Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-11-02
"IIlgh.Ininded Honorable Man. >

A rebel lady in this city, few days ago, 10 q
sharp controversy with Union man touching tho
merits of the rebel Gcierd Vaughn declared bin,
TO be u "mGn-MlNpED HONORABLE MAN Nov,
this fixing upon the status Of mans honor Is list
n matter Of .judgmsjh aud next, matter Of taste
We know the celebrated Oractom Paugdn, and We
believe him 10 be- in all respects, tho very royorsiol
Il "high-mnded honorable man,
!, Before the rebellion broke out, no was u rs.
honest man, and the domultng sheriff Of Mun'oo
county, He was moved against IN court for mar
six thousand dollars OF the public monies he Ind
stolen and appropriated to his own use and hat
money Is yet to DO mado out of him and his .cclri-
ties,
., Three years ago he marched his rebel rcgimmt
in front of the Lamar House in this city, and mdo
m inlammatory speech with view to draw Chmlos
Douglas to his window, and when he came forwrd
ono of Vaughn men shot him down His, 6felsc
was, that he had thrown 10 tho breeze tho American
Nag,
g. Three years ago he marched his entire rCgi-
mont upon Union house in this city, in open day,
armed with guns. pistols, bludgcons and 'tonos IN
!
woman and her children, because the min of the
house was m active Union man, And it vas with
great difficulty that his party friends indeed him
TO cease his wicked designs,
J. Three years ago he took his thicying regiment Of
pirates and murderers into the counties norh Of this
and burned the houses and ou-buldings # certain
helpless families because the fathers and ome were
in the Federal army, in sons instances tuning wo-
men and children into the open air to fad the pelt-
ing storms OF winter,
3. After robbing Union families of noaty all they
had, in the counties above this he has gwen them
protection papers to cover balance lot in their
hands mud would tell his men to clean hem out,
and not to regard his papers. This fact hstatcd by
his own officers.
G, He Is now paroloi prisoner from Nclsburg
as most Of his command are and never Ia been cx-
changed, lighting against the United States Gov
crnmont in violation of all honor and ofal mill
tary usage.
Now, according TO the notions Of rebel women, hC
may be high-minded honorable man, and We
will not deny that he comes up to the standard %
honor erected in the Southern Conledcracy, wher
stealing is an evidence Of talents, murder an eyi
dence of bravery perjury an evidence Of patriotism
drunkenness an evidence of pety, and adultery
proof Of virtue!
We know this Crawford Jalgm well, and w
have known him long, and more corrupt scoun
dre never was raised in East Tennessee; a more I'm
mtigaed villain is not now out Of the penitentiary
and more graceless bAsphemer is not now out o
hell. He is lost to all sense of honor and shame
blind to all the beauties Of civilization and christi
anity, and stepped to the nose and chin in politca
and personal proAgocyl A maryelously propc
man to hold office under JEFF, Davis and in Gov
eminent that originated in the perjury, thehs anc
unbrded ambition of the most abandoned set %
scoundrels that ever disgraced humanity!