Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-16

We are net the advocate Of paying loyal
nen 6cr their slaves, beyond the bounty Of
500 offered by the government when the
negrcesa arc enlisted in the service. 1tissaid
that Il Is hard for loyal man to lose his
property and have no reeompcnse. SO Il
i bat human existence Is fail Of hardships,
and this rebellion subjects uaany truly a1yai
to hsrashtps greater than the less Of slavGI
pFepcrty. We have al had car Losses III
this wsr--the mechanic and the IaboriHg
man-bat who can reckoa fhesn ap, and
pay them aR Tee pe6Iicasion of oar pa
p,s vas suppressed, when re were doing
prosperous business, and we were sent oct
efshe Stste BY the rcbas WHO Il b pay
IS for our losScSf We Goat expect the
Federal Government 10 pay us, althougti
nc are as much entitled - pay as tho loyal
man who has lost to an extent 10 slave pro.
perty. In God government the innocent
ssfer with the guilty Why should we
expect mans government TO be mere per-
feet than Gods7
But why his hae and cry Cor the pay
meni Of slave property onlyS Whencs Is
the nevenae for this purpose derived
Frael taxes Upon whom and upon what I
Upon The poor white men, and upon the
frre Ehiie lsbsrcrs ef the State. We mast
tax the poor white men made stiil poorer
By tie war. to pay the losses Of rich men,
in Order that the rich may suffer no loss 1t
al, And We must tax class Of men who
heyeT favored the rebellion 10 remunerate ]
class who were active in bringing il about,
Thr Is the proposition, when carried cut,
snd nothing less, How viii such prnpo- !
sitiOn strike the conscience and jadgment
Of the worldy
Bat many Of our shareholders are loyal
and were al the time opposed TO the rebel.
lion, and they have lost half they owned,
as their property was in slavse. Granted. |
But is there any reason why the loyal slave |
bOider should possess any pecaliar exenlP,l
bon from the losses and calamities Of the |
Ear' Unless re are prepared to pay all !
he losses that the war has ocoasioncd TO
oyal men, we do not see how we can fairly
make an exception Of ono class and pay
the slavehoidsz. fhosgh his loyalty is uD-
qse.sionabIe. What shall theslaveholder,
oa account of whose property. and on nc
eountsf whose cIass. tiie var kas been /
sroughs on, and the nation plunged into
saeA vast losses---shali be alone demand 70 |
cOas os; harmless from the wreck and ruin
fhsEAr has broaght upon the country s--
Ne9 all other men, no matter how loyal4
and true, be stripped without remedy Of
their property and homes, be reduced from
sfaaence to poverty, and the owners Of
slaves alone expect to BE- made whole and |
saved from every loss -
The debt Oft Tenncssee-ad debt incurred for
our magnificent State Capitol, oar railroads, I
our tarnpikss, aH our internal improves
ments and public institutions--a amounted 10
EIGnTEEN MILLIONS or DoLLARs We pro- /
pose to repudiate ell the debts incurred /
while the State was IN rebellion, but We sne
30, for regulating the honest debt Of +
nsuTEES MILLIONS, iegitimateiy incufred.
The debt incurred by rebel iegisl.tion and
febel issues Of Bank paper. together with
he stealing Of she school fund, bank capt
IA and other effects Of the people, BY the
;Isitors who usurped the government Of
he State, nnst be repudistcd, md tie latter
nsiored. as far Is may be, by eeiIing the
ifopgty Of the gaiity Legislators. bank nf-
Sesss, sad guardians, hpd sppropriasing ti /