Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-04
Portrait of the Rebel QuIntard.

The following article is from the Memphi, Re
vcw and describes the notorious Quiltord, recently
elected Bishop of the Episcopal Church by the reb
els Of Tennessee:
/ TIE COMMERCIAL AND THE REV. Or. QJINTARD
The Commercial of Saturday the 9th goes into &c
tastes over the election Of the Roy. Cuintard a:
Bishop Of the Episcopal Church i'll the Diocese Of
Tennessee From the grand flourish Of trumpets
over the event, We might suppose We we're reading
the Examinations of some British Ecclesiastical Jour.
nal.
After nearly q halI-COlumn Of fulsomC adulation
to his Reverence, in which he informs his readers
that the selection does not surprise any of the
/ members of the church here, that hi Reverence
" had been Ior year the elect Of every member in
the church who desired its recuperation. The edi-
tor closes the description Of the results of the pous
la5ors Of MS Reverence pastor at Nashville be-
( fore the rebellion in over two hundred communi-
cants, and Sunday school of quite as many schol-
aTs attestIng his industry at that time. This we
think is remarkably liberal for such place as
Nashville, for it is we'll understood that the Epis-
cOpali8n Heaven is not intended for Iugc crOlrds
that the mansions which are appropriated to
their exclusive use are not "WaHy their accOmmo-
datiOns although Of rather an elegant character,
arc quite limited.
Not having the honor of an acquaintance with
his Reverence before the war; we, like all unre-
generated GCnteS, must express our surprise at the
amount and extravaganza of the fawning of the
Commercial, but the following paragraph which we
extract verbatim, explains the mystery: II ,rU be
d'~,orcyed that his Rcrcrc5tce is q rebel!
But the commenced. His congregation was
broken up. Nearly all the young men whom he
had wooed and won TO faithful ycrricc Of God
joiied tie CogodrGtc G-Uiy TGood Lord deliver us I
and by hcmhe WIS importuncd and urged TO do like
wise, spare Us, good Lord until finally, have
mercy Oh Us he CONSENTED believing, that chap
lain, 10 be always with them he would be the means
of = gr-tg han fhN cir tam
could be wrought in the field Of his greater expert
euCe, clear veryl And thus he came to enter the
Confederate army at the outset Of the as Chap
lain OF the First Tennessee Infantry. His first ex-
pcr4Hcc in the field was in the first Shenandoah
Valley campaign of Stouewau Jackson during
which ne, part Of the time served volunteer aid
upon the staff Of General Of Brigade
He eudearcd himself to all, sc. Officers and
men proud TO speak Of him as their friend and
has1drIS hare ber1 mustered into the crcr LriHg
wvgf Christ, whose eyes looked their last earth,
upon the face Of the faithful Chaplain &c
Il will be seen that his Reverence has in the as
sumed character mastering officer to the ever liv
ing army of Christ been obtaining recruits from the
rebel ranks. But before We can understand how
rebel parsou got the appointment Of mastering Off
Ger for the celestial armies will have 70 see his
commission. We do not accuse him, while in the
rebel service OF wearing the livery Of the Court Of
Heaven 10 serve the devil in, by no means; the
character OF his uniform is too well understood
But do fear that the hundreds who supposed they
were being mustered into the ever living army of
Christ viii find, on presenting their muster roll,
signed by rebel parson, that they are still in the
rc5eI service and only transferred their allegiance
from Jetf Davis TO n more ancient and respectable
gentleman Of hesame school His Reverence there
by made sufficient political and ecclesiastical capital
to obtain an Episcopal BshOpric. The tree is know
by its fruits.
But the spice of the article is 10 be found in the
following; regarded as brother by every man
OF the brave most whose record has passed into his
tory LUMINOUS WITH HERoIsM"
Are not the deeds of the pirate Gibbs John |
Aurrell, Arnold, Burr, and Simon Gilbert, also Iu-
ninOus with heroiSm No doubt
From all blindness of heart, from pride, vain
glory and hypocrisy; from envy, hatred and
malice.