Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-09-18
Massey.
Written for the Toledo Blade.]

witch is in the Staff NV Kentucky
SEPTEMBER /, 1857.
hev bin grately burdinned lately with the ris-
ponsy billty grateniss- l almost feel sumtimes
tibet it would be better to be agin the umble indi-
vidooal tbet wonst was, than too be obleeged too
bare the heavy wait car and rsponsybiliity thet
| weys down men Nv hi stashun ike Andru Jonson
and l. Eff it wuzzent fur the feest NV reeson s. the
| flo Nv sole & uther things thet 1 ecksperyence at
the hosspittyble bar Nv Mr.. Bsscom, should never
be able too sustane myself
The CRATE sucksess tibet hes attended our efforts
too phase the Southern military & eceiesyas.ieu in
stitoot ON its present secoor foundashun, hes led
menny NV our friends too desire tibet we should start
feemail institoot on the same ienerus plan And
sumhow it hes bin given out thet 1 wus Jest going
to kommens such institooshen. Uvoonsequens I
hev bin asked almost every day. when my feemci
lnstiroot wood kommens, sum hes bin impairment
enuf to inquire eff our military & ecclesyasticul
lnsttoot Tor young men wusnt about reddy too be-
gin operashuns skorn too reply too such 10 in
quzzitiveness in regard too our noble military in
stitoot. But thet feemail Notwithstanding must
be dun about thet.
The fact Is, sum our noble kentuekkvans hev
so far forgot thare arrstocratic ansestrv s. hi pre-
tenshuns ea too send thare daughters too abolish
an skool in Ohio And lait,y sum iowsborn North
ern vandas hev dun slartid feemaiE skool a fu
miles from the confedrit = rcdes, s. e thar is no
uther skool within so miles, fear met the yools
Nv our country will be korruptid by assoshyatin
with the base mud sill tibet teehes it--<s---- -
But what with the dooties my professership of
biblycul litteratoor, and the pulpit dooties hev to
perform & the csir Nv the post offs to say nuthng
Nv my political dooties & the insultin and aggra-
vatin kOnduct Nv Joe Bigler, witch is unbareable
when he isdrunk and wares onto my mind, and |
tibet hev not the Hzzicul ability too perform so
menny bubble dooties.
The other mite j & Deekin Pogram s. Issaker |
Gavitt met too konsut over the matter ct Bascom's
grosery. wus greved too see that Joe Bigler was |
thar when we arove but hoped he wus too drunk |
to make emmy interrupshun, in wich siass 1 wus
disappointed. Els we wus public business we /
TUX drink all round witch 1 told Bascom to charg
too the institoot, wich ca the drinks wus already
swsllered, he done
Bascom sed he didn't see use fur envy femail
nstitoot. The country Sc the X rodes he'd got along
fur IS or l hundred years without one, & fur his
part he believed SIGH things wus a yankee innove
shun tibet we had no yoose fur-troo religion & troo
al
lowed. The niggers wus gettin' edueas hun and
massachusetts sk0omarms wus techin uy'em-did
we want to put ourselves s. our daughters onto /
equality with niggers Besides, eff we he'd the in
stitoot, we coodn't get no techeIs fur EN-.
Deekin Pogram sed he he'd laitly bin convinced
tibet we coodn't expect to keep ahed NV the niger
on educas hun, but thar was one thing-he recko1ed
the niger Good never git over his heel Resent
measurements he'd settled that furever Blud WINS
the thing fur the hi born shivery of entucky to
in for. The niger mite git educashun, but be
coo6nt git ansesters Fur his part he looked back
through long line glorious ansesters who
Here thet trubblesum Joe Bigler woke up &,
wanted too kno eff thet the line his grandfather
died onto the end NV. l rebooked Joe seveerly & {
be went to sleep agin s. tho Deekin went on His !
bud cooden't be stained by emmy SIGH little ack.i
dents Joe he'd alluded too. His fathers virtoos ;
Here Joe woke up agin & asked eff it wus the viz
toos the necessities that amened rslativ tbet
druv him out north earoliny with sumbody ese's
boss under him.
L rebooked Joe agin But the Deekin had GOT !
Lhroo his speech, & tux Up the subieck I sed IL
wus troo that the country & the Y rodes he'd got
along & troo democrisy he'd throve without eduea- :
ihun but now the Northern vandals he'd invaded !
he land & tibet Inenoy storekeeper he'd got shelf
full of abosun syellin books and rithmeticks The !
only way too keep the yooth Nv the K rodes frum a
Den corrupted by aboshun mud stills wus too start =
feenail skool Nv the first graid in this place z
mar Wus no reesan why we shood not hev IS good u
kools here es ennywheie. But we wood remem- .
Der the lesson the Measurement Nv the niggers 2
led d heel, d we wood go in fur sumthing higher
han mere edueashun, wich mite put onto equal
ty with the nigger-we wood go in fur bud, & the
eemail institoot shood be arristocTatick. We must
1ev techers nv SIGH manners & morr1ls es will not
,ut the rodes to the blush l he'd got purity we'll
warmed with my subjeck & Baseoms whisky. & y
urnin too the Deehin said, eyour children
Here Joe woke up agin & sed, (which kind7p &
went on, disregardin the impurtenant interrup- al
hun, "your grsndchildern-n
Here Joe woke up agin with, es brite set nv y
Iel-" =
stopt Joe rite thar and he went too sleep again.
ut l wus disgustid with his blasfemous interim
huns & thout woodent say no more But it wus r.
ettled tibet We wood start the famail institoot. "
eT corrispondd with gentleman in Anuther Stait 4,
Vhar tina hev blud. BE is wun Nv the wees & ~
viii be such acquisishnn too the eonfedr rodes BE-
we hev long needed start tomorrer on a tower Nc
nroo massachusetts & the uther northern stats too y
ase the necessary funds hovin Is my friends tell 20
ne sum jenius that wa, & in short time we viii q
lev the fcemail nglsh & classycul skool in fIl op-
erssnun, q our noble yooth will be saved. "a
PETRoTEUsT V. NAsBr, p. M,, p
wIch Is postmsIteF.