The National tribune., 1885-08-06

he do oh, great Laud, don't jes' want him
to go for dem "Sesh." Yes, tell you, do.
Oar is no mistake on dat pint
"The day passed. The Colonel improved
and conversed considerably with his wife. We
left them together all we could to enjoy their
reunion. He was very desirous of getting
away and having the assistance Of Sur
geon, who, however, could do no more for
him than was being done. In the afternoon
late, however, there came an ambulance and
the Post Surgeon. This seemed to give new
life and spirits to all. The Surgeon entered
the cabin, and, after pleasantly conversing
about the Colonel with all of us, proceeded
to make an examination of his wound. Aunty
was determined to be present She raised
the Colonel up, and showed the Surgeon
where the wound was, its condition, ETC. he
said it was healing rapidly, and would be
well soon but that he would be some con-
siderable time gaining sufficient strength to
do any service. He said that aunty ought to
have diploma; that she had treated him
as skillfully as anyone could have done, and
mach better than some might have done.
Aunty at once replied:
"'I tell you where You glib de "'plomas." !"
You jes' glib dem to de Laud. He is de one
what do dis work. tell you, he keep Massa
Tom for some good. / dom know what, but he
is got some good work afore he, sho' l tells
you, de Laud neber show dis pore ole niger
what to do, des like she be a doctor, less he
| want Massa Tom to do something. He know
what he wants. He know all t'ings; de Bible
say so, an dats de book you can't 'spute.'
We all agreed with aunty, and she was
happy. The next morning the ambulance
was arranged in the best possible manner
fhaC Cola ~ nd 1ayH
in, his wife and Aunt Martha having a
place arranged so they could stay in the
ambulance with him, and we all started, old
Ham tying their belongings up in a couple of
blankets and lashing them on a horse loaned
him by one of the escort. In this manner
we all started for the fort We were two days
in making Dolinsburg, but did it without any
very great inconvenience or suffering to the
Colonel When we arrived Col Harden well
coined us most heartily, and made all neces-
sary arrangements for the comfort of Col.
Anderson as well as the rest of US. ] noticed
that Col. Harden said nothing about the two
colored people, and did not seem to notice
them, so / called his attention to them. He
looked at me rather quizzically and re-
marked:
"'Why, / did not observe any colored
people. You did not bring any through the
lines, did you?'
II caught on (as they say, and said:
40, Colonel, what did l say? was
little absent-minded being up with Col. An
derson; and loss of sleep has bothered me-
$50, you, see got out of the scrape. Orders
then existed against bringing c0lOred peo-
pie through the lines, as l learned after
wards. He (Cel. Harden) always said that
he was colorblind, and could not distin-
e1, hot fha of II
mained several days, and Col. Anderson con-
tinued to improve. /, however, felt that l
ought to 90 home and look after the family.
So old Ham and got ready, and bade good
by TO all, after returning thanks for the kind
nesses shown us. We took the two horses that
Mary and l rode to Dolinsburg and made our
way through several days to Allentown. l
preferred TO go all the way on horseback, to
save, perhaps some trouble about Ham. He
claimed to be freebOrn and from Ohio, where
l formerly lived. This went as sound, and
no trouble ensued. Ham lived at our house
and did chores for US and made himself gen.
orally useful. l related the whole story to
the family and made all happy, especially
little Mary, Col. Anderson's child, who had
the impression fixed on her mind that her
papa had been killed, like her Uncle Harvey.
We received letters from David and James,
in the Eastern army; also, from Stephen,
who had marched with the regiment to
which he belonged to the Army of the Cen
ter, then in the western part of Kentucky,
and on the way TO Pittskill Landing, where
the Union forces were now concentrating.
Henry wrote that his regiment of cavalry
had been ordered to the East to report to
Gen. Kilpatterson. Our family all heard
from, except Jackson we were again happy.
l.. H. ~
Col. Anderson and his wife would return
home and were anxious also to see the good
old colored woman who had been mother
to him during his illness. The children es-
pecially asked me every day about Aunt
Martha; how she looked? if she was as
black as Uncle Ham? and why Mr.. George
sold her children? and many other ques-
tions that could not well be answered"
"Uncle Daniel, l knew Col. Harden, of
whom you spoke" said Maj. Clymer. He
was a good soldier, went all through the
war; and died in 1868 He was rather an old
man for the service, and was never well
after the war closed"
"Yes; heard of his death; kept track
of him up to his death; he was good man."
"Uncle Daniel" said DR.. Adams, the i'm
plicit faith of these two old colored people
was an example that might well be followed
by the masters now"
"Yes; the colored people are the most
faithful people on the face~of the earth, and
deserve better treatment than they are get
ting in the South"
"Why is it that they are deprived of their
political rights in the Southern States?"
My dear sir, that is easily answered As
l have heretofore repeated in the discussion
of other points, the controlling element In
the South is now, as it ever has been, an aris-
tocracy of and for power. They do noe in
tend that in any way or by any means, law
full or otherwise, the control of their States
shall pass out of their hands; by this
means they will control the Genera. Govern
ment. 1t would be the same were these col
ored people white people; if they were poor
and not of the ruling class, they would be
deprived of their rights in the same way.
They believe that they were born to con-
troll, and control they will, unless we shall
| find men hereafter in control of this Gov
ernment with nerve enough to see that the
rights of the people are protected and en-
| forced"
YES" said Col. Bush, another war will
come some day, and it will commence at the
ballot-box. People will suffer just so long
and no longer. The idea of me giving my
right arm away for a Government that allows
its citizens to be bulldozed and murdered
merely for desiring to participate in the
affairs of the Republic. No, sir! fight no
more until 1 know what am fighting for,
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