The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-05-19

fur all the money that Bottled Beas
Butler tuck off from New Orleans
There aint niger soldiers enutf in tn
State to hav made you do it. l ain
afeerd NV your long name and you
abberin. 1t can't have no more efec
on me than the kacklin of guDct
chicken. One is about as nigh human
talk us tother. You wont hay time t,
kackle more NV that French whcl
Jeems swings corners with you. Ont
glance NV his eagle eye will make yol
melt like saucer Nv butter before 1
hot fire, and run down into your boots
You say Mr. Trimble is gwinc tc
hang me. How did you find that ont
When is he gwine to do it? Who !
he git to hold me while he's at it?
know he has been appointed hangmal
Nv the radderkals, but how do yol
know he's agwine to hang me- In
told that every body that rites his name
will be required to put r. il. (RaderkH
Hangman) after it, just like they pu
d. d. after Forney's name. ] always
lnowed John Trimble want apprecla
ted, and that he'd reach the position
that his genius qualified him fur, if he
had a half cr chance. He's provet
hissclf to be intellectual giant in {
body, the like NV which never assem-
bled on this kontinent before. To be {
leadin man in that krowd-to be the
head brayer in that sinagog NV jack,
asses, ort to satisfy emmy common am
bition. But he didn't rest satisfied
with this high distinction. He sot his
eye on the highest offs emmy subject
could reach under his suvrcn. The
post he now holds is next to the throne
itself. The Knight Nv the Rope and
Halter is the bully boy with the glass
eye in court circles am perfectly
aware NV all that; but don't you lose no
sleep about his hangin me. Ef he WAS
to try it. his hand would trimblc SO he
couldn't tie the rope. He belongs to
the large class NV gallant heroes spoken
Nv by Andy johnson, that was at home
under the bed while the war was goin
on. ! aint aleerd NV no sich, and |
don't feel no "lcetle scare" as you call
it, nor big skeer nuthcr. A man that
didn't hav sand enui' in his gizzard, to
face rebel that had gun in his hand,
but now flaps his wings and llourshes
his rope and insults the fallen, can never
look Jack Shivers in the face and talk
about a gallus. / claim to be Il hon
est man. ] am what l am--always
have bin, and always eXpcc to be. |
know sum Of Squire Trimble's fricns
(and he aint got menny, lean tell you)
prctcns to say he's Grassy, and tries to
excuse him ON that ground. But |
don't believe q word NV it. There aint
no excuse for him. The most NV them
thick headed fcllers that he's . leadin,
amt got no better sense; but he has
he knows better. lie was raised in
Dawson Kounty-has been honored
and supported by the people, and he
knows that there aint better people in
this world but he has joined William
G. Brownlow and his sci to persccutc
md insult and rcjuce below the level
" free niggcrs the people he was rails
ID. among, and to degrade men whose
;athcrs, before they went to the grave,
vas Mr.. Trimblcs irens at time when
,e needed frens, and he'll need 'em
'gin before he gets 'em. Don't talk TO
ne about his hangin me. I'd heap
'athcr hang him. Ell ever do any
hing to be hung for, don't insult me in
ny dyin moments by bringing any sich
| man us that to tic the rope aroun my |
| don't want the ongratc-
III hand that was raise agin his own
people, fulin about my throat; fur
when | die, no man can write upon my
tumble grave that ] tried to take away
he dearest right nv Il freeman from the
rens NV my youth-irom boys | play
d with, and the ole gray headed men
hat tuck me by the handhand stood Ivy
ne in every trial. Ef that's what you
all loyalty, then there aint drop NV
he internal piscn in my veins. There
ny kracd, and if | hadder bin by you, |
yhon you writ that insultin and de-
.radin threat, I'd cr stomped the life
,utcn you, ingons garlick and all.
And not satisfied with thrcatnin M .
With the great X. H., you say Fletcher
will sine my name to a Dutch memori-
il. He'd ruthcr sine his death warrcnt
n an order for his coffin. lie may be
/ fool about some things, but he $ got
90 much sense to do that. The Col
mel NV a regiment that was ne,r raised
the hero ola battle that was never
out-the great mountain warrior that
ros so anxious to iite fur the ole LAG,
hat he went all the way TO Richmond
O git kummishin from jeff. Davis to
aise regiment, burt through the rebel
ines, broke his neck to git to the
Jnon army, whar he konld jist stand
md kill rebels all day without stoppin
o eat, but after he got out NV the rebel
ines, went another ray, tucked his tail
etween his legs, sneakcd off to In
fanny and hid hisclf so snug that
,rOwnlow had to git out search war
ent to find him after the war was over
nd then had to swar to him the fitin
,as over before he kould git him outen
is holc-talk about his pnttin my
anne to a Dutch memorial! You talk
,ighty like fool. You must be some
in to Mullins. You are like the bal
nee NV your tribe--a chatterin and
lbberin and don't know what you are
akin about.
And you say Brownlow will cuss me?
ell him jist to let hisseifin, ef he feels
Ike it and know he does. Tell him
c may run both of his cussin mcr-
heens agin me at the same time-thc
ne in Nashville, the other in Nocks-
i!le-let 'em cuss in big Roman letters
nd in italicks daily and weekly. 1t
ill be much more healthier fur him to
o his cussin by mershenery, fur ef he
ias to try il by word ur month whar I .