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Divers views, opinions, and prophecies of yoors trooly, Petroleum V. Nasby

Locke, David Ross (1833-1888)
  
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DEDIKASHEN.
  
PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S INDORSEMENT OF NASBY.
  
CONTENTS.
  
ILLUSTRATIONS.

 1. 
I. HOW HE CAME TO BE A DEMOCRAT.
 2. 
II. WINGERT'S CORNERS SECEDES.
 3. 
III. NEGRO EMIGRATION.
 4. 
IV. OAD TO PEECE.
 5. 
V. HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH VALLANDIGHAM.
 6. 
VI. PROPOSES TO CELEBRATE THE FOURTH.
 7. 
VII. ANNIHILATES AN OBERLINITE.
 8. 
VIII. MAKES A CANDIDATE “UV HISSELF.”
 9. 
IX. SHOWS WHY HE SHOULD NOT BE DRAFTED.
 10. 
X. IN CANADA.
 11. 
XI. IS FINALLY DRAFTED.
 12. 
XII. DESERTS—HIS EXPERIENCE IN CLOTHES.
 13. 
XIII. CAPTURES A TURKEY.
 14. 
XIV. IMPROVES HIS FORTUNES BY MARRIAGE.
 15. 
XV. CONVERSES WITH A SOUTHERN SOLDIER.
 16. 
XVI. AT HOME.
 17. 
XVII. ASSISTS DRAFT RESISTERS.
 18. 
XVIII. STRATEGISES.
 19. 
XIX. ADDRESSES THE SOLDIERS.
 20. 
XX. ORGANIZES A DEMOCRATIC CHURCH.
 21. 
XXI. GOES ON WITH HIS CHURCH.
 22. 
XXII. “CAPCHERD.”
 23. 
XXIII. STARTS A PAPER.
 24. 
XXIV. PREACHES AND MAKES A SUDDEN SHIFT.
 25. 
XXV. OBSERVES A DAY OF FASTING.
 26. 
XXVI. VISITS VALLANDIGHAM.
 27. 
XXVII. CONVERSES WITH A BROTHER.
 28. 
XXVIII. CONFESSION OF FAITH.
 29. 
XXIX. PREACHES—SUBJECT, “GIVIN.”
 30. 
XXX. VISITS CAMP DENNISON TO ELECTIONEER FOR VALLANDIGHAM.
 31. 
XXXI. IN THE “APOSSEL BIZNIS.”
 32. 
XXXII. WAILETH.
 33. 
XXXIII. “CHANGES HIS BASE.”
 34. 
XXXIV. HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESIDENT.
 35. 
XXXV. PREACHES.
 36. 
XXXVI. PROPOSES TO RESTORE THE UNION.
 37. 
XXXVII. SUBMITS A PLAN FOR THE SALVATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
 38. 
XXXVIII. TAKES A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW.
 39. 
XXXIX. COMMUNES WITH SPIRITS.
 40. 
XL. TRIES AN EXPERIMENT.
 41. 
XLI. ADDRESSES JEFFERSON DAVIS.
 42. 
XLII. ESTABLISHES AFRICAN SLAVERY.
 43. 
XLIII. OPPOSES THE NOMINATION OF A MILITARY MAN.
 44. 
XLIV. PREACHES—SUBJECT: “THE PRODIGAL SON.”
 45. 
XLV. DREAMS.
 46. 
XLVI. TRIES TO AWAKEN AN INTEREST.
 47. 
XLVII. RECOMMENDS UNANIMITY.
 48. 
XLVIII. AGAIN REPUDIATES M'CLELLAN, AND GIVES REASONS THEREFOR.
 49. 
XLIX. ORDAINS A MISSIONARY.
 50. 
L. WILL SUPPORT M'CLELLAN.
 51. 
LI. GIVES THANKS.
 52. 
LII. WAILETH.
 53. 
LIII. FREMONT'S NOMINATION.
 54. 
LIV. NOMINATES A TICKET.
 55. 
LV. ADDRESSES JEFFERSON DAVIS.
 56. 
LVI. ON THE RETURN OF VALLANDIGHAM.
 57. 
LVII. DEFINES HIS POSITION, AND APPEALS FOR AID.
 58. 
LVIII. DECLARES FOR REPUDIATION AND UNION WITH THE SOUTH.
 59. 
LIX. SHOWS THAT A WAR PLATFORM WON'T DO FOR THE DEMOCRACY.
 60. 
LX. HAS A CLASS MEETING, AND DEPRECATES NEGROKILLING.
 61. 
LXI. STARTS A SOCIETY OF HIS OWN.
