Brownlow's weekly Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1861-1861, 1861-08-24
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ds 81 ths Question and labor for shs hnfag ard sud
q he smsanstg o. which BE isss 4
The Postmaster 6saeral b - besn appealed
10, write to--ifom kaervats and other
points, - pssEsnt The eircalatlea Of our pa
per, bas be rsfsFred the parties 70 their State
| faKs ana state apthosities, as Sufficient to
meet The eAssi On The other AAnd, be has
been respected 70 espnand the delivery ofour
paper 70 its ssbseribers Yes, reqnestsd BY
alsfessat Sscessieaiass Of high position, and
one Of them s Major General in the Coufed.
efats Army. Not ~ our request, bu. from
sease u justice TO Unloa msn, andof liberal
ity, that would accord Nth the professions Of
the Confederate Authorities, and the express
reqairemen,s Of this aew and permanent Con-
siltuiion. But this Intervention was declined,
aud this smoeats 10 Prehi6alloa--noshing
1 maFe--nolhing less.
But IL 'shr. BrowHlow 6nds the AntagOnism
Of the people 70 hls fapar zoe great 10 be
sithstoea, or saeh a. 70 make lie continued
| publication Improbable, Is ID well that be
should respect such Indications Of the popu-
lar will hy suspeasloa.s Indeed Mr.. BFows.
low fnds no ahtsgenism rom the people, bat
has list OF 7 800 subscribers, more than the
six Secession papers Of East Tennessee all
have. And if bis paper had fair play through
the mails, he would soon double that list.
This IL 80.
This refassi TO order Us eSen-handed jus
,lee, ss our Subscribers pay postage, comes
with bad grace from Government whose
Journals and orators, dcaoanee Lineoiu's Gov
ernmeu, for denying the right Of petition, as
well as, by tyraasioal usnrpatien OF power,
suspended the privilege Of the writ Of naSea'
CVrpas ctrhisiy We are not living In the
days Of Charles eth, or In The days of Philip
I'd, Of Spain Wears living In The days Of
Abraham 2nd, aud JetEsrsoa LIST, and let us
hare freedom Of speech, aod Of conscience !
4 We are entitled 10 both ander the sPsrmAn-
eat Cohstitutieu,H adopted iu Tennessee BY
10000 Of : majority. Or shall the KaoxFills
Wig be punished fos East Tennssses's vote
against The Constitution
The hrst Article Of the amended eonstitu-
ton Of 1851 declares that:
~esaErs~s ssnli make law respecting sstablish
meHt q rsIigha PrAtb the nee earFss theF~di
rsrht sf IA p.sps pa aay b asssip sad = petition
lhs uessrnmsnt fss rrassaa = eTiss4ncss.S
We viii state FOR ths infprmAti0a OF the
Postmaster Gsaessl - Richmond. that this
article has been incorporated, word for word.
and letter for letter, in ths Permanent Con-
ssiiation'' Of the Confederate States, asd vas
adopted by tAs people of Tennessee, 50 re-
Gently 50 10 Jane iast--sst however, 10 the
expectation that Il would be violated in an
etSsst 70 pnt down the only isdepesGUt paper
in the Susie.
| Men are threatened in Tennessee, By Gov
eaament oficials--not Military oEicials--wiIh
panishmen, for language dlsAppFobatcTy OF
ssy measures Of men Ia power, thereby car
tying oat the Infamous sedftioa law, which
was passed under the administfation Of the
elder Adams, 10 July, 1898. This Law saac-
ted that II any person should oppose the
measures Of Gesernmeni, vhieh vera dirsc.
ted by proper authoflsy, thsy should be PuA.
ishsa BY n hse, hOi .xetsaisR sss shOusand
dollars, aad by imprisosmsui, rot exceeding
Ese years, aud b compelled 70 'fHa ssesrilies
| In addition, for fntare gesd bshayior. u AL
20 msds pehIshAbls aay writing 81 printing,
calculated - excite Tie hatred Of TIE people
lngainss ihe Presideat 81 0esgtsss, - 6ns
q Eva ,hossApa deilass ssd lHe ysar's Ina
priaonment. b
This odlsss eeailIen law, wAs passed BY
the Old Federal party. The Demoeratic par
y Of that dsy opposed this iavs ahd ran hr.
, Js.vEhsss sgalass NJ. AeAEa 90 this Issue,
Adaas wes beaten hy JsiEsrsea, aad he Law
was repealed. lie, as peysr revive Il 10 The
South, gsptIsmss, whether we form 8 new
J Gosesnmsnl, o. fAll back lala The cid enc
and se-eonstrvet,
Toachlng the liberty Of speech and i,I