Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-03-30

you feel the power slippin outen your hands,
yIur konscience begins to whisper ugly things to
you, and you call for staudin army to save you.
Its konsciencc that Is making towards Of you. A
sandin army wont do ycu any good. The rebels
aiut gwne to dirty their hands with you You
aint In danger of roihin but the ,k,rn and con-
tempt of 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
thpt. The rebels have met brave men on the field
Of battle, and they had Jest soon strike woman
as you and your circumsised tren. But you not
only az konWess 70 protect you agn the rebels,
but also agin the Legislature elected by loyal men.
This is modest request and ort to be grantcd..---
Why dident you AK EN- 10 give you Southern
State apiece, jest TO do as you pleased with It. TO
divide it out among your frens and your poor kin.
say your franchise law has rilcd the people and
You are afeerd the Legislature wont bind em liter.
and ii thay ant bound hand AMI foot, thay will
turn you and Biownlow outen ofse, and IL you are
turned out the wheels nv the universe will stop
and the old flag will never wave again, JEFF Davis
will git outen prison, all the dead rebels will riss
outen their graves, the Southern Confederacy win
hrowa sideiis shroud and rise up and be established
and the devil will be unclaimed for u thousand
years. There never kountry ruined like this
one will be ef you and Brownlow should happen to
lose your shown. And yit there aint good
Christian in the State that don't pray mite and NOR
min fur the State TO be relieved from the cnss
Brownow. Its wuss than the small pox,, or the
hog coern, or any other cuss that the State ever
suffered frum before. We would this day be con-
tented and happy people but fur that internal
the frogs of Egypt wans patchin TO II. ! on.
derstand you got ole eler to rite your memorial
that to Nashville not long sense and tried to
git law passed TO keep rebel lawyers from rracti-
Gin law, SO that he could sep in and make for
tune. And yet eff men express their opinions
ab0ut guch ms act this they ara aat dnvvu
disloyal. Now, ! say it boldly that thur aint n
gentleman in the United States don't care whar he
lives, that don't feel profound contempt for all
sich. Ef my dog watch, was to bark at sich man
as that, as well as love the ole dog; I'd kill him.
kannot better express my opinion nv your memo
rial than to say the dokment is in every way
worthy NV its author. But there's use argyn
with you. The lamb mount as well have argied at
the wolf that it dident 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 doki-
ment was writ TO help Thad Stevens In his big ite
with Andy johnson, and that Brownlow is writin
letters for the same purpus. You aint fooin no.
body 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 Br0wnlow the fust
chance he gifts, will be sin TO crockett Your
times short. When Jeemes red your memorial to
me tother night, told him could hear the DEATH
rattle in it.
have one partin request to make NV you. IF
Andy johnson konkludes to kolonize you, want
to send my loyal sneak out in yonr karavan. I
don't want to deceive you about hin-he aint wuth
a cuss to nuthin nor nobody vouch fur his 10y
atty and fur his bein as mean as the devil can make
him-recommendaions which | have no doubt
will make him acceptable member to your So
ciety. Ef Arnell opens tan yard in the kolony,
nuld st~