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Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-08-08
Hon. Newton A. Patterson,

Judge of the 18th Judicial Circuit held Cour: at
Winchester, in Franklin county, two weeks ago
Judge p. was recently commissioned, and this is the
hrst Court he has held Every county Of his Cir
cui. is in Middle Tennessee while the Judges home
IS at Kingston near this place Knowing him to
be competent and honest and Ial0lgiag him to be
truly loyal the Governor selected him in preference
10 those in the Circuit whom he did not know to
possess Ill these virtues. For the information OF
our readers in East Tennessee who know the Judge,
We will cay that the counties comprising the Circuit
referred TO are snong the most disloya in the State
In what we have said above we mean no reflection
on the ability and personal integrity of the Bar of
the Circuit We refer to the question Of unoondi-
tionsl loyalty. The leading rebel paper Of Nash
Vile, the Union and American, 8o-caLled, (appro-
priately speaking "Dis-Union and Mexican
boiled over with rage that an East Tennessee radi
cal should be appointed Judge ot Middle Tennes
see Circuit 1t carried its far as to assail
Judge Patterson personally and officially, in terms
of indecent personality. A complete defense OF
Judge P. from this unwarranted attack IS found IN
the proceedings of meeting of the Bar and officers
Of the Court-men opposed to the Judge politically
Through their chairman, Col P. Turney, resolutions
were read in open Court censuring and rebukIng IN
the most positive manner the action of the Union
and American, and doing the Judge full justice. In
presenting the action of the meeting, Col. Turnry
stated that the Bar and people of Frsnklin coun-
~ condemned positively the attack made upon
him" He said, 1--WE have Watched closely your
action during ,ha week You have decided many
important legal questions in all OF which theT
with your charges to the jury, you were right You
have impressed that you are honest and capable;
and although we would have been pleased to have
had the judicial ermine fall of the many able
members Of the Bar OF our Circuit yet after Wit
Messing the manner in which you have discharged
your duties, and knowing you, We believe we do,
we ssy in perfect candor that We DO not now desire
90 exchange you for any enc else"
The Judge boldly walked up to the line of duty
especially charging the Grand Jury the laws on
treason and the act to limit the elective franchise
The Bar and people we're impressed with his hon
esty and drmness of Purpose, snd extended TO him
every mark Of courtesy.
We predict for Judge Patterson an honorable re-
cord ON the Bench, the deGunciation Of the Nash
Vile Dis Union and Mexican 70 the contrary
notwithstanding.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-08-08
The Philadelphia Convention.

The call of Convention at Philadelphia, for the
middle of August is with view to establish new
party Johnson Rebel Southern- President Making
oils-Hunting party. The Cop
perhesd Democracy of the North, and the
it with equal zeal. Vallandigham and all
that school of Northern traitors, will be
there armed and equipped as the occasio on
may demand. The traitors who held the Chicago
Mcclellan Convention and declared the war fail
ure, will all be there, claiming from. seats and
claiming to be the original friends of johnson, and
of the Union it is and the Constitution it was
Rebel Generals Rebel Congressman, guerrilla chiefs
and licensed robbers and murderers, of the late Con-
federate army will be there, throwing up their hats
for johnson, and swearing by the honor of JEFF
Davis that they have no regrets on account Of any
thing they did during the war. In word, Cop
perheads, straight out Rebels, apostate Union men,
weakened Republicans, office holders under John
preachers and discon tented politicians of every
kind, and holding all shades of opinion, will be
there and forgetting old differences, and old robbie
res and dealcations they will strike hands in pot-
zeal fellowship. They invite everybody but those
who stand by Congress. And when all the discord-
ant elements North and South get together there,
the assembly will be equal to that described in Pc
ter's vision; and like the ram Daniel saw in his Vi
sion, they will push eastward and westward, north
ward and southwark.
Il is we'll for all onest men to look critically to
this new organization before they go into its cor
rupt folds 1t will turn out 10 be the old fashioned
and rotten Democracy in guise, and called by
some other name. The whole thing will prove
failure
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-08-08
Case Of Judge Patterson.

