Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-10-16
THE KNOXVILLE WHTG
Knoxville, Tenn, October I6, 1867.
Letter from Ebenezer LIneenG.
cEloKERs NICK, P. 0. stait Of Tennessee,

CEACKERs NECK, P o. Stait Of Tennessee, /
October lst, 1867
Dear Friend-You knows that pronist 10 rite
.5d let YOU kno all about me and the president
rhen I got back to HONEYWELL are here agin af-
Ter the most hardest travl and lahore that emmy Of
the Presidents trends and supporters of "my policy
sss ever had to purform yit Thar was that Stan
ton woodent do emmy way nigh lik Mister johnson
told him tu do-but turns agin the President and
rows in cahoot with the radecls, who pass laws
without the President and jist wont let him doc as
he peases Mr.. johnson writ TO me 10 tell him what
be orter to doc so insted of rting back, fist con-
cluded 10 take the trane and push on to the White
hous and straten things out ginnerly-and packed
up and at it went-When 1 got thar me and the
president sot two at wunst and tell you what we
had enuf 10 do.
The president sed that he furst was agwine to get
shot Of all the radicals in his cabinet and then cler
out congres-I axd him how hsd doc that and says
be amt got the arny amt the soard Of the nation
10 my hands-the purs two and all the money and
fist let me hear emmy more sed by EN- about i'm
pechin me and I'll cler out the whol bilin Of EN-
quicker nor Crummell did the Pareymenters.
Go it old hoss, ses J. the Copperheds will 60 it for
you strong, and the rebels will stand at your back
Nr. johnson jist thinks he has pulled wool over
the pepels se thicker it is forty Sleeps backs
so then ups and says 1, will the pepe sustane
you in yure undertaken and ses he yes they will,
bl; if so be they dident, haint got the soard and
purs Of the whole nation for to backe me-Then he
ed for be luvs to here hissef TALK that by the pc
pel be had risen from his umbel shepherd 10 be
Mayer then 10 the legislator then to Congress then
10 the Sinnit, and then TO he Vice President and
when Lincoln was kid by them rapscalious cusses,
ihst the Constitushun maid him presideat THAT be
was the he'd of the nashun and woodent no longer
submit emmy part tu rebel aginst its he'd.
At this pint, Mr.. johnson sed he was dry; and
sent for his jug, and powerful big wun it was and
me and him set in and drunk nj on to pint peace
fur over tburst was CRATE.
Then ses / tu the President, thars wuR thing ide
like mitily tu no. and that is how ylre gwine to git
round that pardnen bisness and Mistres Cob, whats
in every bodys mouth Then ses he, lets take an
ather drink, and then lie be in good keller for tu
uPIaae-and he pored out a jewbiliker, nj on tn
snuther haf pint put it 10 his mouth, turned back
bic he'd shut both Use and went it blind Then ses
ne, ne l6li you WnaJ u ts lie MAKE speach-y yOu
kHo line CRATE on speacbes I'll rite it out so that
therl be no mistaik about it this time-Thats the
idoe, ses I-yure sum in a bar fight that's ssrtin-
Sa Mister Johnson lie jst talk littel more be-
four begin, fur quart or so is kneeded always tn
brase mi nurves, but after yure manners. So I
fvigged and be swigged until the gallun jug wa'
nj on tu haf gon, and then be sot tn rtin, and be
ut and rit and rit--and then ses he hand me the
jog agin, it'll talk aRuther pull tu set me rite, 50
hear gose-and down went the licker. Now, ses he,
amt airsde Of Butler, Ben Wade, Brownlow, nor
all the rest Nv them radicals-and he fel two and
rit on-Arter a while he b,gun tn nod, and looked
over and seed he'd ritten all he cood-the pen fel
cot Nv his hand and he iist tumbled on tn the fore
and b this time I was ditto.
Next day left for home, and when l arriv ]
found Ide brout tee spesch in my pocket-so thinks
'es its pity it shud be lost, so send it tu you
so that it may be put intwo the Nusepspers 50 all
can see IT, for it will blow the radicals up ski hi.
Yures tu command
EBENEZER LIN EEET.