Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-07-10

therefore the way I now open ior en- -
Ioo.s ~ honor IL now before en- Ihs.nA
1,o,, for this coriel welcum. Nortn CarIlng
ssnt me out penniless boy, ana ala not az
I'D me sicb advantages ez, considerln my
,,a~its ought to hev he'd, yet l love her,
! Tts better eZ il wuz Coin out Pennies
I,ov and returnin after holdin every offs
from Alderman. NV my ladoptid village; up
TO President. shows my qualities 70 much
better advantage than ef hedn gone OUT
a penniless boy. thank you for this trio1
ute to my many good qualities
And he started to git down when hanf
dali whispered suthin in his left ear
Risin promptly and drawn ont his Ian
kercber. the President assoomed a look nv
subdood greet and resoomed;
Il hev cum amung 700 to participate N
the dedicashen NV monument to man
wich VOC all luved, though it hez taken
suthin like fifty yeers for 700 to diskiverit.
He wuz poor and humble, wich accounts for
my goin from amung 700 a pennies Boy
but Nv him am proud, for he'd itrot bin
for him wouldn' hev returned the shinin
example TO yore young men wich an"
The eornor-stun was laid and the monu-
ment set on it. It is NV red limestone, ten
foot high. It's ez good a ten foot nv stun
respeck ez there is in North Carliny. Ez
the monument wuz elevated there wuz the
appropriate speeches, and then my little
arrangements cum in. a niger woman
he'd took with us from Washington rushed
for ard and sed Dress de Lord, pze been
a waitin for dis day to see de President
our President. at which a squad Of mig
gers I'd picked up and drilled; hollered
! Rorp sk
This little affectin scene over, two quad
rooms, witch I'd also brot with us in privit
car, cum for ard with expression nv pro-
found GREET, at witch the President wept
and tenderly slung bokays nv the choicest
flowers we Good buy in Washington upon
the tomb.
1t wuz RELY techin Taboo. The ancient
niger woman a holdin to Presidents hand,
the young quadroons a slingin the bokays
the President with his he'd bowed, appar-
emily dreamin Nv the days Nv his boyhood
me with an expression ~ thankfulness that
the niggers he'd at last recognized their
Moses; Welles tryin to look ez near Ike
Seward ez possible, but failin mlsera0l y TO
look like anything but the eggrejls ola ass
he is. and Randall with his handkerchief to
his eyes ez eff unnamed by the movin
sceen, but keepin one eye cooked over the
handkerchief to see how it took among the
niggers lit wnz sceen easier 10 be imag-
ined than described. e
Their wuz several incidents witch okkurred
witch did not appear in the telegraph.
When His Eggslency wuz speekin Nv him
self and remarkt that his race wuz neerly
run, unregenerated niger yelled out,
Tank de Lord r and when the quadrOons
wuz strewin flowers on the grave nv His
! Egglencys father, | observed ruthcr more
titterin among the niggers than | approved
NV on so sollum an occasion. l askt Ran
dali wot be thot nv the spekelashin, and
his answer, 1T didt pay struck me ez
hevin vanc NV trooth runnin thro it.
On our return the. President wuz allowed
to speak more, for Randall got tired NV
watchin him. We returned in good health
and sum NV us in good spirits Seward
feels well, for he hez an abidin faith that
the mere showin Nv hisself alluz hez an
effeck for good upon the people, and ez a
matter. nv coorse SecBTetary Welles thinks
so too.
PETROLEUM Y. Massey, P. NJ
( (Which is PoBtmaster,) and Professor in the
Ham and Japheth Free Academy for the
development NV the intelleck nv all races,
irrespective Of color) @ 81