 62. 
LXII. INDORSES THE NOMINATION.
 63. 
LXIII. THE CANDIDATES AND PLATFORM.
 64. 
LXIV. WAILETH MUCHLY.
 65. 
LXV. DESPONDENT.
 66. 
LXVI. LAMENTETH.
 67. 
LXVII. THE PLANTER'S LAMENT.
 68. 
LXVIII. HAS A DREAM.
 69. 
LXIX. LOSES A FRIEND, AND WRITES HIS OBITUARY.
 70. 
LXX. ISSUES AN “APPELE.”
 71. 
LXXI. HAS A DIFFICULTY WITH HIS FLOCK AND LEAVES IT.
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LXXII. YE LAMENT OF JOSEPH BOWERS.
 1. 
PART THE 1.
 2. 
PART THE 2.
 3. 
PART THE 3.
 4. 
PART THE 4—CONCLUSION.
 73. 
LXXIII. TAKES A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW.
 74. 
LXXIV. DEPRECATES THE ARMING OF THE SLAVES BY THE SOUTH.
 75. 
LXXV. HAS A FRIGHTFUL DREAM.
 76. 
LXXVI. PROPOSES THE EMIGRATION OF THE DEMOCRACY.
 77. 
LXXVII. CONSULTS THE SPIRITS.
 78. 
LXXVIII. “WAILETH AND CUSSETH.”
 79. 
LXXIX. RENOUNCES SLAVERY.
 80. 
LXXX. LAMENTETH.
 81. 
LXXXI. LINES ONTO O. P. MORTON, THE TIRENT UV INJEANY.
 82. 
LXXXII. DETAILS THE FAILURES OF THE DEMOCRACY.
 83. 
LXXXIII. MR. NASBY AND HIS FRIENDS HOLD A MEETING ON THE FALL OF CHARLESTON.
 84. 
LXXXIV. LAMENTETH OVER THE APOSTACY OF THE SAINTS.
 85. 
LXXXV. THE FALL OF RICHMOND AND LEE'S SURRENDER.
 86. 
LXXXVI. THE ASSASSINATION.
 87. 
LXXXVII. “MAKES A DELEGASHUN UV HISSELF,” AND VISITS THE PRESIDENT.
 88. 
LXXXVIII. SONNIT-2 A LITTER UV LITTLE PIGS.
 89. 
LXXXIX. HAS A VISION.
 90. 
XC. LAYS DOWN A PLATFORM FOR THE COMING CAMPAIGN.
 91. 
XCI. SONNIT-2 A OLD HOSS.
 92. 
XCII. MEETS A “RECONSTRUCTID SUTHERN SHIVELRY, AND HEZ CONFIDENCES.”
 93. 
XCIII. “DREAMS A DREAM.”
 94. 
XCIV. SONNIT-2 WHISKY.
 95. 
XCV. ISSUES AN ADDRESS TO THE SOUTHERN DEMOCRACY.
 96. 
XCVI. SEARCHES THE SCRIPTURES, AND GETS COMFORT THEREFROM.
 97. 
XCVII. SUGGESTS A “PSALM OF SADNESS” FOR HIS FRIENDS SOUTH.
 98. 
XCVIII. HAS A DREAM WHICH UNVEILS THE FUTURE.
 99. 
XCIX. OPPOSES THE NOMINATION OF SOLDIERS.
 100. 
C. SONNIT-2 HANNER ANN.
 101. 
CI. MEETS A PARDONED REBEL, WHO ENLIGHTENS HIM.
 102. 
CII. THE WISE OLD RAT.
 103. 
CIII. SONNIT-2 MY NOZE.
 104. 
CIV. THE DISKONTENTID PEZANT.
 105. 
CV. SONNIT-2 A SKEETER.
 106. 
CVI. EMBARKS IN A NEW ENTERPRISE.
 107. 
CVII. INDULGES IN A REMINISCENCE OF HIS YOUTHFUL DAYS.
 108. 
CVIII. SONNIT-2 A KORN,
 109. 
CIX. ON THE DIVERSITY OF THE RACES.
 110. 
CX. SONNIT-2 A FIVE-CENT PIECE.
 111. 
CXI. ON SOUTHERN CHARACTER.
 112. 
CXII. A HORRIBLE VISION.
 113. 
CXIII. HAS A CONVERSATION WITH THE DEVIL.
 114. 
CXIV. APPEAL TO THE DEMOCRACY.
 115. 
CXV. AFTER THE OCTOBER ELECTIONS, 1865.
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CXVI. THE BOW-LEGGED KNITE; OR, THE RED-HEADED APOTHECARY'S DOOM.
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Chapter I.
 2. 
Chapter II.
 3. 
Chapter III.
 117. 
CXVII. GIVES HIS EXPERIENCE IN THE MATTER OF NEGRO IMPUDENCE.
 118. 
CXVIII. A FEW LAST WORDS.

