Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-12-07

"hose ellotS couiu Oe cohDaleu oy tne
entire Southern press 1t is not enough
that my paper has been denied a circula
lation through the ordinary channels Of
conveyance in the country, but it must be
discontinued altogether or its editor must
write and select only such articles as meet
the approval of a pack Of scoundrels in
Knoxville, when their superiors in all the
qualities that adorn human nature are in
the Pen:tentiary of our State! And this
is the boasted liberty Of the press in the
Southern Contederacy!
shall in no degree feel humbled by be
ing cast into prison, whenever it is the
will and pleasure of this august Govern
ment to put me there, but, on the contra
ry, shall feel proud Of my confinement.
l shall 60 to jail as John Rogers went to
the stake-for my principles. l shall 60
because l have failed to recognize the
hand Of God in the work of breaking up
the American government, and the inau
guration Of the most wick ID, cruel, unna
turel and uncalled for war ever recorded
in history l go, because have refused
to laud to the skies the acts Of tyranny.
usurpation and oppression inflicted upon
the people Of East Tennessee, because of
their devotion to the constitution and
laws Of the Government, handed down to
them by their fathers, aud the Liberties
secured 10 them by war of seven long
years Of gloom, poverty and trial re-
peat, am proud Of my position, and of
my principles, and shall leave them to
my children as a legacy, far more vaIua.
bic than a princely fortune, had the lat
ter to bestow
With me, life has lost some of its ener-
gy-having passed six annual posts on the
western slope Of half century-some
thing of the fire of youth is exhausted
but / stand forth with the eloquence and
energy of right to sustain and stimulate
me, in the maintenance of my principles.
! am encouraged to frmness, when look
back to the fate of Him whose power
was righteousness" while the infurated
mob cried out-"Crucity him, Cruelty
him !"
| owe to my numerous list of subscrib-
ers the filling out Of their respective terms
for which they have made advance pay.
ments, and if circumstances ever place it
in my power to discharge these obliga
tions, I will do it most certainly. But ii
ain denied the liberty Of doing SO, they
must regard their small losses as SO many
contributions to the cause in which | have
fallen! feel that can, with confidence,
rely upon the magnatimity and torbear-
ance Of my patrons, under this state Of
things. They will bear NE witness that
| have held out as long as | am allowed
to, and that l have yielded to a military
despo,ism that ] could not avert the hor-
rors OF, or successfully oppose.
will only say, in conclus:on-for am
not allowed the privilege to write-that
the people of this country have been I'M
accustomed to such wroags, they can yet
scarcely realize them. They are astound.
ed for the time being, with the quick sue
ceosion of outrages that have come upon
tuem, aud they stand horror-stricken, like
men expecting ruin and an inhalation. |
may not live to sec the day, bu. thousands
of my readers will, when the people of
this once prosperous country, will see that
they are marching by "doable quicktime"
from freedom to bondage. They will then
look these wanton outrages upon right
and liberty, full in the face, and my pre-
dicton is, that they will "s,ir the stones
of Rome to rise and mutiny.' Wrongs less
wauton and outrageous preci pitated the
French revolution. Citizens cast into
dungeons without charges Of crime against
them, and without the iormalties of trial
by jury, private property confscated At
the beck ol those in power the press
humbled, muzzled and suppressed, or
prostitutsd to serve the ends OF tyranny
The crimes of Louis XVI, fell short of all
this, and yet he lost his head The peo.
pie of this country, downtrodden and op.
pressed, still have the resolutions Of their
illustrious foreia,hers, who asserted their
rights at Lexington and Bunker Hill
Exchanging, with proud satisfaction,
the editorial chair aud the sweet endaar,
meuts of home for cell in the prison, or
She lot Of an exile, | have the honor to
be, &c, WIN. g. BRowSLow,
Editor Of the Knoxville Whig.