The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-04-04
NASBY
Nh. Nasby Pleads the Cause OF nj.
Friends.


From thl T.Ieia Blade
CoNFEDRT y RoADs. fwichJ
D, ln the >tait uv Kentucky
March 10 ls66.
Yesterday l happened 10 pick up a COP,
uF 4 iriteinlly deprayed Ablshin paper
anu my horror stricken ewes wuz Glued ~
the iolerin passage. which read.
a" am happy To state To YOU that on,
irce negroes are doing finely. We have ma
trouble with them. They have all zone m
work maniully. They give an imnetu. m
trade That We never before had I have
sold John Guttles negroes. this year ami
I last, more goods than ever sold Guttla
ana he owned two hundred and fnv slaves
~ YOU see the free negro system is WORKING
well with Us
IL per0osed them lines tears started in
voluntarily from my beamn ewes and
conrsed in torrents down my venerable
checks. know John Cutie well. | may
say lntlmLlN. lie wuZ dear friend ono
NV the lew which | call friend in the most
catholic and comprehensive sense NV that
word lie holds my note Tor eighteen dol
ldI- anb o. cents. and heVe somewhere i'm
my papers. wich alluz carefully preserved
lor reference 4 memorandum " his al
dfess, that ! mite De sure TO send il 10 him
give MN the note becOz be iunsht the
paper and h made him easy I'm his mind
put down the memorandum bccoz n lool-el
business like. BenevOlence Is a prominent
TRAIT ia my character when srivin my nofe
Tor BORED money will DO a man gool I
never begrudge the trouble of writjn il
But wal / wuz agoin 10 say wuz that tho
ieendishnls NV that item passes belief TIE
writer puts II IN print 10 show that the An
ishin NV slavery benefited somebodv
grant bin that the merchant who undonht
ediy WIZ born in Massachusetts. wuz bene-
hted 10y the change, 50 are the greesv mer-
chants Who are pOllutin the soil Nv Ala
Dana' ANA SO probably are the 25O nirgers
but 40 The name Nv Liberty i'm the nqma nv
JusiIce, in the name NV the COnstooshen uv
the oonited states. and the FLAG Nv onr
common Country, / ask HOW ABOUT JOHN
CUTIE.
John Cutie u robbed John Cutie il
deprived NV his property. the bread i- ia
ken from John Guttle's mouth, his staff is
broken, ms dependence is gone he Is be-
reft
Never shall forget John Cutie. or his
hOspltaDle mansion. ez I knowel il in the
happy years aiOre the crOOel war. lie wuz
a gentleman uv the old schOol-one ~ the
le" ieii us in these degenerate davs His
nome Wuz Nun as unallOyed happiuess
situated Just back uv Nobel. ho he'd tLe
finest plantation In that section and bel
on 10 2oO niggers. All shades wllz repre |
sented. There VIZ the coal black Cutiaee /
whose lechers denoted the pure Afrikin. and I
whose awkward manners showed that he |
wuz not long from Africa There wuz the /
CIVILIZED mulattO IN whose veins the Guffle |
blood showed, the quadrOOa in whom the I
good old Cutie blood predominatel. and |
Lhe oct0r00n, which WIZ mostly Guttle 4
lhe Guitlesso~ WIZ emiueuth Il Christian 1
generation they WIZ devOutiv pious and 4
there never wuZ wun Nv the name who Good /
not repeat without the book an nv the /
texts nearin on slavery. The passages in /
winch Oneslmus and Hager figger wuz IA
'orltes with EN-, but on "cussil be G.
naan they wuz strong For generations (
lhey had mOurned over the hard fate uv the /
sons uv Ham, doomed 10 perpot0ol bond
l-e Decoz uv the sin ~ their father. and
Win missionary sperit ekalel by few and
'Acelled hy none they did their part towards
'edOosln that cuss ny maxim ~ menny as
-in e1 possible halt brothers 10 the more
a'ored race uy Japheth. and thus bringiu
~ en- out uF Tine Gus, and they he'd meller-
'd lhe color az their charges down from
ne hideous black TO bright weller In
leI lhe Oh palrlarkie system time passed
't sAOolhis ana pleasantly with the Gut
le idiiAl- lhem go niggers WuZ obliged
~ course 10 work, and their labor wuz
money John bought each NV the male
ons w lidin TWO SCOTS NV close per annum. /
'hu each w the female sons uv Ham one
'oo'' IL "uz cOnsi4ered healthy Tor the ones
o 60 naked, wich they wuZ religiOulslv al
o"e1 10 40 81 none uv the Guttes nv that
aInly wood DO anything agin mater or her
a"s. me gifls he'd pianos, and WIZ elu-
'aleu al The North. the bows WuZ celebrated
vi morse I@cln ana their skill at lOsin mon
y al iar0. They wns hOspitabie and gene
GUS 20 a fault Their hons wuz onan
iouse, anu their beverages WIZ alluz the
iest. Money wuz no ohieck 10 tham f,r
'Aen They hal severe attack ~ DO
Ter or faro or h0ss racin. they he'd pie1fv
" Octof0ons and quadrOOns, with The real
Iuttle nose. wich brand wuz vel known m
700 Orleans. and wood ailHz command the
ighest possible 1gger that WIZ paid IN
nat market; or. ei they had no more than
Icy wanted ~ home uv that stvle. why q
-W heid hands wOuld be sold ana the re-
lanin ones wood be persuaded hv tho
Feroeer 10 do the work nv the whole
Ohm Guttle's sons wuz all in the Coufedrit
Fny Dis daughters, wilhn 10 sacrifice
very thing fur the cause her0icallvpledrei
% whip tic nirrers tieirseiva=
lrln their absence
Now al. IS changed. \ sladder hez fal-
IN across the peaceful home. Tie uio.,er I
larters IS there. bgt the nirgers j. nor
ne broad pantashun Is divided uD into
mall farms. and balf NV u Is o7vnel hv Z
oiishnists from the North, who work their
ewes, anu WBO bev a meetin house on one B
)rner w .t. and the ni-rers a skoOl-hoasa j
the t0ther. Tie race track Is p.owed
z ana 10 cOiton-the whipnfD nost and :
ie stocks IS taken down aud burBed-aU
I tle Evidences az ciTiiizashun has faded I
ore the ruthless hand ~ the inra-
ar. John Cutie that generous Old foaa
Insists iy the labor uv bis own hands
,e Oi hi7 sons ekes out a miserable evf- :
nee runnin Grav n NObeel. another. :,
DO is gifted with no ordinary intelleck +
'rn- spectacle Iviu plaFin -eren-uD in 7,
ii.-ll~ N.5-"E4 hIs i0uAer Li-gers. AMI ~
U.s.. rIi5 j. ruunin d SEWN masleen. !,
I4iA --t o. me uv benefits What isa :
zen tralesmen and two unlred and fftv :
ggers 10 geliOriOus eid DimOkratic John :,
little What Is the interest Nv a dozen :.
80 Nv Moo England mechanics, and the !.
ggers aforesaid, when compared 70 thai =
0rious aristocracy wich kin never exist =
tween EN- Kin Igo and oorrer eighteen "
liars and siXty-three cents nv one nv
en- No. BecOz TOrkin for their paltrY
ms they place higher TalyOo on money "a
u VIII not spred i around eZ prOlOOsely A
the noble race wich proceeded en-. Sc
Another great wrong IS done this settia al
e " John G0ttle's niggers. John Gut v
nez Nv course no further interest in the s.
mokratic party. Slavery wuz the umbl- d
,le cord wich united the Southern slave Il