Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-04-10
pEpIKAsuUN Nv TINS nook.

To Androo johnson, the Pride and Hope
Nv Dimocrisy, who hez bin Alderman NV
his native village. Gunner Nv bis State,
member NV the lower house NV Congress
and likewise NV the SENT, Vice President
and President and might hev bin Dil1tater,
bat who is, nevertheless, Humble Indivi-
dooal; who has swung around the entire
cirkle NV ofiishi honor without feelin bis
Oats much the FIRST public man who con
sidered my services worth payin for; and
to Alex. w. Randall, Postmaster General.
his most devoted servant, whose autograph
adorns my Commishun ez Postmaster, this
Volume is respectfully dedicated
The following are passages from "a Pow
Last Words -
1 bid my readers farewell in a
period NV gloom rarely exalted, and never
surpast, for the Democrisy. Never in my
recollekshun wuz the party in sch state
NV AFFECT cussit0od. The northern states
hev slipt from our grasp one by one, ontil
none remains which we kin fondly cali
ourn. The Border States are losin their
Dimocrisy, and rallyin under the black
banner ov Ablishinism; and the ten states
which we kin control onfortinitly amt got
no voice IN the Guvment From the
mountin tops NV Maine, and the level para
ries NV lllinOy, the remnants NV the Dino
crisy holler to us NV the South, "Bet firm !
well stand by 700 !" and from the rich cot
ton fields nv the South the Dimocrisy boiler
TO them nv the North, Keep up your
speritsi we are troo to yoop ali NV which
is very cheerin, when them NV the North is
in SIGH a hopelis minority ez to be unable
to elect township constable, and them in
the South haint got no vote at all
j appeal, however, with the rest NV the
leaders, TO the Dimocrisy to remain firm.
Suthin will come in time-what, / can't.
with any degree NV certinty, now state but
suthin viii come. The Ahlishnists cannot
alluz rool The cuss of the old Whig party
wuz, that the respective individooai mem
bers thereof Good read and write, and he'd
knack NV dom their own thinkin, and
therefore II Good not be brot into that state
Nv discipline 50 necessary to success ez
party mat came cuss is a hangin onto
the Ablishnistsl They hung together from
1886 to 1860 coz there wuz wat they called
prinsipple at stake; and on that prinsip.
pie they elected LiAkin. They wood bev
fallen to pieces then, but our Southern
brethren decided to commence operashens
for the new government il he'd so long de-
sired and the overwhelmin pressur NV the
war smoihered sll miner ishoos and ali in.
divldooai feelin, aaFi .hey hung together
long enough 10 see that throo. Now, still
Tor the prinspple wich welded EN- dooring
the war, they are holdin together Wit and
probably will ontil they think this question
wich they arc disposin of is disposed of
linen they will split up and our openin is
made Ne hev solid phalanx, witch they
can't win over or detach from MS We bey
them old veterans who voted for Jaxon ami
who are still votin for him. We hev them
sturdy old yeomanry who will swear thai
Bloc Lite Federalism ought to be put down
aid cant be tolerated in q Republican Gov
eminent. and who, bless their old souls
don't know no more what Bloc Lite FEEDER.
alism was than an vnborr baby does If
Guy Fawkes We hev that solid army nv
voters whose knees yawn hidiusly' and
Isose coats is out at elbows, and whose
SSnsseren 80 barefoot IN winter. while their
t gSOs - Is drinkin cheap whisky and DAMN
W. IoVsrnment for imposin a income tax
49," ee S ~, patriotic citizens whose noses
, r,i. s llNe The lobster and Who live in
Toh,, ~ .s~r OF negro ekality: and We how
'Onn oofflssey Constituents
inese classes argument won't move "a
.Sa S Snn. won ! fee. They ike 10 abooza
Tue uOVernment Tor levin ,.,.~s y 1890
deceive somebody into the d. ,L hopin -
pay taxes, and that it bears Ls,.s '.las 'hcy
and they oppose niggar elrsi;,-. y llS en-
soothes EN-, like hndnum - oecoL II /
there is somebody in the eo ~ mink that
down than themselves. The ~ ioWer
allnz bed these, and alluz viii '''ocrisy
kz ! remarked the Ablisbnis.s
lceyed NV the pressure now bearib o ,,peu re-
VII grow fractions, and split. and ~ en,'
S..sses wili hev no trouble 70 git into ~
ny ny and then our time comes.
preeebe S,s'ouraged Demokrat may say that
sko einer as aud newspapers. and Su ,rSS
49,, T.aDs' 4na SIGH, are anderm;n;r 'shu
F arsy IN time they viii hal 'ai''' n, 'nelr
niger Is I pos whisky in the land and tbs
rs preachers to these men when wa, a. danger
get one nv EN- within gunshot nv oo on ooSden.
wat harm Is nocsepapers 10 en- W., .t anu
cant rcady Besides we are not a. 80, ,s. 'ney
nv our resources yet. When Inc ,r s,,e
comes 70 the wush there IL the Niger, l .sft