Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-09-07

of the South 10 grid ON their urmor 10 have their
guns repaired and if they had mo- sword 10 sell thcir
garments aud buy one 10 ho ready for the conAict2
Who ostwciscd expelled and refused Ia ordhn or
license loyal ministers in their grave Synols and
conferences Who advocated the instltutng Of
Saint Bartholomew day. when am indiscriminatc
massacre of sixty thousand protestant, peri,Aed in
France under the bloody reign of the Pope Echo
suy., who llwa, the learned, pious, ncgro-Nying,
patriotic ministers of the S-o-u-th of the rebel faith
and order The loyal ministers have been preach
ing peace on earth and good will TO all mankind -
YES, tho ogorous gospel of the blessed God, Some
of the rebel ministers Of the South, for ihroc years
have been preaching "ouothcr gospel not peace,
but war hloodshod, and the distraction of Union
men generally, and loyal ministers particularly
Woe unto yo blind guide, that strain ut gate and
swallow a soir-mW There were those in the days
Of the Saviour who loved greeting, in the market
and for prccnsc made long prayers who said If
they had lived in the days of tho prophets they
would not have been partakcrs of the blood ol the
martyrs They were the children OF those whe
slew the prophets and all the blood shed upon the
earth, from the blood of Abel down to Iuchariah,
was upon that generation Who then, ] ask, Is
guilty of the blood Of thousands slain upon every
battlefield and many in their own houses, in the
presence of their wives and children, often mang-
ling their bodies in % most savage and cruel man
ncr2 Answer you pious ministers of the South,
whose neck. are clothed with thunder and who are
more importmutc than the horsG-locchcs daughters,
crying Give give us the dear HQgcr Mt the sacrifice
of everything else ON Gods green earth In con-
clusion if YOU ARE connected with the peculiar in
stituton, either by AFFINITY or coasaugdndA shake
hands with it, bid it final, a loving and last
fu-r-c-w-e-l-l, for il is gone under The handwrt-
ing Is upon tn wall the bow Of promise is in the
clouds, stretching from the lakes to the gulf, and
from Cape llatcrus to San Francisco, Now don't
gricyc about it, the South has done it, and now that
the South has set the ball in motion, every Union
loving patriot in the nation is for it, Il don't mean
coppcrhcads in either secton) IT, (thc niggcr) un-
dcrcs all our woes; kick it out Of the way quick rs
ycu can. That question settled, the war ended,
peace restored, We shall rcpossc,s our Eden the
'wof and the lamb shall lie down together the
leopard and the kid, and u little child shall lead
them. Then shall we hear voice, as the sound of
many waters crying, Amen, hallcluioh, for the Lord
God Omnipotont rcigneth' am for the Rail-spttcr
and the Tailor for Presidents, and Brownlow for
the Governor Of Tennessee, What do ye think of
that Lincoln can fence in, and johnson can fit
en- and Brownlow will rule Tcnncsec with Il rod
Of iron.
My motto from the commencement of this rebel
lion, was let everything in the South be reduced to
ashes rather than give mp the Government. These
are my sentiments STILL if have to die for il at the
end Of a rope and if that should be my final end,
the last act of my life win probably be to kick the
Chaplain ont of the cart bite the fingers Of the man
who pnions my arms, spit in the face Of the hang
man, make long mouth at the whole cavalcadc,
dance about five minutes between the heaven and
the earth, and the lie will be up with me. Then
will 20 to heaven and tell abraham, Isaac and
Jacob the Fathers and Pariarchs,' that ! died n
martyr to the best Government ever instituted by
man, since the giving Of the Decaloguc If YOU
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