The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1866-01-05

t~ruetion " and brought him back to the fold
of Christ
We are glad to inform the Observer and
witness the hope which it suppressed In the
close Of its article, that "the arm Of the
Almighty might be revealed In r~eseuinR
some (Radicals) from PerditiOn, whose hearts
and hands have been marked By crimes Of
crimson hue" is realised Hundreds, or rath.
sr thouHARds in East Tennessee, who tough.
in the Yankee army, " and assisted greatly
in the ~SubjugaIion Of the South, now rsioics
In the fun pardon Oftheir ''crrmss Of crimson
hue, and in the hopes Of a blessed immOr-
tAlity. The most pleasing episode in our re-
vivalI is, that some who apostatized from
the " faith, and went aStray into tn: /" for.
hidden pa,hS' Of nulliacatiOn, have confess.
cd their guilt before men aad repentance
thereof and are asking to be re-admitted IN.
to the full membership Of the Church. The
=" Radicals, fall Of asrinOny and a fierce per.
scouting Spiri; don't propose 20 reconstruct
their churches on any other basis.
ln the same number Of the Observer and
Witness appears another article, which has
had the benefit Of a wide circulation in the
Southern Journals, in which Il 10 alleged,
that the provision Of the Constitution (which
guarantees to all men the right to worship
God according 10 the dictates Of their
conscience is openly and Ihamsfully violated
in EaSt Tennessee, and calls Justify for the
interpretation Of Executive authority to re-ss-
tablish this puritan immunity, subvsrted b,
radical persecution. Ia proof Of the Rllega-
ton, il instances the brutal and Outrageous
treatmen, Ofens Re-. James Brillheart, wLon
the Bishop VOucheS for " as being a good mas
and worthy minister" THIS estimable d..
vine Of the Methodist Church ISOuthl " was
aObbsd and ridden on a rail at Athens for
sinply attempting to exercise the functions
Of his Office, Perhaps this " eIiinAble divine
ones up"a = time had prayed a little too much
for the success Of the Southern CoBfsdsracJ
-sIulisd ever the death ola Union nsighbor.
or commissioned himself az a kind Of Goa
script catcher, o. doae some other equally
obnoIiogs acts to she radicals Of AthenI IT,
tx, a prominent Methods, Minister Of wash.
/ : Z sSan'y, be was active in ~ItirrinE up
ssd,u0u arag the SOSihsrn heart, - am
preeipitAtins his dnFa into a revelation,
the verde, Of al snliEhtened public ssnti-
meat is, served him right
Perhaps il would be well for one or two
editors Of the Observer and Witness to re-
member. when they publish such articles as
the last alluded to, that If They had e%ontinu-
ed the publication Of their rsligio-Sscession
sheet much longer iu "ths city Of Brotherly
Love" in all probability they would have
received similar treatment from the radical
thereof, which the Rev. Jacob Brill
hart received st Athens,
We aye Soi.'eskinE 10 prOkoke q nswspa-
per controversy, which is productive Of no
good, but as one Of the guardians Of East
interests and fame, we shall at
Nil timss, aud under all circumstances, hurl
back, See,hitg hot, to itI source, any impu-
,ation direct or inSinuatsd, upon the unblem.
ishsd character Of her loyal people, come
from what quarter il may.