The papers have great deal to say about the 10y
atty OF Judge Patterson and sbout the proprety Of
his taking the Congressional test oath. We have
no doubt that Mr.. Patterson was Union man du-
ring the rebellion, and much better Union man
then than he is But had his father i-Lai0,
President johnson, taken the rebel side in the out
set, as he does now, Patterson would have been a
Secessionist OF the first order His Locofoco princ-
piles and associations pre-eminently qualified him
for Rebel.
The matter OF his taking the oath was one of
taste and Of coascieRcs He had to before ts-
king bis seat that he had neither soughnor accep
ted, nor attempted to exercise the functions Of any
Office whatever under any authority or pretended
authority in hostility to the United States" He
was q candidate for Circuit Court Judge under the
reign of the Confederate Government; was elected;
took their oath, and was saved from Imprisonment
thereby We say again. that his taking the Con-
gressional OATH was alone matter of taste and of
coHscielcs on his part.
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the time of the committing of such ofense; or for
ana oease committed ia tie service of tire C5afeder-
ate States or of the State G9rernne,t resisting the
United States.
That ell prosecutions pending for treason against
the State of Tennessee, and all prosecutions for
other ofs,ses described in theforegoing section be
and the same are hereby dismissed, and The courts
in which the same are pending are hereby ordered
and directed to strike the same from the dockets
and all recognizances for appearance of such de-
PENDANTS are hereby vacated and made void and the
defendants dischargedi .,-,--z---s---
What healing act this for thestreason of Joseph,
the murderer of poor old Byrd, the cruel imprisOn
ment of Union men, and the firing on those seeking
to escape rebel conscriptionl And what corrupt
Radicals "Brownlow and his Bogus Legislature
are for not allowing the passage Of this Act of
Amnesty and Oblivion p But we have more let
tiers and disclosures behind and every time we feel
called upon to repeat this publication We promise
,so additions 10 it. The loyal men of Tennessee
want light to enable them to appreciate the move
ments of these johnson Rebel-Democratic leaders
who are seeking to drag them into a second rebel
lion The people are getting their eyes opened, and
will prepare to meet these men both at the ballot
box and catridge-boxl
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-08-08
The Union Speaking.

Saturday was proud day for the UnconditIona
Union Men Of old Knox county, and those portions
Of Blount and Anderson counties represented In the
meeting The crowd was large attentive ana ap
preciative The Secretary Of State, A. j. Fletcher
led of in a speech of trgO hours and a half. Hls
yindication of the State Government was complete,
and his showing up of JohnsOn's record was crush
ing The speech was all that the friends of the true
Union cause could desire.
Col. Doughty, the member from Anderson, spoke
half al ho,r, and repeatedly checred. He spoke
20 the point with distinctness and sense, and did
good.
Major General Cooper spoke one hour, and with
great effect and force There will no longer be any
more controversy here, among rebels md copper
heads as to the Generals position, his denunria
tions of both were whitening and well-timed.
showed up the Philadelphia August Grayback-Co Can
Ueytio', and The leading traitors who have been aP
pointed TO attend it, and who Will evidently control!
IT, He had fought these traitors four years. and Wa
prepared to fight them four more. He would only
Aght under the old flag, and with and for the party
that had put down the late rebellion.
Hon. Horace Maynard spoke torty-tve INITIATES,
having Just arrived from Washington. he showed
up the PHILADELPHIA a-Grayback-C Convention and the
unpardoned rebels of the South and the traitors of
the North who were TO control its action. He told
the audience that the old adages, birds Of feather
will flock together, and that men are to be known
By the company they keep, would apply with force
TO this Convention. He was repeatedly eheered.
The effect of this speaking was very fine, and it
wss damaging to the rebel cause. The large crowd
were held on for five hours and delighted that they
had come to the meeting. 1t has taught the rebels
one thing-that is what a crowd OF Union men can
be collected here upon short notice to hear loyal
man speak, and what work it takes 10 collect cor
poraPs guard hear the advocates Of the johnson
Grayback policy. Col. Fletcher was alone advor-
tised to speak, and that upon short notice.
The Union men of East Tennessee are all right,
and don't intend to go of with political traitors
after strange gods
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-08-08
What is Dignity?

The rebel papers of the country think that Gov
ernor Brownlow displayed great want of dignity
is sending dispatch to Col. FOrney, giving his res
poets to 1.-The dead dog at the White House"
1t dignity in the President to oppose the
nomination and election Of the Governor, Oh the
ground that he had always been member of the
Wing party. 1t was dignity in the President to de-
nOunce the Governor to different members of the
Legislature. 1t dignity in the President to seek
by letter writing and by the Of patronage to de-
feat the passage Of the Constitutional Amendments,
and to break up the Legislature It was dignity in
him, in drunken haraRgue on the 22nd of Febru-
airy, 70 dsnounce Senators and Representatives by
name, as traitors. 1t dignity in the President
to get 5castly drunk at his inauguration and boast
of MS greatness in the presence of Congressman
and Foreign Ministers. Is this man held up as an
example OF dignity by this new born dignity party.
The Governor does not belong to that school of dig
nitV
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-08-08
Spirit Of Forgiveness,

