Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1855-1861, 1861-06-15
North Carolina palriotlsm.

They have o Vigilance Committee In Bun,
eombe, whose patriotism il oosiRg ou IN all
directions, and upon all subjects except that
Of panepiar seime' taught tho boys IN q
Western College, by ono AasOa w. Cmmbg,
nov ntthe head Of tle Asbeyile Female Col
legt A. the Committee have no paper cir
culaHug ,oany extent, through which to make
known their profound and patriotic desds We
will volunteer to circulate the iasi gJeai act Of
their official Ines, ! imparh 'alormation
which. II kept from the world, would prove
ruinous TO the Confederate States, In that the
appointing power to Office might not know
corporate limits dye men At least qualified to
serve in The Cabinet ai Montgomery, rsre IL
their manlles o.
To The Poet Nasisr az A,lrli1!
We, the undersigned having been appont-
ed a Committee VI Vigilance and honestly
intending 20 guard and protect our county
from all the harm which We think likely TO
result from The haaelll influence Of Black Re
publican personsand papers circulating among
us, do hereby respectfully request aud require
that you hund out no more numbers Of tho
haoruts " hg which may come to your of.
fee to subscr.b ers, but that you return the
same " the Editor
Respectfully,
J, W. WooDFR,
], N. ISRAEL,
b j. SMITH,
T. CLAYTON,
], 7 T., llARDY,
Vigilance Committee,
May a. 1861
This "order in council by no means
causes the Knoxville Whg' to suspend
the fice goes on, aud It's business is as regu-
laras if every member Of the Committee had
graduated at Ansons Western College, and
were here teRching the Hcr ,cimrs witch Ne
Anally informed the lloliton Conference that
Arson taught to the highest perfection
John ~ Woodfn is e1rusRble for bis oppo-
silion to the "bune(ul influence Of Black Re
publican persons and papers" lie owns a
lot Of negroes that came TO him by marriage,
aud he is a Trustee in Ansons school.
b, j. S1urh is also one Of Auson's Trustees,
ana the Aeeper Of Hotel for Southern Visit.
ers. lie hos to be entirely Southern
j. ~ Israei is the brother-ia-law Of Arson,
and literally belongs to him. "Happy art
thou, . Israel T. who is equal 10 one fully in.
strucled In the aso science Of that Illinois Col
lege
/ T. Clayton ia a House Carpenter who has
made soue money out Of the h' Jobs given
him by Southern Planters in the way olsum-
mcr residences lie can be otherwise than
opposed TO Black Republican persons and
papers, and our only nstonishment is that he
did no, add postscript drawn up By Arson,
expressing more than their o8ie'H act sets
for'h He is an ignorant and iIlternte man,
an could be Influenced by Arson to do RICH,
or wrong
Dr.. Hardy ia clever man, and we have
known him for thirty years he is old and
infrm, and eEcItnbe. tie had nothing to do
with getting up this net, bu, signet it after
others of the Vigilance Committee refused so
as to secure a majority,
We tender our regards to the whole Com.
uftee, with the assurance that we can never
feel the loss OF all the Subscribers they can
. influence to quit us. Aud If they knew how
l.ite We care or such publications., and with
what perfect contempt we frowu down upon
nl such efforts At prescription, they would
regret their action,