Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-05-10
KnoxvIIls, Tsnnsssss, May 10, ls65
The End Of Booth.

JOHN wilkes Booth has gone Go his final account
His body Dow lies stif and stark IN the Capital
sDeaFed With dirt AID Blood has soul net less 81
tainted has passed from the sphere Il mortal iiie
In smoke and aame be persisted, and the red lag ht
g earth bore him Of 20 those endloss trea which
burr fos the breakers Of the Divine law and the Ia -
q human society. 0f the many doomed and damned
CREATURES Of guilt. whose crimes haVe appalled, the
sense Of tae world sRd offended the sight Of heaven
rene stands to-day In the presence Of his Gcd with
deeper darker inlqaity and direr etarnity thar
the assassin Of Abraham Lincoln.
What be must have suffered in hi Giight--sroaeh-
ing by day from eaick pursnit-skalkihg By night
frorn the bioodboands q his own eonseienee-seeing
10 every bush the CLEAN Of bayouet-in every
shadow the grim phantom Of bis murdered victial
hearing IN eSerg breeze the sound Of the coming
hocfs--in every Sigh q the wind IN every rstls o.
the lo&yes II every twssr Of the birds IN every tap
Gf The wOod- pscksr, in every boot Of The owl, thE
dreadful whisper Ebich shriekod through the ear q
NAcbs4h Hnd car5led the drippings q bis hearts
blood-oh horTiblel
Thai this sh0RlJ 70 sad that The sboalI live
Did BE count the bours minutes. moments Is they
sook their aighL each second in the accustomed
cycle printing its brand upon bis soai snd brain
Did be psuse and mediate the dreadful penalty Of
ssli-destructicn2 Did his humanity oosle back 10
him sad did he fail upon his knees and ask pardon
q bis God Dla ne Eish 10 liyes Who shall telR
Perhaps II we could pry into the infinite We
sver-hvingi and We should hear him pleading for
mercy from The man whom he murdered aud we
should behold the calm and genial features Of thai
gentle spirit radiant With Immortality, look in pity
ca ibe wretch aad point him TO tbe bosom Of his
God
John Wilkes Booth and Abraham Liaoolu bare
MT II the loug Vslhaila clositers. The debt i
sTe1. The balance i adjusted We eoald have
Eished different Acco1uL We could have wished
b safe our own grievance and aid WIKI oar own
kands sbd by some process mere meet with our bu.
snSn estimate Of his crime the wreaking out ef pay
mart froE. him. Bal Jet Il GO God is Just and
zise TIE tale is told. They have INC; in the ante
ehAalber e those glooaay clcziiers and they have
pA1ed 70 meet 10 1lo-S
d" Sire them spts tls sba8ss tAs Jast aaS gold
The ggslIy sRd tAs bl0od-stHiasa. side ~ siis
EstsTs tie mercy seat
The beautiful extract shove, on the lAmsnted
Lincoln, i from the Cincinnati Tones. While pa
t-io.s drop tear on the grave Of the second WISH.
iagton, they have the consolation Of knowing that
slls REs eseyy osIsr slet Of traitors Ass Ttsoied
sp05 tLFT otsi heads
Already inaexible, iron-nerved johnson has with
drawn the smnesty--or dGa,-zasiy--oaih, which re-
stored traitors 20 rsPeetability and deesHy in sOe
ETY. bat vas inadequate 70 wssh from thsiT corrupt
hearts and scared eonsoenees the pollution and
aefous spirit Of treason
We thank God for imbuing Andrew johnson
with the patriotic and christian spirit which made
him wiiharav pardon from traitor, who are Dot
Ike the predigAl son reps'itat, bat who desire TO
return 10 their homes sieiy to recover their prop
srty, ard intrigue FOR the destruction Of Union men,
We see thAt Booth, who sssassinssed Mr.. Lincoln
was 4 LieassnsHt Colonel in the rebel army The
Dispatches say that he s buried where mortal viii
ever see him. Tbs We suppose, means that bis in
fsrnA, carcass has been thrown into the sea This
Is 81 shoald be. There are several rebels in Viz
GINA sna North Carolina who are On the eve Of
coming 70 their homes IN GAst Tennessee. Cant
soaas Uni0a soldiers or citizens dispose Of them be-
fore they get here, True, there Is nc SEA in East
Teanegsse 70 pat them 10, but there sre more ways
- klIl dog thaE ehoksas him 10 death. BoysI
look out for John Il CFozier, snee6. Gro. Ramsey
AID BOB. Reynoi5s.