a great clamor is now raised in favor of lenien-
cy towards the rebels who during four years of Bit
ter strife abored to destroy the Union cause, and
to rob, plumber and starve out Union families. Not
only or the iltreated Union men called on to for
give and forget the wrongs Of the rebellion, but
they called upon by their rotes to say that the
rebellion was meritorious and that its active trail
tors were patriotic men, and are now entitled 10 IA
vor al the hands Of loyal men. They not only ask
Union men TO ignore treason, but they ask them to
REGARD it. Union men in the South are not called
upon 20 support men who stand for Office upon their
own merits but they are called upon to support
those who run upon the merits Of their lgrongs.
We speak for ourselves, that while we can forgive
and forget the injuries done US by men now acting
in good faith towards the Union, can have moth
ing to do with the graceless scoundrels who broke
up our business, had US thrust into prison, and
drove family of helpless women and children
out Of their native country. Others of these imps
of the Devil, and pinks of the Confederacy who de-
liberated in Rnmseys Law Office while we were in
JAIL as to how they would rid the world of pres
ence can never receive any acts of kindness at our
hands. Nor can we ever look, with any degree of
allowance, upon that class of Railroad officers and
conductors who in 1861, urged the rebel troops to
destroy Office take down our flag, and even
hang us. We have no use for such rebel officers as
AyhJy PolccH and others, who halted in front of
our dwelling and ordered their men to groan for U.s.
Nor do want the friendship of such citizens
approved this rufianism. True, they laid the fat
trrng JUNCTION to their sordid and treason-stricken
souls, that we had gone up, and that with fam
lily, We were gone from the country forever. Delu-
luded Williams! We are still here, to look with in
dgnation and scorn upon our malignant persscu-
tors, and upon all who excuse their cowsrdly and
viauous conduct in these respects, as neaner than
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-08-08
The constitutional Amendments.

1.-THE Democratic party, in their papers and in
their speeches and Conversations persist in saying
that the Constitutional Amendments recently adoP-
ted by the Tennessee Legislature, force negro Stt
fra9e upon the stare. This is not only not true but
there Is nothing in the Amendments upon which to
found the charge. Negro sufrageis not proposed
70 be forced upon any State, because it cannot be
The Amendments leave the States to adopt negro
Suffrage or reject it, as they may think proper The
adopiun OF it will increase the Southern represen-
tstion in Congress and the rejection of it will di.
minish it. The admission or exclusion of negro
suffrage will not increase diminish the represen-
ssron of the Northern stes and ii will be for the
Southern people TO decide for themselves whether
they will haze white basis, or whether they will
increase their representation by adopting a mixed
basic This is true ana impartial statement of the
case, and every candid man, intending 20 stand by
the truth will admit IT, Those intending to deceive
and mislesd will represent the case otherwise
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-08-08
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Paying for the Negroes.

The Johnson Rebel ConservativeC Institutional
Copperhead- Reconstruction Party are out square
footed in favor of paying Southern men for all the
negroes they lost By the war; We are frequently
asked if we favor the policy. We answer, emphat-
ically, NO. Not more than one in ten of the loyal
men South ever owned any negroes, or desired to
own them, and it would be unjust, if not down right
robbery to tax nine laborg men to pay for the lost
negroes of one gentleman. Taxation is the only
mode by which the Government can pay for them )
and it is better that one loyal slave-owner suffer than
that nine honest laborers, equally loyal suffer to
make his losses good. As to rebels who brought on
the war on account of the negro, it is proper and
right that they should loose their negroes. Mr. Lin
coin offered to restore their slaves, and all their lost
rights if they would lay down their arms against
given time. They swore they would have their in
dependence or loose ell. They lost their indepen-
dence, and thoir negroes, and got whipped in the
bargain Let them take all together as their right
full inheritance.
Most of the men row in the COpperhead ranks
in the South are men who expect when the South
ern States are represented in Congress that they will
b. compensated for their negroes. Not few of
them think that they will get slavery restored.
Our people afford to pay direct tax to liqudate
the war debt, through period OF several years. but
tax them to pay for FOUR MILLIONS OF SLAVES,
owned by small number of nabobs and original
secessionists, ana they will not get through with
tax-paying in life time!
To the Union masses, the honest working voters,
we say in all candor, watch the men who advocate
this paying for their lost negroes. If the Govern
meut will tax the slave-owners alone to pay for the
negroes we go for it, but we shall consent to
tax men to pay for negroes who never owned any,
and never desired to own any. Slave holders got
up the big dance in ls6l-they continued the frolic
for four years-and they are the very men to pay
the fiddler
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-08-08
The True Rebel Argument.