  
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  • I. —How he came to be a Democrat 25

  • II. —Wingert's Corners Secedes 28

  • III. —Negro Emigration 31

  • IV. —Oad to Peece 34

  • V. —Has an Interview with Vallandigham 36

  • VI. —Proposes to Celebrate the Fourth 40

  • VII. —Annihilates an Oberlinite 43

  • VIII. —Makes a Candidate “uv Hisself” 46

  • IX. —Shows why he should not be Drafted 52

  • X. —In Canada 54

  • XI. —Is finally Drafted 57

  • XII. —Deserts—His Experience in Clothes 60

  • XIII. —Captures a Turkey 65

  • XIV. —Improves his Fortunes by Marriage 68

  • XV. —Converses with a Southern Soldier 70

  • XVI. —At Home 73

  • XVII. —Assists Draft Resisters 76

  • XVIII. —Strategises 79

  • XIX. —Addresses the Soldiers 81

  • XX. —Organizes a Democratic Church 84

  • XXI. —Goes on with his Church 87

  • XXII. —“Capcherd” 90

  • XXIII. —Starts a Paper 93

  • XXIV. —Preaches and makes a Sudden Shift 96

  • XXV. —Observes a Day of Fasting 99

  • XXVI. —Visits Vallandigham 102

  • XXVII. —Converses with a Brother 107

  • XXVIII. —Confession of Faith 110

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  • XXIX. —Preaches—Subject: “Givin” 113

