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Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1855-1861, 1861-04-20

deT s,ates yuuyyses Viii 60 lat fgugs.
: Cen. Scott has resigned, owit TO the fool
condcct of the President and "osisers.
disregarding his military eos..s ne y
said to have advised measures o. peace.
Gov. Letcher has sunk two government
vessels in the channel at Norfolk, 70 prevent
spv vessel coming in or going ont. One Of
the vessels had on board la.s -a' OF
specie. This was q rash and u''A'ed Tor
act. -ru go.
Martial law prevails at Washington, and
fears are apprehended of an attac. upon the
Genital from the Rebel army OF sne South
Pleasant be the dreams of Lincoln Aa may
he ever have occasion to say, oouy
hurt" though we look for jnst tne Iesersei
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lists, Aho. seek to gain reefmo hskiaE
the impression that everybody is stunning over
to theml They did this prior to the ninth
of February, and when the election came on,
with full turn ont, they numbered 233 votes
in the county, out of vote of 3,5O0l
Now, if the Secessionists think they can
make show ofsstrength in this county, or
Senatorial, or Congressional District. let them
bring out candidate, representing their
principles. The Union men have agreed upon
MAYNARD for Congress. They have brought
out FLEMING for the County, and in few
days they will have a candidate out for tie
Senate, and one for Floater. Let the Seces-
sionists screw up their courage, and bring
out their men for all these positions, and the
world shall krOw in August who is strong
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1855-1861, 1861-04-20
BroWnlow Turning Secessioaist.

We have taken occasion, during the two
weeks past, to express, in the most unquali-
fed terms, our contempt of the appointment
of leading BLACKBOARD Aholitionists, and
noisy incendiaries, North. and of Brerkin-
ridge Democrats and Secessionists, South, or
IN our Border States, to aifires of high trust
aud proGt-slnd from this considerations -ome
of the leading Secessiouisss have inferred
that We are turning over 10 tb-:,.. aud have
predicted that we will be oat for D4sunion in
six weeks We really believe that the pres ent
Administration will turn ssi TO h.. in the end,
corrupt and prvtigaie as that at Buct.su-
ans was, or sesriy a. Bat t,,es il follow
that man opposed to F.,r F,ei,.s o. The Adj
miuistration, must se-rszs,riis tu-p .s.sssl1Ii-
iss2 We thina not
We have reflected much upon this subject,
and we claim to have made IN our mind fully,
after calm deliberations, . ID a.,er carefully
weighing all the srlrn,- Us .,.r a...i against
Secession ii i si.ssi 81 k..-s,s.s..she uro-
grass of affairs tissi .hs s..sss.s.. 81 sils
land shall givsus hsf szsszs.ls,s M.
to Us as an hfia4., 'sss. - llelT. o
take refags In the Ss-.Assa U...sSssx.scy, ",
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1855-1861, 1861-04-20
The Mass Meeting.

All persons favorable to inc p.,p'Se OK
maintaining this Union against al IT'S ioes'
North and South, and at all WITHIN the reach
of Knoxville, are earnestly reques'eu 70 meet
here on Monday next, when sianu MASS
Moes;po ia to be held. Hon. THOMAS A. K.
NELSON is expected to address tue meeting,
and other speakers, including our own Rep
resentative in Congress, will be on nand.-
Come out, gentlemen, and again oenne your
positions on the great issue of the day.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1855-1861, 1861-04-20
Knoxville Going over to Secession.

Those who get up sensations<and panics,
in the Disunion ranks, are sending out word,
into the various counties OF Eass tennessee,
that the prominent politicians OF this City,
have nearly all come out for oecessi1n
There is not one word of truth IN sFs whole
story The idea &C ~ Vnienl ee 8 kpSE-
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1855-1861, 1861-04-20

Let us stand by our Government while there
is hope of saving it. or of re-construeting it,
but if it must be broken up, let us strike for a
Middle Contederacy, and if we fail in this, let
us as al State, declare our independence. Aud
if Middle and West Tennessee will not join in
this, let East Tennessee organize a seperate
and independent Government. These are our
sentiments
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1855-1861, 1861-04-20

