Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-14
Letter from Tennessee.
TENNESSEE NEWSPAPERS-PE OF THE
PRESS-wATTERSoN, BABER, DUNNINGT0N,
PASCAL, AND NJ KEE--AND FRANK PAUL
SUPPORTING JoHNsON-AwFUL DEPRAVITY
OF UNION MEN
Special Correspondence of the Cincinnati. Gazette
NASHVILLE, January 81
TENNESSEE NEWSPAPERS.

IENNESSEE NEWSPAPERS.
There are now twenty three daily and weekly
newspapers published in Tennessee, not counting
two or three doleful religious issues that have
Gently crawled out from their hiding places looking
grave and solemn and wise as owls. Of the secular
papers sixteen have rebellious record, and rebel
squint. The remaining seven are true as STEAL and
defend the old Government because they believe in
it, and love it. You perceive, therefore, that the
party which works for reaction, fights against the
ideas that govern the age and sincerely, and often
tearfully bemoaRs the future of the rebellion, has
greatly the advantage.
The Memphis papers might well reprint their
issues of 1860 and 1851 They are no better now
than then, and worse, except that they have ad-
ded hypocrisy TO their other sins. We have one
honest Republican daily in Nashville the Press and
Times and one devoted lover of Government pap,
the Union, not of whose seven editors and pro-
pretors voted for Lincoln and johnson. One is re-
minded in reading the Union, of the pious airs of
Richard the Third, in the play, when he is wheed-
ling the Bishops. There is something refreshing in
the unvarnished devltry of the Memphis Bulletin /;
you care little for the Nashville Gazette for you
know it is Copperhead, which would bite you If it
had teeth; you must respect the Republican Ban
ner because it has brains is sprightly, and
presses its sympathy for the wrong side in good spirit
and style; but the housing, craven, venal Union
bah
PERSONNEL OF THE PRESS.
a glimpse at some of the Jealous gentlemen of
the press who are berating all old friends of the
American Union. clarifying rebel leaders and wor-
rying every ear with the everlasting din of their
cia1nor for immediate reconstruction may be inter
esting.
A young Watterson, the principal editor of the
Nashville Banner, was one of the editors of the
Chattanooga Rebel, a paper which declared for
hosting the black flag, and he continued his war
upon the Government until General Rosecrans cap
tured Chattanooga. He then experienced change
of heart, turned his back upon the rebellion, gave
up 'black flag" ideas, went to Cincinnati Ohio and
was employed on the Times where his loyalty went
up like gold While on the Times he praised Gov.
Brownlow to the skies, ana seasoned his editorials
with good anti-slavery salt.
By the way, although little aside, must notice
the singular fortunes Of little Wattersons little CO.
publisher and editor of the rebel Banner, in 1861
L mean George Bsber George, like Watterson, is a
glib writer, and loves the loaves and fishes and so,
after the Nashville Banner went under he went
North, and turned up editor or the Dayton EN-
pre- where, as we all know, he made brilliant
fight for "Valn The same Baber is 1aoiO eae OF the
editors of the Louisville Journal What fall for the
Journa-from Prentice drunk to Baber sober
But to return. Wattersons CO. editor on the Chat
tanooga Rebel, Frank Paul is now editing the Mem
phis Bulletin
The Union and American II edited by Dunning-