The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-04-24
Nasty.
Mr.. -Nasby, in Humble Imitation OF
Other Persons. has Conversation
with the President,


WAsHINroN,. D. c., April 8, '6S.
/ went to Washintou Tor the per
pose NV takin advice NV Attorney
General Binkiey, ez- to whether, in
the event NV the impeachment NV the
present President, Good be ousted
out nv my Post Offs before the 4tb
NV March. 1869. when it okkured to
me that I ought to hev some conver-
sashun-w with His Eggslency, for the
purpose Nv publishin the same in the
papers Nv Kentucky. Ez ! wuz ush
cred into the presence, and made
known the fact that l desired to talk
with him, he direktid bis sekfetary to
furnish me with pens and paper, that
1 might take down what he sed.
I found him calm and hopeful
There wuz in his eagle eyes, suthin
NV that determinashen wlch hez made
him TO- wunst the terror NV his friends
and The comfort ug his enemies his
firm set lips betokend the will that
wuz behind em. and his nose, like a
beaconlite. gleamd defiance at the
world.
"Remark, casually" sed he, "that
the RadhSle majority seem determined
upon impeachment"
/ did so, when he replied In these
words:
"Yes they do. And why cannot
understand. Never wuz there a man
|eggsisted in this or any other world,
who wantid peece more than l hev.
| hev sighed for it, and done every
thin in my power for it, but they wood
not hev peece. In the beginnin they
talked NV askin me to resine, becOz
NV the trifin egsilerashen / wuz la
borin under on the occashun NV my
inaugerashen, forgettin that it wuz
the man, not the Vice President, that
wuz drunk. Then, agin, l wantid the
restorashen NV the South accomplish
ed akkordin to my views NV wat wuz
proper, and here agin their Onreason-
ableniss wuz made painfully mani
fest. They Good hev he'd peece-
there wood. hev bin no trouble what
ever. he'd they yielded to me, and ac-
cepted the policy l he'd agreed upon.
But they wood not. The entire Con
girls Nv the Yoonited States, and the
entire people NV the so-called loyal
States, wiekedly set themselves in OPP
posishen to me, after l he'd sOlemnly
warned EN- NV the cOnsekenses that
must inevitably fOller. They brought
it on, and theirs is the blame. II
wood be well to ask me here, how
about the Memphis and Moo Orleans
massacres, and the Ku Klux Klan."
did this, and the President went
on.
"The unfOrtunit okkurrences in
Memphis and Moo Orleens wuz the
result Nv the same spirit developed
in the people Nv the South who Op-
posed the confederacy. They knew
wat l desired. For the sake nv
peece, to wipe out all traces NV the
late onpleasantnis, decided that
everything shood be restored ez il
wuz before, ez near ez mite be. My
idea wuz-to kiver things up. l he'd
promised the friends NV the late lost
coz control NV their own States, and
he'd the misguided people wich he'd
stood in oppOslshun to the Confede
racy, yielded this one point for the
sake Nv harmony, all wood hev bin
well. The process wuz at once sim
pie and sublime. In Moo Orleens
DR.. Dostie and his adherents he'd only
to turn over the control NY the city
to Mayor Monroe and Judge Abel,
and there wood hev bin no massacre
But they wood not. They persisted
in infiamin Nv ther high spirited Op-
ponents to the pint NV risin agin EN-,
and the massacre was the result
Wat else Good they expect2 l warn
ed EN- in time, but alars ! wuz not
needed. In Memphis, too, it wu2
similar. The niggers wood persist
in hevin skoOl- houses and carryin
spellin books about with EN-, KNOWN
that every time they did it they wuz
infiamin the Southern heart and firin
the Southern sele / he'd them warn
ed, too, but to no purpose. Instei
NV quietin things down by givin up
their obnoxious pursoots, they per
severed and the result is part NV
history. In the irritated condishen
NV the Southern mind, smartin ez it
wuz unSer the conshusnis NV defeat,
it Good not be expected that they
shood look on quietly and see niger
children in niger skool houses,
learnin that wich wood Onfit EN- from
fillen the posishen Nv niggers, ez they
understood it. To the infatoOatid
people NV the North, who egged on
the niggers NV Memphis and Moo
Orleans to this attempt to raise their
selves out NV the normal speer into
wich they wuz left by the Constitoo-
shen must all the blame for this Ia
mentable okkurence now and forever
attach. The Ku Klax Klan is anoth
er developement NV the same spirit
prodoosed by similar causes and
eventooatin in the same results. The
niggers instid Nv humbly pursooin
the even tener NV ther former ways
and bowin meekly 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 i'm dead earnest, and bleevin
themselves to be men. They persist
i'm votin and in holdin meetins and
sich, and NV course the Caucashens
NV the South can't tolerate it. The
murder NV these innocent niggers by
the men NV the South is another man
Hesitation Nv Radical hate and malig
nifty. Had they cOunseled them to
cOntinyoO in that meeknis, the hoomii
ity and humblenis Nv wich is SO lovely
in the niger, there wood hev bin no
Au Klux and the hair, or 10 speek
more eggsact, the wool NV the head
of no one NV en- wood Nv bin harmed,
eXceptin when the high sperited sons
NV the South after an unwonted in
diligence in the flowin bole mite in a
playful, sportive mood, occasionally
shoot or stab dozen or sich matter
Nv em. They hev brot it upon their
selves Ask me now, about Grant,
Sherman and them.''
] did so, and the President ansered
promptly enforcin his remarks with
approprit testers
Il alluz reposed. great confidence
in Grant For a long time he wuz
wonderfully reticent Nv wich / didn
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