Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-10

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never intended to fulfil the pledge
then given, and it was therefore a
lie in advance. Like nine-tenths
of all such stuff, which constitutes
the warp and woof of all his edi-
torials, it was the clustering of a
bully, the empty swagger of a cow
ardly braggart, the expedient of
ga mad-cap ruffian, and swearing jack,
That thinks, with oaths, to facet matter out,
and SO by believing balderash he
tries to show himself a man of
weight and proves that he is moth
ing but a dolt, a humbug.
s.Thou wear'st lions hide! doff it for shame,
And hang calfs skin on those recreant limbs /"
In his issue of the 18th, the
promised article-his labored at
tempt to vindicate himself-is q he.
He heads it "THE PROOF" in capi-
tails, thus making the very cap
ton a blatant lie. He charges that
as class the newspapers at the
South are disloy al, and that hos
tility the Government and Union
men, characterize the editorials
of a naejsority Of the Southern Jour-
mails. Then, after quoting from
precisely Joau newspapers, all pub b
lished in Tennessee, and al! lnfl-
nitely more true to the Union
than the Reverend Parson Brown
low, and the whole matter extrac-
ted from the four papers amount
ing to only about hirtg-eight lines
in his own filthy sheet, he says:
owe think we have adduced suffi-
cient evidence to justify Governor
Brownlow In what he said, and
satisfy every impartial and candid
man that Mr.. Heiskell has told a
d-d lie." This is the unblush-
ing impudence of deliberate and
malicious liar, or the gibberish of
an Anticipated fool. Not less
than three of the papers quoted
are published in Nashville, and
the other in Memphis. About
thirteen lines, or a full one-third
of all he extracts from these four
papers, have no reference, and make
no aIlusion to the United States
Government nor to Union men as
such.
Nine lines of quoted matter re-
late to the present Legislature OF
Tennessee, and four lines more
are concerning Maynard S election
eering tour for the Radical oppo-
nents of President Johnson, in
Connecticut. And yet, this men,
dacious Parson-this lyingeditor-
this "parody" of a Governor-this
incarnation of all villification and
embodimentof of filthy abuse, has the
audacity and fendish efrontery
to say in the face Of the world, ,
that he 'sthinks" he has adduced
sufficient evidence to justify him
III charging majority of South
ern journals with "disloyalty and
hostility to the Government and
Union men," | pronounce his
statement lie in its utterance, and
a lie in its intention. His whole
article shows clearly that this
thing, that the Knoxville Wing,
now SO ready in calling Governor
| Brownlow, and a little back, SC
chuckled over as Doctor Brownlow,
that the people in bitter sarcasm
and with contempt, speak of as
Rarson Brownlow, deliberately and
consciously s'misquotes to lie" and
is s1ying by misquctes." The Lou
isville Journal is right in saying
that "wheneverhe (Parson Brown
low) sits down to abuse anybody,
lies cluster around his pen like
blue-bottle flies around horses
ears in August" Bus, after all
this article of the parodic Cover
| nor is as decent a one as the eX
chaplain ever wrote, and contains
as much of an argument as tn
"burlesque" can make. 1t IS /,
fair sample Of the 'scaricatureY OF
all possible Governors.
ssRurson Bro,onloao' says "Mr
Heiskell has told a did lie" e
minister of the Gospel" a "Cler
gyman,' a g Preacher Of Righteous
ness" q "Herald of the Cross,
ssMan of Cod SO called, make
, this shameful exposure of himself
, before the world! And this IS i
keeping with all his former life
, He has always been wicked an
, profane; his life has been spent i