Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-11-26
For the Fayetteville Observer. -
To the Hon. Mr.. Rodgers,
Senator, ETC., Nashville.

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Senator, ETC., Nashville.
SIR-In the legislative proceed
ings of few days since, / noticed
a bill introduced by yourself, pro-
viding for the raising, arming, and
equipping of one thousand men to !
be sent to this (Lincoln) county,
for what purpose you have not Ia
ken the trouble to say, except in.
ferentially, by providing that they
may be withdrawn upon the Coun-
ty Court giving bond to pay SO
much per capita for each and ev-
cry man, black or white, that
might be killed or whipped within
the county by Kuklux or Rebels,
which you consider convertible
terms.
Now, sir, you are of sufficient
Importance, and SO far belong to
the public, that we can take judi
cial knowledge of the fact that
your citizenship is in the county
of Warren, more. than 70 miles
from the capital of Lincoln coun-
ty; and we are unable to learn
that you have ever honored it, or
any portion of its circumference,
with the tread of your honorable
and loyal feet. Nor are we ad-
vised Of the source of your inform
alton touching its moral or MUIR
derous, religious or rebellious sta
tus, whether we have churches or
idol temples, whether we worship
God or Mammon, whether we are
protessed Christians (of course, we
cannot, in your opinion, be such
in spirit and truth) or heathens. |
say we know not whence or what
your information of these matters
but we do not know, nor can we
learn of one of our citizens, wheth-
|er Christian or heather, white or
biack-the latter you would, we
suspect, be more likely to confer
with-Jew or Gentle, of whom
you have sought information be-
fore introducing SO numerous a
jbiIl-'tis harp Of a thousand
strings. You, as l have just said,
hail from the county of Warren.
You were sworn into your honora-
Bile position as the representative
of that county. We are not aware
that you ever received vote in
this county, or a request to act for
or against its people. On the con-
trary, we selected another-an
honorable gentleman named Wy
att-who occupies seat in the
Senate chamber close to your side,
as the representative Of this coun-
Ity in your honorable body. Do
you not know him? Then why
ignore his presence or existence?
Is he not capable of representing
his people? Is he not loyal? Is
1T because we sent him as your
peer in the grand Sanhedrim of
the State, that you wish to perse-
cnte and aff1ict us? Be careful,
good sir, when you treat him with
this contempt and indifference that
you do not arouse the sleeping
lion, whose angry roar, as terrible
as an army with banners, will pale
your cheeks, if not hasten an un-
senatorial fight! Be not too SAN
Iguine, If even he does this night
Sleep calmly and soundly under
his own roof, in the midst of this
terrible Kuklux den-far more ter.
rible, you would have the world
believe, than the lions den Of
Daniel. He will not sit quietly
by, and hear such ISLANDERS Of his
people, by an alien and stranger.
When Moses wished to know of
the promised Canaan, be selected
ten to 60 out and explore and re-
port "what of the land" and "the
people that dwelleth therein. -
If thou be the Moses who art to
deliver the oppressed from this
Egypt of wickedness, why not fol-
low this high example, in reverse
order, and first inquire "what of
the land" and OF "the people
therein?" Come you with the
committee of ten, whether of one
or all the tribes, and upon your
report--as the honest, truth-lov-
ing, fearless OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
the others may say-but upon
your own, without corroborating
Joshua--whether we be Anaks of
iniquity, whether Gland that
eateth up the inhabitants thereof"
or whether it be can exceeding
0ood land" for all honest ppon1e