Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-07
Proclamation bt be teYeruof.

RI WHkH8kAfA lal4tef 81 highly f&Peeled 80
insueHtiai eitIzens Of Eastern Tekhessss hays
sieEadriallzed the Executive 10 issued CHS proela-
nation, calling upon returning Federal solasrs and
ciisanas 10 thai section u The Bae 10 cease, pndsi
sense Of political wrong 70 resort To- the infection
81 yiulenea upon the peraons Of others who syFnpA.
shissd vita che REBELLION md also % cease threat.
egalass pefpons who have returned under parole 70
taeif homea agfeesbly 70 ths terms accorded % Che
armies Of Lee and Johnston 4 and whereas The
emosisiisss represent thss In several ihstsRess at.
temps bare been mads q take ths lives u such
persFns, or Of mun who aes understood, while re-
LuainiHk ~ home, 70 have BEEN uhfFisndly 10 the
uHius and, further, they cali Cor call good citi-
tens 70 refrain from Gcts Of awisss aad personal
New, therefore, /, WILLIAM @. BEowzLow, Gov.
eFnor Of Tennessee do issue this, my prsolsmat0n,
calling upon the civil magislFacy and tho courts 20
fepres all inpfupef indulgence Of private or poIit.
ical rvvsngei and call upon All hRgnesed citizens
70 apply for the redress OF their wrongs and the
punishment u any parties who hare personally In
iufed than, abd are guilty Of offences againsi the
stats o. Nation, 70 The civil coafte which are now
oPsn In most Of The sections where these otfae are
being pefpeirated. Should tie guilty DO shaded
By the corruption OF civil OF judicial officers or us
tee 70 the injured Be refused By he eourts IL viii
then be impossible 10 prevent the injured and OPP
pressed rom taking their remedies into their own
hands.
Whsa The Federal soldiers who survive attss "A
absence of thrte years of hard aEting return 20
their homes from which they Were driven, and and
Ghsir homes desolaisd End that their wives and
children hare sunk into poverty and siArvatlon o.
into untimely gravss or hnd them In rags sad sick
ncak crying TOT bread when these wan and wssry
men, many Of them themselves crippled Ter
life or reduced In health, with the constitutions
broken and THAR prospects in life blasted. HSi
among those who would restrain their vssgeance
against their oppressors long rs their vengeance
q kept within reasonable bounds and ssht throagh
Legitimate channels But those agents In the bloody
dFama who were theInselves isssiliag agsas should
Be treated with charitable consideration, and - to
them We should drown the rscOlectiOns Of the past
In the dark waters Of oblivion. While those load
srz who notified Talon men, AZ the beginning Of he
rebelliop, that bat ono party could hereafter i've
IN Enstsfn Tsnn@see, and drove them from their
homes, would set wisely 10 quietly and forever
Withdraw from the eoualFy.
InteIIiFenk influential men Of wealth, who insii-
gated this rebeiIiun--.wha seized and impfizoned
Union msr, and seEt than By hundreds and thou2-
anis 10 he srnse and than b crown their work Of
inAuay derived their kslbiess families Of al they
hzd-zye forfeited all right 70 protection Ahd life
and merit the vigorous snd undying opposition OF
loyal men. Still sheY must be punished tn iegit-
imats way. And In The judgment Of The Exeeutiye
cf this State the disposition manifested BY many Of
our loyal citsens to shield from justice the chief ae-
tors II these revcltIng scenes, Is cause q serious
alAFtns GeD1eucJg 5MltIaAk Aitst1Stf1A Do$N go
loYAIty and tseAsoB Is more certain % sahVaTs the
Government than e rebellion itself Clemeney, At
the sacrifice Of justice l. the Abandonment Of gov
erntnenk and The overthrow &c las and order The
treason Of The rebellion Is crime sgainst Law, lib
srty and hunasnisy. They whoare Eailty Of Il have
toTfssed Ell rights 70 citizenship and 20 life Itself
Every field Of carnage every rebel pr3on, every
uaicn mans grave nnita with violated law and
demand the penalty, and II The courts DO net adj
minister Il, an outraged people viii.
csIl apoa Al rebal rsbsels hushsbacksTs and
russTillas 20 cease their wicked Wasa and ketako
themselves 10 honest pursuits
call upon AL rebels vhc have stolen horssss
nniss, cattia and other property, and who have
committed other outragea upon Union msnor Union
fhniss soshwith 10 restore the stolen proparty 70
Is true owners, aad make repaFation 10 ail loyal
e.. .s.@ .Fenss thew haSs done them and Their
oppressed families.
1 call upon those who have carried OF the money,
archives and property Of the Sats, and the proper
~ Of tbs railroad euEnpanies ~ oFtbSth return al
they took away or these ofsndefsShal have no rest
while am in Office. And warn ali who refuse 10
return this property, or make Just reparAtion TO
leave the Stass OF remain oat Of her bordars-
And can upon all returning rebel soldiers 70
cease their hreat OF Vioeace such az that they
not whipped and are only resting with purpose 70
SIGHT sgain. Such threats only bring on trouble
and result in the shedding Of blood
10 testimony whereof have heFeunto set my
hand and caused tho Great Seal Of the
State to be affixed, at the Department in
g Ls& Nashville, on this, the s0th day Of May,
sslStssiss. Ammo DoSnini, one Thousand eight hun
dred and sixty-ay0,.
WILLIAM 6. BRowSLow
\. J. FLETUHER Secretary Of State.