Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-05-02
Frederick S. Heiskell.

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Hsskell, superannuated, shallow Drained, malig-
aant personally corrupt man, has aEsailed Governor
Brownlow in language which no one but BLACK
GUARD, COWARD and SCOUNDREL would
liter.
Duty must be performed. As ii is easier TO wash
bands than gloves, and since we are compelled to
handle the loathesome, sinking carcass Of +. S.
Hoiskell, We shall handle it with gloves Of. In
posing such VILLAIN, we feel as We wouldsin
aOlding up q warning TO future generations, the
a.rocious character Of John A. Murrell or Champ
Ferguson. In HURLING DEFIANCE at such mis-
cradle POLTR0ON, we feel there is no more bra
very attaching to the act than there would be in
ashiag the cringing spa:isl which fawns and yelps
whether the hand be raised to caress or slap it.
The prsis,,se of Heskslls attack on Gov. Brown
,ow Is an editorial in this paper Of the 18th inst
The rscl cause is totally different thing as have
shown in other articles in this paper. First as to
the article in question, and justification in pub
fishing it. On the Sd of April Gov. Brownlow spoke
in this city, after he had published the appointment
four weeks before. No one else was advertised 70
speak. Every person who went to the Court House
20 hear him did 60 understandngly. His sentiments
we're known 20 every man in this community
Through letters 70 various persons published in this
psper, and other papers in the State; through
speeches delivered at Nashville and speech in this
city two weeks before, his opinions on cH public
questions had become familiar 20 every voter in this
county.
Heiskell attended the Governors appointment re-
erred 10. In few minutes after The speaking COM
aenoed the writer of this article heard him cursng
AID denOuncing the Governor to 4 squad of men
around him Had % been young or middle-aged
znan, We would have slapped his lying mouth Be-
cause Of his grey hairs submitted, and walked to
different part of the court room After the speak
lng was over, We we're told by several Of the best
citiSens Of this place Zone of whom differs with US
u political that Heiskell had characterized as
id lie the declaration OF the Governor that
as class, the newspapers Of the SoGth wera dis
-oya, and that hostility 20 the Government and
Union men characterized the editorials Of major
ty Southern iournsls" He further said the Gov
s-nOr knew this declaration to be lie when be made
~ In the issue OF our paper following this speech,
stated what Heiskell had said, without speaking
onkindly of him, or otherwise commenting on his
a'slIyi7g conduct: except 10 promise reply in our
aszt issue lone week later coupled with the deca-
ration that VIC would do Justice to the subject
In our issue following, OF 18Th VIC published an
editorial of one column, half Of il in very small
type, in which, Under the caption Of The Proof"
We gave extracts OF g mos. dsloyal character from
several of the most influential and largely circulated
journals Of Tennessee. In concluding this article
We threw back il tho teeth Of HeisIell the epthet
be employed in speaking of the Governor. In
ry little paper in this city ne Gtttn,pts to reply to
this article He COMMENCES MS rspLy with L:c by
asserting that Gov. Brownlow was the author of the
editorial in the WHIo Of TIE 18th. Gov. B. was in
Nashville when the article was published and never
saw j! until lie read it in the paper Heiskell knew
lie did not write H. and lied k:g:oingIy in asserting
hat be did. Gov. Brownlow would not condesccga
- enter into a controversy with such an empty
Pate1, irresponsible, broken down political hack
NEXT he asserts that he did 10. use the G1pletive
id" This is lie No ., and he Ese.0 L 70 be
&c 51ep he psnncG i. We could give the names of
several gentlemen who beard him. but they are pri-
Yste citizens who do not wish be made the targets
Jf the csluminous shafts of foul-mouthed black
guard. Besides it is unnecessary TO do So Whether
he used tie ezpletive in question ministerial 10 the
subject matter.
We charged that lie characterized Que assertion in
he Governors speech as lie he admits 20 hav.
ing pronounced Ssgsrcs OF bis assertions false and
says be- perhaps this one among them He then
proceeds TO backguard the Governor, applying to
him opprobrious epithe.s and quoting the slang OF
the beastly traitor Prentice of the Louisville Jour
nsl. Heiskell says the editorial of this paper is
Il - - -, l
umns, there is not single point made, argument Of
fersd, OF charge rcfuted. Il IS bungling mass OF
vulgar epithets, and nothing more Much Of the
language is credited TO the blackguard editorial Of
Prentice larger portion of it is soLsg from Prem
SEC without quotation marks, aud crerV ;jea Or
though: STOLEN iron, IT: sane Sol-rcs.
Prentice has the merritt merit il may be called
OF being crig.aaJ in the blackguard and denunci-
story epthets he employs. HeskelIs composition
IS P.rcly Of bL1cigcTd character and the poor old
fool has crsE 10 steal this As the little bird upon
the Nile subsists by picking sustenance from the
teeth Of the sleeping crocodile SO does T. s. Hes-
kel feed his cuniedertes il infamy upon the vulgar
slang that has teen shovered upon Gov. Brownlow
by the debauched and depraved editor Of the Louis
vile Journal Heskell says the Governor has al
vsys been bad man q" has 1L.7d1s been wicked and
proane If this IS true it is little singular he mas
not made the discovery soo.55. He mas known him
intimately for :hiryfvo years, andduEing this time
and until the Governor came out for emancipation, he
;2-ofs;:s2 70 be his friend. During the Governors
residence in this city since Is4a, and until he was
driven sway by tie rebels in 1852, Hesell has Wis
tied bis house and profezsed TO be his friend.
He further says, He has never published paper
political or religious that could be introduced into
family without polluting il
Heiskell was subscriber 10 this paper Tor many
years. snd until its suppression By the rebels and its
re-establishment after the rebel army was driven
from East Tennessee. Before this time he expressed
greet a5n.irct:5,. for the Knoxville Wing. If he
tells the truth a5 lie lied Ls. Ii nc told the truth
hs he lies nou. Since its re-establishmeut and ad
vocscy of the emancipation policy Of Mr.. Lincoln,
Te don't suppose he has had aAy kind feeling toward
shis pspe.
II ne ever had any rea- attachment Tor the Gov
eminent j: vanished the moment his negroes were
touched De Never Saw the hour when he wuull
adhere 70 sny principle NJ the s.crace Of FIVE cents
To-dsy he would STA his country for l,ss than IL
dAs sold bis Lord. His body Is not large. but large
enough 20 contain dozen such souls as he rssssss
To save from emancipation an oshy little asgro. ba
would start on Blondin's rope across the Niagara
There are various other lies in his communication
but ne is 60 notorious LIAR that it is unnecessary
70 further nauseate our readers by dissecting his