The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-06-01
MAsBY.
TITS DECHAaK o. ELnsR GAvrr-MR. NAsBV A..
souScEa THE DHAuI or Hrs FaiHSD avn NorRHs-
TorculNG OniUARY.
Pusi OrTicE, CosVKDan RoADs
(which is in the StAit w Kentucky.

! which is In the SiAit Nv Kentucky.
May 2 1857
\ bite hez fallen . er my soul Ny eyes, aibei
unused to the mellin mOod, hSv distilled noIhir
hu, tears sor twelve hours. ! Piller hcz fallen
IN ihe mcciu mouse there !. vacant pew. aud I
chair ~ hAscon - without. .et'rT Last night
~ rfoV,sr, ninc q N tlicl Au'misck Iavri
departed las iii'. is~! 'i !cus Rad iy;.s I'D
months
weep ez write. The Elder was snuff our
jet eZ the flowers Nv spring wuz eomin--iest "a
the wether wuz gitin warm enough 10 20 bare
fooied-jesl when Il wuzn'l necessary 10 bother
about getting trc wood or he concerned about
feedn the siock-jcs, when Il begins 70 he eomior.
table seiin onto the grocery stoop-jcst ~ the
thfeshhcll Nv six months enjoymeat Why wuS
he taken Exc .usefs The ways uv Providence i
iuskro0,able
Elder Gaviit wgk native Nv North Kasliuy
| which State he !efi in the blush Nv early man.
hood, JET after lie wiz married. Wat he ef,
North kafliuy for, never wus able 10 asscriane
precisely but hey understood that II wuE thin
Ia connection with d snlOkenouse and the hams
| which did hang therein. He wus 10 q Whig
nabeIhooi-his taller Tie proprietor of She
smokehonse. wuz WhIg--thsfe wuE sun hams
mis;-'h" rinfs "a' found N has possession
| Whig Intolerance and IcrsekousA Aen rpon such
site evienu he 49, aijuigei g,l,ty Nv lhcn
and WI, ignins:nioasly "a on a fs..r md ordered
| 70 leave the c1untr, ~ ;v-lt, '.g' hours which
be did du'n '.ri ii..g 10 krYiIcky Thank
iieaven tot sica uuuagr- .ul f0f .icL Keniuck,
wool hev bin Republican State. %. wood hev
| remainei un.' .il-d 10 i!.i- day
Elder Gay,'t wa1 aiias a Democrat Nv the
sinci-si SET lie vo,ri for Jackson, aud fegIsfly
for every Democratic caa.idsie scncc lis did {,
| Rad very much ld'-.t = ! Teineultt right,
he cOo,ln in - si nii Ani W.. consrken.ly
s;eaifast ~ tie hath iIc wuAn shook about,
and tFiven h!hcf anG yOn y ever. wiUd but
remained iaf0 l.'c fast "a BE groove IA wirh he
bed bin oisine!ly sc, III, po,iiik.r creed suI
made up uv this wla lee q q; la;riI ~
NOo England u" hslid Moo England beroz
Noo Enelagd hs;d vh,skty, Itch y, cO.dru I
| gt alobg without. aud slavery, uv wich he
bed hUn,tcd HiigcIs lie vutii As,u Moo
England al has lie icflrrly and "a many times
on each eleckshea day "a h. TODD wthog; risk
| Ny arlatintsn,r W. the dcc.cs, cotnInenst
abou; three yrsfs ago Il wuE al his house I
s,opi on ny advent into these paTu Thcg wuH
no need Of formal ig;roduck shens--lhcF wus
already bond atwe,n ~ wich knit out souls
together lis sy. e. - .ton;o INV nosc. Lighted
up with Q smile and - ga7.i on h1zen :el,
that he wug indeed man sni tfo'her Ne
took 'nein--he sheltered me-ht gave me whereof
| TO eat and drink Hni 10 make merry. aud with
him ;airied Till vlz Teglcf., installed a. pas.
| ter Nv the church. and thereby rcgery pcfyiied
| for
The cause uv the Elder death ~us = hfokcn
heart lie wrz ardent ConiedI.i, and manfally
bore up under 'he reverscs w the war iiis
courage wuE unshaken du"i H. I1r repeated sue.
cess Wv the Federal armes and even WHEN elnan-
| cipation deprived hiw ~ he slaves. ne snll he'd
faith that, eycnchoVailv all WOO; Zee Srli We
may be bec.en nov, wry rs ,nn-iAr' remark
but the Ncrthen p.mncrasv -, ni. rshf aud
thro them We u yet coukes Confdiug ~ eu
believin IN em, he held out brave NJ 30 the paSs.
age Nv the Military ReConrrucssliel b,I
then saw change siecl .Gzensitly ever nv
venerable friend His head bowed with srppirri
grief-his bosom ihfobbed with the cinoshen that
wuz si;lggl'n for ultranct lie wcoi eume ever
10 my oihs FIVE or six time lay. ard ask the
| 10 read him thai passage Nv ;he law gvin the
| nigger the ballot wood do H. when without
| sayin u word, he wood reel OF, with tears 10
win down hss wasted checks, 10 Basecm's wood
foller him, 10 s-c that 10 harm came 20 him
The old man wuE 80 broken iha; he pay 70. his
own lickcr, and mine too, without noiein
fcarin 10 awaken unpleasant emoshens 10 his
mind, never meusbeL.d the latter circumstance.
