Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-04-18

a NoDxI RADICAL -The Governor declared tn,
/ seat Of DIR. Williams, Of Carter county, vacant
Though III. Williams went homfl on leave Of SD
sencs grs7ted BY the House on account Of sickness
u al4 family. The people however, have reelectel
him over Upton, the radical candidate M. Tip
ton Is model radical--of the style Of many Of tn,
leaders of that faction ia this city. He was mem
rof the rebel legislature fed on the approach o.
The National troops, went home. and was candi
date for The rebel Congress and now is a leading
radical
The above we clip from the Nashville iso-called
Union. Within the same space we hsvenever seer
as many nnisstatements except in the case of cer
gynan, who was once charged with having violently
dragged his wife from revival meeting, and com.
PEELED her to go home with him. The Parsen = lei
the story run ahead till be had fair opportunity tc
give it broadside. Upon being charged with the
ohense, he replied as follows " In the first place
never attempted to influence my wife in her views
nor her choice of meeting. Secondly, my wife has
not attended any of the revival meetings. In the
third place. have not attended any of the meet
ings for any purpose whatever To conclude, neither
my wife nor myself have any inclination to go to
those meetings. Finally, Tneuer had a ,oifef'
In the first place the traitor, Pleasant Williams,
did not ask for leave of absence on account of sick
ness in his family disappearing a loyal con-
stitUency, he voted against the Franchise Law,
(after he had endorsed it in caucus) and rendered
his resignation when other Benedict Arnolds were
doing the same The known loyalty of his constit-
uents led Union men to believe that he might be
saved from the maelstrom of treason The shall
owness of his brain, when taken in connection with
his donicile justified the assumption that he was a
fool instead OF knave, and as legislator, had lit
tie knowledge of what he was doing. Subsequent
events have proven that he is both FOOL and KNAvE
Through the appeals of the patriotic and gallant
Col. Patton of Washington, his masters had him
ask for leave of absence instead of the acceptance of
MS resignation This he did because of he aege ~
his otsl lTnalty and not that Of It's family After
his leave Of absence (which he requested for the pur
pose of aiding to break down the Union party) was
granted, he said to a gentleman HE WOULD NEVER
RETURN After this his name appeared in a pub
lie card with the Judase5 who announced their
withdrawal from the Legislature" Under these
circumstances the Governor declared his seat va
cant.
Just before the election Williams declared in
puolic speech, which Col. S. K. n Patton and our
selves heard, that his name forged to this pa
per, that he had never authorized his signature to
it. He did not make this declaration until he saw
defeat staring him in the face and he knew that his
salvation depended upon it. Had the traitor made
this disclaimer at the time the proclamation of the
Governor was Issued: there would have been no
election in his county
1t is not true alleged that the people reelected
him over Upton. Upton withdrew from the con-
test several days before the election He was re-
elected over Captain Taylor gallant soldier, who
was in the thckest Of the Shiloh battle, and every
subsequent one his regiment participated in until
the war terminated He secured his election bv
declaring land making the people believe) he was
in favor Of DISTINGUISHING rebels Said the obiec.
ton he had to the present franchise law was that
1t eniranchised a certain class Of oolored men,
Without this solemn declaration the brainless up.
start would have been defeated and he would have
been beaten as it was had the election been a week
later. It is untrue that Abraham Upton was a
member Of the rebel legislature. He was member
Of the legislature for several years. and was last in
the General Assembly in l849 or 1851.
IS also false that he erer eas candidate for the
rebel Congress.
Msjor Upton is 65 or 20 years of age. The posi-
ton Of the glorious old patriot has never been
doubted by friend or foe There is not man in his
county or East Tennessee who knows him who will
not testify that he always outspoken and un-
Mon man. For his loyalty he was ar
rested and imprisoned by the rebels. The charges
a,fr,-4 ~.
Of the rebel press of the State against all truly loyal
men.