
him he observed, and he WIZ afccrd that the
country wuz on the high road to room. He had
bin absent from the yoonited States suthin over
four veerS witch time he he'd spent in the south
ern confederacy When he went out the consti-
tooshne dimocrisy had some rites wch WIZ re-
spectcd. On his return wat did he see? The
power in the hands radikals, ablshnism in
the majority everywhere. ex-tailor president
Il state ny affairs disgnstin in the extreme to the
highly sensitive southern mind. He had accept
ed pardon only becoz he felt hsself conStrain-
ed to put hissclf n2 position to go to congress.
that the country might be reSkood from its inn
the dcspots who now have control whether
/. They spozed the South would submit to hoo
miliatin condishens
.. What Androo Johnson means by dctatin to
the convenshuns sovereign states?
Why" seq he, ''but a few days ago this
boor he'd the ashoorance to write to the Gcorry
convcnshun that it must not mark the term
MUST not assOom the confedrit war debt, Is q
tailor to sly must not to shirelrus Georgy .
Good God where are we irltin? For one,
never will be consolidated on them terms--ncver
never wuz used to that style nv talk in dime
kratc convenshuns
. Ez soon take my sect in congris,' re-
soomed he, Il shell deliver speech, which
writ the day after Lee surrendered, so CT to hcv
it ready in wch shell take the follerin ground,
to wit
q The south hev buried the hatchit, and hey
diskivered that they love the old Yoonion above
envthing on earth But,
''Thc north must meet us half way, or we
won't be answerable for the consekenccs. En-
basis fora settlement, shall insist on the foller
in condiShens
:. The federal debt must be repoodiated, prin
cipa and interest. or eff paid, the southern war
debt must be paid lkcwisc-cz peece offerin.-
The doctrine nv state rites must be made the 500
preeme law ny the land, that the south may with
draw whenever they feel themselves dissatisfied
with MASSACHUSETTS, w coarse this is a olive
branch.
/ " Jefferson Davis mnst be to wunst set at lib
ertv and Sumner hung. ez proof that the North
is really consiIiatory. On this pint am infiex-
BILE, and on the others immovable."
An old man. who he'd been lisinin to our talk,
murmured that there WAS a parallel to this last
proposshen.
% Wher?' demanded The Gineral.
1.-The Jews, ! remember replied he, - de-
manded that Barr.bas be released unto them, who
wuz thief believe. and the Saviour be cruel
fled but forgit jst how it was
The Gineral withered him with ny hiz lite
min glances and resoomed:
- shell, nv course. offer the North suthin IN
the way of compensation. fur the troo theory OF
n republican Government is compromise. On
our part we pledge ourselves to kun back, and
give the North the benefit of our kumin back, so
long ez Massachusetts condux herself akkordin
TO our ices NV what is rite. Bnt ef this ekitable
adjustment is rejected. all hey to say then is,
shall resign. and the Government may sink with
ont wan effort from me to save it.
| waz about to Civ in my experience when the
old man. who wuz sittin us, broke in again:
! " Ny name. SCI he, :. is Maginnis, and live
/ in Alabama. want to say a word to the gen
teman from Karliny, and to the wun from MOO
Gersev.n
How retorted I, :" do you know I'm from
Moo Gersey, not heven spoken a word in yodr
hearcn ~
erner layingit down heavy to a ndvjouil whose
phiSynogamy is sch cast that upon behold
en- it You nstincktvely feel to see that yur peck
ethandkercher is safe, face that wood be dan
gerous if it had curge into it, | alluz know the
latter to bee a northern coppurhcad. The Moo
Gersey part guessed at, becoz, my friend, that
state furnished the lowest order nv copperheads
nv any nv UNI Pardon me if hatter 700 But
what wanid too say wuz that suppose suthen
hez happened doorin the past years. wuz a
original secessionist Some years ago he'd
hundred niggers, and wuz doin well with en-
But, UNFORTUNATELY, my brother died, and left
me as much more land but niggers. | want
/ id niggers ennf to work the land, and spozed eff
we cut off from the north, and the slave trade
was re-opened, | cud git EN- cheaper Hence,
seceshed. Sich men Ginral McStinger told
me the north woodent fight or woodent hev
secesht, but did it. went out for wull and
cum back shorn. seceshed with 90 niggers to
git 200, and alas find myself back into the
old government, with nary niger.
"But all this is no exeoose for talkin bold nom
cents, you old ass" sed he, addressin Gineral
MacStnger. % 700 talk wat 700 will do, and
wat 700 wont. Hevent 700 dskiyered that 700
are whipped? Hevent 700 found out that 700
are subjoogated? Are 700 back into the yoon-