Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-03-08
FAYETTEVILLE, TENN: MARCH 5, 1866.

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/! of you. Astandin armywontdo you
any good. The rebels aint agwine
to dirty their hands with you
You amt in dangerof nothin but
the skorn and contempt of a brave
and glorious people who you have
wronged, and Nv the wrath of
God; and all the standin armies in
the world cant protect agin that.
The rebels have met brave men on
the field of battle, and they had
jest as soon strike a woman as
you and your circumsised frens.-
But you not only. ak kongress to
protect you agin the rebels, but
also agin the Legislature elected
by loyal men. That is modest
request and ort to be granted
Why didn't you ak 'em to give
you a Southern State apiece, jest
to do as you pleased with it, to
divide it out among your frens and
your poor kin. Ye say your fran
chise law has riled the people and
you are afeerd the Legislature
wont bind 'em liter, and if thay
amt bound hand and foot, thay
will turn you and Brownlow outen
Office, and if you are turned oaten
Office, the wheels NV the universe
will stop, and the ole flag will
never wave again, jeff. Davis will
git outen prison, all the ded rebels
will rise outen thur graves, the
Southern Confederacy will throw
aside its shroud, and rise up and
be established, and the devil will
be unclaimed for a thousand years.
There never was a kountry ruined
like this one will be eff you and
Brownlow should happen to lose
your showin. And yit, there amt
good Christian in the State that
don't pray mite and mornin fur the
State to be relieved from the cuss
Nv Brownlow. Its wuss than the
small pox, or the hog colera, or
any other cuss that the State ever
suffered frum before. We would
this day be a contented and happy
people but fur that Internal cuss;
the frogs NV Egypt want a patch
in to it. understand you got an
ole feller to rite your memorial,
that came to Nashville not long
sense and tried to git law passed
tokeep rebel lawyers from practicin
law, SO that he could step in and
make fortune. And yet, ef men
express thur opinions about sich
meanness as this, they are set down
as disloyal. Now l say it boldly
that thur aint gentleman in the
United States, don't care whar he
lives, that don't feel perfound
contempt for all sich. Ef my dog
Watch was to bark at sich a man
as that, as well as | love the ole
dog, I'd kill him. l kannot bet
ter express my opinion Nv your
memorial than to say the dokiment
is in every way worthy Nv its
auther. But there's no use argy-
in with you. The lamb mout as
well have argied at the wolf that
it didn't muddy the branch. In
konklusion, allow me to say that
every body in this State knows
whar you stand, and why you are
standin thar. Evry body knows
that your dokiment was writ to
help Thad Stevens in his big fite
with Andy johnson, and that
Brownlow is writin letters fur the
same purpus. You aint foolin
nobody on them pints. And jest
let me whisper a word in your ear;
Andy johnson sees thro and thro
you, and the way he'll mock the
chawed rope and dog-water outen
you and Brownlow the fust chance
he gifts, will be a sin to Crockett.
Your times short. When Jeems
red your memorial to me totherI
night, / told him l could hear the
death rattle in it.
! hav one partin request to
make Nv you. Eff Andy john
son konkludes to kolonise you, /
want to send my loyal sneak out
in your karavan. ldon't want to
deceive you about him-he amt
wuth o cuss tonuthin nor nobody.
/ vouch tor his loyalty and fur his
bein as mean as the devil can
make him-recommendations
which / have no doubt will make
him an acceptable member to your
society. Ef Arnell opens q tan
yard in the kolony, you could