Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-07-11
Brownlow Repudiated by
One Of His Leading Sup
pOrterS.

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One Of His Leading Sup
porters. |
At a rousing Conservative
meeting, held at Chattanooga last
Thursday, Col. John ii. James,
late Quartermaster U. s. A., and
at one time Quartermaster of this |
State, at present proprietor of the |
Lookout Mountain House, an
old and highly esteemed citizen,
and hitherto claimed as a Brown
low Radical, spoke as follows:
Brownlow claims to have suf-
fered in the war. Now, l have
heard of men suffering, but don't
think he did. He is the only
man in Tennessee who received
any respect from the rebel author
tiles. / want 10 know what he
suffered. If it had not been for
Gro. Ramsey and VIM. III. Sneed
he would have been as big re-
bel as any man in Tennessee, and
/ defy him. to deny it. He may
accuse me Of every crime he
pleases, but | will say this for him.
He was captured at Knoxville by
his own consent. He was put in
separate room from the other
prisoners; a carpet was put on
the floor, and when he was not
satisfied with the country grub,
he asked and obtained permission
to have the family supply him,
and the commander of the prison,
General Monsaratt, brought him
some more. Then, after while
he had a guard to escort him North,
and he was the only man that
ever did.
When he got North he went to
delivering bis sanitary lectures in
the principal cities, and | paid a
dollar to hear him. He talks a.
bout his sufferings now, and wants
the sympathies of loyal men. |
will defy Mr.. Brownlow to come
up and say that he has ever taken
: an active part for loyal man in
Tennessee. He has done nothing
but to agitate and urge the disfran-
: chisement of his s,.periorsi
With regard to his militia, | will
! say that it was not the interest of
! the Legislature to call it into ser.
) vice. 1t was started in accordance
| with Mr.. Brownlow's representa-.
tons, that twas dangerous to trav
ell through this State without q
guard. They first passed a reso
) luton to request General Thomas
to furnish troops, but this was no
done. But l defy Mr.. BrownioU
to say that he did not request Gen
eral Thomas not to furnish the
troops, but to let him { Brownlow, ),
2 furnish his own. Isa,o the letter
} Now I'll tell you what he wants
those State guards for. He rant
them to compel men TINT dont q
, gree aeih him to cote for him, or Il
e keep them from eating at all. III
: defy him 10 deny 1t.
He talks about his sympathy
: for the loyal people! Now I'll de
2 fly him to prove that he has ever
: extended a single favor to any
' man in Tennessee, outside Of
J his OWN kin or intended kin. He
l imports his very staff from Ger.
: many or some other State.
/ l tell the colored people that
D when Brownlow tells you he il
your savior, he IS a liar! He has
never moved peg or a toe nail,
, and has never made speech in
: your favor in his life, and / defy
: him to show it. Before the war be
was your worst enemy, and be
! never pretended to be your friend
until be wanted your vote to be
! elected. There is nothing in his
little dirty paper of news or of
sense, only abuse of his old neigh
bers and in favor of no one but bis
advocates? And who are his ad.
. vocates? There is Houk, one Of
his Judges. Didn't Houk go a.
bout abusing Brownlow until
/ Brownlow let him have an office
to stop his mouth. Now the best
thing for the people of this State
and Of the South is to get good
men, who are not mixed up In
: politics, who have served in either
/, army, in whom you can rely, and
elect them to Office, and fix up a
! good strong, stable, peaceable gov
ernment. Ihope to sec thatshort-
,fly.
/ I know that I have been the