Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-04-18
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Whose treason like deadly blight
Crept DER the councils Of the brave
To blast them IN their hour Of might.

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! I7sH indsed be bitter.
So the patriots who refused to Join mad rebel
lion are to hope for nothing in their native South
except the charity of silence They must expect to
be treated with contempt, while the reconstructed
control tho State, determine her policy and en-
joy monopoly of responsibility and honor.
The disloyalty and hatred of loyal men expressed
by the olde-t and most influential journal in the
Western Division of this State, is in keeping with
the sentiments expressed by nearly every other pa
per of West Tennessee. Does Mr.. BeskeI endorse
the revolutionary conduct of the members Of the
Legislature in stopping the wheels of legislation for
ts arOi7ed and only purpose Of preventing the adop
ton of a law because distasteful to them? -Four
daily Memphis papers the Appeal Argus, Ava
lanche and Bulletin, do
When come to the capitol OF our State, we
find the majority of the press hurting as vindictive
and infamous enathemas against loyal Teunesseean8
and Northern men as the same journals ledited by
the same traitors? did in 1861 when advocating dis
union.
From an editorial OF the Nashville Banner OF the
10th Of last month, we extract the following; BUT
! IN HONEST TRUTH THE GREAT MAJOR
! ITY OF THE SO-CALLED UNION OR 10y
AL MEN OF THE SOUTH, ARE THE MER-
EST TRASH THAT COULD BE COLLECTED
! IN A CIVILIZED COMMUNITY, OF No
PERSONAL CREDIT OR SOCIAL REsPEC-
! TABILITY"
In substance the Nashville so-called Union and
American, and Gazette have made, repeatedly the
same sweeping denunciaton Of the native loyaIists
| of the entire South.
In editorial in the Nashville Banner, Of the
18th of this month, the Union members of the Leg
islature are denounced as THE RuFFIANs WHO
MAKE Up 4 MAJORITY OF TIE GENERAL ASSEM-
BLY," In the same paper Of the same date. in speak
ing of our legislators, it is said editorially The
composing this mob are as destitute Of resoeetq
bitity as their acts destitute Of lar Again, in
the same article, it ia said THEY ARE SNIP
LY LIARS AND SCOUNDRELS, WHO OUGHT
TO BE IN HE'LL OR THE PENITENTIARY.n
Many Of the members of the Legislature thus ira
duced served with distinction in the Union army.
and until the rebellion suppressed. Some of
them were commissioned by Andrew johnson while
Military Governor, as commanders of regiments -
All Of them, Of whatever rank who were in the ar
my were gallant soldiers. The testimony Of An
drew Johnson now on file in writing, and the off,
cial reports of their superior officers, verify all we
have said in their favor. Some of them aided in
whipping and routing the rebel army OF Z0llicoGer
at Mill Spring IN tohicb one Of the editors Of the
Banner sc,rt1 as Lieutcuoat. Those who. from age
or other reasons, could not carry musct sacrificed
their property were chased by rebels and Indians,
ncarcerated in rebel prisons and gave their sons to
the service. One old man. of whom we now think,
had q son severely wounded under Sherman at
kenesaw Mountain.
1t is not surprising that the tratorOus editors of
Tennessee Islander and hate such devoted patriots as
the majority OF the members Of the Tennessee Leg
slature To loyal men it should be q source OF nor
tidcation that East Teanesseean could be found
base ough to defend apologize for these SANDER
ers Of our loyal people
In discussing the revolutionary proceeding bg which
cur Lei islaturc temporarily broken up by twenty
rebels the Nashville Gazette Of the 18th inst SAYS
&" THE CONDUCT OF THE RETIRING MINORITY
IS NOT A MATTER TO BE EXCUSED, BUT TO /
BE APPLAUDED.9 The Nashville Union and Ancri
can, the organ of Gov Harris during the war and his
eulogis now, is the most Influential and largely circulated
of the rebel organs Of Middle Tennessee. IN referring
to 'he speeches of tine member elect to Congre, from This
District in Connecticut, in favor Of Gen Hawley til,
paper says; We, who have 50 often heard Maynard
and arc SO f1-,il its tkc F,o7l,3e, OF HE 5it,
and ins.ipoi very well conceive how he would con
duct himself and what be would say
The majority of the newspapers published in this |
sta+o se,L 70 Influence tho minds e tIo s,o-- -
arains, Nor,boro imm;yr.,;on 7, i tho ,-ol r..
Of some and the ardent desire or al, f ,bc,, ~ -,
int, tho Scp+b IF ci,f,rs IS z,i -, |
even thai class who come here with qo, coats IN and
uo,o Lror5,l Vo-.h 7 = & H., .,--
~ - no~' my
nave " Lo 8''' less respect tnah Tor any Other class
and only consent TO use them tools until they crush
the Union party Of the state aud REGAIN political nve-
"e'Ou" give eA'iae'1 'in many V1ner tennessee rene
papers similar l. that quoted above showing The deep
seated hatred Of these editors for cvcrv6in Northern
md evorr trnIv laval MAJ, We have 49, ~ 49,
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iepce ON this subject but We bav, not N, ;.
amer 10 do So. We r,oao.e :, con,.r,,c n ! "
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= GO, Rrou,1ov IN what 10 cod ava 80 -.
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trociopsI, sfapderous Of the ,nar,vre soldier. , the
-nion The caution Off : ,.Trr Covrrp-n ,77 a. an,
+ is credited 70 the MetropoIitau Record We ,ss,e
he yelv reasonable New York journal of TIA name
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vas mo- our p"iPVs " ms - -,
'oVBroWnloWs declaration northern fese' ne
that the southern journals