Things grew worse With h.u When W.
Randall wrote 10 me 10 consulate the niggcf "a
Wade Hampton wuE doin IL. the old father IN
Democrisy obeyed wi;houta murmer. Dcmoetisy
wuE his first idea, and be obeyed Der behesis, tho
,wuz consoomin his very sole lie shook hands
with niggers at my rekcs;, tho the touch wuS as
red hot iron he took two OF EN- into his rev,
tho his proximity 10 eul set him q shake in like
the ageF, and he votid TO " change the name and
the obiecks ~ the lnsiitooi, tho the convulsivo
workins Nv bis !ace showed va, the struggle cost
him.
Day by day the Elder faded. The iron entered
his sole and y was corrodn corrodin corrodn
and eaiin him up by degrees lie walked the
streets ls,lcssy. his eycs sufoosed with tccrs aud
hi, iips movin as n muticfn suihin 10 hissclf
become concerned for him. and 20 did the entire
cirklr. bascom fgge!ed ap h- ateoun; at his
la! and went 10 the records 20 sce whether his
farm was uneucumhcrcd and such Nv the matters
~ he'd lent him small sums soi about gitien en-
Last SUNDAY ne pitcher weai 90 the gell for
the last liu.c he'd four niggc:s in his pew,
upon whom ae looked vacan'ly. but sed noihir
A!ieT sert,s siopred hin Elder ser J. ~
. whisper, II wood hev good siicek ef 700 Good
kiss them ...ile nisetg girls.
''Pa;.on ss,l be. iiembin lAe - lea' !. II
absOlootiy necessary
II t. seq !. irmly 'doo;y every Dimoerai
owes TO hs party, in this crisis. 10 kiss ey many
n.gGei chIldTen ~ possible.
y strange expression IN W the old mau
cogn,enau'e In n ireuzied manner hg kissed ell
ihars wuz ia the church, and, az Of insane COM
,nensi on the adult fetnails uv that persuasion.
With diiheulty VIC restrained h.u., hui bseakin
loose from % he s,Artd down the street a tunn.r
down and kissin every Niger child his eyes res
til ON Finally lie sunk 10 the esih eggsaus,id.
aud We bore him 10 his house zaa put aim 10 bed
from that bed he never ariI. lie wgz goner
We he'd TO give him his likkef ia IL spoon and
never knowd u kcr,uckan 10 recover who wuE
pas, ds!nkiE cut Nv q bottle
Slowly his strength was,Cd. Yes,rrda, hc
rallied aai asked for me G. 'hc candle ~ life
lickeiei lccbly IN the socket
''Periesscs sell he With an eroi,, Is Hen,uc-
ky to tool the nigeess Of Ihe n.geeFs ~ TOOL
kentueky iias the pimOerAsy swAercd the nlg-
sci Or the nIggcf swallcfei the nimocrasy
And all Ny o'eE lie fell back peC- w clay
wich never Good rally TO the poles a9in.
Bascom and turned aside and wer, Sed
Rascou he'd he lived two yeats nor wood
hev he'd MS iaim
Not aEy sei Dustin into tecrs o." wood
hev he'd u 20 endow the ins,itoot.'
10 that event IL wood escnchooa,iy hes bin
mine gaHfed Bascor, Feiarsin into fresh
spapm Nv grief.
We buried him Yesterday Il wuE the biggest
funeral ever knowd at the Corneis. II wa q
te,ehin site Siandin around his bier wo1 his
four children by his first wife, and his ak children
hy bis second wife. and twelve or fifteen other
children Nv all colofs from that Nv new saddle
up TO dark molasscs, who insisted upon bein
counted in "a mOuFneu. II wuE the ukh,es,
place J ever wuT IN Ia NY life.
Ny friends. sci 10 sn, u. This scemly
l. this proper -
They replied that il wuE II mourn father. -
sd one not much Of q father, but he wux the
only one ever he'd. ~ mourn husband, sei
the mother NV the first speaker, not legally Q
husband hut morally, or rather lmmofally
We weer ed al these various ehadcs IN
korus and they busted out into = iorreut Of gfcef
wieh completely ex,ineuished them on the ,oiher
side Nv the grave. witch he'd the legle iiie TO
mourn.
Ia q matter w coarse, I, ended in a row. lssa-
ker Gaviu swore that no eassid bleaehed niegers
ala al ah..l IL Etua md
Amanda few At . quadroon which wus cryin
too promineaty, and Mrs Gaviu attacked the
quaaroon's molher, who wnE displayin altogether
too much white pokit hankerehef In the me
lee lef. satisfied that Democrisy heE altogether
too many rough pinss 10 81, over pleasant