Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-02-15
A. J. JONES, Chairman
JOS. III. WILSON,
II. Y. MCADEN,
W. A. CALDWELL.

One of Governor BrOwnlOws speculatiOns has
come to grief and we must say we cannot regret
it, notwithstanding he belongs to profession
(the clergy,) with whose trials and losses al
ways have the deepest sympathy. 1t seems he
in too great hurry, and the good Book adj
vises that they who make haste to be rich,
not keep their hands free from evil and stain
1t seems that gentleman at Knoxville named
Sneed obedience to the call of his State at the
breaking out Of the war, had cast his lot with Ten
nessee, and gone forth like Indian to die with
his tride Thereupon, that worthy and excellent
man of God, ParsOn BrOwnlow, appeared as a cred
itor of Sneeds and made claim for 1875 OO0against
him. Whether it was in the nature of damages for
the suffering Brownlow went through for his coun-
try's we do not know, as the decree of the
Court that we have read does not show the nature
of the claim. However, Sneeds property was
grabbed in his absence, attachments were issued
and served, and it sold and Parson Brownlow
bought it, and gathered the rents thereof into his
own garner. But Sneed came home, and it being
an unpleasant thing to see another man, and he a
stranger, too, domiciled in ones own house, he
invoked the aid of the benifcent laws of the Uni
ted States to restore to him his own He had taken
the oath prescribed in the proclamation of Presi-
dent Lincoln, and under and by virtue of that
had become possessed of all the privileges rights
and immunites of a full-blooded American citizen
he did not even need pardon-and walked the
streets of Knoxville happy man, under the
broad egis of the Constitution, that palladium of
our rights and liberties. The cause of Sneed VS..
Brownlow was heard before that able lawyer,
Judge Trigg, one of Lincoln's appointees. Brown
low fought stoutly-as he always does-but came
out Of the contest sadder, if not wiser man. and
with his hatred of ''Rebes " increased ten-fold in
an inverse Christian ratio. Sneed got his pro-
perty back and the parson lost what not his
own. It seems that in the hurry and excite
ment of bagglng so rich prize, he was willing
to make use of some rebel legislation" " and
had his attachment, ETC., made returnable at a
term of the Knoxville court, created by the Ten
nessee Legislature rebel" SO called. Here was
the defeat and Judge Twigg, in the decree order
ing the restoration of the property to Sneed,
declares that besides informalities attending the
whole proceedings Of the plaintiff, that the term
of Court to which the writs returnabe,
no term at all, as he could not recognize any of
the acts of the Legislature that created it. So the
Governor walked out of the court minus some val
liable town lots in Knoxville, specializing upon
that maxim that 'the wicked must suffer-" and
breathing fury and birthstone against Tennessee
rebels. Whether he is going to sign the Cub
ernatorial chair and move North with his house
hold gods is not stated. If he does, doubtless the
weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth in Ten
nessee will be fearful to hear and behold, and the
announcement will spread, it were, pail over
the State.
There are many Just such titles as this that will
doubtless be thoroughly ventilated and sifted by
able, upright judges in the Federal Courts. Many
patriots instead OF going to the and seeking
''the bubble reputation at the cannOn's mouth,
from wholesome dislike of saltpetre remained
IN ttcO great hurry, and consequently got titles per
fectly worthless.
In this case Mr.. Sneed ought to be grateful to
Governor BrownaW, as his attachment saved the
property from a sale under the confscation act
There are some curious points in this act, by the
way, and the proceedings under it, and the sales,
etc, that propose to discuss hereafter at
venient season. There is much in the matter of
great interest to our people.-Richmond Times.
he Excl of he lie
Congress.
If few radicals in Congress can deprive the
Southern States of representation, they can de-
prive New York of her representatives by the same
process. Nay, the tables may be turned upon the
radicals and they may be kicked out of Congress
by Democratic majority. The rule is very plain,
and it works both ways most admirable. 1t is on
ly necessary to appoint special committee, like
that of Thad. Stevens on Reconstruction, and re-
fer to this committee the credentials of obnoxious
members, and the thing is accomplished. That
committee may never report, or it may delay re-
porting until the close of the session. it may
port adversely. In either the obnoxious mem
bers are disposed of, and the State which is to be
denied representation is thrust out of the Union.
Could any recognition of the possibility OF seces-
sion be more practical than this We deny the
right of the States to leave the Union when they
wish to do so, and spend thousands of lives and
millions of money to vindcate this unconstitutiOn-
al principle but, after ALL Congress allows eleven
States to be forced out of the Union by radical
minority when these States desire to stay in and
thus the right of secession is secured by the logic
of contraries. Was ever dilemma at once ri
diculous and dangerous
The only way by which we can be rescued from
it, is prompt revolt on the part of Congress
against the radical leaders, AID an equally prompt
admission of the Southern Union delegations. IF
this be not done the people will interfere and set
tie the question for themselves under the lead of
President johnson. The Southern States in
the Union, their inhabitants citizens of the
United States, and those who deny them repre-
sentation violate the Constitution, strike down re-
publican principles in the halls where they should
be most cherished and respected, found Con-
gressional tyranny upon the very affairs of democ-
racy, and must be prepared to accept the conse-
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