81 - s = 81 - s s. ..ses1
40 2e17 ~ 1zs1 - =. ske %
svill fhi6 6s.si.ets S7ser51 Is orr c.ln
aozeta Al ffee mos N exsto.nest, xiilas
lees1 @lrve 01eese ou3 posisl5n, and pat i
sest IN sPeeeE1uen in Yeeard to our courds.
We caa sever recognize this bogus Confeder-
81, nor think favorahly-of our own Govern
nens if it were to ecognize the right of se-
eession, and with it, as matter Of course.
ne sreason, perjury, and thefts, of those who
inauenfa ted il, and have thus far headed The
and Why are We thus. explicit BECAUSE
= matter Of history that, with the ex-
. eePtsoa of South Carolina, which has never
eees loyal to the Union, In no one of the Sc
esded States has a majority of the voting
population approved of the proceedings Of the
osss,ionists- Even on The ground that =
STATE may be grant ted the right to secedt :
reeognition Of that right can only be made
seee Il u plainly demonstrated BY the will of
ne people In Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama,
1lssissiPPi, and Texas, NO such demonstrat;on
mas been made The quiet, unobtrusive
passes, in most of these States, have been
kreed into Secession by the active. domineer-
ing and INSCRIPTIONS organized couspirators
OF disnnion This il a fact upon which thus
Governnent has no rightto close its ewes
anu IN the eyes of the Civilized world, our
1osernment- is bound to protect the Union
men until the wishes of the whsle people of
the Gulf and Border States, are ascertaiued.
Hat the b9617s Government at Montgomery.
and its bastllfd tribe of Commissioners .ref,,se
any and all satisnction on this point. It is
therefore aaonPeative duty of the Execu-
tive Of the Uqifed States. to proceed in the
'maintainance of il lnthority, evenif it result
'lP the slaughter of thoasands and tens of
ousands We hold that il is the duty of the
Xes2tise Of these United Stateis ktore
Gov Houston to the once nom ws<eG y Bss
been removed by "A Secession hob, and if this
can only be done by sendingan army to Texas.
let that be done. Let one hundred thousand
men, with War Steamers, and all necessary
supplies, be landed all along the Southern
coast. Let an equal nelmber of armed men
fully equipped, be poured into the Mississippi
from the North Western States, and let them
ste that the navigation of that great inland
sea oe kept open ior Tue Hee use vi TINS WV
eminent, which has paid untold millions for
its purchase, and for the Improvement of It's
navigation. IL this course had been pursued
by the weak, profgate, and corrupt Admins
tration which was in power in November and
December last, a collision of arms would have
been prevented. Better late than never, and
let this policy now be adopted, and if a seven
years war, and the shedding of rivers of blood
shall be the consequence, the responsibility
will be upon those who, while clamoring
against coercion, are themselves coercing
their own peop-e into a Government thew are
treated people whom it would be craven in he
Government at Washington to refuse to pro-
tect
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1855-1861, 1861-04-20
lng much that we should 9TH

we Hto b1veQ INC -
ing much that we should ot61
correspondent |" T." to whose remark1
the attentionof our Border State rssdfs. We
call upon Tennesseesns, who are Union men,
u stand firn, aad sas BE carried of upon tho
secessioa wave noxisrkiag the shores Of our
State The great practical question we are
called upon to answer. is at the head Of this
article. Much depends upcnthe firm and de-
cisive stand taken by the Border States, ana
upon none does greater responsibility rest,
than upon Tennessee. We can never go into
the Gonfederaey, TO be drafted by thousands,
and taxed extrayagantly, to carry on war
that we had no hand in bringing upon the
country, and one that we are utterly opposed
to. A majority of the American people voted
against Lincoln, and there is no evidence that
any of these favor the policy he proposes 70
carry out. In Tennessee he received no votes
at all, and although the people of the State
are for the Union, they win not turn out te
fight in this unholy crusade. Nor will they
go into this Southern Confederacy, to fgh
the battles of set of ambitious men, who's
treason entities them to an ignominious death
Tennesseeans love the South-born and raise
within her limits, she is their pride and glory
aud they will never consent to desert thei
country's flag, with all the glorious memorie
that cluster around it. But Tennesseeans Wi
never aid and abet Southern men, when the
conspire to trample it under foot. Nor wi
they unite with Northern Republicans in
bloody war upon the soil where repose ii
8 bones of Washington, Madison, Clay, Jackso
Harrison, Taylor, Gaines. and others. l.
Tennesseeans stand aloof from the mad ca
, Of the South, and say to the Abolition boar
E, Of the North, stay where you are, for "
n both deserve to be ranked in the damni
r., catalogue Of iufamv with BENEDICT Arno
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eefsa&e1 uog11 -
49, .'''e.e - seentxys leee(l -
- Isl ano& be iDn16l
NJ oee90 dill d61ly
-' s. 'snlt ees - enc ia
- 49,. 2 - - 49, 8eef
- - .e'.su1s men 70 olzee evee
" var y savage Barharic- de
instrument ana agency Of Satan to desirey
.na corrupt the hnman race, but civil val,
such as we are about to hare, is the horror
OF horrors, and the worst of all wars. Sim.
il is ap0n n, and it has been broueht ON bv
the conduct of this Southern Confeder.cv
which, from the dsy Of its rehel,;o. ,,t;i
now, has been concentrating troops At f,b.,,...
ton. Savannah, Pensacola and Mobile. and
passing the large cofumbiads, to the various
ssAsaons "nere they intended war. Years Of
oao 2ed, and of arson, and surrender must
noN1ow. Business of all kinds will be
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1855-1861, 1861-04-20

