Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-07
Norris" the Special correspondent
OF the louisville J0nrnal-..The Will.
fer OF Union Refugecs..The Slandcrer
OF GOV. Johnson, and The COWardly
ASSailant Of the Editor Of This Pa.
per.

PN's
In the LoujSrWe Jom1d of the 23d of
April there is Il letter Of an entire column,
signed ''MoRRIS,' headed Special CORES,
pondcnce, and dated "On the Road, Three
Miles from Athens Tennessee" This wri-
ter, over the signature of" Morris, conccals
himself from public gaze, and like II sneak
ing coward, as he is stabs at all who hold
sentiments opposed to his. We are not
aware who he is, but we take him to be Il
rebel sympathzcr, if not an out and out
traitor in disguise. lie reports the speech
of GOVERNOR JOHNSON, at Athens, in these
words:
I'VE of East Tennessee intend to make new
State out Of her although We have been disturbed
in the undertaking more than once--yes twice
Every word Of this paragraph is false
Governor johnson took just the opposite
ground, and in all his speeches and conver-
sation, he advocated holding the State to-
gcthcr.
The assault Of this malignant rebel SYM
pathizcr, upon East Tennessee refugees and
soldiers-ior they were all rciugecs-iS as
oow"rdlo' as it i, unjust, false and ncun--
We give him the full benefit Of what he has
to say
REFrGEES
Reusc-gcescrs as they are commonly called by
those in the army come in daily, bringing their
plundCr with Them in most cases amounting to Moth
ing more than what little they have on their bncks.
II II ritual had been furnished each and every one
of them before coming within lines, their tale of
/ could not have been told more mechanically.
Now and then You find among those who arrive
within our lines, men of some importance as well rs
personal worth, suffering banishmcnt from their
homes on account of their loyalty TO the Govern
mcnt.
The balance is made up Of that class of persons
whose habitatun and name urc unknown, but to II
few with whom they come in contact with during
their yearly mgrnions in common perlancc are
known ms farm renters seldom tilling the same
ground II second time, hut wandering from one Sec
tion of the country TO another in quest of the
sarics of life.
But one instance is recorded wherein refugee
(once n prisoner has made anything else than his
daily pttancc Of "hardtack and sow-bey' out Of
his loyalty
Before crossing the Ohio river had digcstcd the
contents of book published by him detailing his
dergone during a months fee unto the mountains
the graphic description of the lonely and terrible
cave which hid him from tine guze Of everything
save the ''loyal negro of East Tennessee
All this cliccd my warmcSt sympathes, and often
as iourneyed on to Knoxville, ! fancied | could
distinguish in distant mountain the identical "hole
in which the hero sought refuge, and near by the
rebel dog which gave chase accclrratng his speed.
while hi, cauldron of toll and trouble was waxing
hot. The nearer reached Knoxville the lesser be-
came the cave the dog and my interest in the we'll
written story ot the Sco,rhg Par.on whose allego-
rcal sketch of the rebellion in East Tennessee ha.
drawn crowd Of anxious and well-paying admi-
rcrs. lice Ia Parson b.. rice Ia gullability.
NORRIS.
The writer represents our Book on the
Rebellion as describing Il "loney and terri
BILE cave" in which we were conccalcd-an
"idcntical hole in which we sought refuge"
and rebel dog which gave chase to us,
MS we fled before our pui.ucrs. There are
no such statements in the book. and we do
not believe this lying scrbbler ever perused
the work
/ Now, whether this man is in or out Of the
army-whether an officer or Il private
whether man of position or of humble
pretensions-he is n LIAR and a scoUNDREL,
and with it he is COWARD. or he would not
/ fight Union men from behind masked
battery. W. G. BRowNLow,
Editor Of the KnorciHe Wing.