Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-10-12
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This Coeks county traitor, az enr readers
win reesllect, wrote % the Provost Marshal
General shquirlns n BE, believing the sopth
70 be right and ftd Fedseal GovsFAzi6nt
wrong, and acting upon that aith, could
not be allowed to remain at home without
taking LineoIns odioas cath. Wepublish-
ed the traitors letter, and he has gone into
Dixie and published q reply Of six long
newspaper columns We give extraets from
his treasosabt publication. and leave our
authorities 10 say whether the aaFhor Of
sach stuff shall retnain in orr midst
II even scat 80 far ~ 10 ask IL all the
Union citizens Of his district desired bin to
remain ~ home without taking the oath,
would their request have any innuenee with
the authorities Of . forced Union. But
am left without any information from Gen.
Carter, except what Is contained In your
letter.
Row such an Inquiry, Oouehed IN re
speetfaI language, could be considered al
insult by gentleman, fas ] had understood
Gen. Carter 70 be.1 woald have been q
strange thing until the Inauguration Of the
present war By the Federal Government,
bat Is in exact keeping with iia policy since
that date.
aThe right or power Of State 10 secede,
is no where denied IL the Constitution Of
the United States Therefore il 1T Is not
denied to them, Il remains in the States. and
the State may separate at will withaut vio-
lating either the Constitution Of the United
States or Of the State Therefore ! have
not violated the oath took to Support the
Constitution Of Tennessee and If the United
States; for after the State has eonstita-
tionally separated fum the United States,
the citizen Of the State is under no farther
obligations to the United States, unless by
treaty stspaIations 1 e -
aWhen Mr. Lincoln called out troops TO
establish she national authority IN the go
eetied States. tho spirit Of the Constitution
waa then broken, and eli Of "a Union niesl,
who had pledged ourselves TO Resistance an.
| der these circumstances, either bad 10 stand
! mn and resist Mr. Lincoln, and advise resist-
/ anec, or else turn over ~ you and those who
still hold TO the Union did, and become ad-
tocates for overrunning and sabiugating the
South and emancipating the slaves.
sYou next say / admitted was traitor
| 20 the rebel cause That is lust like several
| Of yoar previous assertions, entirely false !;
| NY letter contains ne such admission or In.
/ tination neither can The man Be found,
either In the Coniederalea or Enited States,
that has heard me utter q single dislOyn
sentiment against tho Confederate Govern
ment since Tennessee hes been member of
the same; nar ean ho be ibnnd who viii sAy
ever betrayed her IN any particular, an-
less one De ioand who viii speak falsely, -
you have done IN your letier ] served the
| C0niederate Goyernmenf fh;thinily - an
enrolling ofElcer and when tsndoree NY
resignation as aueh, Major Hopkins said I
was TOO good an officer 10 be peFlnitted 70
reeien, and refused 70 receive II have
| iii llIlla every reQairement Of Confederate
less. Nhich 1 have learned L VS. ny duty
i a. feod eitisen 70 meet
81 say he pfpFosa Marshal VII mr..
Inish me- With quarters and ratioas IN Castle
Fox. where daliehtea 70 e0aaRe uhio1
men. / nerss sens any man thsrA asel1teN
20 send any nlan theca. nor aellghls4 6
eontine any man there Hnioa men Wels
4 generally eOral,asi there ai AeeoaIft g thell
hostility 10 the EHsledetntn Government
,nanilsssed bg xi0lailsh q Coaieassnls ent
] State law end eosihern pei| s1s npaapes