LI2 lspn ne NsU xhst lea
The Southern LoaA in Tie Londsp 1ar-
kst Negotiation Declined.
We are indebted to Nessrs> Slope Co.,
bankers in London, for n copy Of their letter
to Mr.. Crawford, a banker in Charleston, 8. c.,
in answer to his proposition for the negotia-
ton of the loan in the London money market
of the "Confederate States of America" for
fifteen millions Of dollars.
Oar readers will remember the letter Of
Mr.. Crawford, published in our paper on the
| first of March last.
The letter we now give is creditable to the
financial judgment of Nessrs. Slope Z Co.,
.na will convince our readers that the South
4 eru rebellion has no sympathi1ers in Great
Britain.
The trifing errors of Mr.. Crawford's cor
4 res,ondents in regard to the geography OF
the United States do not in the least dimin-
;sh our respect for their old fashioned British
LOYALTY and sound principles.
These we pass over with complace ncy.
The writers have, however, d ne GOOD ser
VICE "a the people of tho United States ~
. ! .;v;ro nermanent record to the name OF tn
man Who is the admitted and historicai es
sailant of his country's nag. Let his nam
be forever execrated. - Z.
BrsuopsaArE STREET WrHWa2
LONDON, March -,
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1855-1861, 1861-04-20
CALEB E. SMITH,


State of Indiana. He was originally VIII :
is good writer, but not man of brillia /
talents. He became an anti-slavery m;
when he saw the State of Indiana was goir
that way-took an active part in securing
election of Lincoln, and has seat in the Ca
met, as compensation for partizan service
Next upon the list is that truly 81 hard case
MONTGOMERY BLAIR,
the Post Master General. He is the son
Francis 2. Blair, Gen. Jaekson's old partz
editor of the Globe, and was raised in Was
ington. He is the son-in- law of the late L
vi Woodbury., and is in the prime of life.
was brought up in the proscriptive school
+ Democracy, and taught to believe that
victors are entitled to the spoils-that a.
thing is fair in politics-and that lie VT
stuck to is as good the truth. He is a vi
lent Aholitionist-contributed 81 900 to aid
the defence of old John Brown-andis one
the endorsers of the Hell-deserving Helper
midnight assassin! Another hopeful sci,
ton tops out the stack, and that is,
EDWARD BATES,
Attorney General, who comes from Misso,
but is a native of Virgi.ia. He was an {
line Wing, but let himself down in his ext,
ordinary efforts to secure the President
nomination at Chicago, and by his humili
ting concessions to the anti-slavery feel
and sentiment of the country. He is pc
old man, decrepid, and behind the times; a,
like Mr. Lincoln, thinks nobody is hurt, a.
that there is nothing wrong in the country!
There they are, reader, and we invite
to look at them from the North and the Sou
The Democratic element prevails, and IN
n txi,-.-.zassn551ssv---s-. Aooiiti :
Democrats ATE selected from the North, a
from violent newspaper establishments.
the Border States, South, they are confni:
their appointments to Democrats almost excl
sively. In Tennessee, where they can't &
U MON Democrats, they actually select Gre
inridge Democrats, md even Secessioni.
;, sooner than appoint Bell-Everett men, thou
they are largely in the majority in our Sta
u From such a Cabinet, the Border States ca
expect any thing, and from the man at tb.
u head, we look for less. W. will, howev'
approve what we think is right, and denoun
the wrong, warning alike against Norths
fanaticism and Southern treason.
! Wemay now be called upon to say Why
e are willing to remain in Government INC
II the rule OF such men. we answer '"at
e are for our Gorernment-that II ooes not
long to Lineo,u and his Cabinet, but to
Is people of the States We further reply: th
e e we had no hand in placing these men in po
= or ona - al We could to defeat the
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tborities OF the States, ss----tAty-6ve thou
sand Volunteers, to meet this emergency The
Government will also cut of the mails In the
Seeded States. So we may now see what Is
coming. We have looked the matter full IN
the face and we are still on the size OF the
Government. We shall take sides with the
Stars and Stripes, and in the face OF all the
bullying and clustering of DisunIonists, we
endorse the action of our Government In
suit after insult has been offered, without re-
sentiment on the part of our Government
aud worse than all, deliberate purpose to
march upon the Capitol at Washington, by
the Rebels of the Southern Confederacy, ha
come to light, and it is the duty OF the Gov
ernment to defend il, until the Potomac runs
with blood to its mouth This Army called
for is really to defend the Capitol, in part at
least
An Extra published in this city by the Sc
cessionists, gives the following confirmation
of what we say:
MAJOR BkSJAMIS McCULLoeH--fhe tefe-
graph informs US that Major AcCulloch has
organized a force of FIVE thousand at Rich
mond, Virginia, to seize Washington City, the
instant the first blood is spilled Old Abe ="
had better keep a look out, for if he ever falls
into the hands of Benjamin McCulloch, Scotch
Caps nor Plaid Trousers will not save him.
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what We viii do. Thus whii9 Sl1ll
olation reign around US, our people can -:
= cheap goEernmsat, aed can follew vita
profit their usual ayocations. We want
PEACE, and PEACE We must have. We hsve
had nothing to do with the commencement
of this war Let those who brought il on the
country bear its losses and suffer its conse-
auences. - nss yfg ~ I.
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-eeses 4 y, indssds q GIeet sn1eltu9 -
be passed upon bin, vhen y y saaa tsae -
kS0W him.
We condemns from . sketch in the Delta.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1855-1861, 1861-04-20

