Brownlow's weekly Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1861-1861, 1861-08-10
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hase fatisa e go Ehsh ttieks OF IN hel4 -.
ilef.Is 81 NE wsifs Of flfs--assns,v ~.
there b iamenssbls decline 10 batl,e no..
lhfoeshout he ishgth and breadth o. a.
feupify, The leaaibs pshaisiaas a a.
country, kaye become hAFdsasd IL proe;...-
ane lost 10 al 1shss Of honor aad shan. -,
many Of the people, unfortapstsls. pay,.I.. !,
their spirit. undsr he Siga iuse.s n -
waves 81 esessslon, both Che leadera s,sn.
rsassts, hsys been blinded By n. A.,
party prejudice. ssd sky no longer sea ~.
Is their Iatsess, aad he InssrsIsso Of u. g.
iry.
: The chnfehes, as sensfaI thing. bsy. h..
eons demeralized aBa ths yssasks,, -.
members thereof, hare so ssnase,.d g.
selves, 10 most eassa, Irrespective 81 SET, :.
TO asssfsJ that eehaaspes heretofore ,,vo,.a
In them. Preachers, in macy instance, ).
lect company, meet In eenf,bs, sarry ..
boisterous sisesssioss. even on the sash,n
day, actually lisgrNetfal to themssl7., ana
shsif csllIng. kembets Of the Chsrsb.. q,
this, psTtieipats 10 these riots, and par.sE. :,
the spirit Of their pastors.
In The pssiic Schools Of the country raj.
and female colleges and Academies n.s,,f
the Teachers have beeoms soIsy aad elsmare,,
secessioaIsts. negIeetipg their sctaal sufis.
and contributing BY their words snd TEMPER,
90 snSAgs and distract their pppis. Son,
have TUNED theirseheeI. into y, li,ary Cam,
Of instruction, enlissipg tie feelings, asd e.
eitiag the passions Of ssys, scsFeeiy fre. rom
the apron strings Of their mofhsrs. O.h,,,
bag tarssd their schools into scvias -
eie6es, where articles are manufactured fos
ihe troops, and bouquets are prepared 'or
their amusement.
The Judiciary, throughout the country 10
more or less corrupted BY this stream Of Sc
erssion ERE, driving ,Ter the land, and COZ
saming ell before Il. Members Of she B,u,b,
and Of the Bsr, in many instances, stand y
and see ACTS of violence, and even Of ngSs,
psrpeira)ed, and II they do not Justify tss.,
they excuse them on the grOuad of miliiAq
aecsssltyl
The result Of all this -, that The publis
uind is fast becoming indifferent to lde atari
lag eorrupiions Of ali departments OF sociepy,
which SO SignAily mark The career OF this rsyO-
iulioE. Mea acting under the soIemn sanet-
IONS Of an oath, have been stealing and con-
veying to other ports, a5G lortifcstioBs,
UBlted States arms and manit 1ss Of war, to
break down Government they had sworn %
upholdl The AII-seeisg eye Of Soathera
Rights Democracy detects nothing wrsag in
rushing States 0Ht of the Federal ubioa BY
HHsrifies Of. the legal voters of the States, as
WAS done in Georgia. Alabama, aud Logisi-
ana. The astounding Yiolatieps OF the Coa-
stitation in Tennessee By the RxscE;iTe, and
the Legislature such - the appointment Of
men 70 Military Offices, who were sxs,adeA nv
the Constitution, and theautherissE ai Reg
meats aud Companies OF men 10 Virginia and
Florida, to vote in elections, asd send isss
votes 20 Nashville By mail shocks net he
popular nind ia 1861 Indeed, ChFis6sn
morality, Legislative honesty, and Jaaisiai
dignity, ia TenBessee, add most other Ssssss,
have gone down TO their graves Nishos.A
siTaEgle 70 live, and now siesp the sissF Of
death, sleep that knows no waking!
Even In iht two large armies srrayss
ssainst each other, the Rsst melanekolF
proofs Of the brutality of the sOleiery, are
not wanting. Gen. Mcdowell eomuApsiss
the Federal forces on the Potomac. ,huscers-
fss 10 the fact in bis oficisI report,
Fl an astress-a to have t. r,p,4t eErss-s bv ez
trecFs, Tbs exe sss0l u BE fssd sssi "a s~rn
Ing I'D PsiiAsing-
On tue other haHa sHcssses~ By Soa;hera
troops. are committed. sesus'ly disgTaesfal
10 humanity. Ia some ias' sacss, the head
AID Iesips Of Yankees, la, been eoFne back
q the South, exhibited along the lines Of
Railroads., Ana esalIee over wi'a mere 's''
la,iiaB earharify.
We might enlarge upon ibis subject, ba'
The contemplation Of Il 3 s;ekeHing. To
what state OF morals are We teRdiRg Asa
where win these Utcpiaa theories, and Sc
esssIon practices lead Ne. II Peiseysred IN =
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