Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-08-29
The state Gorernment.

IT, e,,,or;pr article from the Nashville Press
"a Times shows that the reUolatioHists have not yet
.ho,doned .he idea of overthrowing the State Gov
eminent. Whenever they ready let them pitch
in-we promise them lively time:
The Lebanon Herald, published in county whose
magistrates few months since voted to tax its peo
pie 10 pay a rebel war debt of $4,000 contracted by
the county, is in exstacies at the idea Of holding
convention to upset the present State Government.
Somebody asks how that can be done legally, and II
replies:
S;mnlv bv holding preliminary meetings, and fix
ing on day for general election of delegates The
constitution gives them the fnalienable and lnde-
feasible right to do this. whenever they tnink
proper ,ho
But, an objection may be raised by some that the
military will interfere and prevent the election or
ranofinc, of tbe convention. We believe we are
warranted in saving that long as the PRESIDENTIAL
Chair is filled BY Andrew johnson, there is no lear
of military interference with convention OF the
whole people of State. 1t was quite natural tnat
our people should have been bowed down with lear
and trembling when at the close of the war they
found themselves stripped of all their slaves and
most of their personal propertyi when they founo
bands of negro soldiers in all their towns and cte
and when thew found themselves sandered and In
/ suited nv every foul-mouthed Yankee who had the
power to raise his voice. Happily that day IS passed
ior We begin to see some OF the Old spirit anina'e
=
friend at the White House who has declared himself
the champion of Constitutional liberty. we peg
or,r friends TO ponder this matter of State Con-
venton seriously if they desire to see their ctate
snatched from the hands Of few little tyrants.
The Herald is overjoyed that the odious Yankee
army has left and that good rebels are no longer as
1 sesged thousands of dollars by Andrew johnson
Military Governor, as in 1923, and 1t probably
hopes that the President will make reparatlon tol
said assessments and other outrages, by helping the
| rebels TO overthrow the present State Government
| form new Constitution, and elect Forrest cover
nor. As the Herald uujustly accuses US IN another
paragraph OF garblng its editorials, we beg leave x
shun even the appearance of evil by quoting another
paragraph from its columns, to illustrate Its sentl
ments:
"All that is wanting TO condemn Southern maj
or woman, and hang them, or what is ten time
worse send them TO the Dry TOrugas, TO get then
before n Yankee Military Commission or Cour
Martial charged with ofense,' ride Mrs Sur
rat the recent military trials in South Carolina tn
result of which was the sending of four respectabl
citizens of that State to the Dry Tortugas for life
and the military trial and hanging Of Champ Fe1g
so, IN Nashville last gear. Tou see age harent to1
got these things
We hope that the hanging of Mrs. Surrat an
| Champ Ferguson will not prevent our amiable CO
| temporary from taking bottle of Mrs. Window
Soothing Syrup as prepared by the Philadelphl
Convention. 1t is true that the President had ful
power to pardon both Surrat and Ferguson, but
did not see fit to do it, and was virtually their exc
cution When the Herald loads its gun so heavil
5 if ought not to fire it at its friends. Don't
| it again.