5 - - 3. wefe carried out
-. .,see and quiet in the
- re look s the pater'ai
1H,kA comrssed, We have
2 = vieorosss patriotic ana
- lstrafion Of the Govern {
% come. We think We
izrs u this kind impartiaiiy.
keker; and beside, though
7e have stronger prejudices
@ 6hern Confederaey, and the
= tzt up at Montgomery, than
= the old Government, though
Hrkness were at its head. But
= judgment, since the for
6vernment, has there been
y one body, such an amount
1mitigated sectionGlism, as at
Lincoln's Cabinet. If the
been consulted and COM
ct Cabinet best adapted 20
country, and the driving o.
( ont of the Confederacy, he
found . body of men, the
ketter qualified for the work
: Ven were candidates before
ention, and four out OF TN
bm the ranks of that cor
nfinitely internal organiza
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snu ~ - cumming anu
capable or great BARN good, as he may &C.
termine. We regard him as the best man ~
the Cabinessand we would really sooner rel!
upon him to do the South justice, and con
tribute to the salvation of the Union than an
man there. Next upon the BLACK LIST, come
SALMON P. CHASE.
Gov. Chase is in the prime of life, and is
man of decided talents, but he is negr
worshipper, who holds, and has for year
taught that the negro was the proud equal
the white man, and believes they ought to en-
joy the right of suffrage. This a. ch-traIto
was born in New Hampshire in 1908, and
consequently SO years of age, and comes froi
the Democratic ranks. He read law in WASH
ington, and emigrated to Ohio, where his ever
lasting opposition to slavery, and his refus'
to surrender up fugitives from justice, mac
him popular, elected him Governor, and the
transferred him to the United States Senate
He is one of the most violent men in the Cal
inet-acknowledges no law preventing klc
mapping and was for refusing the jailS {
Ohio in which to secure runaway negroes
We hope for no good advice from Mr.. Chas
but look for violence, and all that he can {
to aid the God-forsaken Disunionists, Souu
in breaking up the Government. Next CONT
SIMON CAMERON,
Secretary of War, and until recently Sen:
tor in Congress from Pennsylvania. MIR. Can
eron served an apprentic eship to the Printii
Business at Harrisburg, and subsequent
worked in Washington as Journeyman Prii
ter. His misfortune has been, that in taki'
sides in politics, he fell into the ranks of D
mocracy, where he learned lessons of loo:
morality. He is not a violent man, and wou'
willingly back up Gov. Seward in restorir
peace, but be seems never to have realized Il
danger threatening the country. Next com
a distinguished partizan from the land
wooden clocks and wooden nutmegs,
GIDEON c. WELLS,
!. sHretsry of abb Navy, isa native of Come
ticnt, a violent Democratic partizsn.. and
weif-known contributor o the anti-slave
press He has acted with the Republican pr
ty ever since lis organization, was wal
supporter of Mr.. Lincoln in the late conte
and having induced the President to belle
that he carried his State for him, has be
called to the Cabinet as a reward. Anoth
nomination fit to be made, by an Adminstl
ton Intending to be sectional. Next in ORD
We name
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-02-09
/" Position of state AfFairs.n

