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

put ms spurs on anu mounted ,!iS ny
horse agn, He's agwinc to cit hurl
, don't mean that everybody is aGwip,
t to sasslnate him and send him to tho
r devil rite strait, but what mean is he's
t agwne to be throwd and git his infer
, nal make broke. He kant blame for,it
| I've civ him far wornn, I've told him
} wonst and / tell him agin, the peepll
| NV this State aint a@Wlne TO be rid by
, him much longer Thar hac! is n cit
tin sore and they are boginin 10 prance
now, and when they git to kicliin III
before, and kicliin up behind, he kant
stick on to save his lie. He may put
the franchise curb in thar mouths and
dash the rowels into thar sides. hu
that will only make 'em wuss Over
bode he's bound TO go, ef he leaves his
boots a stieliin in the stirrups. lie
thinks he $ got thing in u swing now.
He's got Il law passed fur the special
purpose Nv lieepin isjs So, in offs, and
thar s law on the stocks to bank
rup the State and steal everything that
the people Nv Middle and VI est Ten
nessec Eav got G have lost all our
nggers--big armies hav eat ont our
subsiance-our houses hay bin burnt
our fences d2strOycd--our mules an@
horses tuck away rrum us-wc hay bin
driv iium the ballot hoX-we are hcAy-
| lily in Diet, and now they propose to
to steal irum lis what little the war has
left us. The bonds NV the State is to
he issued to pay loyal men fur thar
losses, Everybody knows what that
mcans.-Brownow is to appint the
"reminiscences to jud;catc the losses
and Fletcher is to pay EN-, Even u
fool knows how that will be done
Between fifty and a hundred millions
will he saddlcl on rs in that way.
Rusty Skinned hounds that want wurth
nuthin but dozen white headed chill
drcn and big gourd, before the war,
will prove 4 loss to the amount of ten
Thousand dollars, The "reminiscences
will allow it and Fletcher will nv course
issue the bons to pay it, EfBrownlow
and his set don't dwell in marble halls
ifthis scheme is karred ont, it will be
bekanac thay ai'nt up TO snuff in the
sacrilicin business. Thar will be Il
monstrons site Of loyalty when that
divide takes place, fur loyalty kan
sm"ll money rs fur as huzzard kan
smell q dead hose. The man in the
scripter that fell among thieves had
g2nt"cl society, compared 10 lis What
are we to do? Thar amt but one
thing to do. Let the people big and
little, fur and near, just swar by the
God that made 'em that they will never
redeem single one NV the bonds is
sued unier that bill, while GRASS groos
and water runs, Let 'cin kali on, pub
lie mcctins and civ warnin, that when
they -it th9r own affairs into Char own
hans, that they will rapudiatc the last
dollar and the last cent on every one
Nv them Sons.
FL stand by and see fcllrr sine my
name to note and hand it over to en-
innocent man and don't say nuhin.
hen the man that gifts my note mite
think | orr To pay it. But cf say TO
him, did not authorisa that man to put
MY namcto That note, and cf You take .
It, I'll never pay You Il cent nv it, he
kant blame NE ci | don't pay it. II
ailt worth While to bc stnndia back
and sayin n,,hin and tryin to konvincc
BrOwnlow and his set that we want To-
be good and loyal citizens. Every hon
est man knows that we are in the hands
Nv plunderers ahd robbers, and we must
defend ourselves or our children will
starve and our state be ruined Let the
in the state stand by Tie
people and take the ground at wonst
that these bonds ef usel will never hc
paid. ! wish ! was the editor uv y.
fur awhile. Td let the pcp-
pie kno" in manner that everybody .
could understand that thar war rohhcrs
at their doors and to prepar to protect
their property. | seed Il man yistiIgy
that had thirty thousand dollars and
was On his way to Nashville to invest
il in state bons, aud w,icn h" hec.I NV
that bill now before the Legislator. he
turned round and went back home anI /.
sell he wouldn't give Il dime hu5hCl .
fur all the state bons You could brirg
him cf that bill passed, and he's awaitin
now to see whether it passes or not be /
fore he will invest
How much do you expect to steal uu-
Ter this bill ef il passes, You toad catin
loun! How much did You lose hY .
the war.-what is your. sacrifices wU,l?
| suppose you'd want about Thirty
thousand dollars for slccpin in Il tcthcr
bed while better men were out d"ln
your iitin, won't you? and You have
he mpcydencc to tell me that I'd steal.
Ell had cr bin near you when you writ
hat lie, I'd er made YOU think by the
line / got tlro with you that YOU had
,een damaged some. The kominis-
,ioncr wouldn't er had to examine no
witnesses to prove that You had bin
lamaged. Iii er sot your damages
lown whar he could cr red it without
;pecs.
jest let your krowd keep on the road
hay are traylin. would.t turn 'cm
,ack cf l could. Sale on. O ship Nv
State. My book vii! be rcdy artcr a
While. I'll warm the wax in thar ears
I've got the record NV the last one NV
EN-. I'll tell some things on en- (and |
prove 'em, too) that they don't know
knows. I'll make Brownlow
groan WIS than horse with the belly
AXE. | know his hide is monstrus
thick, but cyry lick l hit him I'll make
him thro UP his tail and grunt. I'll
mock the scales offer Fletcher in feaks
rs big as pam leafian. I'll make Ar
nell run fur tan vat faster than Il rat
ever tux out fur his hole. Ole Mullins
shirt tail will whistle yankee doodle in
the wiad on his way To- his mill pond To
drown hissef. Duggan will strike q