The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-05-08
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NASBY.
Mr.. Nasbv, u, humble smitanion Of Other pr.
sons. has q. eonpsrsation p'A Tie P'c''
dent. .....t.-,
i wAsurSoros, D. c., April II, 1868.
II I went to Washington for the purpose Nv
takin advice Nv Attorney General Binkiey
q. to whether in the event Nv the impeacn
ment Nv the present President, Good b'
ousted out NV my Post Oils before the 4tl
NV March. 1869, when il okkurred TO "!
that ought to hev some conversation WIN
His Eggslency, for the purpose Nv publish
in the same In the papers Nv Kentucky
Ez w,iz ushered into the presence, ant
J made known ths fact that desired to tnll
with him, he direkiid hls sekretary TO fur
nish me with pens and paper, that nigh
take down what'he sed.
i found him calm and hopeful. Their
wuz In his cugis eyes suthin Nv that deter
minatior wieti he's made him to.wnnst tl,t
terror NV his friends and the comfort Nv BIZ
enemies his firm set lips be,okened the
will that wus behind em, and his nose
like a beacon lite, cleaned defiance ut the
world. ',i1r..Ipt - yJul,''.r ii-a
"Remark. casually" sed he. "that the
Radikle majority seem determined upon
Impeachment" "
| / did so, when he replied In these words
Eyes they do. And why, ] cannot uh'
derstand. Never wuz there man eggsls
lid in this or any other world, who wanti
peace more than hev. ] hev sighed fo'
Il, and done evrytbin In my power for it.
but tha wood not hev peece. In tho DO
rinnin tina talked Nv askin mo TO resine, be-
coz NV the triflin eggsilerrshun wuz lahrin
under on tho occashun Nv my inaugura-
shcn, forgcttin tha, il wuI the man, not the
Vice President, that was drunk. Then,
arin, 1 wantd the restorashen Nv the South
accomplished nkkorlin to my views Nv wat
wuz proper, and here agin their onrenson'
ablcness wuz made pancfhlly manifest.
They Good hev he'd pcece-ther wood hev
bin no trouble watever, he'd tha yielded 10
mo, and accep,id the policy i he'd agreed
upon. But tha wood not. The enlir'
Cougrls Nv the United States, and tho en.
tire people NV the so.calied loyal States,
wickedly set themselves in opPosisien 10
mo, after I he'd solemnly warned ON NV tho
consekences that must inevitably follcr.
They brot il Oh aud theirs is the blame. u
would be well to ask me here, how about
the Memphis aud Moo Orleans massacrcs,
and the Ku Klux Klan."
4 did this, and the President went on.
"Thc unf1rtunit okkunences in Menu
phis and Moo Orleens wuz, tho result Nv the
same spirit developed in the people Nv the
South who opposed tho conledency. They
knew wat desired. For the sake NV pecse
and to wipe ont oil traces Nv tho late on
pleasantness, l decided that everything
shood bc restored ez il wuz before, ez near
ez mite be-. My idea wuz 10 kiver things
up. he'd promised tho friends Of the late
lost coz control Nv thcr own States, and he'd
the misguided people wich he'd stood In
opposshcn to tue confederacys yeelded this
one pint for the sake Nv harmony, all wood
hev bin well. The process wuz at once
simple and sublime. In Moo Oflccns, DR..
Dostile and his adherents he'd only to turn
over the control NV tho ely to Mayor Mon.
roo and Julga Abel, and ther wood hev
hin no massacre. But tha wood mt Tia
persisted in inhamin their high Spirited op.
pOpen,s to the pint Nv risin agin en-, and
the massacre was the result Wat else cud
tha expectI I warned um In time, but
alars wux not needed. In Memphis, too,
it wuz similar. The niggers wood persist
in hcvin skool houses and carryin spcllin
books about with en-, KNOWN that evry
time tha did Il. they wuz infiamin the slIth.
ern hart and firin the suthern sole. ! he'd
them warned too, but to no purpose. IN
Std NV quietin things down by giyin up
their obnoxious pursuits. they persevcredl
and tho result is part NV history. In the
irritated condishun Nv the suthern mind,
snlartin ez Il wus under the conshusniss NV
defect, it Good not be cxpectid that tha
shood look on quietly and sec niger chill.
dren in niggcr skool honscs. lernin that
wich wood unfit um from fillin the posisll.
en- NV niggers, ez they understood It. To
tho iniat0oa,id people Nv the North, who
urged on the niggers NV Memphis aud Moo
Orleans to this attempt to raise themselves
out Nv the normal steer into wich they WIZ
left by the Constitooshcn, must all The
blame for this lameniable okkurenno now
and forever attach.
The Ku Klux Klan is another develope-
ment NV the same spirit perdoosed by siIni.
lar causes and eventootin m the sninc ro
suits. The niggcrs instid Nv humbly pur.
soonin tho even tcner NV their former ways
and bowin mcekly to the sooperior power
NV them wich wuz formerly their masters
is inflated to the pint Nv takin wat sed
to EN- four years ago in dead earnest, and
belecyin themselves to be men. They per.
sist IN votin aud in holdin meetins and sich
and Nv course tho Caucashens uvLhs South
cant tolerate it. The murder NV these IN.
nocent niggers by the men Nv the South,
is another manifestation NV Radical hate
and nalignity. Had they counseled them
TO continyoo in that meeknis, the hoo,nili
~ and h,lmblcnis NV which ia 80 lovely in
the niger, there wood hev ben no Ku Klux
and the hair, or TO speek more eggsact, the
wool Nv the head Of no ono Nv EN- wood
NV been harmed, excepiin when the high
Spirited sous Nv the South after un unwonl-
ed indulgence in the flowin bole mite IN a
playful, sportive mood, occasionally shoot
or stab dozen or sich matter NV EN-.
They hev brot il upon themselves. Ask
me how, nbout Grant, Sherman and them.
did so, aud tho President ansered
promptly, eniorcin his remarks with appro-
prit testers. -.....
al allpz reposed great confidence in
Grant. For a long time he wuz wonder
fully re,icent Nv wich didn't take no no.
| It's, for cz II wuz incomprehensiblc to me
how any cool differ with me. lsposed he
wuz lroo to me and the constooshen.
never lost faith in his paterisn ill he in.
sanely and blindly commenst opposin me
nd then l resigned him reluctantly. But,
he finanlly went over. Wat an awful
thing II Is that one who he'd won sich q
name, shood throw II TO the ear1h by one
false step. But so it wux with Grant,
tic he'd rendered me valyooble assistance
in putting down the rebellion, and he'd
suffered almost ez much for tho Constoo.
shen ez ! he'd, but he rooined hisself after
all. Sheridan opposed me from the le.
ginnin, thus layin bisself out for all time.
Howard ez efbi, with the same snake, wu1
in advance Nv him Sherman. Sickles, and
the great majority Nv the Generals who
served did likewise. Rosso and S,eedman
re,pained troo. and Hancock wt,z finally