The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-10-03
obut do Won not know the history Of the last


Il know not and care Iessr' was the ans
wer Il hope you donot propose TO en-
Tighten me If you do, as matter OF pity
TO me, will excuse you. do not care to
know. The histories of times past that
read are Just the same as that of times re-
cent-names, dates and places being chang
ed"
But surely you know the result of the re-
bellion?"
He struck the table with his clenched fist
exclaiming excitedly, Il tell you once more
that do not know what has been done, and
/ do not carei"
Il see that you suppose that secession was
successful
Suppose it, have never thought" he
replied. "A well-made scheme is always sue
cessful, Though little care for citizenship,
am proud to be a citizen of the Confederate
States"
why" / said 'do you not know that the
civil war resulted in suppression of the re
belliOn? The secession was a failure"
The man glared at me and said nothing.
You spoke of slaves" continued. You
do not pretend to own slaves now, do your
He glared more iercely, and did not an
swer.
There are no slaves in America" con :
tinued Every slave in the South is free
person."
Still he glared and then he Kissed.
Are you from New York;
II am from Massachusetts,. l answered.
You are a fool" he said. when Sam
came home at midnight saying that a crazy
man had met him in the bottom lands,
knew whom to expect. Sam ran away from
you last night because he saw you were
crazy. But thought then and know now
that you are a Northern sorehead. You have
come here to amuse me with lies"
Keeping my temper as well as 1 could,
lOoked him squarely in the face.
'Mr. Whiltsie," said, ''let me ask you a
question. VIII you answer it directlym
''Well%' he said sharply
"Do you not know that Alabama is still a
member OF the Union, as it was before it
seeded? And do you not know that slav-
cry is abolished?"
After abusing and cursing me he gave me
q most emphatic no"
Therewere four or five hours from the time
OF my arrival until was shown to my room,
and in that time l tried as well as l corld to
convince my host that had told him that
which was true But in vain were my ef-
forts The old man was positive that he was
right, and confident that l was a
liar. We had supper, and at eight
o'clock he called his slaves" into the house,
and read prayers. There were nine OF the
negroes-three men and four women, who
were gray headed, and a girl in her teens, and
q little boy. They sat with bowed heads, and
after the reading went out. Then Mr.. Wilt
sic signifed that had better retire, and one
of the women took took a tailow candle and
conducted me to a chamber. When my sa-
BILE escort withdrew she bolted the chamber
door. The two windows had already been
nailed up.
At Z o'clock the morning was let out of
my prison, and sat at the masters frugal
breakfast Immediately after He was very
uncOmmunicatiye; and when the meal was
over, before he had rang for Sam" to wheel
out his chair, he said TO me:
"Good-byl You can be off as soon as you
may pleasem
1 said, "Good-byr' and one of the servants
showed me out. My horse was at the door,
and when l rode OIL it was in the opposite
direction from which had come the night
before previous. After two days of hard rid
ing arrived al Delhi Plantation near Green
vile. not having seen person since leaving
Mr. Whistles, Not at all to my surprise
found that the hermit planters nearest
neighbors. forty miles from him, did not
know of his existence, or that there was a
plantation on the bottom road"