Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-12-07
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Ever since reading that story, arEy back yoBaeT
In ny bsghesd, hare rsyefsnesd ths Printer
touch nsy hat snd bow 70 him, q dos ths Russian
peasant Hhsn the emperor passes b, Yes rev
srenee the Prinist God msas tAs phyrleal world,
and Allied Il With living haea and pomsa--ths Prin-
sar mealds and fashions the moral social and pOlit
loai wsrids--lhas i. re-ereates them daily Yss,
hops tbat she Printer and ] win always prove good
fsispds, Zoe be Is rick mssk yoai Rich7 Yes. lie
owns The pres and The press owns the world. He
has established home heFe n this battle blasted
cIi5, and sends forth ever vssk, 70 every State
whsrs freeaom has "A abiding place, hls thousands
Of A,,aiaitaters AnnihilatOF. d H. or psatilatort
wen. either win do. But Of this more snon.s
Conhdsaee, In is lower stage commands nspect
In higher ssags Il becomes The hear. Of frisDdshiP
10 u iaa and highest earthly stage, i becomes he
so sf love Ia Is highest stage - The celestial
chair that binds angels In adorasion 70 the great
Wits throne and Hin that stitch thereon Gen
efoas Tom Hood has told Is Ia hia eva quaint way
that .pahfic spiaien Is the averass pssadice Il MAJ
kinaa AZ hspe 70 win the readers repect 1 ask
net for his fflendahlp nor his lore, and as sAsA
combat some Of the prsiadlcss Of mankind, shah
pay bal lhfle heed 70 public opinion.
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proper answer Sh0ald BE- " love becAass canna
help It---it \ my nAsufeT nany one asks mo Why
write answer, Il vTits be<auss ana 10 the mood
Cor fs--it i my habit that IA aseoOnd nHture."
III, taking my walks about city, small or large
see certain phases eE Hfa shat stamp themselves on
my memory, IL esrtaia impressions left there
which wish 70 retain, may not eaIl the Printer
70 fay sidf and IL these impressions are deemed
! worthy BY him to be locked up in form and then
thrown out to the gaping porid - food for talk or
reflection, slmli not wfits9 Yes verify Tho
Prinssr l. my eo-lab0rer. IL be prints wSse--if
be prints not, eaa stiIl write, and Keep what
wfits. and there Is no ekanco for q quarrel between
| NJ.
And, Of what shall write To blend my walks
and talks about Knoxville with anecdotes Of travel
and adventurete snatch idle gossip as Il falls from
| che lips Of rimos and sir from thence words Of
trush--to speak Of men and them, whether clad
In rebel or Union gArb or in citizens dresstO min
gle business With litcrature ptosac lacss with polite
fesling-so erlticiss with impartisity the wrong
and defend the right with earnest vigor-to walk
amid business throngs a. aquairt obseryerto sepA-
rate The ehaE Of pretended loyalty from the full
grained wheal--to bla the bold soldier bog -GOi
speed on bis mission u freedom and shout alicia
las Of thanksgiving victory Won tof liberty ans
uniOn--so wander 1t win through camp and city
RR Ross xAassysr may asssaes sttsasIop lazy *
Priutcf and 20 have many eosy chat over Tie
lease during these stern winter months, hers ia
East Tennessee, while the storms are knocking at
the door Cor admitsAnce. 4
Yoa viii say truly, that -Csuog has laid out large
grounds to occupy. Well Is 1t not an everyday oo-
euFrvnce that men purchase moEe ground thAR they
/ can expect to cultivate They buy largely, and
select which pieces % plant. ! Am doing 49, II /
have business at the bank, where greenbacks Aold
sway; at Fort Saunders, where iron lips are ever
ready open 10 speak death to uRbidden rebel guests
at the hospital yonder, 70 dabble in literary dispute
4 with K, who insists making sisions where they
exist and where, too, alas tlsAaAhd brave boys,
more or less, daily watching some ons Of their
number going toward the silent land whore battle
RACES not and where the asEce thirst is qasnehe in
the waters Of the river Of lies II 60 asyssAeFe,
and see alsskAirg, shall not wrtel Yea, verify,
Il and wcrd mere for the pen still hager. II
AHght that sse here reminds me q what have
seen elsewhere IL soe "Reminiscences Of the past Is
called up By SONS chance encounter cf the present.
may mol trust il, too, 70 the Pris3ef9 Already
have in contemplation 10 tell you = strange story
of Police Detective whom met no matter where,
and Of QUE high In the ranks Of social and business
Life, who imaginss himself bero while he is only
spy, and who while he Is loo open to pretend
10 loyalty, Is too much traitor TO conceal
iadieiosiy the footprints be leaves In bis dark path
Mea ,sas: 'sak ia eater j. ey eOuld isarr 10 trucks
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And now, o gentle or ungensle reader, Be my
critic you, Printer win Be my eounaelor and adj
visor; for the rast Ged vim be my Judge. II Ne
wis Il We may meet week hence. What part 81
the field shall occupy when We meet again. klaov
not II you are loyal and true we are frieuds, and
yOa can serd % Walt If ypu are traitor, you sre
my enemy and May well wait In the meantime,
remember Judas.