Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-13

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ed + e plssble sQa e draw tIle amount Of
tie aansp lIsn ~ Inlisa, ai6ses.
Tie ON shnl aAsas september ath.
1850. Il lof AakAl md corn meal aud il FOR
lie taia II eals
The other prlginesel October slah, Of the
sanle year i laf saciss sad i fabric called
usaabass and Il lbr she sum of sale.
Both theke bile bear the endorsement
aso9ally d q estatlished Thai must be
done heiats sAo proper endorsements eaa be
inside thereon % secure their paymunt, and
q view he ease. the proof must be clear
thss xou weFe i legal citizen al the date
wheii ycu claim the acsonnts accrued TO
yua. Were son At those dates, b loyal mana
b reply, lea notorious facts In this colnmn.l
nity answer,
is1 You advocated and urged the people
70 vote Coz accession.
II. Yoa furnished money 10 arm and equip
soldiers - fight against the United States
Gcvsrnmant.
3D. You offered through the public prints
Of KHoxville, 70 cletha and uniform at your
eMn cxpeaso regiment Of men, il raised
ii Knox county BY stated time for Con.
ieierate service
oh. You are charged with being accesso.
~ 70 the murder of Charles s. Douglass, q
Union maa, and with taking the murderefs
% foQrA wheru you dealt out TO them.
wish . liberal hand, champagne, in CON-
nlendation Of the murder they had commit.
ted
9Th. You recommended the introduction
ct, and did introduce into this place blood.
hounds, to run down Union nien conscript.
cd By rebels for their service.
9Th. You have pointed out Union men as
Subjects of rebel vengeance.
9Th. Yoa have given all the moral and
material aid to the rebellion, that your high
social position and great wealth would cna-
bic you ia give. =.
There IS no evidence 10 show that you
had in any wise changed Your views up to
January 10Th. 1864 True, no acts Of dis
loyalty are shown TO have been committed
by you since tho occupation % knoxyillc
by the loyal army; and / am equally with
out proof of any change in your well-knewn
sentiments.
With such evidence before me, you can,
not reasonably expect me to ,lonb, that na-
til within few days past you have been
known and only known. as rebel against
tho Government Of the United States, using
your influence and yoar money to overthrow
the Government 10 which you nowt Zee for
protection; and that such was your position
on the days your accounts bear date there
ean be no doubt Such being tho facts,
were yon on the 4th day Of September, or
on the 2a;h of October last, entitled, OF
issgbs, 10 receive any thing from the Gov
ernmenis ] certainly think not, unless the
Grcrnment essa hIishes new rule and IN,
sIeFtakes 10 reward disieSalty.
On the goth Of January last you apPsar.
ed at this office and took the amnesty oath.
That, mosl:andoubtedly, secures you full
pardon for all your acts In aid Of tie exist
ing rebellion and restores yeu to all rights.
where the rights Of third parties have not
interviewed Certainly these rights must
have existed to secure their rcstoration.---
Whatever the Government has taken is not
an existing right to be restored. Nor does
the taking of the cath, in any way galvan
ize into life that which was dead from its
inception. The property taken from you
Gas set out In the accounts was taken from
you while rebel. No aet of yours, since,
hiss created such right. Any construction
that would require these accounts TO be paid
because you had taken the OATH would be
simply saying TO all rebels, either in or out
Of the army, that by taking the oath they
should have indemnity for all Losses by
them sustained. and to which losses they,
like you, bad contributed by supporting the
rebellion. The restoring Of all the rights
claimed by such, might include the right Sc
cured by the constitution, 70 BE- hung for trea.
eoA
There is another objection to allowing the
bill under date Of September 4th The ar
tirles included in that were abandoned by
the enemy at Clinton, Anderson county,
TENNESSEE, when they were driven out by
the United States forces, Possession of the
same WAS taken BY tie Government agent.
The title thereto vested in the United States
as captured rebel property. Subsequent 10
this capture, you present an order from an
officer Of the so-called Confederate Govern
mont, authorizing you 10 take the articles
A. credit upon debt owing 10 you from
4t,.,. ia nat a.. that In this transaction