Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-10-16
NAEBY.
The Antietam Dedlcatl0n-A Consul
tatl0n over the Speech Of the Presi-
dent, and the Manner I'm which Ii was
ShOrn Of its fair Prospects.

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(Which is in the Stait NV Kentucky,)
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no rest. Wher Democracy is in DANCE
ther am /. WIZ called to washington T.
consult with the friends Nv the President il
regard to the Anteetam Dedieashun. TIL
part his Eggslency wuz to take in that af
fair-wat he waz to say-what others wul
to say, ez well ez who Wuz to say it, wuE
matter wich required not only profounC
thought, but the most careful coHsiderashun
Hence l wuz called.
/ found assembled the entire Cabinet
with the addishen Nv Buckley, gentleman
recently arrived from foreign mission
named McCracken, Gov. Swarm NV Mary
land, Ex-Governor Bradford, the poet o
the day, General McPoundcr, late NV Lee'
staff, now nv the Maryland melishy; Ker
mel Screw, ditto, and twelve or twenty
more who he'd held posishens NV trust and
profit under the Confederacy, and who WI,
now holdin correspondent posishens under
the Governor of Maryland, all of wich wul
discussin the various pints involved il
this matter. The President he'd prepared
speech wich kivered thirty-eight pages
Nv legal cap paper, and it wuz segested tha
he read it. In the impressive manner fol
wich he is celebrated, he began:
Fellow countrymen-"
II object to that fraze, said General Nc
Founder ats liable to misconstrucshun
Sposin that upon that stand skood be then
wieh, doorih the fratricidle struggle wict
lost me my niggers, wuz in the Fedora
army? l object to bein considered the fel
lows Of sich.'
The objeckshun wuz finally got over by
the Presidents agreein to turn, ez he utter
ed the words, to the Maryland delegashun
which satisfied EN-, ez the most ultra felt il
wuz enuff of the President shood address
himself exclusively to Maryland Dime
krats ez his countrymen. He perceeded
"Gathered together onto the field wich
the valor nv loyal arms made forever mem
orable-"
Gov. Swami objected He wux for con-
siliation. How Good our Southern brethren
who had taken the oath be consolidated ei
the fact that they wuz wallopped wuE bein
continually flung at EN-? Besides, the word
"loyaF' wuz offensive to the heft of the De-
mocracy. Mr.. Seward thought eff refer
enees wuz made to the late onpleasantness
they ought to be diluted / sustained the
objeckshun, and it was stricken out. The
President resoomed:
ShlO 0esJ uhOOlAnlOll bOtStlALkb1
standin ez we do over the mortal remains
NV the thousands wick died Sin the sacred
cause uy liberty and in defence Nv the flag
nv our eoun-"
Hold" sed the impetuous Maryland
general, 81 protest. In the name of Mary
land protest. Shel the Conservatives Nv
that glorious State be insulted by alloosions
to liberty Nv wich they are deprived, and
to the which is the symbol Nv oppression
and under witch we didn't fght2"
/ sustained the objeckshun, and that wuz
struck out. He went on:
@When l cast my eye over this field, and
let it rest for an instant on this spot where
the impetuous foemen wuz driven south
ward by our brave troops"
Gov. Swami remarked that on sich an
occasion it wood be perhaps better not to
menshun the partikeler direckshun in wich
ANYBODY wuE driven. Les it read, / wood
say, thus On this spot where the i'm
petuous foemen wuz driven by our brave
troops" Left thus, it woodent be espeshal-
ly offensive to anybody. 1t wood read e2
well South ez North, for in that encounter
both sides wuz, at times, driven. sus
tanned the amendment, and the President
went on:
ain fucher years the pilgrim to the shrine
NV liberty win paws moment on this spot
to drop a tear over the graves Of them who
here checked the advance nv the hosts Nv
rebellion, and ="
Gov Swami wuz averse to this. II
wuzn't sootin TO the party wich wuz check
ed. 1t wood be better to reed, "drop z
tear over the spot onto which fraterna
blood wuz she'd" Seein no objection to the
amendment he'd it done He went on
"The widder in her Northern home may
weep, but she may console herself that hel
husband died for his country. She may
Gov. Swami broke in "Sposn, sed be
" you should say Tho widder in hel
Northern or Southern, home, ez the cas'
may be, may weep, &c. Woodn't it be bet
ter 2" thot so, and it wuz altered accord
ingly. The President perceeded:
"Here upon this spot the armed hosts O
rebellion were met and hurled back by
Gov. Swami seiested that that be omitted
The word Rebellion" was applied to 6
brave people, who wuE strugglin for wal
they deemed their rite wuz, to say the least
too harsh 1t wuz struck out, and the
President went on:
"Upon this spot, amid the roar NV can
non, the rattle Nv musketry, and the clast
NV contendin arms, thousands Nv the brave
sons nv patriotic sires gave up their lives.
There wuz nothin in this Objectionable
1t Good apply to either side or to both, but
ez everythin before it had been stricken out
and ez there wuz alloosions follerin it thai
wood hev to be, it wuK advisable to bust it
and aceordinly drew my pencil over it
The President then wanted to know wa
in thunder he shood say. Feelin that h'
must say suthin, prepared for him the
| follerin remarks:
"My fellow countrymen: appear afor'
you, not for the purpose nv maxim any
lengthy remarks. | simply desire to ex
press my approbashun nv the ceremonies
wieh hev taken place. Ny appearance II
the speech wich ] viii make, Good maxi
speech wich wood reech your feelins, bu
NV thots is in communion with the dead
NV both sides--whose deeds we are here t
commemorate. / shell not attempt TO giv'
utterance to the feelins and emoshuns in
spired by the ceremonies Nv the day. No
any. shel attempt no sich thing. an
here TO give countenance to the perceedin
TO ofishally beam upon em-but l mus
be permitted to hope that we may foller tn
example SET us by the ilustrious dead-u7
both sides-and think Nv the brave men
nv both sides-who fell in the fierce strug
gle uv battle, and who sleep silent in thei
graves, yes-who sleep in silence and peao
after the conflict hez ceased. Wood to God
we Nv the living Good emulate their exampl
ez they lay sleepin in the tombs. Woo
that we Good live, ez do the silent dead, il
peace and friendship. Yes, in peace AM
friendship ez do the silent dead-uv bot
sides. You, my fellow-eountrymen, he
my earnest wishes ez you hev he'd my ef
forts in times gone by, in the most tryil
perils, to restore peace and harmony to on
distracted and divided country, and yo