Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-14

MURDERED, bv a band Of gucrras on the 9Th
instant Honorable ". G. Fam, Of Fsnnn county,
Georgia.
Colonel Fam was nm cstmsble citizen, a loyal
man. and worthy brother Master Mason. He was
no ordinary man; but through life comparatively
short and tragically ended, lie showed himself q
lawyer of no mean attainmcnts, and as rcpresen-
tativc 'a workman who nccdcth not to be ashamed
His path through life was not one of roses but one
envroncd with difficulties; yet he never shrank
from the responsibilities so freely thrust upon him.
but bold in the defense of the right he defend
ed the of his constituents and is now gone 'o
the grave in all his glorious prime known and Ia
mented as the poor mans friend
After having, as before intimated, served his
country in the Senate of the State of Georgia, he
was, about the close of 1860, elected almost unani-
mously to the convention ofthHt State which passed
the infamous act of secession against the expressed
will of the people He took an active part in the
deliberations of that body, at all times earnestly
oontcnding for the form Of government fought for
and handed down to us by our forelatkers. lie was
oyerrulcd, but in the regning madness Of the hour
when everything around him bctokcncd "rcign of
chivalry,' his personal safety threatened, friends
yielding to the pressure on every hand, he stood,
stood alone stood erect and refused to put his name
to the death warrant Of liberty and to-day the in
famous act Of secession lies in the archives Of Geor-
gia without the signature of our deceased friend we
believe the only exception in that long list of dele
gates.
During the darkest hours of our country's death
struggle he stood with bold front against its enc
mics, with a reliance rare it is praiseworthy
always expressing confidence in the final success of
its cause, believing that
"Right is right as might is might,
And right the day shall win;
To doubt would he dsloyalty,
To faltcr would be sim"
He had applied for permission to raise regiment
of mounted infantry to protect our mountain Dor
dcrs from the ravagcs of guerrilla bands and was
in the act of removing his family to within our
lines the better to enable him to devote his services
to his country when he was arrested and cruelty .
His commission as Colonel was issued
"a the day of hi. death. lie died not as he had
wished to have dicd-on the field of battle, with
the sound of victory consoling him in his dying
but died, nevertheless worthy of a ma /
tions gratitude whose he carlcs,ly cspouscd
and nobly defended. We laid him in mountain .
grave amid the lamentations Of those who knew
and loved him. God bless his widow and only .
child. and may he graciously temper the wind to
them who are so closely shorn. May the cvcrgrccns
which we deposited on his grave be symbolical of
The pcrpetuty Of our government and the blood of .
our dear friend 50 cruelty she'd, speaking to us
from the ground may incite us more strongly to
Inc support of our countrys cause, until rebellion
shall no more raise its hydra-hcsd in defiance
but the flag of our Union shall wave over the
cngth and breadth of our land, and one universal
shout from the mountains, gathering strength from
The valleys, shall dcclare-WE ARE FRrEi
HESnr JoRr.
Clersiard Tennessee jprii 1854