Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-02-27
Black Bill Carriers Lies.
From the Knoxville ConraerciaI.

MEXICO AUDRAIE Co. Mo-, Feb. II. 1867.
Editor KnorUius Commercial In your weekly of
/ the 9th instant notice letter from one VIM. B.
Carter directed TO the citizens of East Tennessee
North Carolina and West Virginia, in regard to the
condition of affairs in this State Aissouri) and ad-
vising those who think of emigrating to this State
to not do so, &C. &C. must saw was astonished
and filled with indignation when 1 read it, and
should be doing myself and the good people of Mis-
souri, great injustice to let it pass unnoticed he
says Missouri is of all States earth the worst
place Tor any one to 60 TO now; hundreds Of fami
lies have left, &c" This is a sad mistake, and a
papable Misrepresentation, and will not apply to
single county in all North Missouri and doubt
whether to any portion of the State. Hundreds
have come here within the past year. and are doing
well, and hundreds more coming. The emigra-
ton to Missouri this Spring and Fall will be i'm
mense knew of but two or three families. out of
more than one hundred, who came here within the
last twelve months, who have left Our streets are
almost daily crowded with wagons and strangers
seeking homes among He says the Governor
(tletcher) keeps troops in every county and town
to enforce the religious views of one party and to
suppress those of the other. Murders and assassi-
nations occur daily. Women and even girls, are
ravlshed almost daily in some of the principal
towns, &c. There never has been troops kept in
any town and county, not even during the war
Fletcher did call out some companies Of militia
and stationed item believe in only four counties,
they are all disbsnded and sent home.
AS to women and girls being ravshed almost dali
ly, must say that have not heard of single in
stance of the kind, and keep myself as well post
ed as man can by reading the various papers.
am no lover of Governor Fletcher believe him
to be disgrace to his high position, and man
that would stoop to almost anything for party ad
vaneement. But admitting all this, / cannot adj
init that one-ffth part of what the Rev. VIM B.
Carter says to be true Again he says: "Better
stay where you are, and live the berries of the
forest than come to Missouri" Who ever heard
the like of that! Shades of Cesar There never
was time during the whole war but what people
were with the exception of few border counties,)
as safe here as in Virginia, Tennessee or Kentucky
All that people have to do here is TO attend to their
own business, (Which by the way is good employ
ment any where work their farms and let politics
take care of itself We want emigration; farmers
to develop the resources of this great State. We
will have it. They are coming. Tell the honest
handwriting sons of East Tennessee to come on
1t makes no difference what their political prefer
ences are, if they are intelligent, industrious
they will make good citizens and will be welcome
but they must labor. This is fast country; the
people are fast; slow men, men of no energy can
not get along here.
ara of the opinion that the Rev. Mr.. Carter had
either very lame political object in view or wrote
from Lexington during the time of its occupation
by Fletcher's loyal thieving militia. Yet that Goes
not justify him in drawing SO largely on MS seem
ngly fruitful imagination. Lexington and Latay-
cite counties do not include quite all the State of
Missouri and outside of these counties there has
been little or no trouble at all with soldiers.
The Missouri test oath cases have been decided
unconstitutional and that decision applies alike to
attorneys, ministers, and teachers. Now, Mr.. Edi-
tor, have written this letter for you to publish
l want the people of East Tennessee to read it. l
have stated nothing but facts and if see any more
such letters from Missouri in the Commercial l
shall pay my respects to them also. l am East
Tennesseesn 1 love East Tennessee and her citi-
zens and wherever find them they are highmind-
ed, honorable men. Yet love my adopted State
missouri, too, and whenever l see her or her peo
pie misrepresented at home or abroad, shall feel
it incumbent upon me to let the world know the
facts in the case. More perhaps.
Yours, truly,
P. NJ MORRIS.