The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1866-01-11
Mr.. Nasby Sets Forth the Effect the
Tn Proclamation of Secretary Seward
q Produced in Kentucky. rm an%g2,
From The Toledo Blade. Fl,
CoNFEDRIT Y ROADS, Il

II \ W. ?
I 81. -"H " n'rm7Dec. 20, 1865. 'm.-- ''g
AT last! The deed is dun! The tirani
kle Government wich hez sway at Wash
ington has FINELY extfnguished the las
glimnerin flicker Of liberty, by abolishii
slavery! The SUN didn't go down in
gloom that mite, tile stars didn't fade in:
a scl1ly yeller, at wich obstinacy NV ma.
cher was considbly astonished. ~ "fa'
I got the news at the postofiis (near wici
I am at present stayin, at the house NV q
venerable old planter, who accept my i'm.
provin conversation and occasional
i promise, which is cheap, ez equivalent fol
bordJ. Sadly wenled my way2 his
peaceful hum dreadin to Hing 3ov9i. fha
house the paR.. Of despafr." Aftef supper
broke to them as gently as Icood, the in.
/ telligehce that three fourth nv the States
he'd ratified the constitutional amendment
that Seward he'd issued his proclamation,
and that all niggers was free. 'oti1' ~.
| Never did see sch sorrer depicted on
human countenance, never was there des-
pair NV sich depth. All mite long the be-
reaved inmates NV that wunst happy bui
now distracted home wept and waited in
agony wich was perfectly heart rendin. a'.
"Wo is me-" sobbed the old man, wiring
in his hands. is''" aE.7a. 81 =7"af'.H y
,, "John Browns karkis hattgs a danglin
in the air but his soul is marchiri on. .''i
SIT took possession of Seward, and thro
his ugly mouth itspoke the words, "The
nigger is free" and there is no more {,
slave mall the :and. .',.t'.. %, .."a.3's
| "Wunst he'd a hundred niggers, and
the men were fat and healthy, and the
wenches wiz strong, and some nv them
wuz fair to look upon. y .9'7i- Ei"n' .~- 80
"They'worked in my house and nv
fields from the tisin NV the sun to the
goin down NV the same. "@si '~'""H'' '..4
, .'Wuz they lazy? | catteGt them till
they wua cured thereof for 10! they wrz
| ez child under my care IS" 's.' "' .
did they run away? From Kentucky
they run North, and 10! the Locotoco
Marshals caught them for me, and brought
them back AMI delivered them into NV
hand, withouicost, savin. 10! here is thy
nieger-do with him az thou wilt Cwich I
atlus did wien is cneeper than keepin
dogs, and jest ez good. u"ss a15a.. &. ~.
Solomon WIZ wise, for he he'd of kon-
knbines n suttiShenSv, but we wuz wiser
in our day than him.. ..'...-n.." .t...
"For he he'd TO feed his children. and it
kost him slekels u.v gold and shekeis NV
silver and much corn and oil. .'... a.. 3.
1--WE he'd our konkubines with ez great
a muchness ez Solomon, but we sold their
children for silver and gold, and red dog
paper aH' .. a8.a ....' '."IH'-a"t
And all hight long the bercavad old pa
Tlarch, who had I'm g kleen IL iather to nas
servants tand II grandfather TO menify nv
em), poured out his le mentations. .s's .,s.
In the mornin the nigeers wuz called
up, and ez thu all he'd their kptes and he'd
bundles, / spect tina must hev herd the
neus. The old gentleman explained the
situashuu to 5m.n al. ........t ....
"You will, - sed he, 'stay in yo0r happy
homes--voo will allus conthler to live here
and work here, as yoo hev allus dun !" ..r.
The niggers, all IN kOruS. with a remark
able ununinity, rehiarllt that if tha he'd
ever bin introdoost to iheirselvcs, tina thot
tha woodent. In fact, tina he'd kungrega-
ted ut that timefo the purpose NV startin
life on their ewn hook. s-,l..,. ... F.. .rl'' +
\ paroXysm uvIpane and anguish shot
over the old mans face. Nearest to him
stood a Octarune who, he'd she not bin
tainted with the accnrSt .blud~ ut Ham,
wood hey been konsideredbutiui.F Fallen
on her nee. the old fat riarch, with teers
streanIin down his furrOwd cheeks, eiakil-
aled: as.HuGn Gdt 30 s}l3I.""tst tf'. ! ,...t
Farewell, Ipoizcr, my Sotter. fareweIi {!
I loved your. .nruther ez never man loved
nigger! She WIZ the solace nv mi leisure
hOurs--4the kompanion NV mi yooth! She
I sold to pa orr IL mortgage on tie plais--
she and yoor Older sisters! Farewell! /
he'd hoped to hev soitt yoc this winter (tor
yoo liz me-! Courses ON the tirint VINO thus
sewers all ;thetSiider ties Nv na,.her! OH !!
it is hand for farther to part with child,
even when the markets high, but ohl 10
part thus:-'"' "@H .""' "'. '' WI
And the old gentleman, in a excess NV
grief, swooned away gelreely. .si''''-~ 10
His son Tom had been cares: in her two
little children, who wuz "A half white, than
she SUI Unable to restrain hisself, he
fell on her neck and beinoaned his fate
with tctchin ts,thos ,".l.' '"' h.,.~ ~..'f 81
""Farpwell! farewell mother of my
children Farewell faro. and hosscs, and
snampane, a long farewell Your increase.
was nv persfisftes. and Sold EN- to sup
ply needs. He'd you died GOOD hev bin
resined, for when fded yoa amt with Il
copper, but to see you torn away Twin, 4
when wuth 81 900 in emmy marke Its
too rnuch-its too much!''a1 ".'@. .a
"And he tainted, iallin across the Old
man. -..' thTrsIn".r@k s.tE au.tmH. ''
: "WhoWl dress us and wash us and wait
on MS ?s shreekt tile three daughters,
swoondin away and fallin across the old
woman. ''T@' l' .I."f. '@'. f'' ~ 10. /
NV first impulse wuz 10 faint away my
self and fall across the three daughters,
but restrained myself and WIZ content
ed with strikin an attitood and ,organizin
a taboo. Hustlin the niggers away with
a barnin cuss for their ingrattitnod, Ispent
the balance NV the forenoon in bringin on
EN- too. sNun by bv wun they becum
conshus, but they wuz not thairselyes.-i
Their minds wuz evidently shattered
they wuz carryin II hevvy heart in their
buzZums. .8.lV .s --1-sgatut ~. &c.,
Wood, oh wood THAI Seward Good hev
seen that groop! Sech misery does Ablis-
hinism bring in its trane7Tsech horrers
follers departure from DimikratIc teech-
ins.l When will reason return to the peo-
pie! Exc answers, when? ..E. urr E......
.,- PETROLEUM V. MASSEY.
nj paStnr nv Tho t'hurch ny ,I,.