Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-02-17
NUMBER 6.
from the Toledo Blade. I
NASBY.
xAsBY SHOWS THE EFFECT SECRETARY sEwARDs
PROCLAMATION PRODUCED KENTUCKY.
CONFEDERATE Rokps.
(Which is in the State of kenturky,) ,

CONFEDERATE Rotps
(Which is in the State % Kentucky,)
December 20 1865.
At last The deed is dun The tiranke
Government wch hez sway Mt Washington has
FINELY cxtngnished the last glimmerin flicker of
liberty bv abolishin slavery The ddn I go
down in gloom that ntc the stars didn't fade
int Il scklv yaler, at wich obstinacy Nv nacher
! was considerably astonished.
| got the news Il; the post oGice (near wich I
am ut present stavin. at the house nv II venera-
ble oil planter. who accepts my improvin con-
vrrst,ion and occasional promise, witch is
cheap, cz equivalent for bord.) Sadly wended
my way his peaceful hum, drcadin to fling over
that house the pail of despair. After supper |
broke to them, rs gently as Good, the intelli-
gencc that threc-fourths nv the States had rati-
fed the constitutional amendment, that Seward
he'd issued his proclanaton and that all nggers
free.
Never lid see sich sorrer depicted on human
countenancc, never there despair nv sch
drp!h All mite long the bereayed inmates NV
that wunst happy but now distracted home wept
and walled in agony wich was perfectly heart
rendin.
Who is me, sobbcd the old man, wringin
his hands.
John Browns karkis hangs dangln in the
air, but soul is marchin on.
1t took possession of Seward and thro his
ugly mouth it spoke the words: The nigger is
free and there is no more slave in all the
land.
'Wunst | he'd hundred nggers, and the men
was fat and healthy, & the wenches wuz strong,
and sum them wuz fair to look upon
= They worked in my house and my fields from
the rsin Nv the sun to the goin down the
same.
% Wuz they lazy? l Gated them till they waz
cured thereof for 10 they wuz ez child under
my care.
Did they run? From Kentucky they run
/ North. and 10 the Locofoco Marshals caught
them for me, and brought them back and de-
liverel them into my hand, without cost, sayin,
10 here is thy niger do with him cz thou wilt
/ (wich | aus did, wich is cheeper than keepin
dogs and jest cz good.
Solomon wmz wise, for he he'd of konkbines
a suiiShensy, but we wuz wiser in onr day then
him.
/ :. For he he'd to feed his children and it kos.
him shelels gold and shekeis NV silver, and
much corn and oil.
I'VE he'd our konkubines with ez great
muchness cz Solomon, but we sold their children
for silver and gold, and red dog paper
And all night long the bcreaved old patriarch,
who had thus been a fither to his servants (and
grandfather to menny nv em) poured out his
lcmeatations
IN the mornin the niggers wuz called up, and
cz tha al he'd their kotes and he'd bundles, |
spcct tina hcv herd the neus. The old gentle
man explained the situashun to en-.
g ZOO will" scd he, stay in yoor happy
homcs-voo will alias continer TO live here. and
work here. rs 700 hcv allus dun
The nirgcrs, all in korus with remarkable
unauimity, rcmlrkt that if tha he'd ever been
nlrodoost to themselves, tha thot tina woodent
In fact they he'd kongrcgated at that time for the
purpose ny stirtin life Oh their own hook.
a paroxysm ny pane and anguish shot over
the old mans face. Nearest to him stood
ociurnnc who, he'd she not bin tainted with the
accursi blnd nv Ham, wood hey bin considered
bntiful. Fallen on her nee, the old patriarch,
with teerS streamin down his furrowd cheeks,
cj,killted
Farewell, Looizyr, my dotter, farewell |
luyed your muthcr cz never man loved nigger
She the solacc mi leisure hours-thc
kompAnion ny mi yooL She | sold to pa orf n
mortgage on the plais-shc and yoor older sisters
he'd hoped to hey sold 700 this Winter for 700
air still yung) and bought out Jnkns, but wo IL
me Carscs on the tirant who thus sewers all
the tender ties nv nacher Oh it is hard for
father 10 part with child, even when the markets
high bat Oh God to part thus i"
And the old gentleman, in excess nv grief,
swooneI away genteclly.
His son Tom had been caressin her two little
children, who half whittier than she wuz.
Unable TO restrain hisscf, lie fell on her neck and
bcmoaned his fate with tetchin pathos:
Farewell fircwc mother of my children
Farewell faro and hosscs, and shampane, Il long
firenell Your increase was my perquisites,
and sold en- to supply needs. He'd you died
GOOD hey bin resined, for when ded you amt
wuth Il copper, bat to you torn away livin,
and when wuth $4,000 in emmy market Its
too much hits too much -
Aud he tainted, fdln across the old maa.
:. Who'll do the work about the houSe?'
shrcekt the old lady, faintn and faliin across
Tom.
" Who'll dress us and wash and wait on
us?' shreekt the three daughters, swoondin
away and ftilin across the old woman.
Ny first impulse faint away myself and
fail across the three daughters, but retained
myself and contentcd with strkin attitood
aud org tnizin taboo. Husilin the niggers
away with burniu cuss for their lngrattltooi,
spent the balance nv the fore9oon IN bringln
on EN- too. Wun by they becum conshns,
but they wuz not themselves. Their minds "uZ
evidently shaitercd-they wuz carryln a ne''y
heart in their buzzums.
Wood. oh wood, that Seward Good heV seen
that rroopl Sech misery does Aolish'h'sin
brnr in its trnnc-sech horrers folierS ue,
n'r.rra from Dimikratic teechins when VIII
ro,snn return to the people? Exc answers
when? T., e. Nv ,t 10, Isnenx,.bnn