Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-24
Letter from Jack Shivers.

| Letter from Jack Sh1VerS
Fletcher threatens to sine m,
name to Dutch memorial. He't
rather sine his death warrant O
an order for his kofin. He may
be fool about something, but he'
got too much sense to do that.
The Colonel NV a regiment tha
wos never raised-the hero Nv {
battle that wos never fout-tht
great mountain warrior that wos
SO anxious to fite for the ole flag
that he went all the way to Rich
mond to git a kummishin from Jeff
Davis to raise a regiment, burst
through the rebel lines, broke his
neck to git to the Union army.
whar he could jist stand and kill
rebels all day without stoppin tc
eat, but after he got out Nv the
rebel lines, went another scay,
tucked his tail between his legs,
sneaked off to Indianny and hid his
self so snug that Brownlow had to
git out a sarch warrant to find
him, after the war was over before
he kould git him outen his hole
talk about has putin my name to
a Dutch memorial! You talk
mighty like a fool.
You must be kin to Mullins
You are like the balance Nv your
tribe--a chatterin and jabberin
and don't know whatyou are talk
in about.
And you say Brownlow will
cuss me? Tell him jist to let his
self in, eff he feels like it, and |
know he does. Tell him he may
run both Nv his cussin mersheens
agin me at the same time-the
one in Nashville, the other at
Nocksville-let 'em cuss in big
Roman letters, and in italicks dali
ly and weekly. 1t will be much
more healthier for him to do his
cussin by mershcenery, fur eff he
was TO try it by word ur mouth
whar I could hear him, l mite
make move that would cause him
to think the Mississippi assassener
was after him, and alarm him.
You know he won't ridenowhar
but on a railroad, and eff he was to
cuss me whar / could hear him,
some axident might happen to him
before he could git to the kars.-
| didn't want to hurt him. Fact
is I feel sorter sorry for him sense
ole PrintisS turned him loose
You could hurd the licks ole Prin-
tiss laid on his bar back a mile. l
wouldn't er had sich a lambaster
for the whole ov Sneed Crosier's
estate. | see Brownlow has put
his spurs on and mounted his high
horse agin. He's gwine to git
hurt.
l don't mean that ennybody is
agwine to sassinate him and send
him to the devil rite strait, but
what | mean is he's agwine to be
throwd and git his Internal make
broke. He kant blame me fur it..
I've give him far warnin. I've
told him wonst and | tell him
agin, the people Nv this State aint
.agwine to be rid by him much
longer. Thar back is a gittin sore
and they are beginning to prance
now, and when they git to kickin
up before, and kickin up behind,
he kant stick on to save his life
He may put the franchise curb in
thar mouths and dash the rowels
into thar sides, but that will only
make 'em wuss.
Overbode he's bound 10 go, eff he
leaves his boots a stickin in the
stirrups. He thinks he's got
things in swing now. He's got
a law passed fur the special pur-
pose Nv keepin his set in offs, and
thar is a law on the stocks to bank
rup the State and steal everything
that the people NV Middle and
West Tennessee hay got. We
have lost all our niggers-big ar
mics hav eat out our subsistence
our homes hav bin burnt-our
fences destrcyed-our mules and
horses tuck away frum us-we
have bin driv frum the ballot box
we are hevily in Diet, and now
they propose to steal frum US what
little the war has left us.
The bonds nv the State is to be
issued to pay loyal men fur thar
losses. Everybody knows what
that means. Brownlow is to ap-