  • XXX. —Visits Camp Dennison to Electioneer for Vallandigham 116

  • XXXI. —In the “Apossel Biznis” 119

  • XXXII. —Waileth 122

  • XXXIII. —“Changes his Base” 125

  • XXXIV. —Has an Interview with the President 128

  • XXXV. —Preaches 132

  • XXXVI. —Proposes to Restore the Union 136

  • XXXVII. —A Plan for the Salvation of the Democratic Party 139

  • XXXVIII. —Takes a Retrospective View 142

  • XXXIX. —Communes with Spirits 145

  • XL. —Tries an Experiment 149

  • XLI. —Addresses Jefferson Davis 152

  • XLII. —Establishes African Slavery 155

  • XLIII. —Opposes the Nomination of a Military Man 159

  • XLIV. —Preaches—Subject: “The Prodigal Son” 163

  • XLV. —Dreams 167

  • XLVI. —Tries to Awaken an Interest 172

  • XLVII. —Recommends Unanimity 176

  • XLVIII. —Again Repudiates McClellan, and Reasons Therefor 179

  • XLIX. —Ordains a Missionary 182

  • L. —Will Support McClellan 186

  • LI. —Gives Thanks 189

  • LII. —Waileth 192

  • LIII. —Fremont's Nomination 195

  • LIV. —Nominates a Ticket 198

  • LV. —Addresses Jefferson Davis 200

  • LVI. —On the Return of Vallandigham 203

  • LVII. —Defines his Position, and Appeals for Aid 206

  • LVIII. —Declares for Repudiation and Union with the South 210

  • LIX. —Shows that a War Platform won't do for the Democracy 213

  • LX. —Has a Class Meeting and Deprecates Negro Killing 216

  • LXI. —Starts a Society of his Own 219

  • LXII. —Indorses the Nomination 222

  • LXIII. —The Candidates and Platform 226

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  • LXIV. —Waileth Muchly 230

  • LXV. —Despondent 233

  • LXVI. —Lamenteth 235

  • LXVII. —The Planter's Lament 238

  • LXVIII. —Has a Dream 240

  • LXIX. —Loses a Friend, and Writes his Obituary 244

  • LXX. —Issues an “Appele” 248

  • LXXI. —Has a Difficulty with his Flock and Leaves it 252

  • LXXII. —Ye Lament of Joseph Bowers 255

  • LXXIII. —Takes a Retrospective View 262

  • LXXIV. —Deprecates the Arming of the Slaves by the South 266

  • LXXV. —Has a Frightful Dream 269

  • LXXVI. —Proposes the Emigration of the Democracy 272

  • LXXVII. —Consults the Spirits 276

  • LXXVIII. —“Waileth and Cusseth” 279

  • LXXIX. —Renounces Slavery 283

  • LXXX. —Lamenteth 285

  • LXXXI. —Lines onto O. P. Morton, the Tirent uv Injeany 288

  • LXXXII. —Details the Failures of the Democracy 290

  • LXXXIII. —Mr. Nasby and his Friends on the Fall of Charleston 292

  • LXXXIV. —Lamenteth over the Apostacy of the Saints 297

  • LXXXV. —The Fall of Richmond and Lee's Surrender 300

  • LXXXVI. —The Assassination 304

  • LXXXVII. —“Makes a Delegashun uv Hisself” 307

  • LXXXVIII. —Sonnit—2 a Litter uv Little Pigs 311

  • LXXXIX. —Has a Vision 312

  • XC. —Lays Down a Platform for the Coming Campaign 317

  • XCI. —Sonnit—2 a Old Hoss 321

  • XCII. —Meets a “Reconstructid Suthern Shivelry” 322

  • XCIII. —“Dreams a Dream” 327

  • XCIV. —Sonnit—2 Whisky 331

  • XCV. —Issues an Address to the Southern Democracy 332

  • XCVI. —Searches the Scriptures, and gets Comfort Therefrom 336

  • XCVII. —Suggests a “Psalm of Sadness” for his friends South 339

  • XCVIII. —Has a Dream which Unveils the Future 343

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  • XCIX. —Opposes the Nomination of Soldiers 349

  • C. —Sonnit—2 Hanner Ann 353

  • CI. —Meets a Pardoned Rebel, who Enlightens Him 354

  • CII. —The Wise Old Rat 361

  • CIII. —Sonnit—2 my Nose 365

  • CIV. —The Diskontentid Pezant 366

  • CV. —Sonnit—2 a Skeeter 371

  • CVI. —Embarks in a New Enterprise 372

  • CVII. —Indulges in a Reminiscence of his Youthful Days 375

  • CVIII. —Sonnit—2 a Korn 380

  • CIX. —On the Diversity of the Races 381

  • CX. —Sonnit—2 a Five-cent Piece 385

  • CXI. —On Southern Character 386

  • CXII. —A Horrible Vision 390

  • CXIII. —Has a Conversation with the Devil 398

  • CXIV. —Appeal to the Democracy 403

  • CXV. —After the October Elections, 1865 407

  • CXVI. —The Bow-Legged Knite 411

  • CXVII. —Gives his Experience in Negro Impudence 416

  • CXVIII. —A few Last Words 420

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