Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-09-14
OUR MODERN JANUS-FHE TWO
FACES OF BReWEL0W.

The wheeling individual who is known as
BRowNLow, Governor of Tennessee by sheer
impudence and the power Of bayonets, who
is now on grand tramp through the North
ern States in the interests of THAD. STE
VEINS and the rest Of that ilz, is, perhaps the
basest hypocrite of them all. A few years ago
he sought and obtained public discussion
Of the slavery question with weak disciple
ofthe New England school of Abolitionists.
by the name Of PRYNE. In the preliminary
settlement Of the terms Of the debate,
BRowELow notified his adversary that he
"claimed the right to discuss the whole
slavery question, contrasting the mo-
rality and integrity Of Northern men with
the morals and integrity of the South" To
this PRYNE replied that he did "not intend
to make war upon the South, but upon the
institution Of slavery" BRowELow rejoin-
ed I've are unable in the South to dis
tinguish between war on the South and this
institution"
The debate was agreed upon, and it was
accordingly held in Philadelphia. In his
opening speech, laying down the premises
upon which he proposed to make his argu-
ment, BRowNLow said:
''NOt only will /, throughout this discus
sion, openly and boldly take the ground that
sLdoe1, as It crisis IN America, ought to be per
pctudted [italicised by the parson bat that
slavery is an established and inevitable con-
dition to human society. / will maintain
the ground that God always intended the
relation Of master and slave to exist; that
Christ and the early teachers Of Christianity
found slavery, differing in no material res
pect from American slavery, Incorporated into
eUeTydepartmeHt Of society; that in the adoption
of rules for the government of society and
the Church, they provided for the rights of
0wRers and the wants Of s9dUes; that slavery
having existed ever since the first organiza-
ton of society, it will exist till the end of
time. / have only TO say that the
institution Of slavery was established for the
benefit of that class of the human family who
had not the capacity 10 provide for their
wants, and of this class are the entire Afri-
can race; a class that existed in the days of
Moses, has existed ever since, and will con-
time TO exist as long as a man is clothed
with the infirmities of mortality.
| indorse, without reserve the mueh-abEsed
sentiment of an eminent Southern states
man, now no more, Gov. MCDUFFIE, that
slavery is the cornerstone Of our republican
edifce,' while / repudiate as ludicrously alb
surd that much-lauded but nowhere-credit-
ed, dogma of THOMAS JEFFERsoN's, that
all men are born equal.'"
The other day, this same BROwNLow,
pigging with free negroes and strong-minded
women, in revolutionary, black-and-tan,
negro SUFFRAGE Convention, held in the same
city of Philadelphia, and probably address
ing persons who had heard and despised
him on the previous occasion, said:
/" 1t had been said that he (BRowNLow)
was afraid of the negro suffrage. He never
held doubtful position on any question,
and he had no hesitation in saying he was
fer negro suffrage. He would rather be
elected to an Office by loyal negroes than
disloyal whites. He wOuld rather associate
with loyal negroes in private life than with
white rebels. He would rather be buried in
a negro graveyard than in rebel graveyard;
and if he had to go to hell or heaven after
death, he would rather go with loyal negroes
than white rebels"
Comment is useless.