Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-11-23

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tinued altogether, or its editor must write
and select only such articles as meet the
approval of pack of scoundrels in Knox
vile, when their superiors in all the
qualities that adorn human nature, are
in the Pcnitentiary of our State And
this is the boasled liberty of the press in
the Southern Confederacy
shall in no degree feel humbled by be-
ing cast into prison, whenever it is She will
and pleasure Of this august Government to
put me there; but on the contrary,
shall 60 10 Jail, as John Rogers went to
the stake--for my PRINCIPLES. I shall 60
because I have failed to recognize the hand
Of God in the work of breaking up the
American Government, and the inaugura.
ticn Of the most wicked, cruel, unnatural
and uncalled for war, ever recorded in
history. go, because | have refused to
laud to the skies the acts Of tyranny, usur.
patton 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, and the liberties secured to
them by a war of seven long years Of
gloom, poverty and trial repeat, l am
proud CT my position, and Of my principle,
and shall leave them to my children as >
legacy, far more valuable than prineely
fortune, had ! the latter to bestow
With me life has lost some Of It's energy
having passed six annual posts on the
Western slope Of half century-somc,
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.
l am encouraged to 6rmness, when ] look
back 70 the fate Of Him "whose power
was righteousness" while the infuriatsd
mob cried cut, "crucify him, cruelty
him !"
l owe to my numero ors list Of subscribers
the filing Gu. of their respective terms
for which they have made advancespay-
merts, and if circumstances ever pleoe it
in my power to discharge these obligations,
| will do it NEST certainly. Bu. if I am
denied the liberty CT doing so, they must
regard their small losses as SO many con-
.ributions 10 the cause in which I have
fallen 7 feel that can, with confidence,
rely upon the mananilnity and forbearance
Of my patrons, under this state Of things.
They will bear me witness that / have
held cut as long as ! am allowed to, and
that ! have yielded to military despotism
that l could not avert the horrors of, or
successfully oppose.
I will only say, in conclusion-tcr am
not allowed the privilege to write-that the
people Of this country have been unaccus.
toned to such wrongs they can yet scarce
ly realize them. They are astounded for
the time being, with the quick succession of
ontrages that have come upon them, and
they stand horror-s,ricken, like men ex.
pecting ruin and annihilation. ! may not
live to see the day, but thousands Of nv
readers will, when the people of this once
prosperous country, will sea that they are
marching by "double quick time," from
freedom to bondage. They will then look
these wanton cutragcs upon right and lib
erty full in the face, and my prediction is,
that they will "stir the stone. of Rome to
rise and mutiny." Wrongs less wantou
and outrsges, prccipitated the French
revolution. Citizens cast into dungeons
without charges Of crime against them,
and without the formalities CT trial by
ury, private property eondscated at the
beck cf those in power; The Press hum
0led, muzzled and suppressed, or prostitu.
ed to serve the euds CT tyranny The
crimes of Louis XVI, fell short of all
his, and yet he lost his head The people
If this country, dcwn.trodden and op.
pressed, still have the resolutions OF thsir
!lustrious forefathers, who asserted their
lights at Lexington and Bunker Hill!
Exchanging with proud satisfaction, the
editorial chair and the sweet endear rments
If home for cell in the prison, or the lot
f on exile, ] have the homer to be, 60,
WILLIAM G. BRowNLow,
Editor of the Knoxville Wing.
Oct. "a, 1861.