Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-03-08

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give Brownlow a regiment of mig
gers, and he could send 'em out in
the surroundin kountry and hev q
few natives killed evry day, by
way Nv affordin plesure to his de.
clinin years. But he says thur is
so few NV you, and you are so scat.
tered over the State, that it would
be very expensive to put troops
all over the State to protect a man
or two in a kounty, that amt wuth
a cuss after he's protected. Jeems
is hot-headed, Mr.. Fletcher, con.
fess that, but don't you think there
is some right sound reason in what
he says upon the subject? Don't
understand me as thinkin that you
and Brownlow amt entitled to
nuthin fur your sacri6ses for the
Union. I'm a jest man, Mr..
Fletcher, and l really think you
and Brownlow deserves to have
sumthin done fur you by the Guv-
ernment fur your great sacrefises.
Fur instance, you went all the
way to Iudianny or the Eellinoy
and staid thar all the war, and
was forced to be a poor exile of
Erin, and to tell your sad and mel
onkoly story to the heart broken
wimmin and Children in the nay
berhood of whar you settled
And Brownlow put his sacrifses
in book, and went peddlin NV
EN- thru the North, and when he
got back home he sacrifsed Mr..
Sneed and Mr.. Crosier's property
-allu Nv which come to about three
times as mutch as he was wuth be-
fore he engaged in the sacrifsin
bisness; but what was money to
his bleedin heart and his anxiety
for the ole flag. And then he sac
rifised his private feelins and con-
sented to be Guverner, and you
sacrifised yourn and konsented to
be Secretaryof State. You and the
Guverner has done a heavy bisness
in this line, and you ort to'have
your reward from the Gineral Guv-
ernment. What your Abraham
men sacrifsed, I don't know, but |
expec they worked early and late
to sell the Government all the ole
clothes they could lay their hans
on durin the war. People is a
laffin and gigglin monstrous about
your and Brownlow's sacrifises fur
the ole flag, but this is and un-
frenzy world, Mr.. Fletcher, and re-
publics is noted for bein migrate
full.
But there is one pint on which
I'm not cler. How does it hap
pen that you and Brownlow and
your little squad needs protec-
ton, and other good Union men
don't? There is Jordon Stokes,
and Gov. Campbell, and Ed Coop
er, and Haz. East, and Russell
Houston, and Tom Nelson, and
John S. Brien-all good and true
Union men, from Alphy to Omegy,
and all NV EN- known and respect
ed throughout the State-they
amt afeerd that the rebels will hurt
them: they amt callin for a stand
in army to stay here and protect
EN-; they know there amt a rebel
in the State that would hurt a
hare NV thur heads. Do you pre-
ten to say that every one OF these
men aint bin true to the ole flag?
Do you preten to say that emmy
one NV 'em aint wuth more to the
State than all your little shebang
put together? Why amt they hol.
ierin and bawlin and tellin lies to
cit a standin army here to Cypress
the poor impoverished people and
eat out thur substance? Bekase
they are jest men end gentlemen,
and the people respects 'em-they
amt konscious of havin acted the
dog and consequently aint afeerd
NV bein hurt by thur own people.
Unionism aint the complaint you
are down with. You and your set
has been prosecutin, and abusin,
and denouncin, and slanderin, and
a disfranchisin the people. You
have been a refusin to do jestice
and show mercy andyou hav been
q settin the law at defiance, and
now when you feel the power a
sliopen outen your hands, your
konscience begins to whisper ugly
things to you, and you call for q
standin army to save you. It's
konscience tbatis making towards