Two unsuccessful efforts have been made to burn
the Flag Office at Jonesboro', an outspoken Union
paper, and bold and patriotic sheet Old papers
saturated ,itk turpentine thrown into the win
dow and fired TIE secoad effort was TO put fire
under the Office building, situated on the side of
hill This is the rebel argument, the same applied
at Memphis and more recently at New Orleans by
the johnson rnobs The Union printing Office at
Jonesboro is now guarded while the Ny Policy -
party watch an opportunity to destroy it. This is
the spirit that butchered the innocent at Fort Fill
low, and the same spirit that assassinated Lincoln
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-08-08
Queries,

'Where Is Mullins ?" In the Legislature Of Ten
nessee making an as % hiH,self-Arnell ditto
CLereland Banner.
where 'sHS McNelley, editor of the Banner dur
ing the var? Part of the time editing rebel pa
per and declaring for the determination of East
tennessee Tories and Lincolnites, meaning all
East Tennessee Union men The remainder of the
time and until the surrender of Lee,he was camp
follower Of the rebel army. Where is McNelly
nos? In the same business. He is nO.0 JoEloleiag
the reSel GF"ay in supporting Andrew johnson and
denouncing the Congress Of the United States as
Rump Con gress." Is he making an ass of himself?
Nay! verify, he has been one from the cradle.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-08-08
BUTCHERS LIGHTNING FLY KILLER

Make. quick work with ic and if commenced early keeps
the house clear all
Look out for limitations. Get butchers only jrlylslm
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-08-08
Knoxville, Tenn, August 8, 1866.

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Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-08-08
July Gath, 1866
Hon. W. G. BropnIo,O

Hon. W. g. Brol0HLo,U
DEAR SIR:-Although there some TRAITS IN
your character which do not admire yet tue ~ Hi
sta nd you have taken and maintained LOT tne iAs'
few wears in defence of Liberty and Unloh eVen
against dangerous opposition ana tne grea.
ton OF our struggle under the new phase IL mas as
nmad and Hnder the new leaders it has secured rem
ders YOU an object of more than ordinary
Therefore Il is that have felt it my duty to make
known TO you the following;
/ was in the Commercial Hotel IN memphis,
Tenn about P NJ on Friday the 10th inst, and
overheard three individuals talking about Parson
Brownlow" one of whom appeared to be the clerk
l paused, pretending to be looking over the names
m the register but really TO try to hear what they
>aid. l could only catch the following, uttered 6y
The one next to me-Rot the clerk. "l tell you, he
said, II am willing give all possess to have that
man put out of the way and by God, he'll find that
his term is as much too long for Abe Lincolns
was"
Perhaps he said half of all" will not be GER
tain.)
| INQUIRED of a gentleman what his name was. but
ne could not tell There were none O theirs present,
kept the parties in conversation, and / knew it
would not be healthy for me TO manifest any i'm
pertinence on the subject to them.
The impression made on my mind by the above,
is that there isor will be, effort made to put you
out Of the tcay," according to the most approved
Southern style.
If this notice, which have thus intruded upon
you, should prove to be of any advantage to you
-hOuld danger arise, l shall feel amply rewarded.
Very respectfully
P.S.-Had l thought of the matter as seriously
t the time, as l since have done, / would have
found out their names by some means and am sorry
did not.
As to my reliability refer you to Gen. Fisk
have partial acquaintance with him.
A similar letter has been received by the Cover
nor from Federal officer in Mississippi, disclosing
The name of party threatening similar fate
Rebellion, assassination, and the ruins of the Gov
eminent, are what great body of the Southern
chivalry sre bent upon. The late rebellion owes iii
origin to the spirit Of murder robbery and perjury
and the spirit is actuating the 'e'0 leaders il
their efforts to get up second rebellion.
The same spirit is msnifesting itself at Richmond
In late editorial in the Examiner commenting OF
the part the Governor took in passing the Constltu
tional Amendments through the Tennessee Legis
lature, the editor says;
If there is any law, written or unwritten, which
can reach this old scoundrel Brownow, it should b.
appealed to at once. Patience has ceased to be
virtue"
At the same time all theso threats are uttered
every reasonable sheet North and South is dowr
upon the Governor. Still they say he has no infu
ence, and that no importance is attached to any
thing he says The Governor is making some par
ties feel, certain Who are they?
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-08-08
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