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

pint the commissioners to judi
dicate the losses and Fletcher is tc
pay 'em. Even a fool knows how
that will be done. Between fifty
and a hundred millions will be
saddled on us in that way. Rusty
Skinned houns that want wurth
nuthin but dozen white headed
children and a big goard, before
the war, will prove a loss to the
amount ov ten thousand dollars.
The "reminiscences will allow it
and Fletcher will NV course issue
the bons to pay it.
Eff Brownlow and his set don't
dwell in marble halls if this
scheme is karried out, it will be
bekause tha amt up to snuff in
the sacrifcin bisiness. Thar will
be a monstrous site of loyalty
when that divide takes place, for
loyalty kan smell money as fur as
a buzzard kan smell dead horse.
The man in the scripter that fell
among thieves had genteel society
compared to us. 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 bons is
sued under that bill, while grass.
grows and water runs. Let 'em
kali out public meetins and Civ
warnin, that when they git thar
own affairs into thar own hans,
that they will repudiate the last
cent on every one Nv them bons.
Eff / stand by and see a feller sine
my name to a note and hand it
over to er innocent man and don't
say nuthin, then the man that
gifts my note mite think [ ort to
pay it.
But eff I say to him, I did not au-
thorize that man to put my name
to that note, ana eff you take it, I'll
never pay you a cent NV it, he
kant blame me eff / don't pay it.
1t amt worth while to be stand
ing back and sayin nothin and
tryin to konvince Brownlow and
his set that we want to be good
and loyal citizens. Every honest
man knows that we are in the
hans of plunderers and robbers,
and we must defend ourselves or
our children will starye and our
state will be ruined.
Let the newspapers in the State
stand by the people and take the
ground at wonst that these bonds,
if issued, will never be paid. |
wish I wos the editer Nv a newspa-
per fur awhile. I'd let the people
know in a manner that everybody
could understand that thar war
robbers at thar doors and to pre-
pare to protect their property /
seed man yistiday that had thir-
ty thousand dollers and wos on his
way to Nashville to invest it in
state bons and when he heerd Nv
that bill now before the Legisla-
ter, he turned round and went
back home and sed he wouldn't
give a dime a bushel for all the
State bons you could bring him
eff that bill passed, and he's await
in now to see whetherjt passes or
not before he will invest.
How much do yoas expec to steal
under this bill eff it passes, you
toad eatin houn? How mulch
did you lose by the war-what is
yoatr sacrifices wurth? l suppose
yow'd want about thirty thousand
dollars for sleepin in a feather bed
while better men were out doin
your fitin, won't you? And you
have the imperdence to tell me
that I'd steal! Eff / had er bin
near you when you writ that lie,
I'd er made you think by the time
/ got through with you that you
had been damaged some. The
commissioner wouldn't er had to
examine no witnesses to prove
that you had bin damaged. I'd er
sot your damages down whar he
could er red it without specs.
Jest let your krowd keep on the
road they are travelin. wouldn't
turn 'em back eff / could. Sail on,
O ship NV State. My book will
be redy after while. I'll warm
the wax in thar ears. I've got
the record NV the last one nv 'em.
I'll tell some things on 'em (and