Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-28
NASBY TAKES A NEW DEPAR-
TURE.


come to life again with the Demo-
cratic revival, and addresses the fol.
lowing letter to the 7OicdO blade:
CONFEDERATE Y ROADS
(wich Is in the state NV Ky.),
October 3, 1874.
| hev bin fora long time convinst
that the prinsiple trubble with the
democrisy wuz sort of lack Of pro-
gressivenis Of adaptability, ef | may so
speak, to changes in the requirements
NV the times. DimocIisy hez alluz
bin in "a rut, and it never kin git on to
glory, in my opinyuu, till II gifts
histed out NV it,
determined that the Cross Roads,
at lcest, should be progressive, and
should take the lead n maxim dimOc-
risy all that it ought to be. In short,
| proposed to inOggerate new de-
parcher and bring the old party up
abreast with the live ishoos Nv the
day.
TO this end consulted with Deekin
/ Pogram, Issaker Gavett and Captain
McPelter, and they agreed with me
/ that that wuz wat ought To be done,
and that no time shOod be lost a dOin
NV it. Ever prompt | segestid that we
| git together that very night, in the
back room at BascOm's and draw up Il
| progressive platform, which shood go
/ forth to the world "a the prlnsipples
Nv the progressive dimocrisy NV the
| Cross. Roads. which we shood live by.
But the ill-luck wich hez followed
me all my life, and hez well-nigh brot
my gray hairs in sorrow to the grave,
wuz close behind me on this occashun.
/ At > that afternoon ] wuz sent for to
J IN f,,t, IN ~ n iAn1,A
| to try Il Niger for hog steelin, wich Of
| course Good not be put off. | told
/ lssakeT, the Deekin end McPelter to
git together and draw up the resoloo-
sheus and end EN- to the county paper
/ to insert
MAKE EN- strong and peppery," l
sed. Avoid the musty noshens NV
the dead past, and strike out suthin
new aud startlin. Make EN- progress
sive, and put yourselves in accord with
to-day Rememb Der that all old things
must be done away with and all old
things must become new. Head OIL
the AbiIishints's aud Changers and
sich 10y goiu back onto the old and be-
ing more progressive than even they
are"
with this advice | left EN- and went
to Spces-innville and tried the niger.
We didn't waste any Time on evidence
or anything Nv that sort. Nor did we
leave the box. We brought him in
guilty, and to save the county eos S
hung him at once.
l got home the next morniu, and
went to Issaker's immeiit, To See wat
they he'd done.
ibid you draw up them resoluo-
shens? >" | askt,
1--WE did" sed he, land cent them
off, and they are imprint afore This
time"
Are they progressive ." o.ktI.
" Yuo bet?" sed he
Ibid 700 ignore old ishoos" did
you draw a sponge over the past, aud
are they full of live, new ideas ~
"Thevare, " sed he here Is a copy
NV 'em.n
took the papes and red A.:
WHEREAS, IL seems ez tho the Cor.
ners he'd a call TO stepin the front rank
= Nv the progressive men NV to day, and
WHRREAs, The Corners believes in
progress, turns its back onto the dead
past, aud ignores the dead ishoos witch
nez heretofore okkepied the public
mind: therefore be it
RcSOLUCd, That the dimocrisy NV the
Corners believe the war NV 1872 wu7
Unsuitable, and hereby return theN
thanks to the heroic soljers aud salers
who go nObly sustained the honor Nv
the country's flag in that desprit strug
gle.
/. Rescued, That tile resolooshens Nv
'0S meet our harty approval, tho We
amt jest certain wat they wuZ.
ECSOiUed, That the late war agin the
. ] SnntI nphlnn,.,l in OF Il .
blow aimed at the only chivalry thi,
thereof wuz all brot forth in inikity.
Resolved, That Afrikin slavery z
not only justified by the holy skrip,
tiers, but is the normal thing tor Chi
or any other country.
RCsOired, That we brand the Emau
-iprshen PrOclashen cZ emanatin from
a gorilla, and the Constitushne
Amendment abolishen slavery ez I
/ fraud which we are not called upon t
} recognise.
, RcSOirCd, That niger is n interio
. bein', and that whoever asserts his ritz
: TO any ekaiity with the proud, sooperi
or, CauCashcn race is fanatic anC
+ agitatOr, and ought not to Ice allowed
Z TO live in free country.
RCSOirCd, That we deny the rite Il,
| the niger 90 vote, and brand them e.
urge it 81 enemies NV their country.
. RCsOlrcd, That We hold stedfastly /,
Q The doctrine OF states rites, the rite u
secession and the rte of each state &
e govern itself a 10 dam peases.
70 Resolved, That the laws agin mar
ryin niggers should, for the perteck
r shin nv our young men, be more rig
, idly enforced than ever.
Rcso'ucd, That all legislazhen agir
the likkcr interest j. Nv
q Good read ito longer. dropt th
paper and mashed my teeth.
rs this yoor idee uv sulhiu pro
gressive?N / asked rs this VOC
: uoshen NV buryin dead ishoos@ l
. this yuor idee NV gettin into the val
- Uv public opinyum and hcvin sun
advanced uo-hcus?'
" H. all The democracy Wc kueN
. anything about -ed lssaker, On,
Dyckin POgEm comm up IcmarK
, that hc had stood onto sich a platform
. 81 that ever since he had voted, and i
. Wuz good yuui' for him.
. II wuZ no use % argue with them
= FOR they are ir1u-clads. II merely n
g maIkt 10 en- HAT while thy WIZ anon