Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-06
OUR OPINION OF DEMOCRACY.

A. Democrat who is square out for the Union in
this revolution deserves more credit than Wing
or a Republican because the whole Rebellion is the
work of Soutts,7s Democracy, and they have had
the sympathy CT Northern Democracy. We have
entertained but one opinion of Democracy for a
quarter of century past, and that opinion was
formed under a firm conviction that the party in
tended the overthrow of this Government. In 1860
one Jordan Clark, of Arkansas, wrote to us, stating
that he had learned, with most exquisite pleasure
upon what he considered reliable authority" that
we were about to join the great Democratic party
and asked for the date of our intended "confrma-
ton" at the hands of their high-priest. We gave
the data for the date as follows:
KNoxvILLF, August s. 1860.
Mr. Jordan Clark have your letter of the 3Oth
ut- and hasten to let you know the precise time
when l expect to come out and formally announce
that l have Joined the Democratic party. When
the sun shines at midnight and the moon at mid
day-when man forgets to be selfish, or Democrats
lose their inclinatons to steal-when nature stops
her onward march 10 rest, all the water-courses
in America flow up stream-when flowers lose their
odor, and trees shed no eaves-when birds talk,
and beasts of burden laugh-when damned spirits
swap hell for heaven with the angels of light, and
pay them the boot in mean whisky-when impossi-
bilities sre in fashion and no proposition is too alb
surd 20 De peAlcNeU, you circuit report
I have foined the Democrats
joia9 TIE Democrats Never, so long as there
are sects in churches-weeds in gardens-feas in
hog pens-dir; in viCtuals-disputes in families
wars with nStiOns-water in the octan-bad men
in America, or base women in Franeel No, Jordan
Clark: you may hoNe--yOU may congratulate-you
may reason-you mav sneer-but that can not be.
The thrones OF the Old World-thc courts of the
aniyerse-fhe governments of the world may all
fall and crumble into run--the New World may
commit the national suicide of dissolving the Union,
but ali this must before Join the Democracy.
I joan the Democrocpi Jordan Clark YOU know
not what YOU say. When L Join the Democracy,
the Pope of Rome Will join the Methodist Church
when Jordan Clark of Arkansas is President of
the Republic of Great Britain by universal suffrage
of conteRted people-when Queen Victoria con-
sents to be divorced from Prince Albert by county
court in hansas-when Congress obliCes by law
James Buchanan TO marry European princes
when the Pope leases the Capitol at Washington
for his city resdence-ghen Alexander of Russia
and Napoleon Of France are elected Senators in
Congress from New Mexico-wheu good men cease
to 60 to heaven or bad men to hell-when this
world is turned upside down-when proof is afforded
when men turn 10 ants and ants to elephants, will
change my political faith and come out on the side
OF Democracy
Surprising that this full and frank letter wiz en-
aOe You to hx upon the period when | viii como
out a 1ull-grovn Democrat, and communicate the
same 10 All whom it may concern in Arkansas,
have the honor to be ETC.
". G. BRowNLow.