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

Or. Currey and others, in holding " MILL
tarv Meetir.g'' in the Court House, where
nov are reported as speaking at length.
The sirsh of string Of resolutions you
adopted, is as follows
Re.oIUsi, That as q public assembiage, we multi
ally pledge our earnest and united efforts 70 raise
and organize, with all possible speed, companies,
battaliOns and regnente for the war and to arouse
a volunteer spirit whose enthusiasm shall know no /
abatement until We havs recalled opportunities /
which our kupineRess has heretofore neglected ana
taught an nsolsn foe that honor is dearer to South
ern men than quiet and thGs we will neVer save |
our property and our lives al The expense OF insli
enable and Constitutional rights
t3. When Gen. Burnside came into Knox
vile in 1863, you thrust yourself forward
to make speech of welcome, rejoicing at
the overthrow of the Confederacy, and with
an effrontry that would make the Father Of
Lies ashamed, classed yourself with those
who had been standing by the old flag. In
1864 you joined in with the Mcclellan par
ty, and denounced Lincoln as a usurpcr
Il Now you are for Johnson and bis
policy eighteen months ago you was ours
ing Johnson for being concerned IN the as
sassination of Lincoln, For twelve months
past YOU have been on the stump denounc-
ing the entire Radical party as " the Rtt@
and of-scoufings Of society, and me IN par
ticular. do not propose to defend my own
blood and stock, but / venture word IN de-
tense Of the Radical Union party. When
ever you shall demonstrate that the leaders
and members of our party descended in di-
rect line from there's and strur,pets that
their ancestors adorned the inner walls OF
State prisons, for the mild ofense OF horse
stealing; and that their nearest relatives
were shot down like dogs for barn-burning
you will be enabled to reduce us alto your
/ own degraded level
And now, sir, is not this combination
of causes sufficient TO prevent you having
any influence with loyal mon in TENNESSEE
Is it any wonder that yov, with this dark
and damning record, personal and political,
should fail to influence the loyal men of
this State to go with you into the rebel
ranks You, sir, commenced this game Of
personalities, and tho use OF epithefS, and for
two years past you have had matters all
your own way. By the time the play is
over, you viii be as sick of it as anybody
else
But | will now take up your strong point,
over which you crow Justify You say
Soon after my return from Richmond, about the
lkt September, 1851, called at Gov. Brownlows
and found the lats Dr. Jeptha Foulls, Of Memphis,
and John S. Sanborn, now of Miss, with the Gov
ernor, in his parlor. After some conversation IN
their presence and which, / presume Mr.. Sanborn
will remember, Gov. Brownlcw in substance ssid
that no had made up his mind 10 abandon the Fed
eral and support tho Confederacy and that Is
soon he could with due respect to public opinion
he would change his position.
You have been rather unfortunate IN thus
stating your case. Knowing DR.. Foulks to
be dead, you supposed that yourself and
Sanborn, the Mississippi sIave-driver, would
DO able to over-power me. On that occasion,
the Doctor exhibited letter addressed to
him by John L. Moses, Of Knoxville, speak
ing kindly of me, but stating, in substance,
that would not 60 with the Confederacy ];
that would 60 TO prison first / replied
TO the Doctor that Moses had correctly rep
resented me. Dir. James Rodgers, Of Knox
vile, has kindly reminded me that he was
at my house at tho time, in an adjoining
room, and heard mo distinctly and emphat-
ically say, at the close Of the interview II
WILL DIE AT THE END OF RoRE BEFORE
WILL SUPPORT THE SOUTHERN CoNFED-
ERAcY" Messrs. Moses and Rodgers are
both here and can be consulted.
In regard to the article in my paper, ia
vorable to your claims for seat in the
rebel Congress, you say
| When / consented 10 become s. candidate, he
| Gov. Brownlov) requested TO furnish him a
statement Of my position, and that ne would insert
it in the Wing as an editorial In compliance with
! his suggestion, prepared hastily and handed to q
friend rough draft, defining my position. Accord
ing TO promise it appeared as the leader in his next
issue with an editorial paragraph, after it had left
my hands, but whether written by the Governor or
my friend, have never known.
In this statement you have lied like dog.
You knew all the time that your friend 4"
wrote that, az. well as most Of the articles
you quote from. l refused to support you,
both through the paper and at the ballot
box. believed you furnished the material
for your "friend, and for your own praise
All tho error perpetrated was that of al
lowing the paper to be used for your benefit.
But DR.. Foulks had notified mo that nv
paper was to be suppressed, aud l did not
like Swan, your competitor, and therefore
let matters rip.
Why, you svindling, lying traitor, when
Snccd, Crozicr, Ramsey, Reynolds & Co,
had me thrust into jail, with your comm.
vance, and Gen Carroll came to the Jail and
proposed to sct me at liberty if would take
the oath of allegiance to the Southern Con.
tederacy, replied that | would lie there
until | died, before would do 50 You re-
piled, g Damn him, let him lilo there p
After falsely claiming tho credit of going
to Richmond, and procuring passports for
me to leave the country, you say
When it sscertained tina. his passport had
been procured through rne perfect storm Of indig-
nation was excited among the eight or ten thousand
Confederate soldiery then il East Tennessee. /
wac attacked with CREST violence in the Knoxville
Register and Richmond Examiner The storm wss
such as TO awe Of his present friends into utter
silence
have before heard Of your claiming the
credit Of my release and charging me with
ingrstitude, This opens the way for the
whole truth to come out had laid in Jail
during the months Of December and Janu-
airy, and was about to hang under your
management of the case, for you had no
substantial influence with either party
Still confined and guarded, the last week in