Last week, we referred to the disposition of
some in tho State to ccnsure the Governor he,
cause he did not assault + prt Sumter. The Co.
lumbia Guardian was foremost in the party
The next day. 'wevcr, after this article npnear-
ell, h. recc've inS1rm ttinn that satisfied him,
and wrote the following, under the ab,vo cap.
ton: ,i
- We were extremely grntiiel Yesterday in
being assured by gantlcmnn just arrived from
Char'e'ton, whnse means of information are
ample and unque4tionabe that the g.catest ac-
tiVity and zeal prevail in making preparations
for taking Fort Sumter, and for defending the
city and harbor. The authorities, lie informs
us are far fr"m being remiss upon those points.
TheY justly appreciate the magnitude of the
interests intru>ted to them. and arc determine,
that so fur as in them lies. these great interests
shall not be ieoparded by any want of forecast
or nerve on tiIclr part. 1t is their purpose, and
viii be their effort to avoid equally an dtfwiso
proclpltancy and q ruir 'delav. ~
- Oar friend intmates further that the pres.
ence of a Commissioners in Washington iust
now may be accomplishing much for our cause
more than what appears upon the surfacc.-
We earnestly truat that snch may be the fact
and that what has appeared to ns to be.a ques
tlonabie policy may be fully vindica,cd by its
happy results.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-02-09
The Freshet.

On Feiday the lst Instant, during the day and
ut night, the rain fell in torrents. As u consc-
quence, on Saturday the streams were general.
ly impossible. Much damage has been done
to bridges, mills, lands and fences
Capt. II. f. MnRGAN's saw mill aud DAM on
Six Mile, were washed away. The bridges at
Billiards, Socona, Ellis. and Con. GARvIN's,
over Twelve Mile, were either washed off or
damaged materinlly and so with the bridges
over Eighteen Mile Greek, near Pendeton.-
The bridges, over Three-and, Twcnt-, at the
PendCton Factory and Immediately below this
point met the same fate The bridge over Con-
cross, at Mr. STRIBiLNG's, was also swept away.
This is the extont of our information in rcla-
tion 10 tho bridges.
Lands have been greatly damaged by washes,
and the wheat has also suffered much from tho
same cause in the district.
The freshethas been general throughout the
State Saluda amd Broad rivers have been
higher than at any time since 1852. The
Grccnville and Columbia railroad escaped with.
out serious injury. The Savannah river. at
Hamburg on Sunday, was thirty-one feet nine
inches above low water mark. and at q stand
Many sections of the State have not yet been
heard from.
The mails were prevented from leaving this
place, in consequence of high water, on Satur-
day last.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-02-09
The Montgomery Convention

The delegates from the six Seeding States
net iii Montgomery, Ala, on Moaday last.
Hon. ROBERT w. BARNwgLL, of South Carolina.
was elected temporary chairman; aftor which,
an impressive prayer wps delivered by Rev.
BASIL MANLEY, Of Ga.
On motion of Hon: II. B. RuErr, of South
Carolua, Hon. HOWELL Conn, of Georgia. was
elected permanent President by acclamation. -
JOHNSON j. HOOPER, Esq. of Alabama was cleo
ted Secretary in the same way.
All the delegates were present, except Hon.
JACKSON Morton. of Florida.
In the course of Mr.. COINS address upon Ia.
king the Chair, he said that the occasion that
assembled us together was one of nu ordinary
character. We meet as representatives of SOW
orclSo and Independent States. who by solemn
judgmcn. have dissolved all political associa-
tions which connected them with the Govern
ment of the United States. 1t is now a fixed,
lrrevocablc fact, that the separation is perfect,
complete aud perpetual. The great duty is
now imposed upon us to provide Government
Tor our future security and protection. Wo can
and should extend to our sstor States-our lato
sister States-who are identified with us in in,
forest feelings and Institutions cordial invita-
ton to unite with us in one common destiny
Beng desirous. at the same time, of maintain
ing with our late copfedcrates friendly relations,
political and commercial
The usual preliminary business was then at
tcnded to- after which, the Convention adjourn
ed until Tuesday.