The Placer herald., 1866-07-07
PRENTICE ON BR0WNLOW.

bis Knoxville Whig, which has been dis
grace to Knoxville, to civilization, and t
uncivilization."
"This last effort Of bis in bis Whig is th,
poorest, the feebest, the jejuuest, the mos
contemplate that we have seen even from
him. 1t doesn't rise even to the low level o
invective. There is no more talent in tn,
writing than in the scratchiDgs of a dung
bill fowl upon dung bill. 1t is mere con
catenation of vu| gar epi,hets and lies-viI,
lies for which there is not so much as tn,
thin and shadowy ghost Of pretext. It i.
the simple raving Of broken down, iufuria.
ted, and weak old man or no.man-too weak
that, like the lean dog we read Of, he has to
lean against fence to do his barking"
I'VE Ohe senior editor Of the Journal)
shall give very few words to answering the
charges made by this wretched old being
against US. A thousand such creatures
could not put us seriously on the defensive
He talk about our furnishing, during the war
mules, corn, guns and pistols in pursuance
of large contracts with The Federal Govern.
ment. We didn't furnish a mule or a grain
of corn or any other article n all the war,
and we had no interest in common with any.
body that did. If we sold few guns and
pistols, it was our own business as much as
publishing the Knoxville Wbg is Brown
lows; we didn't have, or ask, or want the
Governments consent. We sold to- indi.
viduals under Louisville license, Just as the
other newspaper Offices in the city did, and
only TO loyal individuals. We didn't make
a farthing out Of the Government: on the
contrary, we suffered to the amount Of thou.
sands by its seizing our private property al
Nashville, for the defense Of that city, under
promise of payment-and never paying 6
dime.
This poor old devil undertakes to hold as
responsible for what is charged against Mr.
Henderson, the owner of minor interest 10
our paper, who is on trial at Nashville for
alleged frauds as mule contractor during
the war. If the old wretch were not worse
than beast, or two beasts, (he should be
cut up into dczep), he would not assume
Mr.. Henderson guilt before it is proved.
We have assurances from high sources that
MIR. Henderson is certain to be 'honorably
acquitted, and we have not doubt OF it.
We have ever considered him and do con
slider him gentleman Of strict integrity;
and the only witness against him in the
Nashville trial is an internal swindIer and
scoundrel by his own sworn profession. But
be that as it may, we are not responsible and
the Louisville Journal is not responsible, for
Mr.. Henderson's business transactions. His
business has at all times been outside of the
Journal Office. There is no, man in Lou.
isviIe who has less to do than he with the
management of this paper, or even of its
business affairs. He has never sought TO
have anything whatever to do with its man.
agemeut. II the old spawn of Sin at NASH
vile has the slightest evidence, amounting
to even the thousandth part Of the shadow Of
a suspicion, that we have at any time been
involved in the matters charged against Mr.
Henderson, let him bring it forth. And il
he has no evidence, not even the most infin
tesimal-as be has not-let the people Of
Tennessee decide for themselves what sort Of
a Governor (oh shame! that the title must
be used) they are cursed with. He has no
scruples as to what charges he makes against
men; be always invents the very wors: and
most infamous he can, and makes Mem
That is bis onyruIe. He has no more re.
gard for The truth than the common father
Of himself and SIM"
: If we had the slightest occasion to prove
our ncorruptibiIi,y in opposition to bis i'm
pu,ations we could do it by showing that we
declined during the war to be the
richest man in Kentucky. But who has
ever heard or ever will hear of that abom
Unable old scoundrel's resisting temptation!
Brownlow has ever been a traitor and
talked as a traitor and written as a traitor
except when he hoped that be could make
political or pecuniary speculation by an af
fec,ation of loyalty. AS long ago as 1856
he said in book:
Il take my stand with the friends Of the
institution of slavery in the South. Con-
nected with this question, | will 60 as far
as the next mau-even to dying in the last
ditch
After the breaking out Of The re beIlion he
assumed fora time to be loyal and got into
a rebel prison. As soon as he got out he
published number of his paper violently
denouncipg any attempt on the part of the
Federal Government to put down the rebel
lion. He tauntingly told the North that
they would have quite as much as they, could
do to take care of themselves without inter-
fering with The South-.hat they had better
look at home. His paper contained several
articles; all Of the same character. And
here we will state another fact in regard TO
him which we are authorized 10 state. He
determined to advocate the election Of a
rebel to represent the Knoxville district in
the rebel Congress. He had an editorial
article ready and in type, when Judge G. F.
Trigg and John Williamson, Esq, 'abored
with him for hours to prevent bis paper from
taking the secession side. We can refer to
Judge Trigg, United States Judge Of Tennes
see, for the truth Of this statement. The
Judge subsequently, alluded to the matter in
a speech at Memphis. saying, that, if he
hadn't been as good Union man as he was,
Brownlow wouldn't have been as good a
Union man as be was. But Brownlow con.
.ludad that II was for bis interest to affect