Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1861-12-07
The Patriot BroWnloW.
INDICTMENT AND APPROACHING IN
pR1soSMENT-HIs FAREWELL
ADDRESS.

Brownlow's Knoxville Wing, o.
Saturday, October Goth, was the last
number of that paper to be issued, the
editor having been indicted by the
Grand Jury, and his Imprisonment de.
termincd upon. The extracts we pub
lish below will be read with interest:
From the Knoxville Wing, Oct. 26.l
This issue of the Wing must neccs.
sarily be the last for some time to come
i am unable to say how long. The
/ Confederate authorities have determin-
ed upon my arrest, and | am to be in
dictcd before the Grand Jury of the
Confederate Court, which commenced
it's session in Nashville, on Monday
last. | would have awaited the ndlct-
mcnt and arrest, before announcing
the remarkable event to the world, but
as I only publish weekly paper, my
hurried removal to Nashville won Id
deprive me of the privilege of saying
to nv subscribers what is alike due TO
myself and them. [ have the fact OF
nv indictment and consequent arrest,
having been agreed upon, for this
week, from distinguished citizens, leg
iSlators and lawyers, at Nashville: of
both parties. Gentlemen of high posi-
tions. and members of the secession
party SAY that the indictment will be
made because of some reasonable ar
t;rles in late numbers Of the lVhig.---
7 have reproduced those two treason
oblc articles on the first page of this
issue that the unbiased people of the
conatrv may read, mark, learn, and
inwarily digest the treason. They
relate to the culpable remlSsneSs OF
tl,cse Knoxville leaders, in failing to
volunteer in the cause OF the Contedcr-
! acv.
| According to the usagcs of the
Conrt rs heretofore established, pre-
sumo / could 90 free, by taking the
oath these authGmties are administer,
inc 10 g;hcr Union men, but my set
! tlrd purpose is not to d" any such
tb;un. 7 can doubtless be allowed my
pcrSoual liberty, by entering into bonds
! to keen the peace, and to demcan my
! self toward the ltAoSio Va '' ~
Knoxville, who have been seeking to
have me assassinated all summer and
fall as they desire me to do, tor this
is rcallv the import of the thing, and
one of the leading objects sought to be
attained. Although could give q
honI for rood behavior for one hun
drcd thousand dollars, signed by tlfty
as GOOD men as the country affol dS, l
| sb,Il obst;n:telv refuse to do even that
and if such bond is drawn up and
stoned bv others, I will render it R&ll
and void bv refusing to sign 1t, in
default Of both I expect to go to jail,
and | am ready to start upon one mo-
! mcnt's warning. Not only So. but
there | am prepared to lie, III solitary
confinement, until [ waste away be-
cause Of imprisonment, or die from old
aoc. Stimulated by consciousness
Of innocent uprightness,l will submit
TO imprisonmcnt for life, or die at the
end Of :. rope before [ will make any
humiliating concession to any power
on earth. y,
Ihave committed no offence-l have
not shouldcrcd arms against the Con.
federatc government, or the state, OF
encouraged others to DO SOL nave
discouraged rebellion publicly and prl
vatcIv-I have not assumed hoSui.
attitude toward the military OF clEl
authorities of this new government
But I have committed grave, and
really fear objectionable otfenses.
have refused to make war upon the
Government of the United States;
have refused to publish to the worlc
false and exaggerated accounts OF tF'
several engagements had between th'
contendin9 armies; | have refused tt
write out and publish false versions o
the origin of this war, and OF th'
breaking up the best government tht
world ever saw; and all this | will
continue to do, if it cost me my lie
Nay, when ! agree to 90 such things
nav rhiteous God palsy my rlgh
arm. and NAV the earth open and clos'
it upon me forever. o..
With me. life has lost some OF It's en-
erev-havinc passed six annual post
:, on the western slope of half ceptu
: rv-some:hins of the fire of youth i
exbausted-but / stand forth with tn
cloquence and energy of right to sus
tain and stimulate me-, in the malnten
= ance of my principles. | am enconr
aoed to frmness, when lGQk back t.
the fate of him whose power wa
r;ohteousness.' while the intuuatet
mob csied ou5, 'Crucify hlm, cruoif.
him!
.;19o,s .bo SLING ont Of their respcc