Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-09-28

sIuc. t,ie o1<.nizasion Il The Federal Govern,
nss1t now eielisy years a(ko-eEevep attempts havs
bel made to lesist is authority, and many Of than
Win view to It's destruction. We have thought
that brief recital Of these attempts upon the Gov-
ernment, and Of their leading spirits, might Be Of
interest to our numerous readers.
+ 4 TIE frst was ID 1872, a conspiracy Of some VI
the ofisers 81 the Federal army to consolidate tie
thirteen States into one, and confer the supreme
power upon General Washington. The father Of
his country vas patriot and refused She scheme
his sanction.
2. The second was in 1887 In Massachusetts, and
was called the qShay Insurrectiony This atlempt
at rebellion was promptly met and put down and
its chief instgators were disgraced-
8. The third, in 1874, called the whisky Insur-
rection,g in Pennsylvania, was promptly met and
crushed out 81 General Lee sent at the head Of the
Federal troops by General Washington. Its . re-
narkabIe ceintadent that the son of the same Lee
nov heads the great whsky rebellion in the South,
aid that this EerIursd Federal officer placed in
command BY JEFF Davis, the renowned traitor Of
the nineteenth century.
4. The fourth was in 1914, and is known to the
country as the rebellion Of the celebrated Hartford
Convention. That convention became infamous,
but it was truly patriotic assemblage compared
with the crowd who recently convened at Chicago.
S. The fifth VAS in 1920, and grew out OF tpe
question Of thu admission Of Missouri into the
Union, as involving the slavery question. The
votes Of the South then, in Congress, agaiust
the slavery interests.
+ 6. The sixth was a serious collision between the
Legislature Of Georgia and the Federal Govern
ment in regard to the lands given to the Indians
This was in 1928, and occurred under the admins
tration of John @. Adams, stern old patriot and
able statesman.
I. The seventh was in 1880, with the Georgians
and Cherokees That rebellion was put down by
General jackson, who sent an army into the Cher
okee country, under command of Generals Scott and
Wool. Georgia was made to come to terms, and
the Cherol<ees were sent west of the Mississippi
river, where portion of them have acted with the
South in the present rebellion.
s. The eighth was the memorable Multiplying
Ordinance Of South Carolina in 1882 and was
crushed out by that man of iron will, President
jackson. We were living in Calhouns district that
year took sides with jackson and the Government,
and were threatened with hanging. jackson came
very near hanging the leaders, and regretted on his
death-bed that he had not made an example Of
I them.
g. The ninth was in 1912, in Rhode Island, be-
tween the suffrage Association and the State at-
thorties who were backed up by the Federal Gov
eminent This was known as the Dorr Rebellion,
led on by Thomas Wilson Dorr, a Democrat of the
first water and a man Of education and talents
We we're there and visited Dorr after he was put
into the Penitentiary.
TO- The tenth was in 1856, on the part of the
Mormons, who resisted the Federal authorities
broke up and disbanded the Federal Court, and
were reduced to submission by the Federal arn
the only proper remedy for rebellion.
IL. The eleventh is the attempt of secession on
the part of eleven States led off by the worst class
| of men that ever drew breath on Southern soil.-
This rebellion like oil others, will be put down by
the force of arms the population of the States in
The Federal Government already has an army II
/ every State ia rebellion, and the rebels have nc
army in one of the loyal States nor can they main
tain an armed force in any one of them.