Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-02-01
VOL. 6. NO. 81
Nasby's Last words 10 the nemo,craac,,y. a,,

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In his last volume Mr.. Nasby gives
few "Last Words" from which we quote !:
i bid my readers farewell in
period nv gloom rarely exalted and new
er surpast for the Democrisy. Never in
my recollekshuu wuz the party in sich a
state Nv uIject cussitood. The Northern
States hev sIipI from our grasp one by ono,
ontil none remains which we kin iondiy
call ourn. The Border States are lUsin
their Democrisy and rallyin under the
black banner Nv AbIishinism, and the ten
States wich We lin control unfortunately
aint got 10 voice in the Gnverment =
From the mountin tops NV Maine aud the
level pararies Nv IlIipoy, The remnants Nv
the Dimocrisy holler to us Nv the South
BE frm we'll stand by yool" And from
the rich cotton fields NV the South the De-
mcerisy holler to them nv the North,
Keep up your sperritsl We are troo to
you'll" all Nv which is very cheerin when
them Nv the North is in sich hopelis mi
nority ez to be unable to elect wnship
constable, and them in the South haint
cot no vote at all
appeal, however. with the rest nv the
leaders, to the DimOcrisy TO rename firm.
Suihin will come in time-what, | cant,
with any degree NV ccriinty. state; but
suthin will come. The Abiishnists cannot
alluz fool The cuss nv the old Whig
party wuz. thar the respective individocaJ
members thereof Good read and rite, and
he'd knack Of doin their own thinkin,
nj II Co. - l. I...t -. IL .
state nv discipline so necessary to success
ez a party. That same cuss is d hangin
on 10 the AblishDists. They hung togeih-
c. from 1856 to 1860 coz there wuz wat
they called prinsipple at stake; and on
that prinsipplc they elected Linkin-
They would have fallen to pieces then, but
our Southern brethren desired TO com
mence orerashens for the new government
it bed SO long desired; and the ovcrwhclui.
in pressur Nv the war smoihered all minor
ishoos and all the individSoal feeiin, aud
they hung together long enough to see
that throo Now, still for the prinsipple
wich welded EN- doorin the war, they are
holdin together yit and probably will ON
I'll they think this question which they are
disposin Of is disposed Of
Then they will split up and our opcnin
is made. We hev solid phalanx which
they can't win over or dctach from US
We hev them old veterans who voted for
Jaxon, and who are still yotin for him.
We hev them sturdy old yeomanry who
will swear hat Bloc Lite Federalism ought
10 be put down, and can't be tolerated in
Republican Government, aud who, bless
their old souls don't know no moro what
Bloc Lite Federalism wuz .han an unborn.
baby does of Guy Fawkes Nc hcv That
solid army NV voters whose knees yavn
hidjusly, and whose coats is out at elbows,
and whose children go barefoot in winter,
while their dads is drinkin cheap whis-
key, and DAMN the Government for impo
sin a income tax. We lev the patriotic
citizers whose noses blossom like the lob
ster. and who live in mortal fear w niger
ekaIiiy; and We hev John Morrissoy's con
stitooents.
These classes argument wont move, and
reasouin wont iaze. They like to aboozc
the Government for leyyin taxes, hopin TO
deceive somebody into the idea that they
pay taxes aud that it bears hard onto
them; and they oppose neger ckality be-
coz it sooihes EN-, like laudnum, to think
thar there is somebody ia the country low.
er down than themselves. The Dimocrisy
ulluz he'd these, aud alluz will
Ez | remarked. the Ablishnists. when
relieved Nv the pressure now bearin onto
EN-, will grow fractions, and split. and
Ihese classes will hev no trouble to cit into
majority. and then our time comes.
The discouraged Dmoorat may say that
pfccehors. aud hoospapcrs, and Sundy
skools, and sioh, are undoiminin their
party Ia time they will but net yet
here is still whiskey in the land. aud the
nigser is not yet extinct. w wat danger
is rreeehers TO ihcso men, when 700 Good
cnt Git one nv en- within guushot nv oncY
aud hat harm Is noo,epapcrs to cnl, when
they cant read? Besides, We arc not at
the end nv our resources yet. When the
wust comes TO the wust, there is the uiggcr
left us. When ho is no longer Nv use to
us cz he is now when the ptejoodis Is so.
far removed ez to invest him with the SUI.
irage-thcn ven give him the ballot
'seH lead him up ont Nv Egypt. aud We
make him vote with US The Dimokrisy
never yet failed to con,rolall NV the low.
est orders nv society. They hev the low
est grade nv the futriners; they hev Della
ware aud Maryland; they hcy Moo York
City and Southern Ilinoy: aud Of the mig.
ger gets the ballot alore the spellin- book,
he's ourn beyond peradycncher.
Let us hold onto our faith, and conlin
700 TO run, hopin eventooally to be glor-
Ged. Let us remember that all the major.
ities ngin us don't change the. fact that
Nonh Gust Ham aud that Ilagar WIZ sent
back TO her mistress Let us remember
that Paul, or some one NV them aposscls,
remarked, "ScryanSe. obey yoor masters,
and that, under Ablishn rool, We are ox
posed to tho Danger NV marryin niggers.
Let us still cherish the faith that even.
chooally, when reason returns, the Amer
kin people will not throw away the boon
We offer EN- nv film the cuss nv labor i'm.
posed by the Almity for disobcdence in
tho garden, az the Dimocrisy served the
army by substitOot. and persesere even
onto the pcrfeS end When this good
time is come, then will tie anshent De-
mocrisy, NV which | hev bin 10 wunst
Piller aud ornament for thirty years, tri-
umph, and the position wich now hold,
wieh is rather too temporary TO be agree.
able, be continyood unto mo for keeps,
and layin of the nrmor nv aclooal war.
fare. shell rest in that haven ny worn. out
patriots-a perpetooal Post Oils. May
tho day be fastened Farewell =