Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-07-03

I'm The Nashville Press and Iinss
M uennhis Appeel leading Lthsilags 81
ssted nv General Pike gives toe 7, s,oi.. -
tions ana bloody counsel to tnaI PSF -; snd A.
violence, treason and aruiea - oigiI and military
.rTo. Tho early attention Of tue es -, - a,.sal
ses ~ - Iilo Toeasurea proposed W lne Appeal
and treasonsblc as The rebellion Of
Governor Harris ~ ~ nacislIv an tber cities.
An ovor tho Statgb ana epsCauy "a sn9 St'ioss
az =. ~, have something at stake In the con-
boe men Sno ,,b, 20 unite and organize at once.
mon g n cSroIlment should begin at Onee-here
Inc we toro As soon as sixty or eighty men are
every -, them at once be organized as a COM
100 -;.b sl the necessary officers. Let battal-
psny, .ssrnents and brigadea be formed. Let Us
~, o5S,anizstion officers, a military chief. Let
orv man arm 20 protect his property, his life and
~ ives Of those that are dear TO him. Let arms
md nowder and ball be procured, If fnery has 10
Ia dspenced with. Let this force be Civic Guard,
~ the disposition Of the officers Of the law, where
these are fit 10 be trusted-tO keep the peace 10
spite Of them where they are not. Let them over
awe the turbulent elements that threaten civil
vulsions. Such an organization may prevent ex-
cesses Nothing else viii. Let them sec that every
man. white or black who Is entitled 70 vote by Law,
has opportunity 20 vote and no others, registered
or unregistered If pillagers and assassins under
take 70 do here what they have done elsewhere, let
them be disarned and expelled from the city or
die the death. If the authorities Of the State ez-
scutive or judicial connive at the murder Of citi-
zens LET the citizens protect themselves They can
DO 50, and maintain the public peace, and prevent
riots or punish rioters and they must do this for
neither laws, courts nor police protect them Are
a few ragamufins and n mob of miscreants 10 OYER
awe and ride over a whole Slater
The Appeal closes its article as follows
Arm and organize, OF hold out your Threats
20 the assassin's knife. The streets may not be
safe for butterflies between this and tho August
elections, unless the citizens prepare TO maintain
the rights which they do not bold at the suferance
Of men, but by the gift Of God"
The true reason Of this helsh suggestion is the
Overwhelming defeat which the Appeal sees now
awaits the Etheridge faction and in its desperation
it willing 20 open the sluices OF universal rapne
and carnage, hoping that in the general crash its
faction may slip into power. Even the Avalanche,
usually the most reckless Of all the Memphis pa
pers, starts al the proposal, and says
"If The Conservative party organize in The way
and manner proposed by the Appeal, riot Will oc-
cur lust as certain a. the day Of election arrives
The evils Of which the Conservatives complain are
indeed grievous but there still greater evils,
and the policy advocated by the Appeal will bring
them upon US in all their appalling horror
We hope that the intelligent and orderly portion
Of the Conservatives will feel IL 20 be their solemn
duty 70 abandon their present desperate and peril
Gus party association and assist the Republican par
ty 20 maintain The laws. Every interest appeals TO
them 70 do SO. The Conservative leaders are blind
with rage and bsflod ambition, and many Of them
are ready 10 lead their followers 70 ruin 70 crafty
their own feelings Of revenge and place power in
their own bloody hands. The Conservative party
to-day in Tennessee lie more dangerous TO the peace
and good order OF the State than the Harris party
was in 1861. Let all good citizens abandonit. We
are gratifed 10 know that within the past two
weeks several Of the most Influential intelligent
and wealthy Conservative in West Tennessee have
privately declared their purpose TO do all ia their
power 70 re-elect Governor BsOwnlow and the en-
H. No. ii
bolicsi advice Of the Appeal will be dealt With in
summary manner by the law.