Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-05-23
The Southern Spirit.

Il gives great offensc to the rebels and those in
sympathy with them, TO say that the spirit OF the
South is still rebelious spirit but il is nevertheless
true They are Just as rebellious as they were in
1861, and their papers are more So Take for ex-
ample the following specimens from Southern pa
pers, and they reflect the feelings and continents of
The papers of the whole South, and of the leading
rebels, who were in the army, and who were not
even in arms but who gave their countenance to The
cause of the rebellion. The Macon 7t.'5grcph, =
rebel journal of Georgia for April ed, wants the
President to head a revolution without further de
lay:
TO our mind it is clear that the President is not
under the slightet obligation to recognize any of
the proceedings of the present band of consprators
at Washington as lawful and if he docs SO, it will
only be smother evidence of his love Of peace and
desire to avoid The slightest ground for charge OF
usurpation against himself. But however conserva-
tive NAV be the disposition of the President new
We believe the time will soon come when he will
feel the necessity of exercising the power placed III
his hands by the Constitution and the people or his
own safety. and the maintenance Of the dignity OF
the high Office which he holds. l. he does not crush
the Radicals in Congress they will inevitably crush
him, and with him the entire power of the EXecu-
tive. In our Judgment he would be wise in striking
the first blow. The people will stand by him to the
bitter end"
The Nashville Gazette, for the first week in May
thus reflects the sentiments of the reconstructed
rebels of Tennessee The article relates to the sur
render of the rebel army:
"To us it is to-day an anniversary of sadness but
not of shame No! We glance back over the days
that are gone from the cradle birth Of endesvor to
its final shipwreck, and proudly say, We haze no
5usAes for the past! All, there spreads before our
retrospective vision picture of such wondrou:
grandeur that forgetting the blank OF the present
Ne e2elsirn with joyful pride. Il IS The dstaJttoi
of 9oyyl In the conception of It's subllmlty We can
imagine nothing beyond TO which greatness can at
tain. We sec an army, with fatigue perils H.
Vulnerable on every SIDE enduring trials that might
make angels weep-few in numbers, how few when
compared to the myriads before tbeEs opposing
their front TO foe that leaned upon 11orLd and Yet
making Thermopyle of everv pass Marathon of
in the far of past; and though the great can never
die yet in the short retrospect of our lives there are
actions of greater renown, more enduring grandeur
than in the days of centuries gone and we cen but
belive that future worshipers of noble deeds will
esteem it the highest praise of the brave to say he
fought as a rebel soldierP
A manifesto of the National johnson Club is de-
nouncsd by the Mississippi Clarion for speaking Of
the crime of the rebellion:
"The world has put no such brand upon the lost
cause; and even if the world should dose, we would
seat ourselves By the graves OF our noble DEAD and
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