Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-05-22
IN the Public.

mony in the case as given by me last week, to mys-
tifv the interview at my residence in 1861, in which
he. sanborn ths Mississippi rebel and slsve-driver)
and she late DR.. Fowlkes, of Memphis were parties
/ have seen and oOEversed with DR.. James Rodgers
since Baxter's publication Of the 10th instp and |
there is no disagreement between him and myself |
as to the FACTS. sgree further With DR.. Rodgers
and think the community win do 50 IN his addition
al statement, that Bakers entire comments upon |
the affair are nothing more or less than play upon
words.
AS Baxter has . newspaper at his command, and
is in the line Of giving explanations, will submit
some important inquiries and ask him to edify the
public with such explanations or deniAls as his
Judgment may dictate and vart legal learning Eug-
gest.
/ have openly and unequivocally charged him
with applying TO JEFF Davis for HALF MILLION Of
money to take through the lines under the false pre-
tense Of being Union man TO get up FIRE in the
rear Of the Onion army, and bring about the sue
cess Of the Rebel Government. For this dark and
damning tressoni for this effort incte asssssina-
ton and butchsry among the peaceful communities
Of the Northwest, the military authorities here,
under Burnside, seriously contemplated imprison-
ing him at Camp Chase, where he would have gone
but for the intercession Of men whom he is now
slsndering and Safeguarding. As yet, John BaI-
ter has neither condescended to admit the truth Of
these charges, nor has he dared deny them.
Before the war opened, in connection with Sam
uel Morrow, (deceased,) Baxter established what is
called Bank Of Exchange and Deposit In this
Bank Robert Morrow, deceased placed between
TWENTY and TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS. This deposit was made when pa per
was as good as gold. Robert Morrow, after
making this deposit became insane and died insane.
After the war terminated, and after the death-of
the two Aorrows DIR. VIII Morrow, Surgeon of
the Confederate Army, and son and executor of the
deceased Robert NJ orrow, returned to this city and
called or Baxter for his fathers money. All ne
could get was $4,000 in Southern Bank notes.
which were so deprecated that DR.. NJ Orrow could
onlv realize fifteen hundred dollars from it. DR..
Morrow will be in this city in few days. 1t is no.
torious in Knoxville that Dr. Morrow and his moth
er's family regard Robert Morrow, deceased, as q
victim of theft and scoundreIism.
Robert Morraws money is gone aud some thief
got it. His brother, Samuel Morrow, who died
about three yesrs ago, did not get this money,
| for according to Bakers showing, his estate
is insolvent. As further proof of this fact,
Thomas Il. Galloway, who is one of Baxters vic
Tins of personal defamation, kindly loaned the
widow of Samuel Morrow $4,000 10 meet an IN
! paid balance against her house and home in this
city On the other hand since the death of the two
! Morrows John Baxter has bought the controlling
! influence of the First National Bank in this city
and is flush with money, reporting an annual In
come of between FIFTEEN and TWENTY
! THOUSAND. Tbepublic would like to have these
matters explained. They have been the source of
debate surmises and innuendoes by citizens OF this
and other places in East Tennessee without regard
to parties.
One thing is certain, the families of the two Nor
rowe have emerged from the Exchange Bank PEN
nj ess, and John Baxter continues in Bank flush
with money.
The whole affair explains itself He who runs
may read.
He meet these and other grave charges es-
tabshing his personal infamy by telling the people
as be did at Cleveland, that " the convicts in the
Pententiary all cheer for Gov Brownlow," or, as be
did in a speech at Athens, that the Radical party
of Tennessee is composed Of the filth and o6-seour-
ings of society" This kind of argument may be
satisfactory to John Baxter and the few lickspit.es
who revovs around him as their Primary.
nov proPosothv fOiio wing ia4o-res.sories which
hope he viii condescsnd to answer Are you not
the Of an old man who was charged with coun-
terfeiting 10 North Carolina Did not that old
raise two families of children by two different
women, living at the same timer Was no ever
lawfully married TO either? If So which one of
the two do you claim to have been your mother
Was the Baxter who headed band of counterfeit
ers and served full term in the Georgia Peniten-
tary for hOrse-stealing your brother?
Was the Baxter, shot down like dog in Polk
county, by Wallace Park, for burning his barn End
poisoning bis stock, your BROTHER
Had these counterfeiting- barn burning stock-
poisoning Ba1ters been connected with the Ex-
change Bank of Kno1vii!e, any of us could tell
what had become of Robert Morrows money
Perhaps one of the breed and stock who owns the
the Bank can tell
In the Sundays issue of his organ, Baxter says:
That cat another time and under different cir
cumstances his tmy) insults, &C., might and Ootsld
be n'stin a different r0oy."
Met" suppose, after his fashion of meeting
the insults of Gen. Thomas D. Arnold, who, when
Baxter had his big stick in his hand, told him ne
was id LIAR and COWARD" and rubbing his
fist under his nose, compelled him to submit to the
denuRciation.
8" Met" as he met Judge Houk, by hypocritically
shaking hands with him. inquiring after his health,
after Houk had day two previous, in his pres
ence, in public speech on the public square, de-
nounced him as a !" LIAR, a COWARD and PERJURED
TRAITOR"
Met" as he met Col. Joseph A. Mabry, when,
in this city, Mabry exhibited TO him two Colts Ma
Wy Revolver's, and be pulled his hat over his eyes
sneaking of, with bis big stick in his hand like the
white-livered coward he has proved himself to be-
Met" like he met Andrew J. Fletcher, after
Fletcher had denounced him as the worst scoundrel
unhung, by passing Fletcher with silent contempt
Net" like he hiss met prominent members of
the Bar after they have denounced him for his at
temPts to bully them by obsequiously shaking them
by the hand and quieting down endeavoring TO be-
have himself.
"Met" like he met Marcus Erwin, apolitician and
lawyer of North Carolina, by showing the white
feather in duel he fought with Erwin
II he shall ever call on me for personal satsfac-
ton shall expect him to make demand for per-
sonal services he never rendered. he did upon the
widow Of poor Hsun, or shall expect him. AS A
PAID ASSASSIN, to assault me between two days as
be did Bob Morrow's money, with a view to start
ing Bank No 3. w. G. BRowSLow.
May 22d, 1867.
The State Guards.
Now that the rebel stump speakers and
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