Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-05-18

hurd the licks ole Prentss laid on his
bar back nile. wouldn't or had sich 4
lambsstur hir the whole Nv Sneed and Gro
zier's estate. I see Brpwnlow has put his
spurs on and mounted his high horse sein.
He's agwine 10 git hurt don't mean that
everybody is agwine 10 eassinate him and
send him 10 the devil rite stnsit bpt ylntt
mean Is he's agwlne 70 he throwd and Rit his
Internal make broke. lie kant blame me fur
1t. I've Civ him far Warnin. I've told him
wonst and tell hiin sgin, the people Wv this
State aint agwine TO be rid BY him much
longer. Thar back Is gitsen sore and they
are begnnin TO prance now, and whom they
git TO kickin up before, and kickin up be-
hind, kant stick on 70 esve his life. He
may put the franchise curb in thar mouths
and dash the rowles into thar sides, but that
viii only mako 'em ~uss. Usefbode he's
bound to 90, eff he leaves bis boots
stickin in the strips. He thinks he's got
things In swing now. HIS got law pas
sed fur the special purpose nv keeping bis set
in otis, and thar Is a law on the stocks to
bankrup the State and steal everything that
the people Nv Middle and West Tennessee
hav got. We have lost all our nigges-biG
armies hav eat out our substances-ouf
houses hav bin burnt--our fences DESTROYED
our mules and horses tuck away from US
we have bin driv from the ballot box--wo
are hevily In det and now they propose 10
steal frum us what little the war has left us.
The bonds nv the state Is 10 be Issued 70 pay
loyal men fur thar LOSSES. Everybody knows
what that means. Brownlow Is to appoint
the "reminiscences TO judicate the losses and
Fletcher Is 10 pay EN-. Even q foo. knows that
VIII be done. Between fifty and hundred
millions viii be saddled on US in that way.
Rusty Skinned hounds that want wurtli
nuthin but a dozen white headed children
and big goIrd, before the war, win prove
loss TO the amount Of teu thoussnd dollars.
The "reminiscences will allow It and Fletcher
win NV course issue the bons to pay It. Ef
Brownlow and his set don't dwell In marble
halls if this scheme is karried out 1t win bs
bekause thay amt up to snuff In the eacrif-
Gin business. Thar will be monstfou5 site
Of loayalty when that divide takes place, fur
loyalty kan smell money as fur as buEzard
kan smell q dead horse. The man In the
seripter that fell among thieves had genteel
soeiety compared to US. What are we to do?
Thar amt but one thing to do. Let tho
people big and little, fur and near, just swar
by the God that made en- that they will
never redeem single one NV the bonds Is
sued under that bill, while grass groes and
water runs Let em kali out public meetins
and Civ warnin, that when they glt thar
own affairs into thar own hans, that they
will repudiate the last dollar aud ldst cent on
every one Nv them bons. Eff stand by and
see feiler sine my name TO note and hand
II over to er innocent man aud don't say
nuthin, then the man that gits my p6te mite
think ort TO pay 1t: But ef I ssy to him,
did not authorize that man to put my name
to that note and ef you take Il, I'll never
pay you cent NV L. he kant blame me Of I
don't pay Il. II amt worth while 10 be d
standin back and sayin nothing and trying to
konviuce Brownlow and his set that va
want to be good and loyal citizens, Every
honest man knows that we are In the
hands OF plunderers and robherers end
we must defend ourselves or our children
will starve and our state will be ruined
Let the newspaper IN the state stand By the
people and take the ground at woust that
these bonds ifissued will never be paid.
wish ! was wns the editor NV news patef
fur awhile. I'd Let the people know in Z
manner that everybody could understand
that thar war robbers at thar doors and
to prepar to protect their property. ! seed .
man yistiddy that had thirty thousand dol
lars and was on his way to Nashville TO In
vest 1t in state bons and when be heerd NV
that bill now before the Legislature, hs
turned round and went Lack home and sed,
he wouldn't give-a dime a bushel fur all tho
State bons you could give him Of that hsll
passed, and he's awaiting now 10 see whether
II passes or not before he win invest. g o.
How much do you expect 10 steal under
this bill ef II passes, You toad eaten houn?
How much did you lose by the war--what
Is your sacrifices wutk2 ! suppose you'd
want about thirty thousand dollars for Sleep
IN IN feather bed while. better men were out
doin your htin, won't you? And you have
the imperdence TO tell me thatfd stesll Eft
had er bin near you when you writ that lie,
d er made you think by the time got thru
with you that you bad bin damInaged some.
The kommissicnef wouldn't ef had to EXAM
inc no witnesses to prove that you had bin
damaged. I'd or sot your damages down
whar he could er red II without specs
jest let your krowd keep on the road thay
are travlin. wouldn't turn 'em hack ef
! could. Sale on, o ship NV State. NY
book viii be redy arter awhile. TIL warnf
the wax In thar ears. I've got the record Nv
the last one NV EN-. I'll tell some things on
EN- land prove EN-, too) that fhey don't
know anybody knows. III make Brownlow
groan wns than horse with the belly AXE
know his hide Is rnonstrous thick, but evry
lick hit him III make him throw up bis taii
and grunt. I'll mock the scales offer Fletcil-
Ter In tieaks as big as pam leaf fan. III
make 6ruell rud fur 4 tan vat faster than
rat ever tuck out fur his hole. Ole Mnllins'
shirt tail will whistle yankee doodle IN thc
wind on his way TO his mill pond 70 drowa
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