Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-01-04
Uncle Toms Letter

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| Our fathers erected one among the
freest governments on earth, and l
would like for the liberty and freedom
they bequeathed unto their children to
be perpetuated, but if we undertake to
moralize, christianize and education
ize the people by law theiI liberties
are gone. The law of coercion along
the above line is nothing but species
of despotism, a free people should new
er tolerate AS to the McNamaras, |
gave my views signed and so there is
no use of making any further refer
enee to the matter, You can answer
that yourself by asking what injury
the republican party suffers from the
grafters, thieves, robbers and murder
els that infest it's ranks, Compulsory
school laws are largely dead letter,
and every body knows it. The rarity
of the future will ignore everything
calculated to hamper a man i'll his
rights and privileges, and only stand
for laws that are restraining to the
vicious and criminal, 1t will refuse
to make criminals of men who are not
criminals; it will protect men in
their personal rights and privileges
and liberate them from the bondage
they are now in 1t will guarantee to
all men the greatest of liberty, all of
them to exercise the same, and they
will not have to pay sum of money
before they can do business, as is the
case now.
Well, | spent the most of Xmas day
on the road from Clear Fork to Jacks
boro. Saw my neice and her family
of four boys and one girl, found a
large number of connection on my
vife's side on the head of Stones S
river near Sugar Tree Knob John
A. Partin, of Tracy City, ought to
visit the PartinS of that section, as
he is certainly close kin to them, and
they would like to see him very much.
That is q fine, rich, fertile country
as one could wish, and splendid peo-
rle, A great many of my frien0s
wanted to know why | quit writing
for the Courier Well, my reason is
very simple, what | say, say, ana /
don't need anyone to say my say for
me in a different way or cut my let
ters down until ! don't know them.
That is one reason why erybody
likes the News. The editor don't trim,
cut Gown and leave off. At least, he
never so treated me- think the News
is going to enlarge its field of circnla-
tion aud penetrate communities its
never been in. Look out for new cor
respondents.
we were sorry to hear of the death
of John Newsom over at Liberty Xmas
eve.
The Dennis boys cut up one of the
Woodsides Xmas. Well, there was too
much liquor up and down Clear Fork
during Xmas to my notion. | saw
more drunkenness in that section than
I've seen in long time. What pity
strong men can't control their appe-
titles
Well, girls that redheaded boy OF
mine is down in Warren County look
ing around some. His buddy, Jim,
has selected about four or five girls,
he says they are candles, and his cous-
in, Annie Scurlock, has picked him
out one about as red headed as he is
guess I'll send the gentleman home
if all of his kinsfolks are going to
egg up the girls to rob me of the on
ly single child / have. Well, | do
know | have time about that boy,
but so far I've out generated the whole
push, and I'm going to protect myself
sure as anything
Well, we arrived over on Clear Fork
and started up Turkey Branch and
would you think it, girl caught
sight of his red head and began to set
her cap for him, altho she did not
know who he was. Now, don't like
for his kinfolks to form a conspiracy
against me, and think the Youngs,
the Sullins, the Partins, and the Ash
fords, and others too tedious to men
tion, will not get to see him this trip,
altho 1 know they are close kin, say
about the 45th degree on his mothers
side of the house. Why, | didn't in
tend to give Charlie such wide noteri-
ETY. when | began to fume about how
bad been robbed of all my children.
Why, every girl seems to have a spite
at me and every red headed boy they
see they think is "Uncle Tom 81 boy,
and that they have right to be ilnpu-
dent and sancy. Never mind, ] guess
I'll outgeneral some of these ladies
yet. Well soon be on the road back
toward the mountain.
UNCLE TOM.
Tracy CITY. Tenn.