Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-04-26
NASHVILLE, April Il, 1866.

NASHVILLE, April Il, 1868.
The most diabolical assassination known u his.
tory, in Europe 0r America, is the murder Of Pres.
ident Lincoln in Fords theatre on the night Of the
18th inst, by J. WlFes Booth, the tragedian. and
depraved tool Of the southern chiyalry. The muir
derer prang into the private box of the President
who wa seated with his family-shot him through
the head with small pocket pstol-threw itdown,
ana spraHs out upon the stage in front of the box,
waving long dagger in his right hand, and cx-
claimed, in the hearing of 5000 bewildered people,
"Sc Se"per TyranHis, the liberal Interpretation of
which is, has Perishes tyrcat Being familiar
with the building, he made his escape having
horse in readiness in the rear. While | was ey
pectng such thing, and am not at all surprised at
IT. occurrence, hayeno language to express my hor.
roTs Of the deed or the doubly damned arocite, of
the villain who was used for the purpose It's only
part of great scheme to assassinate leading MON
men and officials and other deeds of violence will
follow. The truth is, no man in official position in
the loya ranks is safe. \ conspiracy that could
consummate 50 foul deed must be the most vii
famous affair that ever blackened the records of
crime have seen this scoundre Booth, and nv
recollection Of him is that scouadrel is written on
his face
One OF the cOnspirators, aye the tool, Of tho
Southern chivalry-snd this increases the ofen,e-
at the same hour attempted the assassination Of Sec
rotary Seward, the ablest conductor Of foreign af-
!aira this country produced The villain failed
though he inflicted three wounds upon the mock of
the Secretary and broke the skull Of hi. SON and an
attendant in the room was also damaged Van
pushed on the field, defeated badly the chivary
now resort to the slung-shot, the pistol the poinard
and the garrote, and come ut the prominent men of
the old government like thief in the night through
bribed asssssins
have looked the world Of Imagination over Tor
J'e, at this time TOT thi, attempt 10 as.assina,e.
Lincoln and Seward two Of the best friend, these
southern traitors had IN the Old Government. They
were at the time Of this attack the Representative
'I peace reconstruction, generosity, and magnan-
nifty towards fallen foe and the real people of tho
South may we'll mourn their los. Loyal men. in
all sections were soitsnng There arc thousand, of
them who have sworn that they never viii recon
struct under Lincoln or come back into the Union
under bis administration This elias may feel that
they can now come in with show Of consistency
There arc others-and their namci are legions-wbo
scong the late violent and the very general attacks
upon the Vice President supposed him 50 crippled
thai be could not unite the great Republican party
and that want Of harmony would breal, down
Johnson administration. Tho idea no doubt on.
tered into the heads Of other traitors that johnson
would attempt to rcsurrect and reconstruct tho old
Democratic party, and knowing Southern Deinocra-
~ to be but another name for Rcjciiioa, il would
destroy the Government. J, myself, trace this at
Tempt 70 assassinate Seward and the actual murder
Of Lincoln, tothe dsProte dying strnggl, Of slarery
The monster crime, and the monster idol. had deep
hold upon the Southern heart Il dies hard. and in
Is final departure from earth, it will carry off many
good and prominent man. The Foundation, Of tho
arth wcrc moved for the first time, when Chris,
Wa erucihed- have been moved 10 the worry