Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-05-17

OppO5iuOn, WHICH ielt " my uuty 10 mhkc
TO the rninous policy Of The Governor and his
reelection, felt called upon to prepare for
publication an elaborate statement of the
causes Of complaint against him, which read
on the It'll inst, to large audience at Cleve-
land, and which is now published, or. soon
to be published, to be read by the people of
this section of the State, who are well ac-
quainted with Governor Brownlow and nv
self, who are familiar with many of the facts
| it contains, and who will do full justice be-
tween us. . rr.ue.-. .-t ..tI i
BRowsLow's scuRRfIors ATTACK.
| In contemplation of this publication the
Governor has opened with great violence
upon me in his Wing Of the 9Th inst, with a
promise TO continue the warfore until the
August elections are over. Poor, feeble ema-
ciated man--physically Frustrated and mem
tally dethroned-he has no means left him
to escape from his many msdeeds and politi-
cal tergiversations, save by attempting to
divert public attention by a furious attack on
me, and no means of defense save that which
is common to himself and the skunk. His
reputation, never good for veracity-especi-
ally when assaulting those whom he dislikes,
and " no has he not abused ?--has not been
strengthened by the demoralizing influences
of the war. Certain it is, he has said sever
al things in his scurrilous attack upon me
which are false, and denied several things in
reference to himself which are true. But
my friends will not expect that will consent
to lower the issue to his level, or that Will
enter the field with weapons peculiarly his
ewn. have no such means Of attack or Of
defense, and hence must decline to wage
the battle in the spirit which he seeks to
provoke. II is very kind in him to waive
all the protection afforded by i'll health, age
or position. Nevertheless, it would be I'M
gallant in me to accept his waiver. He, is
Frustrated, scarcely able TO walk his sick
chamber, is fast approaching that final crisis
which cannot be avoided by any, and even
if was otherwise disposed, which am not,
to accept the Governors challenge to mortal
combat, could not do SO now, under exist
ing circumstances. The war I propose to
wage is upon his villainous administration of
public affairs and upon the corrupt and THEW
ing instruments surrounding him. This is a
public duty and it is one will not be deter
red from performing.
1t will not be expected that should notice
and refute all the vile ISLANDERS which may
find place in the Wing from this time until
August. The Governor is fruitful of false
hoods against any man he may attempt to
villify, and, Judging from his first onslaught,
his imagination will not likely fail him in the
present emergency.
PROPOSES TO UNNAsK A HyPocRITe.
But for the edfcation of the public-more
for the purpose of portraying the Governor s
character than as defense of myself
shall, from time to time, as other and more
, pressing engagements will permit, make
through the columns of the Commercial such
, expositions of the Governors political histo-
ry and personal meanness as shall deem
proper to make.
The Governor among other things which
he has deemed proper to answer, says IT
authorized the statement contained in re-
cent number of the Commercial, that he ad-
I vised me to become candidate for the Con-
federate Congress, and pledged himself "a
support the Southern Confederacy at as early
l day as he could do so without disgracing
HIMSELF Gov. By pronounce him an unnrit.
igated liar and scondrel.'
} The first remark which wish to make In
q reply to this is, never authorized the Com
mercial to make any statement whatever
The next remark wish to make is, that The
e statement referred to made in the CONNER.
cial is subs santialiy true, and Gov. Brownlow
hneW ii 10 be true.
LITTLE SCRAP OF HISTORY.
Soon after my return from Richmond
about the first of September, 1861, called
at Governor Brownlows and found the lat,
DR.. Jeptha Foulks, from Memphis, and JOIN
S. Sanborn, now of Mississippi, with th'
Governor, in his parlor. After some CONVEX
sation in their presence. and which, pre-
;: sumo, Mr.. Sanborn will remember, Governo
1t Brownlow in substance said, that he hal
~ made up his mind to abandon the Fedora
cause, and support the Confederacy and tina
' as soon as he could, with due respect to pub
n lie opinion, he would change his position
!; Now this pledge he began to redeem as thu
. changed tone of his paper about that tim
= will show. This declaration was not mad
? at our importantly; it was but the enuncia
ton of conclusion, which, so far as knew
Is was the result of his own uninauenced re
= Elections. In his issue of the Wing, of tn
" 3lst of August, 1861, now before me, is tn
ID following editorial article:
1--WE say most unhesitatingly, let the Unio
men-who are the real Conservatives Of Eas
Tennessee-bripg out good and true ma
in each Congressional District and elect hin
to the Confederdfss Congress"
And in the same paper, in another article
y he says:
Il "Whilst our principles have undergone n
4 change, we confess that we have lost conf
NJ dence in the ability of the Government 3
= conduct the war TO successful termination
~ A few days or week
n more viii decide whether the Federal Gov
:. eminent is able to hold on to the Capitol an
N records of the nation. II they fail in THU
o. and the indications are that they tciit 70
q God sake let them not start little army G
m raw militia into East Tennessee to involv
Nj our mountain men in all the horrors of ely
es war. On behalf of our people, our wome
~ and children, we call upon the United State
Government to let US alone, and leave us her
alone in our glory
"Everywhere the affairs of the Unite
IN States Government abroad are becoming nor
In and more complicated and critical, and unle'
d there is more energy and talent displayed o
G the part Of Lincolns administration, matter
IN will soon arrive at such point that the FED
n eral Government will have 10 fight not onl
81 Confederates, but the allied fleets of Englan
re and France
RI In his issue of September It'll 1861, b
s. said
es uEast Tennessea with her Union naiorit