The Shasta courier., 1866-09-15
SHASTA COURIER.
Nasby.
Mr.. Nasty breaches g The Prodigal Son. :"
An interruption.

is in the Stait NV Kentucky
July 6, 1866.
preached last Sabbath, or rather tried 70,
from the parable Nv the Prodigai son. "e
he'd splendid congregashun. nolioe n:
yiyal NV the work in this part NV tne nm, mn
ocratic vineyard wich RELY cheers me- n
demonstras6uns our friends made IN Mem
nb;s the canin NV Grinnel by Rosso, and the
roII for a Johnson Convenshun IN Phliadel
mia all. all hev conspired to comfort the
souls nv the Dimocrisy and encourage em to
renewed efforts. 1t is bringing forth fruit
Onlv last week five northern men were sent
wbirlin out Nv this section-they busted in
the night to escape hangin, leavin their
goods as a pray for the righteous-six mig
gers hev bin killed and one Burow officer
Shot. Trooly there is everything to encour-
age US.
The house was full. The weather wuz
hot. and the pleasant incense Nv mingled
whiskey. tobacco, and snuff wich ariz wuz
grateful to me- 1he sun shone in on Deekin
Pogram's face ez be gently slept, and when
the sun hits him square kin alluz tell wher
he sets, even eff it is dark. He drinks apple
jack inste I'd of corn whiskey, and chaws fine
cut tobacker instead Nv plug, and consekent-
ly when in the pulpit | kin distinguish the
pecooliar aroma Nv his breath from those
around him.
my brethren" sed I, " sich NV yoo re
hev Bibles in yoor houses, kin get somebody
to read Yoo the parable to wich | shell call
yoor attention. A man wunst upon time
he'd sons, ez many men hev since, and wun
Nv EN- wuz a tough wun. He LETT his home
and went into far countries, maxim the old
man shell out his share Nv the estate, and he
lived high, jist, my brethren, ez yoor-boys
do or ro thor did whom thnv went tn Moo
Orleans, in the days when yoo he'd niger
or two witch 700 Good sell to supply EN- with
money He played draw poker and faro, he
drank fancy drinks and boarded at big
hotels, and he follored after strange women
wich'll bust a man quicker nor any one
small sin the devil hez yet invented, ez yoor
pastor kin testify. Wv course his pile gave
out and he got down, my friends, did this
ingenious yooth, to rags and wretchedness,
and ended. in bein overseer Nv swine
What did he do? He ariz and went to his
father, and the old man saw him afar off and
went out to meet him, and fell onto bis neck,
and give him a order for a SCOT NV clothes
and pair Nv boots, and put ring onto his
finger, and made feast, KILN for the pur-
pose the fatted calf wich he he'd saved for
another occasion.
My friends, yoo kin find in the skripter
suthin applicable to every occasion, and this
parable fits the present time like ready
made coat The South is the Prodigal Son.
We went out from our fathers house, on
expedition wich heznt proved altogether
success We spent our share Nv the estate,
and a little more We run through with
our means and hey cum down to rags, and
dirt, and filth, and hunger. We are, and
hev bin some time, chawin husks. Our
pockets are empty. No more doth the pleas
ant half dollar jingle in sweet unison agin
its fellows our wallets is barren of postal
currency, and the grocery keepers mourn
and refuse to be comforted becoz we are not.
We hev got to the husk stage Nv our woe,
and wood be tendin hogs eff the armies wich
past through these countries he'd left us any.
We hev cum lack. In rags and dirt we hev
wended our way to Washington and ask to
be taken back. Now, why don't our Father,
the Government, fulfil the skripter? Why
don't it see us afar off and run out to meet
us? Why don't he put onto us purple
robe ?-where's the ring for our finger, and
the shoes for our feet ? and where's the fatted
calf he ought to kill? My brethren, them
Ablishnists is worse than intddles-while
they preach the gospel they won't practice
it. i For my part, /
At this point sargent belongin to that
Internal Burow, who wuz in the awdience
with enough NV soldiers to make opposin
NV him unpleasant, sed be he'd bin a sort NV
an exhorter in his day, and desired to say a
word in explanation Nv that parable, ez ap-
plicabe to the present time, and sez be, " ct
| am interrupted. remember | blong to the
church military, wich is just now the church
triumphant" And cockin his musket he
proceeded, very much uninterrupted.
"The prodigal son." sez he, ''wuz re-
ceived by the old man with considerable
doins but, my worthy friends, he went out
decently. He didn't ez soon ez he with
drawded from the house turn round and
make war onto the old conference.-the didn't
burn his house and barns, tear up his garden,
burn his fences, and knock down the balance
Nv the children. Not any. He went away
peaceably, misguided good for nothin, but
yet peaceable good-for nothin. Secondly,
he come back Nv his own akkord The old
man didn't go after him and fight for four
years at a cost Nv half his substance to sub.
due him and bring him back, but when he
he'd run through his pile, and squandered
his share Nv the estate and got hungry he
came back like whipped dog.
My friends, let me draw small parallel
between these cases.
1.-The prodigal son went out-so did the
South-thus fairly the cases is alike.
=" The prodlgal didn't steal nothin. The
Confederaey took everything it Good lay its
hands on.
81 The prodigal spent only what wuz his
to spend. The Confederaey spent not only
all it stole. but all it Good borrer. when it
knowd its promises to pay wuzent wurth the
mizerable paper they wuz printed onto.
The Prodigal, when he did come back,
come ez penitent the consciousness that
he he'd made a fool Nv hisself Good make him.
The Confederacy wuz whipped back, but it
still swears hefty oaths that it was right all
the time.
"The prodigal didn't demand veal Dot.
pies add purple robes, and sich, but begged
to be servant unto the more sensible breth
rem wich stayed. The South comes back
demandia Office. NV witch the fatted calf and
rings and purple robes is typical, and con.
siderably more share in the government than
it had before it kicked over the traces and
went out like the lost tribes NV Israel.
"Spozen the Bible prodigal he'd stor ped
his parent and remarked to him thus |
am willin to come back on conditions. Yoo
must pay my debts-yoo must give me an
ekal share Nv the farm with the other boys
-yoo must treat me in all respecks just Cd
eft l hadn't gone out. and-this is essential
-yoo must take with me all the sharpers
who ruined me, all the gamblers and thieves
with whom fell in while | wuz away, and
make them head.men ON tho Diace ond