Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-28

3 iss rtstss u getting /
ap Sis re5eIlis slissorrurt and design |
Ing politicians of the South. We have de- |
MED from the start and still deny, that any
1 cause has ever existed for thi, dissolution Of
the Union. We have held, and still hold,
that most villainoas set sf disappointed
Office seekers gang Of corrupt, unprinci-
/ pied domagogues, and gambling politicians,
tired Of RsPatiican form 4 Government,
and wanting moadFehg--bFoaght on this
rebellion We made up oar mind years
ago never to act with these men. and we
have now as resoluiely determined never to
act with those who syinpathip with them.
or give any opposition to the Federal Gov
ernineni. ID IS efforts TO put down there
beilion, no malfsr aaat those Efforts may be,
or rhat iHSiiastYn they may .geA. -
But we are now in the fsurtk year Of he
rebcIlion. ard we ara FfIkssiug thrpnnll 81
horrors and privaiionss Our faith
ers. sens, husbands, and other est rel,
asives, have been slain in battle, cruelty
murdered at their homes, starved ~ssr IN
loathsorne prisnus, while our wiyes and ehii-
] dren have suffered from hunger, cold, and
Enaksdncss. in car banishment, ana all for
/ whats why. shat one in tifty Of US might
be recognised rs a lerdly slavs-owner. and
one in a thousand Of US righthold IN office
j in the new kingdom Of Jsir Davis The
truth Il. that class Of onr connirymeu South.
who are so stupid as not to see this thing rs
/ Il Is, aud who have net the manly indepon
i dence 10 oppose Il, deserve to be made the
Anpes and slaves of . hateful Southern ar.
issncracy.
We repeat we mrs now in tho midst Of
this mos fsvitssea and fearful rebellion, and
re advocate lighting the war out TO the Bit
ter end. crushing ont the rebellion and re.
storing the bleeding Union. Wa advocate
the arming Of negroes, and the employment
of every agency this side Of hell and even
all that ere thye, n they were at our com
msnd, 10 put i d0wu and panisl its guilty
authors. Wesaw this whole thing coming.
years ago and predicted II ever month for
twenty-five years past. as our ID subsss..
! bers viii reeollect. After the REBELLION was
under way wo were anxious for.peace, but
we always advocated a peace with one
Union, one Constitution, and oht Dag. Va
want peace now, but We want peace alike
honorable TO the Loyal States as well as to
the soath. and 70 the wholss country, and
sooner than zee > peace ceneladsd on any
other terms, We pray the God Of saisles that
the entire South may be reduced TO ashes,
and lis popula.iea may be exiiheaished.
We have opposed, and viii oppose TO the
) bitter end, the kind Of peace which Nor.
thefn pcacs.makess woald have--a peace
, (which would degrade the entire NORTH and
: humble the government in the eyes OF the
], civIiisea world. In word, We are opposed
, to any treaty Of peace while an armed re-
beIIIoh exists. Submission by the rebels TO
s the consfitntion and laws, and the ground
! ing OF their arms, IL what we eau for before
, the shedding Of blood shall cese, snd the
+ wholesale slaughter Of the rebelsshall como
10 sn end. We cay never ne-anite upon
any, upon any conditions, but these And
tbs Is the voice ofall loyal msn. both North
: and South.
. Those who think the real people and the
patriotic masses Of East Teanessse can Be
6elrded into the work Of organizing taird
sts, e. : conservative party d copper.
hta'i1, 70 enable = few iutsrsstsd men q
hnl9 an . their negroes. mistake the sirns
= sks times Alsoesshsr, and the material
CT q which our people ere niads. The
mad dog cry ct aapstioa and aiqgsr got them
into ena VA, aBd has oysrwhelmsd them
4 NitA s1eiE present difficulties. They viii
40 Likely So into second sshsllios. % sseh,
!. ier The Slaves af ssw arlssocfass, whss
tier hass ~ saaslsss. sad really don,
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