Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-05-01
The AaaxrillE Mhia.
Nasty.


posr orvrs CoNFEDRIT x ROADS,
(which is in the Stait nv he9 1oez
N"A'o' : = March %, 1851
- sudden and rather
'strordinary changes in P oi.Sl1t rordoost
very sudden that the moYon'T rokoIlect
CONGESTION NV the consneiIIo I'D bigb nro.
wu1st of advokatin tree TAu IoI "r bo1rs n
tective tariff, all within ,.oo.aI dooetr;} nv
roade n speech in a agicui'Ooi "a n ord
HIauo : n the forenoon at iO A. d., a'.u
MOO lorA - turin town in Pennsylvany IN
ID nlSi; onr platform bein so construklo
TIE eve en- ,ides Good find endorsement IN
that goi -, nerformed many other teats OF
III anu -n-r.nastiks; but this last change
IioII h;5 called upon to make is probably the
he ,4a,,est Last week Toosday, Deekln
1"l1roro CAPTAIN McPelter and | wuz en-
'S5od In riddin the Corners of niggers. We
~ endoored them ez long as we thot pos
sibIe and determined on standin 1t no
longer. Selectin three witch we wuz salts
Fed he'd too much spelIin-book into EN- to
be enslaved agin, we wuz preparin notises
TO be served onto EN-, crderin EN- to leave
in twenty-four hours, when l received IN
the Northern mail a letter marked Free
Alex. w RandeIl, p NJ G." / knowd it
was ofishel o-wunst-that blessid signatoor
is on nv commisshun, and I've contem-
nlatid II too often to be mistaken in it, Its
contents wuz brief and run thus
nTo all Postmasters in the Southern
States: The niggers hev votes-consiliashe
is our best holt. See to t."
This breef tho not hard to be understood
order wuz sealed with the offishel seal NV the
Post Offs Department stampt into putty
instid nv wax, to-wit: a loaf Of bread,
under roll of butter with ten hands a
grabbin att Icomprehended the situation
at site, and set about doin my dooty with
both Roman and Spartan frmness. dee
kin, SEE |, tearin up the notises, "these
niggcrs we hev misunderstood. They are
not g inferior race-they are not defendants
Nv Ham and Hager-it wuzn't Paul's idea
in sending back Onesimus 10 condemn him
10 servitood-we hev misunderstood the
situation, and must make amends. The
Niger is devoid NV smell and is trooly
man and brother
"Wat," said the Deekin, tippin back in
amazement
aJust wat say" SEE !, "read that" and
/ flung him the letter.
The upshot Nv the conference witch fol-
lored wuz the calm NV a meetin the next
nitc, at WITCH all the Philippians Nv the Cor
ners wuz invited ard urged to be present.
The trouble wuz TO git the niggers to at
tend the meetin. The fust one | spoke to
lafft in my face, and askt me how long it
wuz sence / he'd helpt hang couple Nv
niggers by way Nv fnishin off celebrasen.
Pollock, the Illinois store-keeper, got hold
NV il, and told Joe Bigler, and Joe swore
that eff the niggers hedn't any more sense
than we give EN- credit for, in sposin we
Good bamboozle en- so cheep, be shood 60
back to the old belief, to-wit: that they wuz
only sooperior race nv monkeys, after all;
and by mite every niger in the visinity
wuZ postid thoroughly, and out Nv all Nv
en- I Good only git four who wood promise
10 attend, and then the Deekin he'd to pay
SO piece to. To give it eclaw promised
one nv EN- IS Ito be paid at the close nv the
meetin) to sit on the stand with me, witch,
bein very poor man, and hcvin sick
wife in a shanty near by, who wuz sufferin
for medicine, witch he coodent git without
money! he accepted.
At this pint an idee struck nee. ] re-
membered Philadelfy, and determined to
hev scene rivalin the Couch and Orr
biznis. "Anuther thing, Cuff, understand
that it is part NV the bargain that when in
my speech turn TO 700 and stomp, 700
must rise and embrace me.
"Wat?" SEE he.
Fall into my arms, lovin- like-you I'M
derstand-jist as tho we wuE long lost bro
thersl"
'Scusc mel' sed he. Use nifty low
niger, and wants 10 buy de old woman
some quinine, and wood do mos anything
foah dat, but, golly, dat's too much!
Not cent" sed STORMY, asoomin my
most piercinest gaze, confess this is mcleod
ed"
"WeI, returned he, sulkily, "ef must,
| speclx must, but golly-"
The mite arrived and the meetin-h house
wuz full We thot fust NV holdin it in the
chapel NV the College, but give up the idea
ez impracticable, cz OWN to the dilatorinis
nv our Northern friends in forwardin SIGH
subscribshens ez they hev raised, we heven't
got no further with the bildin than laYin
the corner-stun. In the front wuz the four
niggers all in clean shirts, and on the stand
wuz the niger / he'd engaged Over the
platform wuz the follorin notices:
"In Yoonion there is strengthen
President in 1868, Fernando Wood For
e-President, Frederick Duglis"
"ln The niger, strength-In the Caucass-
hen, beauty-ln the mulatter, who is trooly
the noblcst NV the human spocies-both"
In addishen TO these, we dug up all the
old notices witch Jefferson writ, about
yooniversel liberty and SIGH, witch hednt
bin quoted in Kentucky for twenty years.
and postid EN- up; in brief, he'd Wendell
Phillips blessid sperit bin hoverin over
that meetin-house, it wood hev smiled ap-
provinly.
spoke to EN- elolfently on the yooniver-
sci brotherhood NV mankind, holdin that
whatever else Good be sed, Adam wuz the
father NV all mankind, and that the only
dliirenee between a white man and niger
wnz, the niger wuz sun burnt. The mig
ger remarkt wuz undoubtedly, ORIGINALLY
wnite' out hevln bin, sence his arrival in
this country, addicted 70 agricultooral per
scots, he he'd become tanned 10 a degree
wich, tho 1t marred his physikle beauty.
did not interfere with his sterln goodnis nv
heart. Their he'd bin differences between the
races-at times Their he'd bid unpleasant
nlses witch no one regretted more than ].
The whites NV the Corners he'd not alluz
ON ez considrit ez / Good hev wished.
They he'd fogd sevrsl NV en-. and hung
many more, and in times past he'd held EN-
"a slavery and SIGH, but that shood not be
49,. so' Nv at this happy time Il wuz con
seo1shnel TO do these things then. and Ken
III. " WuE eminently law-abidin State. |
aar ~ see l. ION this platform, with the
cIaSso - o1r common country over me. / de- |
o,a5o eternal friendship to the eolored man
brace" N00'"rasheE thus en- |
Is .sc - ooss IN Niger didn't stir stem.
-. ana ning yoor arms around |
per. "Come up :" a s'''ge WINS
Io' NO 700 don't boss" sed the niger in
loud voice. wieh wuz audible all 49,. ~