Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-05-18
From the Louisville Journal.
PRENTICE on BR0WNL0W AGAIN.

PRENTICE on BReWsL0w AGAIN.
Od Ca. Brownlow, after keeping the FL
thy hole in his face shut for weeks comes
ont with another attack upon W in his
Knoxville Wing, which has ever been dis
grace to Knoxville, to Tennessee, 10 civiliza-
ton, and to uncivilization.. He never had
mind enough to keep his body from rotting--
consequently he has always been mass of
putriAcation; be has never had sufficient COM
mon sense to last him over night, 30 that he
wakes up miserable fool every morning;
and this last effort OF his in bis Wing is the
poorest, the feeblest, the jejunest, the most
contemplate that We have seen even from
him. 1t doesn't rise even to the low level OF
invective. There is no more talent in the
writing than in the Something's Of dung hill.
II Is mere confederation of vulgar epithets
and les--vils lies for which there Il not 30
much as the thin and shadowy ghost u a
pretext. u Is the simple raving Of brok-
en-down, Infatuated, aud weak old man or
no-man---so weak, that like the lean dog we
read Of he has to lean against fence to do
his barking. All the little atom of sense be
ever had-if he ever had an atom---has gone
TO the grave before hm-but not much be-
fore him it Is to be hoped for mankind s
sake. He has no right 10 be still haunting
'the glimpses Of the moon" He is a loath-
some fstula Of the body polite. He is a
NANCY old dog--a disgrace to his own feas.
He is foul bubble floating on the surface
of a eess-pool
We 1.-THE senior editor of She Journal
shall give very few words to answering the
charges made by this wretched old being
against US. A thousand such creatures
could not put US seriously upon the defen-
sive. He talks about our furnishing during
the war mules, corn, guns, and pistols in
pursuance Of large contracts with the FEEDER
| al Government. We didn't furnish a mule
or grain Of corn or any other article in all
the war, and We had no interest in common
with anybody that did. If we sold few
| guns and pistols, ii was our own business as
much as publishing the Knoxville Wing is
Brownlow'g we didn't have, or ask, or want
the Governments consent, We sold to in
individuals under Louisville license, Jus,
as the other newspaper offices in the city
did, and ouly to loyal individuals. We owe
nothing to the Government for favors during
the war. We didn't make farthing out Of
| y,
to the amount of thousands by its Selling
our private property in Nashville, for the de.
Tense Of that city, under promise OF pay.
ment-and never paying dime.
| This poor old devil undertakes to hold u
responsible for what is charged against Mr.
Henderson, the owner of a minor interest in
our paper, who is on t. ial at Nashville fol
alleged frauds as a mule contractor during
the war, If the old wretch were not wors,
than beast, or two beasts, The should bt
cut up into dozen), he would not assume
Mr., Henderson's guilt before it is proved
We have assurances from high sources thai
Mr.. Henderson is certain to be honorably
acquitted, and we have not a doubt of it,
We have ever considered HIM and do consid
er him gentleman of strict integrity; ant
the only witness against him in the Nash.
vile trial Is an Internal swinder and scoun.
drel by his own sworn confession. But bs
that as it may, we are not responsible ant
the Louisville Journal is not responsible fol-
Mr.. Hendersons business transactions
His business has at all times been outside Of
the Journal Office. There is not man in
Louisville who has had less to do than hi
with the management of this paper, or ever
/
to have anything whatever to do with it;
management If the old span of Sin al
Nashville has the slightest evidence, amount.
ing to even the thousandth part of the shad-
ow Of suspicion, that we have at any time
been involved in the matters charged against
Mr.. Henderson, let him bring it forth. And
if he has no evidence, not even the most in.
tinitesimal-as he has 'ot-let the people o.
Tennessee decide for themselves what sort o.
Governor (oh shamel that the title must bt
used. they arc cursed with, lie has nc
scruples as TO what charges he makes
against men; he always invents the very
worst and most infamous he can, and makes
them. That is his only rule. He has nc
more regard for truth than the common
father OF himself and sin. He breeds lies
tas Satan's wives or concubnes breed imps
or as lies breed maggots. If he didn't al
the atmosphere around him with lies h,
couldn't breathe it he would die like raj
in an exhausted receiver. Lies are bis meat
his drink, his lodging, bis transportation, hi.
whiskey, bis snuff, and his tobacco. If We
had the slightest occasion to prove our incor
rupioii!ty in opposition to the imputationi
we could do 1t by showing that we repeated
ly declined during the war to be the riches
man in Kentucky. But who has ever heart
or ever will hear of that amboninabe ole
scopndrel's resisting o temptation!
Brownlow has ever been a traitor ant
talked as traitor and written as traitor
except when he hoped that he could make ,
political or pecnniary speculation by an af
fectation Of loyalty. As long ago as 1856 h,
said In book;
take my stand with the friends of til,
Institution OF slavery in the South. Con
nected with this question, ] will go as far a!
the next-even to dying IN the last ditch.
After the breaking out of the rebellion be as
sumed fora time to be loyal and got into a reb
ell prison. As soon as he got out he published
a number Of his paper violently denouncinf
any attempt on the part of the Federal Gov
eminent to put down the rebellion. H,
taintingly told the North that they would
have quite as much as they could do to take
care OF themselves without interfering with
the South-that they had better look at home
his paper contained several articles; all o.
the same character. And here we will STATE
another fact in regard to him which we arr
authorized TO state He determined to nd
vocate the election of a rebel to represent thu
Knoxville district in the rebel Congress
He had an editorial article ready In type
when Judge O. F. Trigg and John William.
son, Esq. labored with him for hours 10 pre.
vent his paper from taking the secession side
We can refer to Judge Trigg, United States
Judge Of Tennessee, for the truth of this
statement. The Judge subsequently, allu.
ded 10 the matter in speech at Memphis
saying, that, he hadn't been as good I'm
ion man as he was, Brownlow wouldn't have
been as good a Union man as he was. But
browniow concluded that it was for his in
terest to affect Unionism. ard SO be has at.
fected II.