Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-09-26
From the Nashville Press and Times.
Editorial Correspondence.
PHILADELPHIA, September Ii, 1866.


and beyond doubt how the great contest betwee
Unionlsm and Andrew johnson is going on in th
North, have hitherto kept silent, observed close
and inquired diligently, that might answer truly
For all men know that the fate of the loyal peopi
OF the South is bound up in the fate Of the Repub
licans and of their immortal Congress If hev tri
umpb, do we; if they fall, we perish irretrevaby
Therefore looked abroad over the Northern State
with sollcitude and seriousness which l have no
felt since the news of the firing on Fort Snmte
startled the land. have scanned the field and will
now endeavor TO speak dispassionatelv and record
what time will speedily confirm.
THE PHILADELPHIA DEMONSTRATIONS.
If the cold reception of the President in tht
Quaker City, the closed windows and averted face.
or frowning looks of the people spoke silent but
most significant rebuke to "the Nero of New Or
leans" the welcome given here TO the Loyalists
Convention, and especially to Gov Brownlow and
the Tennessee delegation, equally indicative o
the profound sympathy of the people for the "Fire
tried Unionists of the South" Never did Philadel.
pbia see such an ovation before. Along the dense
masses of citizens who blocked the streets for miles
cheer after cheer fer Brownlow and the Tennessee
delegates went up until the was deafened with
the laundering repetition The Tennessee LeoisL1
| tire! The Ratification of the Constitutional
Amendment! The triumph Of BrorUnLot, oreg IN
dres0 johnson and his boLtersi These were the in
spring watchwords of the grand outpouring of the
people. No wonder the man who wears the mantle
] Va - A-iASOlA hHbuS OI DOOL1S DQlleJ,
turned pale with rage and clenched his hands in in
eectual frenzy the shout from Philadelphia over
took him at Detroit Cleveland and ST. Louis The
people are indeed aroused they never were before
and Andrew johnson will hear music still more dis
NAL ringing IN his ears The destinies are against
| him and his doom is sealed. As for Philadelphia
God bless her! what shall say worthy of her su-
blme patriotism and princely hospitality! She
welcomed the humblest of US all with open arms
and pressed US to her bosom until felt the mighty
pulsations of her heart impart new life, hope and
resolution to our own. She breathed new life into
US ana strengthened our for fresh conflicts and
greater victories. At times the procession was
forced tc come to halt, dense was the pressure
upon 1t and so eager were the people to shake the
hand OF the heroic leader of the Tennessee Union
ISIS. For once, at least, Philadelphia forgot her
stately propriety and gave vent to her emotions
without the semblance Of restraint Ladies' waved
their handkerchiefs from the windows, and tears
flowed freely down the cheeks Of hundreds. All it
was sublime spectacle, that spontaneous welcom-
ing OF the persecuted loyalists of the South who
came up TO call on the North for help and protec-
ton against Andrew Johnson's assassns the blood
hounds OF New Orleans and Memphis. The indict-
ment pronounced by that Convention will be the
death warrant of the President. There is a power
IN Its unVarnished truth from which no sophistry
can shield him. l need hardly say that its reading
created intense excitement in the Convention, which
ratified 1t by reclamation. That the nation will af-
firm the indictment and sustain it in its great high
court no one can doubt who has watched the popu-
lar current as l have done in this latitude That
current is as strong the advancing tide of ocean
and 1t knows no retiring ebb. The practical results
OF "my policy at Memphis and New Orleans
where the victims of Presidential treachery and
rebel revenge exceed in numbers the Lacedemonians
slain at ThermopylG, have filed all classes at the
North with an indignation terrible to behold The
humolest classes understand Andrew johnson thor
oughly, and detest his devilish purposes.
CoLoRED SUFFRAGE.
Although the Convention wisely placed itself on
the amendments yet the feeling in favor of colored
suffrage was powerful and the manifestations in its
favor made by the delegates have exercised magic
influence on the minds of multtudes here Negro
suffrage many thousands of votes stronger in the
North to-day than it was two weeks ago. Its prog
ress is truly astonishing. Three of the Tennessee
delegates all colored suffrage advocates were pass
ing along the street. when the proprietor of one of
the leading wholesale dry goods houses walked out
to them, with both hands extended, and greeted
them heartily, exclaiming: Welcome Tennessee
was IN favor OF all you wanted at first except ne
staggered me little; but see you are for t and
l am going to sustain you" This merchant spoke |
the feelings of multitudes of Northern men,
THE GOVERNORS CONSULTATION.
Nothing is certain than this, that if the Pres
dent should be besotted enough to aid the rebels in
overthrowing the present State Government in Ten
nessee there will be uprising of the people of the
North, compared to which that of 1861 was child's
play. The North will crush him as a giant would |
an egg she'll johnson may dole out his maudlin |
drlVel about twenty-five States and thirty-six
States" and poor Seward may ask the astonished |
crowd VIII you have Andrew johnson President |
or King p and American patience will endure it |
yet little longer. But the moment he laws hands
upon Tennessee, he is dead man. The Governors
Of the North are solid phalanx against that at
md oa1 {boir Ja1sI
heir consultation in this place. during the sitting of
me Convention, Congress has the control of sup
plies, and the army will go with the people So
hat First Personal Pronoun who fills the Presiden-
lal chair will have task of no usual magnitude if
le shall attempt TO "swing around the circle and
lang Governor Brownlow and Thad. Stevens. 1t
yis. '''' '''O'-
PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK ELECTIONS
Speculations in regard to coming elections are
generally very unreliable and uncertain, but the
present case IS exception. No doubt is felt bv !
my Intelligent Republican as to tho result in Penn
ylvania. The best informed assert that we shall
Jain from three to four Congressman. While all
ay that Geary's majority will be absolutely appal-
ing to johnson and his rebel faction. One signiti-
ant sign is that betting men find it impossible to
,et bets from the Democrats Geary's majority will
ardy be under 10000, and no one need be surpris-
d II 1t should run up 10 $4,000. l mean that the
uAL0uG ls 80 sLTOiS IN MS 1aN0r, and the decent
Democrats are SO completely disguised with John
ons blackguardism, credulty egotism and senseless
eratons that the large class which seek to go with
he strong SIDE are now shouting for Geary and
larching in Republican professions. The New
ork Herald so strongly JOhnsonian few weeks
60, now gives up the contest and says that The 3d.
DO majority in Maine against the President is only
le harbinger of like results in all the coming North
m elections, of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
ndlsna and illinois, The johnson organs proper |
re absolutely struck dumb with amazement, and
oor Johnsons speeches smell moro strongly of
'hlsky than ever. 1t an unlucky day for him
Ihen Brownlow, as the Nemesis of Southern loyal-
unsheathed his sword and pressed hotly upon the
1otsteps of the Arch Apostate.
had the pleasure of meeting with Hon. Robert
)ale Owen the other day. He says that the upris-
1g Of the people against johnson perfectly aston
hing, and that johnson will be the most complete
? deserted man who ever held the Presidency He !
emarked that he needed no punishment more ter
ble than his own reflections. 4
say, then courage, white or eolored loyalists of
ne South The nation will deliver you gloriously.
he heart of the people beat warmly for you In
le conflict between Congress and Andrew John son,
le impersonation of Assassination and Massacre :
i'll be utterly crushed TO the earth. Il
S. c. NJ.