Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-05-30
THE KNOXVILLE WHIG.
Knoxville, Tenn, May so, 1866.
Charged with Lying.

Mr.. PostoD, leading member Of the boiling par
ty, after be refused his seat in the House. came
out in a pronunciamenlo, in the Nashville papers,
and charged ialzebood and duplcity upon the bolt
ers Hood Dunaway and Williams, who, for the
sake Of getting into their seats shamefully denied
their participation in the boiling expedition.
Williams more sh4meiully lied out than either Of
The other two, although PostOn convicts them all
three. See how Poston corners them:
Before returning to my constituency, desire,
through the press as / had pUTposed on the floor of
The House if admitted 10 my seat TO say a few
words to you in vindcatiou OF my own and the
character Of seventeen others Of the twentv-one
gentleman whose names are appended TO the " Ad-
dress 10 the people OF Tennessee, recently publish
Cd II justil cation of the pursued by them in
the Legislature in the month Of February last. |
regret the necessity which calls forth this vindica
lion; Its consequences must rest the heads Of
those whose course made il necessary.
nessrs. Dunaway, Of Bedford, Williams Of Car
ter, and Hood Of Hamilton, have severally denied
thst they signed their TO that address or au-
thorl1ed their signatures TO be affixed thereto the
former, as l understand, in card published in the
public prints, the two latter upon the floor of the
House OF Representatives. Upon the occasion OF
this denial in the House, these two gentlemen re-
tanned their seats without vouchsafng one word of
explanation or defense, while the foul-mUuIned
privileged seats opened their vials of defamation
and abuse upon the associates of the two disclaim-
srs The latter had opportunity for explanation or
defense: the former none
have now only 10 say, that ] signed but one
name to that address, and that one my own. l have
no knowledge as to the person by whom the names
Of either Dunaway, Williams or Hood were sub
acri6ed. had no hand in the preparation Of the
address objected to it whGn read to me- because it
did not set forth the measure or bill which caused
Us 20 leave the House. the circumstances under
which II was sought TO be forced upon US and the
Radical programme and purpose of which it formed
part, IN terms beftting their revolutionary and
infamous character, and because of other objections
Lhen stated, but unnecessary TO be Teneated here.
had agreed with Dunaway, Williams Hood
and others, to the preparation of an address to
The people explanatory of our action, and when the
paper, prepared by Others presented and re-
ceved the appreciation Of q majority of those con-
eerned, waived my personal objections and gave
u my signature, reServing expressly the privilege
by oral written address to explain myself more
fully, which l did before my Immediate constitu-
ents. l comm enced chiefly to say, and will now
conclude with saying that l signed the address
icrrcd to with my own name and not that of Duna-
way, Williams, or Hood and that if these gentle
men did not sign their names thereto or authorized
some one to sign for them they ought to have done
IL good faith, for such was the distinct under
standing when it agreed that the address should
be prepared, and such l doubt not the implied au-
,Eority under which whoever did sign them acted.