Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-05-15
. cursed be Canaan

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I'D word the most important and most
sso.od massage that tit contains. And every
Lodv knows that Canaan means "the mig
,,erH All the divines have proved it. The
nan who doubts it is a fanatic and an IN
fidel
But it is with exceeding regret ana as
Constituent that we find evidences OF
great kack-slidiDg among the once iaitniui
believers In Tennessee. Inc DeIhOcTa1S, VI
rebels. or Conservatives who nave Deeh Ihe
.cursed be Canaan party lor ever 50 many
years and have steadfastly defended the
Scripture against all the assaults OF wicked
and inhdel Abolitionists and Radicals, really
act as if The sacred writ had been repealed
bv act of Congress- Cursed be canaan
a servant of servants shall he be unto MS
brethren" But those back-sliding Tennes-
see Conservatives, in convention assembled,
admitted Canaanitish delegates on terms OF
equality, listened with applause TO mig
ger orator" and solemnly.
ResoIped, That our colored fellow-cltizens
being now citizens of the United States and
citizens OF the State Of Tennessee, ana
voters Of this State, are entitled to all the
rights and privileges under the law ahd
Constitution of the United States ana OF
the State of Tennessee. -,
Now we appeal to every lover ana laitii
full expoander the sacred word, II TINS isnot
rank infdelity To sitwith Canaan IN COZ
veptioni To listen TO instruction ana ora
torioaI admonition from one Of whom the
Scripture says, "a servant Of servants shall
ne be- To deliberately resolve that he
shall not be servant Of servants, but citi-
zen and an equal Dothese Tennessee Con-
servatives imagine that the eternal law has
been repealed by the rump at Washington!
Do they suppose that because the negro IS
made q voter by that unholy and inhdel
crew, il is any the less the sacred duty OF
every pious Conservative to insist that be
shall be a servant of servants7 Verify, the
times are out Of joint when those who have
been the foremost defenders of the faith,
who preached aud argued and eloquently
appealed and voted and finally bravely
fought for four long years upon the text
Cursed be Canaan, new Ego back on II
in this sudden fashion because an intdel
horde called Congress has made Canaan
a voter What becomes Of all those pious
sermons upon our duty as believers IN the
sacred word-our duty to smite these
Amelekite Yankees and utterly exterminate
them, because they deny the sacredness of
"Cursed be Canaan" What becomes of
all the pious and heroic struggles for the
true faith, the blood so freely shed in de-
tense Of the sacred word, and the martyrs
glorious crown for those who lighting with
the foremost fell' contending against the
hordes Of infidelity? Are we, for the sake
of a new Canaanitish votes, to rob the dead
of their crowns of nartyrdom? Are we to
burn the sermons of all the pious divines
who have preached the Conservative and
only true faith for the last half century?
Can it be that the pure, pious and Christian
Soath, so long the stronghold Of the only
true Christianity against the assaults Of an
infdel age and civilization, is to be given
over utterly TO unbelief and, despising the
divine command, "cursed be Canaan is to
greediy contend with in6del Yankees in
elevating and honoring the divinely ap
pointed servant of servantsw Can it be2
We confess that it is with some feeling Of
shame that we find the reckless, ineendiary,
infidel and utterly aecursed Radicals of
Tennessee in the position Of the only de-
tenders Of the true faith. The radicals re-
fused TO admit Canaan TO the convention.
No Canaanitish orator was suffered TO ad-
dress assemblies, and if resolutions of a
somewhat infdel tendency were passed,
looking 70 the future elevation of Canaan
from the condition of q servant Of servants
to political and civil equality, it can easily
be claimed that actions speak louder than
words. The Radicals, much as every pious
believer in a Southern gospel must hate
them, stand to-day the only defenders of
that gospel in all the State of Tennessee
They, and they only, continue TO obey the
divine injunction, and TO treat Canaan as
servant Of servants.
As for tho servants aforesaid, they slso
held a convention. Shocking as tn, 1act
must DO TO every pious soul, these persons
Of tho sccursed race actually dared TO as
semble together, to organize, debate and
pass resolutions, just like the sons Of Shem
and Japhet. 1t is most revolting to witness
the fearful strides that infdelity is making,
and especially to see that all the kind, pious
and patriarchal instruction that has been so
freely given 10 this accursed race for cen
turtles by their divinely appointed masters
and protectors, is instantly forgotten OF
all the negroes Of Tennessee, only FIVE could
be found who would participate in the Con.
sentative convention, and of those, one,
when he found what sort of gathering it
was, event out and wept piteously." But
the negro Convention was largely attended,
and thoroughly inspired with the most
atrocious infdelity and radiealism The
speeches were more radical than any ever
made in Tennessee, except by Andrew John
son before his last conversion. One likened
the Tennessee Conservatives to the old liar
who took Christ up into high mountain
ana promised him the whole world if he
wou'o only fall down and worship. An
oVner mentioned that in 1884, the Demo
g T party took from she free negroes of
Ienhessee The right 10 vote. and likencd the
1enheSsee Conservatives to those travel
WoIh GUARANTEES who slipped into the canp
"a $3.50, WIN old shoes and mouIdv bread
IN IheH khapsacks and wanted IN nol,o =
treaty VI peace with him. Still another
sSiu; want 70 ask a Question Who 10
the pest iriena OF the negro. those who ,c-
cept the situation as it is, or tbosa ,,Lo
made il as itis2 For utterly in "i'9
diabolically infdel logic, that proroS;t; anu ~
unmatched; and then the blasphem, 80 ~
resolutions, which declare that ovre a., -. ;,i'
zens, under the providence Of Goa a'5
through loyal and tried friends. who trre
70 The genius Of liberty, fought bled and
hH.Sny died, 10 give the colOred American
~, constitutional rights and privileges n
OF the providence of God reseTy;ng
sne uee'arations Of his eacred uorat TIE
very idea is blasphemous "O'N' n'
"a ensl., hhslA plous believer in thu MOOD
old southern gospel look for co,, y, sne gSoo
TO the South, for infidelity ra S,sa0r TIA no
riot, aud even the stauneh de9enaarn anu f ru ~
faith forget "the cass of Canaan y Nj a. ln a
Andrew johnson, for he shamefullv d. 49, : :
the faith once delivered TO the saints az -,
executes tile reconstruction act. Connecti
cut made profession Of faith, but Conser
vative Governor is puzzled By Radios
Legislature, and faith without works
dead. Truly the last days are come, an