Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-07-18
THE KNOXVILLE WHIG.
Knoxville, Tenn, July I8, 1866.
Case OF Old Fred. HeIskeIl.


hack, has been for several months abusing and black
guarding the senior editor Of the KNOXVILLE WHO,
through tue columns Of dirty little daily conduct
cd By sn insolent swindleT and e degraded little
rebel sympa.hizer-used a. 3 tool by den Of cow
a7dly conspirators. To all this blackguardism and
abuse We have made no reply and all the reply we
propose now is TO set Jgrth the cause Of tits stang
lha. the public may appreciate the assaults Of this
poor old grey-haired traitor.
His two sons, and three sons-in-lsw vent into the
rebellion, acting prominent part, and the old man
remained professsayy on the Union side, pretending
% be MON man. 50 SIS 70 serve the rebel interests
in MS family which thus far he has utterly failed
70 DO TO any puopose. To establish his loyalty st
Ihe breaking out Of the rebellion, he contrived to
have himself arrested by the rebel su.horties This
vas 10 give him force among Union msn when he
brought his pctr0tc 10. apon the track for the
Supreme Bench, and got him SO badly beaten by
Judge Mckinney. From that day to this his lying
DID tongue has been active in the defamation Of all
who refused - vote for 10. Old Fred. took no Of
nse at US because Of the signal defeat of his bush
yha;bag son that we are aware Of as We were in no
wise connected with The race. Having been an in
ve.eratc old oce-seeker all his life he applied to US
si.er General Burnside took the country for aid in
getting some position that would enable him to make
some money. No. having assisted him, we suppose
IS the first oiiensc gave him
The second cause Of ohense was the publication
IL The WHO Of August 81, 1864, Of the following
article
CAPTURE Of JOSEPH b. HEIsKELL.
This man is q rebel congressman, a lawyer vi very
fair talents, a citizen Of Rogersville, and was
- IL, l-EL-
lem, and is in the military prison Of this city,
where he is likely 70 remain for some time 10 come
His position 1t the breaking out Of therebelon was
one Of respectsblity and his relatives and friends
Of the rt responsibility IN this end Of the State
But the law and those who administer IL. civil and
military, have right 10 pass over the grave Of
enses Of Of the very worst men in the country,
because Of the repecability and cleverness of his
friends and relatives. Rather his rank in society,
his better raising and education, all having been
abused by him, and used te promote the most infa-
nous rebellion the world has ever known, ought 20
call down upon him the most rigorous enforcement
If the law and the application Of its just penalties
An example should be made Of al such men, and
unless it is done the prosecution Of the war is fail
ire and our gallant Union soldiers have fought
blsd and died 10 no purpose. The loyal men Of the
country have been fighting, suffering and dying for
almost four years 10 put down 6 wicked rebellion
brought on and kept up by just such men as Joseph
B. Hei3keN. Il is now time the halter should be
summoned 10 do It's appropriate work. and no man
IN the ranks of the rebellion is : more suitable
% commence upon than this same rebel congress
man.
No man has ever been brought into this city as
prisoner since the Federal occupation of East Ten
nessee, over whose capture and confinement there
has been such general rejoicing in the Of this
man Nor is there man in The length and breadth
0i this end Of the State against whom there is 3
more deep-roOted and bitter feeling of hatred among
loyal men. Why is this And what created such
feelings Of dislike? The proper answer to these
questions shall conclude our remarks upon this sub
ject.
J. Mr Beiskeli -as = member Of the Richmond
Congress, voted for, and advocated with great zeal
q every severe punishment OF Union men in East
Tennessee and that looked 20 their subiugation and
humiliation And being gGtiUS East Tennessees n,
aad man Of talents, he exeTted 2 large influence
for evil.
q He is said 70 be the gCritsr Of a. well s. ole Of
oe sgaers 10 the bloody petition to JEFF. Davis to
ad ~: more rigid measures in order TO secure the
res, sDd punishment Of East Tennessee Union men,
and c ling for the execution Of the leaders by way
OF ersat DE 20 the masses.
3 Mr. ueiskell was in the Chimney Top Raid,
IN arms agHinEs the Union men, snd took promi-
pent par. in seeking TO kill wound and capture them
for which he will long be held in hateful remem-
brance.
4. He was in the Byrd Raid, and is charged with
:he tying up and shooting Of poor old Byrd full of
bullet-h0los, because he could have prevented it.
5 He was in the Carter County Raid, in arms
against and fighting 20 destroy his constituents
g. He was in the Brooks Ferry Raid in Ha wilkins
county, and with his doube-barrel shot gun fired
On Brooks and Price, his DeighbOrs who will be
fue witnesses against him in indictment for trea-
son, now pending before the Federal Court in this
city.
He was one OF = committee Of i've at Rogers
Vile 10 wait on LOngstreet and urge him 10 remain
in East Tennessee, and assure him that there was
abundant supplies to furnish his army. He rode
round with the rebel officers and pointed out Union
farms, and among them the farms Of Kyle and
Blevins, upon whom brigades quartered, eating up
their substance and destroyed their timber.
g. Before his capture he paid different visits TO
The iail in RogersYille, where many THIRTEEN
Federal prisoners were confined, soldiers and citi-
-eus and abused and villifed them Gallant man.
70 ;bu. abuse prisoners looking through the iron
crates Of a rebel prison. One Of them, Houston
Sewell the son Of widowed mother ct whose table
Heskell has been fed time and again. These pris-
oaer5 were released by our soldiers when HeiSkell
vas captured, and We have the facts from some of
them.
Can such 8 man expect any quarters al the hands
OF the Federal authorities Does he deserve quar-
sers Certainly not; and if he was at liberty he
could not live twenyfour hours within the reach of
the men he has abused, persecuted and outraged
Indeed there are men Of pluck and character in his
own county who under solemn oathto kill him
whenever they can get chance st hin.
The third csuse Of o6ense was the disgraceful
OF gs candidates in the field this old rebel conspi-
-ato- ran through al the tale end. After flooding
the district with circulars writing letters, and dis
tributng tickets lie received in the county Of Knox
where ne has lived all his days the rise Of one han
drsd csies! What rebuke! What adds TO hi:
modification, the same people Of the same county
Of Knox gave as the rise Of tlgo thousand s0tes iol
the Office OF Governor.
II Is said that q charter came up 10 the Legisla
ture from Memphis, and that his patriotic son 10:
name was stricken out on account of his treason
This just rebuke if administered is charged TO oul
account and CONSTITUTES fourth cause of offense
although we are not that such a thing was
done. We endorse the act and pass it to the credit
Of loyal General Assembly, if it were done.
The patriotic son, who resides at Menphis. pre-
pared cunning bill for the benefit Of rebels and
sent it 70 Nashville with private letter of instruc-
tion how to work it through the Legislature To
whom was it sent? Thereby hangs q tale, Itwas
not proposed, as il was thoyght Brownlow's Leg.
isature would not pass it, and this constitutes our
Gfth cause Of oicnse against the pescc and dignity