Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-07-25
A banning DisclOsure--.COmpliCity Of
the President In the Boilers Rebel
lion.

The acknowledgment of Hon. Milton Brown
brother of Hon. Harvey Brown, Representative Of
Madison, and one Of the boilers now contumaciousy
and sedtiously defying the authority of the House.
made the other day to the officers deputised by the
Sergeant at Arms, by authority of the House, com
petes the chain of evidence conVicting the Presi-
dent of being in perfect concert with the present
Legislative rebellion. Mr.. Brown informed the Of
fcers that his brother would not obey the summons
of the Legislature, and that he would not come to
Nashville to attend to his official duty. He spoke
contemptuously and defantly of the Legislature, de-
nOunced it as bogus affair." and said that President
Johnson 1caS opposed to Governor Br01c1lL0lcS admir-
Stratiou This disorder in the Legislature plainly
originates in Washington. The President stirs the
great caldron of double toll and trouble in Wash
ington while he tosses into it all the ingredients Of
that hell broth which he calls MY Policy and the
noise we hear at the State House only the sputter
ing of little gut fat which leaps into the fire Let
tiers have been coming from Washington as thickly
as autumn leaves in brisk gale.
One of the boilers from Middle Tennessee recely-
ed letter few days prior to his departure from this
city, from Hon. Edmund Cooper, Private Secretary
of the President adUisig him to absent himself from
his seat IN the General Assembly, that the amendment
to the Constitution might be defeated at aU hazards
This is reliable and no mistake
Yes, this is the watchword now passing from the
White House along the whole rebel and copperhead
line in Tennessee: Defeat the amendment at all
hazardsl Defeat it, if it must be, by perjury, or
even by bloodshed. The peace and honor of Ten
nesee are trifes light air in comparison with the
triumph Of the President and his reelection in
1862
The Union members Of the Legislature have
duty to perform. There is a Tennessee Legislature
legally and duly elected by the people. That body
is now in session at the State House. 1t is a lawful
parliamentary assembly, with all the power and au
thoriy incident to such body, to perfect and main
tain its organization, expel members for fagrant
crimes, compel the attendance of absentees, and
maintain It's authority the representative body of
free government. Shall the eauthority of this Leg
isature be overthrown by Presidential ukase from
Washington? Is the Legislature to act at the bid
ding of one OF the courts which it created, and be
answerable to every petty justice Of the peace for
the performance of acts necessary to preserve its
organization? All, but say these Presidential rebels
the Legislature has authority to arrest one OF its
members. This is the very point we desire to test
We want to know if the Legislature of TENNESSEE is
a lawful parliamentary assembly, or if it is power
less and at the mercy of every Constable and Squire
in the State. The same men who now say that the
Legislature has authority to constrain the aten
dance of members, asserted with equal vehemence
in 1861 that Congress had no power to coerce rebel
lous States Are we on the Threshold Of a second
rebellion ?-NaShrjWe Press and Times.