Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-03-13
Gov. BroKnloM,s Slanderers.

The Conservative papers of the State are In the
habit of publishing much Of the blackguardism and
abuse Of the Governor which they see in the Cop
perhead sheets of the North.
In no single instance have they published a line
denunciatory of the Governor from any man who
has not blackguarded Sheridan, Thomas, and the
other true and tried men of the country. Among
these whose blackguardism is choice reading for
these rebel editors, is one NJ NJ Pomeroy, who
| styles himself g Brick Pomeroy This fellow is
editor of little paper at La Crosse Wisconsin
That our readers may understand the character
and politics of the men who abuse the Governor we
copy the declarations of this fellow Pomeroy in ref
erence to Gen. Grant. His blackguardism of Grant
was elected by the declaration of the latter that the
publication of papers should not be tolerated which
advised ana melted resistance to the enforcement Of
the laws
This fellow says of Gen. Grant:
"Ab, but old dog Of GaIena, your teeth are gone
and the age of miracles has passed away you are
| not likely 70 grow q new set right away-your will
is good enough, but those same newspapers-those
kindred sheets you term them have full as much
power to seize you and shake you out of the uniform
you disgrace as you have to cripple and fetter their
powers"
In the same conversation in which Gen. Grant
made the remark above mentioned he also said that
4" Gen. Lee was behaving badly" that is, that he
was setting the example of sullen and unwilling
submission to the re-established authority of the
United States, instead of using his great influence
at the South for the restoration of harmony and
good feeling. This affords this fellow an opportu-
nifty to vent his traitorous feelings which he does
follows:
The lucky General of the Federal forces never
has forgiven, will forgive the grandest living
warrior of the American continent who with an
inferior army fought successfully the mighty forces
of the Federal General strewing the pathway of
the latter from the Wilderness to Richmond with
untold numbers of killed and wounded sacrificed to
his ignorance and lack of skill"
In the conversation spoken Of, which was one had
by an editor from Maine with Gen. Grant, the Gen.
era made some remark to the effect that the citizens
of Southern localities which were not reached by
our armies during the war, were the most trouble
some and difficult to deal with now, and that it
might have been better in this respect if the Fed
eral armies had passed over the whole area of the
South.
This fellow Pomeroy says:
What an utterance for man by whose genius
~ hundreds of miles of the most fruitful and beau
tful sections of the Southern country were wasted
and devastated with fire and sword; cities utterly
destroyed, and crimes perpetrated of so monstrous
and deyilish nature that though now a year and
half in the past they still cry to heaven for ven
geance what an aspiration for q man by whose
orders the torch swept the fair and beautiful Shen
andoah; Nero fddling, dancing and reveling over
the wreck of burning Rome did not ask another rr-
ined Rome to satiate his passions, but Gen. Grant,
who planned deeds, and caused by his agents hor-
rors at which the civilized world stood aghast is
dissatisfied that the war did not last another year
that he might have used the persuasive agencies of
the torch, rape, pilage and murder upon portions
of the South still unVisted"
When such men as Gen. Grant, and the soldiers
who fought under him, are thus slandered by Con-
servative editors and politicians Gov Brownlow
should feel proud that he has conducted himself
as to incur their hatred The abuse of such fellows
the most satisfactory attestation of the character
of a gentleman and patriot while their applause
would be an argument of suspicion.
Nearly every editor and politician of the Conser-
vative party entertains towards Gen. Grant and
Union soldiers the same feeling of hatred which this
fellow Pomeroy does. Fear of the consequences of
their party, however generally prevents them from
avowing this hatred of the Union soldier, and ex-
pressing admiration of the rebel quite so openly as
his fellow