Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-09-28
Eleven RcbellIons In America.

Since the organization of the Federal Goycrn'
mont-now eighty yoan ago--eferea attempts have
boon nado 10 resist ia authority and many OF them
with Wow 10 It's destruction, We have thought
that brief recital of those attempts upon tho Gov
ornment, and of their leading spirits, might DO #
interest 10 our numerous readers
/. Tho first was in 1882, n conspiracy of some IF
tho officers Of tho Federal army TO consolidate tie
thirteen States into one md confer tho supreme
power upon General Washington Tho "lathor Of
his country was patriot and refused tho sehom0
his sanction.
2. The second was in 1887, in Massachusetts, and
was called tho 0shays Inuuoction," This attempt
at II rebellion was promptly met and put down and
its chief instigator were disgracod
b. The third, in 1914, called the whisky lnsa'.
rcction,o in Pennsylvania, was promptly met and
crushed out By General Leo sent nj the head Of the
Federal troop, by General Washington II Is a re-
mnrkablo coincdcnt that the son Of tho same Ice
now head, the great whisky rebellion in tho South,
and that this perjurod Federal officer was placed IN
command by JEFF, Davis, tho renowned traitor Oh
the nineteenth century.
4. Tho fourth was in 1874, and is known 10 tho
country rs the rebellion of the celebrated Hartford
Convention That convention became Infamous
but it was truly patriotic asSomblogo compare
with the crowd who recently convened at Cheap
3. The fifth was in 1920, and grew out OF the
question Of the admission of Missouri into the
votes Of the South were then, in Congress against
the slavery interests.
g. The sixth was serious collision between tBo
Legislature of & eorgia and the Federal Goycn-
mcnt in regard to the lands given to the Indians
This was in 1928, and occurred under the admiIi'-
tmtion of John q. Adams, n stern old patriot ant
able statesman
T. The seventh was in 1880, with the Gcorgia'
and Cherokees That rebellion was put down by
General Jackson, who sent nm army into the Cher
okec country, under command of Generals Scott ana
Wool Georgia was made to come to terms am
the Cherokees were sent west of the MISSISSIPPI
river, where portion OF them have acted with tn
South in the present rebellion.
s. The eighth was the memorable Nulliiyin;
Ordinance Of South Carolina in 1892 and va
crushed out by that man of iron will, Presidelt
Jackson. We were living in Calhouns district tint
wear, took sides with Jackeon and the Government,
and were threatened with hanging. jackson cane
very near hanging the leaders and regretted on BIS
death-bed that he had not made an example Of
them.
Q. The ninth was in 1912, in Rhode Island, IT,
tween the Suffrage Association and the State a.
thorities, who were backed up by the Federal Gq-
eminent This was known as the Dorr Rebellih
led ON by Thomas Wilson Dorr, Democrat Of We
first water and man Of education and talents
We were there and visited Dorr after he wa, pit
into the Penitentary
TO- The tenth was in 1856, on the part of tic
Mormons who resisted the Federal authorits
broke up and disbanded the Federal Court ND
were reduced to submission by the Federal arms
the only proper remedy for a rebellion,
II. The eleventh is the attempt of secession pr
the part of eleven States led Off by the worst ce'
of men that ever drew breath on Southern soilI
This rebellion like all others, will be put down y
the force of arms the population of the States
reDcnIon VIII Dc cXtermnatcd
The Federal Government already has an armyil
every State in rebellion, and the rebels have l'
army in one Of the loyal States nor can they man
tain an armed force in any one of them.