Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-02-20
A. J..
For the Wing.

FOR the wing
Al.
Once a time in Greenevlie town,
There lived a certain tasl-or,
(His name A. Johnson)
Who longed 70 leave his gotse and gown
And be famous sailor
I'm the Ship of Stated
So when the White House desired
By Breckenridge the traitor,
(Also by certain J. d.
straghtwsy old Breek this traitor hired
To be his chief Deba-ter,-
$50 A. ]. stumped for freason.)
The White House lease Breck dsdn't git
But got mighty maul-ing-
from the Great Rail Splitter D
SO in A. J. from the wet,
Loud for the Union barl-ing,
anxious for spoils and onics.)
Throughout RsbelliOn's bloody war
A. J. for the Un-ion;
(He hada Military Governorship in his eye-he had
He drew his pay as Senator
And was in close communion
with Sumner, Stevens and Forney)
Lincoln, Salvador Patra
Be-starrsd this A. Us shoulder
(And sent him to Naskville.l
Brgsdier most grand to see
Than whom bold-er,-
Qn making spesches)
He swore the black should be free
And he "would be their Moses
TO let them die in the wilderness-heD
TO lead them safe through Wars Red Sea,
70 hasrs 2. r tG land of milk sSd honey
''None but loyal men" he said,
''should govern in this na-ton,-
(aLoyaI men Of whatever cOlor.'9
Treason must be odious made,
And traitors take back sts-tion-
(who then thought A. J. would 50 soon be sitting
with them y
Now, peoples all, this speech was meant
For the Baltimore Convention,
(stIi bankering after office A. J.
he wished to be Vice President
One Booth had iuten-ffoa.
("A word TO the wise, &c.,')
To show the world he had no hand
In the assassina-tion-
ga guilty conscience &c.)
He swore all rebels in the lard
should meet with quick dsmns-tion,
GOOD thing for Messrs Conservatives A. J. didn't
keep mis- word.)
In tcel-feianed wrath four folks he hung:
In prison stuck dozen;
wiz: JEFF D. and many other ConssrvatlTes')'
Nor did he cease to wsg his tongue
The Union men to cez-en-
Averaging several Radical speeches each day.
But when the Union Congress met
The mighty work to finish,
THAT is give Rebellion the last Blow
A. J. thought he and his cabi-nst
Somehow seemed to diminish,
(A.J. wanted to govern the country by himself)
So A. ]. drew his inkfull pen,
More mighty than his sword, airs,
30 ibid he ever draw a sword y
And wrote: No aid to loyal men
You Congress shall afford sirS,
Now the Copperheads begin to crawl out of their
holes y
But Congress, WISE and brave and true,
To A. J. babe defiance,
By aiding loyal men in spite Of A. J. y
Then A. J. sought JET Davis crew,
And offered an alliance,
whence arose the Conservative Copperhead-Rebel
Party.)
And there they stand in loves embrace,
Al and all the Cop-pers,
(see marriage records of February I'D, 1861
They shout "God save your kingy face ~
He answers: "Good, my sop-pers I"
choppers" are those who feed on GOYrnment soP-or
hope to-
Both say: LET bygOnes be gone by;
The past shall be forgotten
(Alasl for Nashville speeches and World editorials
'Apd for the South again wen try,
Her niggers, debt and cottoni"
er niggers debt, and cotton obe paid for by 10y
al men.)
Now, loyalists each Copperhead
Approves A. Us "Iy Policy
Cwhsw what a kissing among the snakesD
A. ], what spell has you misled
Can't you your traitorous folly see
Ozone blind, kc.)
Champions of the blue whta, red.
In vain you slew the grey oonfed
In vain you suffered, fought and bled,
In vain you buried thick your dead
while trea:On lifts his coPperish head
And A. J. gives him meat and bread
"a j. turns Union ont of once to put repeis ln'j
Then love rMy Policy" who wishes,
: do not long for loaves and fishes
Feb. 18th, 1867.