Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-11
Knoxville, Tenn, March II, 1858.
Posi- Master Nasby on the sItuatIOn.

February IL. 1868

February II, 1868.
There is located at the Corners about =
or is sons NV the Green Isle NV Erin, witch
Is called the green isle, spose becoz NV the
ease with wich the great majority NV EN-
are managed by the Democrisy 10 lasten
these voters and hold err 10 us, it wuz con
sidered advisable that some akshen be
takin by the Democrisy Nv the Corners, in
the matter Nv Irish liberty and English OPP
preshun. The ice originated with Deekin
Pogram, and Baseom, Capt McPelter and
], eonsentid. We met at the church, and |
masss eE is the custom, the leadin speech.
Ii sug subiick that is easy TO speek upon,
and fatter myself did Trusts. It's easy
to talk Nv liberty. for Tiers suthin inspirin
in the word. That's the reason why the
Ablishnists hsv alluz he'd the advantage Nv
as in the matter Nv speakers. They hev
eli the advantage Nv sentiment; but, hal
ieloozv nv wat avail lie sentiment when
VOC burl II alta lazy man2 Uvwat good is it
70 talk nv liberty TO q man who don't like
"a work. who hez q taste fer draw peker
and mint eooleps, and who kin force fiftv
on q hundred niggers TO work for him p
Yeo mite es well fire paper wads at a iron
clad. That's wher the Democrisy hev en-
in Kentucky. Everybody here hez a dis.
like for work, and likin for mint gooleps,
but nobody haint 60 no sentiment.
Still, we hev no objeckshun to talkin nv
liberty, at long range We hev no obieck-
shun 20 il in Ireland In fact, we are willin
70 admit that in ireland, it is a pretty good
thing
I spoke efokontly on the subjick. I held
up SIGH nv the wrongs endoored by the
Irish ez / Good conveniently remember.
spoke feelinly NV wat they he'd suffered,
wuz a suffrin, and probably he'd yet to suf-
fer, and demanded that the Corners unite
in a expression nv sympathy with EN-, ez
those most certinly entitled to it. l wuz
applaudid TO the exc, and Bascom riz. He
he'd a series NV resolushens, witch he begged
10 submit, ez follows:
WAREAs, We hev red in the newspapers
or hev he'd red TO us, witch is the same thing
sole-movin accounts Nv the horrors now af
fictin Ireland on account NV the oppreshun
and tyranny practioed upon em by the
bloated austocrats and pampered sons Nv
luxury Nv England, and
WAREAs The Corners feels for the vic
TINS Nv oppreshun, and weeps at their woes
therefore be il
ResoLUed, That the holdin nv the Irish in
bondage in Ireland by she English, is a re-
proach onto the civilization of the 18th
century.
Resolved, That the taxin NV the Irish
without givin av EN- voice.in the govern
plent, the forsin Nv en- 10 support a gov
ornment in the runnin Nv witch they hev no
voice. and the other outrages too teius TO
raenBhun, witch is bein continyooally in
ficted onto EN-, stirs our blood with indig-
n'lshen, and we hereby extend our sympa-
~ to en-
Res0BUed, That we demand wv the Cover
ment NV the Yoonited States that steps be
immeiitly taken TO roleese the Ameriken
sitizens Nv Irish descent now languishin IN
English priEens, and that, II needs be, TO
assert the dignity NV tho Republic, we 60 to
war il this coz.
The resoiooshens wuz about bein y0onan-
imously adopted when that miserable cuse,
Joe Bigler, Tis, He sed he he'd q remark 20
make He approved Nv them resolooshens
he believed in en- Taxashen without rep
resentashen wuE oius-it wuz tyranny-it
Good never be endoored, and he cared not
wher It wuz practist, it WIZ abhorrent TO
every lover NV liberty. He shood cheerful
" vote for them resolooshens, but he de-
sired to make little addishen to en-.
remarkt that amendments wuz in order.
Very good, sed Josef Z" / move TO add
these:
"a Resolped, Also, that ez taxashen with
out representation is unjust in Ireland, IL
is in Kentucky, and that while this Con
venshun has her pocket haHkereher out q
weepin over the woes Nv the Irish, It sings
3 teer or two over the unforchnit black CT
tizens Of this State, who are bein taxed
like thunder, but who amt permitted to
vote at all.
"ReSolUed, likewise, That while moistenln
up over the Amsrikin citizens Nv Irish de-
scent now in prizen in England, we give
down g tribe over the four Amerikin cltl-
zens nv Afrikin descent now in Jail in this
county, who wus imprizened for no coz
watever, ceptin knookin down impudent
white men who ahoozed their wives.
ResOlUed, moreover, That while we con-
denim England for imprizenin Amerikin
citizens Nv Irish descent without coz, and
for tyranizin over EN- generally, we shell
take SIGH steps ez shell prevent the same
thing bein done TO an alarmin extent 10
Amerikin citizens NV Afrikin descent ut
home
These resolooshens, sed Josef, " move
CT a amendment. Nv eoorse no one VIII
object, for the principle is the same here ez
there"
replied briefly. There wuE \ distink-
shen. l feered Mr.. Bigler did not under
stand the matter There WIZ distinkshen
and Il wuz not altogether on akkount Nv
the Atrikin's bein q black man either III
there wuz a strong emigrashen from Airika
to America, and the Afrikin emigrant cood
git vote after he he'd been here five years,
the Democrisy wood hev no difikilty in git
tin up sympathy for EN-. But it amt 50,
and hence l sec no practical good in the
Amendment l mildly, but firmly, objeck
TO addin these resolooshens TO tho regler
ones reported by Mr.. Bascom The niger
Is"
bigler sod he expected that IL wood be
objected 20. But he wuz so well satisfied
that II ought 10 pass, that he felt he must
take extraordinary measures. He s1antld
every one TO vote on the amendment ez ho
pleesed--he wantFd every man TO exercise
his judgment; but he shood take the liber
~ Nv putin the moshen, and shood feel
called upon TO bust the head nv every man
who votes against it,
Wv ooorse that settled it. We all hov
regard ior josef for be does alluz ez he
says. Every man in the room votid for Il,
and the Corners stands committed 10 mig
ger suffrage. Good Heavens Can't this
cuEs be got rid wv
PETRoLEUN V. Massey, p NJ,
(Which is Postmaster !
Congress Sustained.
honrSohuyler Colfsz received TIE following tel