Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-17
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no rms Epfrons III fiif tx.os An, AMERICAN:
& 1 regret that the Editors fine Eepu5lican
Baapser should havs deemed II necessary Oh
proper in repel1lhg the sIanderons assaults
OF the so-called Uni6n memorialists upon
the people of Tennessee, TO step aside for the
purpose of attacking the conduct and repu-
tation Of some Of those whose fidelity the
cause of the South has cost them their homes
and everything which they called their own,
and who are now wandering almost pennyless
among strangers. ais1l 3la sss-ffiN H5it
| slr -Four years ago. says the Bonaer when VIC
spoke out against the outrages which Swan. Sneed
on peacable and anoiending Union men. we were
suspected by our own party h'
What outrages, pray and who were the
peaeable snd unofiending Union men One
Of these was the editor of the Knoxville
Whiq, the redoubtable Parson Brownlow, at
least infer 50, since for words said to have
been uttered against this peaceful and unof-
Tending Union man, one of the above named
culprits has been adjudged guilty by So
called court of justice, and sentenced to line
the pockets, and thereby heal the lacerated
feelings Of the said peacable and unodending
Union man, in the sum of -- thousands
of dollars Out With the charges, Messrs.
editors of the Banner, for specifications can
not add to the gravity of this general inn
parchment nor to the weight of the terrible
retribution which has been visited upon one
of them at least, for ais fealty to the South.
That they were jealous Southern men is
most true. Thatthey may not at all times have
weighed well the language employedin char
acterizing the conduct of certain Union men
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PEELED with more Of passion than discretion
the malignant assaults of their personal and
political enemies / shall not assume to deny.
He must have been more than mortal who,
sympathizing warmly With his fellow conn
trymen in the desperate contest in which
they were then engaged, should have been
able to confront the bitter hostility and de-
nunciaslons Of such peaceful and upofend-
ing Union men as Brownlow and company,
without being sometimes betrayed into an
act Of indiscretion 1t is not for me TO chal-
lenge the proof of the grave accusations
brought by the Banner against our friends,
but with perhaps rs good or better aoouaint.
ance with the history and character of the
personal and political warfare which has
been carried on In East Tennessee for many
wears past, may be permitted to express
my utter disbelief in these charges, notwith-
standing the high character Of the author by
whom they are brought. |
There are those know, who, rising SUI
perior to the frailties Of poor human ma
fure, discover with equal impartiaiity the
faults Of friend and foe For the exercise of
such wisdom, prudence and discretion. and
fair.mindedness, the editors of the Banner
may, as they alledge, have subjected thenf-
selves to suspicion. Let them accept The
admonition Of one who certainly owes them
no i'll will personally, that they will not re-
lieve themselves Of these suspicious by un-
called-for and gratuitous assaults upon those
whose fidelity to the South is, and has been,
In our darkest hour, even above suspicion.
sss"3 AN EAST TENFSsEAN.