White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1868-04-30
Iron the Toledo Biads.)
Massey.

Mr. Nasby, II Hsoble Iaiasis. sf
Other Persons. has . ceaversasiea
with the PresiAest.
WAsnxros. D. O.. Aprils 8. 1888
Iveus to Wsshinsos tes the psrposs
nv tskis adviee ~ Attorney General
Binkley. 10 to whether. 10 tbs event Nv
the inpsscbment ~ the present Presi-
dene. I Good be oussed ost uv ny Post
Ofies before the 9Th Nv March, 1858.
wea il okkured to me tbse Ought to hsv
some conversation with His Eggslency.
for the perpose nv publishln the same IN
the papers uv Kentucky. Es I wus
ushered into the presrncs. and made
known the fact thst I desired to talk
With him. he direkted his sckrssssy to
fnrni.h me with pens aud lp.psr. ,thst I
| mite tate down. vat be aed.S
found him eslm and hopeful. Tier
wux io hia esgle eyes suthin uv thst ds.
te, q missshea wish hss nsds hsn to.euast
the terror uv bis fri-sds sad stbs eeafort
nv his enemies; bis 6rm set lips bstohea-
cd the will that wus behind en-. asd BE
nose. like bescosli,s. glesmsd defiance
ct the world. '5- aa'-
"Rsmsrk. casually, /" sed Be. "tbst the
Rsdikls msjority seso dstsss1ssd upoa
iupsschment." .s -,
Ibid 90. ven he replied 10 thee vords:
"Yes. they do. Asd Why. esssoe
understand. Never wus tbsr nan seg.
isted in this or ssy other world. Wbo
waniid pescs mors thsu hev. / bsv
sighed for il. and doos evssything ia nv
power for it. bot they ~ood not hsv pssce.
In the heginnin they TALKED uv sskis ms
to resine. becos az the tr'6is sgsilersshsa
I wus laborin under on ths oocsshu6S ~
my inaugersshen. forgettin tbst il wus
the msn. not the Vice President. that
wus drunk. Then. sgin. ] wsnsid tbs
rsstor sshen uv the .Sosth scec1plisbed
skkordin to my views ~ wat WIS prop.
er. and here agin tber onrsasonablsaiss
wus made painfully manifest. They
Good. hev he'd pesce-thSf wood bsv bin
no irubls watevsr. bed they YIELDED 10
me. and accepted the policy bed sgsssl
upon. But they wood DOT. Tbs estise
Congris nv the Yoonitsd States. sad tho
entire people nv the se-callsd loyal States,
wickedly act themselves in opposisbsa to
me. after ! he'd soiemly warned EN- nv
The consekcnses that must inevitably io,.
Ter. They brought il 90. and thsr's l.
the blame. 1t wood be we'll to ask ne
here. how about the Memphis and Moo
O'leans msssacres, and the Ku.Kux
+ Khan"
did this. snJ the President went on:
"Ths nnfortnnit okkureucsa in Mem.
phis and Moo Orlesns Voc the rsault nv
The same spirit developed 10 the pespls
nv the South who opposed the Coufed.
eracy. They knew wat I desired. For
the sake nv peece. to wips oas I'll traces
nv the late onplssasntnis. I decided shse
everything shood b reatored "a. IL wus
before. ex near es mite be. Ny Zee wus
to kiver things mp. he'd promised the
trends nv the lost COS control ~ ther
own States. and had the misgidsd people
wich he'd stood in opposi.hun to the Con.
fedrracy. yeelaed this one plat fos tn
sake nv harmony. ill wood hev bin cell.
The process wus st once simple. In
Moo O. leans. DR.. Dostis and his sdhe.
rents he'd only to furn over the control
nv the city to Mayor Monroe and Jodgs
Abell. and ther wood hev bin no m ssss.
ere. Bnt they wood not. They persist.
ed in in6smin nv their high spirited ep.
ponents to the pint nv risin sgin an. ssd
The massacre wus the result. Wet else
cood they expect? Iwsrned en- In time,
hnt alsrs. wnz not needed. In Mem.
phis. too. il wus similar. The niessss
wood persist in hevin skool housea, ssd
csrryin spellin- books abont With EN-.
KNOWN that every fims they did Il. they
wuz inasnin the Snihern hart aad Rria
the Suthern sole. I he'd them wsrued,
too. bnt to no perpose In.ted nv quiet
in things down by givin up ther ohaox-
ions pnrsoots. they persevered. and tbs
result is part nv history. In the issi.
tated conaisnen nv the Sutherp mind,
smartin ez It wnz under the conshusnis
nv defect. it Good not be expected that
they shood look on qnietly ssd sss Mig.
ger children in niggsr skool- -hooses. learn.
in that wich wood OMIT em from 6lIsa
the posshen nv niggers. ez they under.
stood it. To the infstoosted people Nv
the North. who eggsd on the niggsrs Nv
Memphis and Moo Orleans to this q.
tempt to raise iherselvss out nv the nor.
nal speer into wich they wus left By ths
Constitoosssn. must sll the blame foe this
lsmen,able okkurencs now and forever 1t.
tach. The Ku KIna. Klsn h ssoiherdsvsl.
opmsnt nv the s,ms spirit prodoossd BY
similar eaases. and evsnfoostin 10 the ssns
results. The niggsr.. issted uv humbiy
pursooin the even tenor ~ ther fosmsr
ways. and bowin meekly to The soopssior
power nv them wich wig formerly thsr
maaters. is inflated to ibs pint ~ takis
wa, asd to EN- four yesss ego n Led
earnest. and beleevin thsrssfvss 70 hs 1s..
Tbsy .psssiss in votia asd il hejdis nsst-
ina. and sich. and Nv eoasus ths OsscasA-
ems Nv the Soo,h ess's soIsrats Il. Tss
murder nv these innocent siegsss b. ths
men nv The South 10 snoshse nasifssts-
tion nv Radical hste ssd usliuitv.
He'd they counasled then to eostisveo h
thst meetnis. the hoonility cod b;ubss.
ME Nv wich % 40 lovely IN IL sieer.
ther wood bev bin DO Ks-Klsx. sad tke
hair. or 10 spesk more eggssst d. wool
nv the bed nv no one Nv eu wood ~ Mn
harmed. exceptis wes the high snevitsd
sons ~ the South. sf:ss . usvsetsd n.
duleencs in the Ao~is bols, nias. n .
playful. sportivs mood, occssiossllv nhooe