The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-07-26
From the Pulaski Citizen.i
AN OPEN LETTER.
Some Friendly Advise to guv-
ner FusSeII.

DEAR JoE:-We are all signing for
for that promised report in the Banner
that was to show up the State debt
proper 80 enormously. The negro who
went into hole after skunk and
found u bear was not half so astonished
as you fellows were when you come to
canine roun' dat hole" Doak is
holding on to the bears tail for dear
life though. And don't you suppose
that Luke Wright heaved a good,sized
sigh Of relief when he found that he
would not have to 60 in to help Doak
let the bear loose? Poor Joe RUSSELL
you never had any 'sperience with bears.
You said you stood in your political
cradle. Better lie down, Joe, we're 60.
ing to rock you some and yon might fall
out. If Bailey sends you in the hole
and you mistake Doak for the negro in
the yarn, you'll set right in to prosecu-
ting that negro-you can't help it, can
your And then the bear might get you
and Doak both. Run, Joe! If Doak
ever does get out and tells what that
State debt proper is, what are you 60.
ing to say? They've done promised US
at least 100000, and possibly slS.-
600, 900. If it turns out that way, Joe,
and you find that your crowd told the
truth when they said that the SOB was
more than the COS plan, whatll you
do? They set you up because you new
er did anything or said anything about
politics and you didn't have anything
about you to knock down, and because
you are honest, Joe, (and you are) and
heightened and wouldn't stoop to repu.
date, and all that, and you want to
pay the poor bondholder as near what
we owe him as possible, and now when
you find that COG repudiatcs more than
SOB, why you'll have to-well, don't
know what the devil you piH do. Do
you? Please don't resign as Attorney.
General. When we get through rock.
ing you you'll need employment, and
you'd better hold your grip on your
$4,000 office We can rely on you not
to resign, can't WEI But if you k,,ou
you're going to be elected, as you said
in your speech, l can't see how you can
get around reslgning. The boys wont
believe that you think you're going tc
be elected Unless you burn this bridge
behind you. But if you burn it, where
will you retreat? o, these thorps in
the political bed, how they prod Il fel
low. What would you d. if you were
to lose your other office and didn't &c,
your other Office? That carpenter bus
mess looks mighty nice on paper, Joe
much as | love you, l would not let yor
carry boards to cover my stable, becaus,
you don't know how. You never hur
yourself planning planks and boring au
ger holes, and | know you don't want t
hurt yourself after you are fat and fort,
and famous. If you do know how, II
advise you to bore you nice auger bol,
to crawl in next fall. It's going to b.
cold out doors with nothing to do to ge
up circulation. Captain, you've get thu
best voice for governor l ever heard
, but it will be with you like it was will
the negro who had good voice for eat
ing chicken-"whar's de chicken ?" B,
honest and firm, Joe. They nominated
| you because you were case-hardened anc
wouldn't mind butchering the Demo
cratic party.
Bate, Beasley, Barrett-and by tn,
alliterative fitness of things it SHOULD
, have been Bailey, but Bolter will do
i Brutus did the stabbing and Bcnedictar
mold was Bolter and turned Britisher
, and no matter what their candidate
r name begins With, they can trace thei
: lineage back through lone line of Bs
You don't belong there, Captain. They
certainly made a mistake, or else they
, are throwing off on you. You are to-
nice man to be made scapegoat o
, or sent misunderstanding for Hawkins
, If you can work in Butler among tn,
, rs above mentioned it will be appro
, pirate, and after the election you may
add Beat. Respectfully,
S. ID. PROPER.