Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-08-07
Coed Behavior Of the g0l0red Racc--
VheiP Conservative SiandeFers.

The F1ff Press o. VT Oie9a sf"Di'7"N 80 n"
morris 70 10 letter froas an East Teaaesses UsioR
ofieer, in whieilio tiis spesAs ot ihe assrogs Of
laban1a and Mississippi
Il have several times since ! reached thiseeton
country, sounded the negroes b. ser how thessre
garded their position IS citizens and voters ara
find Invariably there is one psdonllnant ides-
That tie fratit Of citizenship Is % BE- % tspe i0ttnot
ss5flt lsge seyef4lstf8es had opportunity "a
learning their ideas rs to education / ma lhal
their pTedomiua1ne idea = t0b6oiz learning q mat
there is some trick aboat the spelling book @ilch
a gerry COMMON idea among them THAT tie voter
ought net to work il sus IsaH's employ ana me
negro demagogaes are teachi0s that doctrine - tne
negro Union esguea
Tiie.aboyg statements sre base f9aisehoods They
serve % show Tue anjastfable Insured and psejaiee
existing against tho eogred people ON tho part q
these so.callcd Conservatives. Tue negro ~ Ala
bama and Mississippi like tie negro ~ other see
tions, and al candid men save been compelled to
admit that he has worked well ard dePorted him
self peaceably and we'll IL every part Of the eoan-
try Many rebel officers nave pabliey borne testi-
niony t,rthe truth Of ,sha4 we say bns these Con
settatives .or aoaate Union aleu, arg not g hons
est Is rsbsls and have teh-fola greater prejudice
against Che c5lorel man Their blind hatred q the
negro las made them Conservative
Our readers in East Tennessee know fhat u this
diyisionof the State, the-olorcd people have been
as industrious as they were before the war, and we
think 6ore 90. We say and challenge eontrsdie-
ton, that the negroes q East Tennessee have eom-
nittcd less crime and been more respectful . the
white people than they we're before Che war.
Some Of them were taught by some oli slagelold-
ers to bolieYethat tbe slaveof an agisoerat was bet
Eteg tlpp poor. white person.
The teachings they have had by ksa'ealss ana
their being tarned ont upon the world pennies
aud hoRseless, has removedan such ideas LroEn the
heads Of the small number who sniertainea them
Radicals have taught them that All men shonld be
esteemed and treasured for industry and integrity,
and not the poss ssi6no wealth by accidental inaer
itanee orby lifeog ebsasiagsa and grinding the faces
Of the poor.
We have heard mary # Tn Best tailoring whit.
citizens whit were opposed to emancipation and
reldieei agaipst the nesb declare that the negro
was altogether more respectful to al poor whites
ao,o than he bad ever been IF negro ron unjas-
tifa5ly abuses ol insults p92g persons he hes g
take care Of himself FOR atis not PRESUMED tllse
men Of influence of anyrparty would uphold him in
ae.astifa5le conduct s5r ma restment of his poor
white negh5or The man who would DO So would
soon damn hipsgfip any community.
How was L b8fora Tie war before eHolitionisn
swept oYsr-tbe eeantTy? Ic the slave 81 lordly
uegro-owner and landowner had a difficulty with
! what The Conseryatiyeapall poor East Tennessee
] whitsitasb1 q Z bastof few to hsprotaesos. In
the negro Ueis be haa IN interest Of $1,000 or 81,
500 In the ro5r white man lie had none, and
hence, very often, soley iron this moneyed inte-
rest, he would sttsnpt u 81 reeu thenfgro when he
knew he deserved punishment
10 say that die hegfo believes thai @she ifats d
4 citizenship is u lave without labor is tiei aud
without the slightest shadow Of foundation In truth
There ,re rassay nesroos who don't work, not 1o-
es,siss tisis 81 etzsllsi,, bat ffehthe
same reasoa-thes Many whi-e peoPls don't work
they are too lazy
But where is the tplies pFsieeloring whole
Eleo of INDUSTRIOUS people because some Of their
number arc i1d9le0t 6r yiciob? ThG history II tbe
world FURNISHES 10 pobleF eAaeple o5 honesty, in-
/ dustry and good coldt fban tle negro has afford
ed, who's we reflect upep The huadreis Of years he
has been n chain and slavery degraded to the b
vel Of the pTftsf eoiFs eatie ~ Che market, torn
by cn,l laws from his wife and chile deprived OF
The God-oTiained rites Of marriage, robbed Of The
fruits Of his toib and that OF bis ancestors for hun
dreds Of years ami then tuenedupen the cold char
tiles Of seasb work Without dollar or tsbelter
to protect him from the storm. What honest on
Christian nsiweati sag that this abused race does
moi deserve praise instead Of ceusare fer its good
conduct IN is hithefio sfctchei condition ami bra
taI usage What ebdstan man would slsader and
seek 10 hound tliispcoPie toruin beause they show
gratitude to- aid an appreciation Of, those who
have this rlr ameorated th6ir condition, and seel,
/ 10 further elevate them in the scale of being MAXI
CITIZEN fit gsrdiins Of the rights of citizenship,
aud worthy oeenpsilts.o Of the-semplc6f relgon2
The Two Birds.
The ugap 5is POST paJisios pictures Of tgo Ro sers,
by fpearao dfwhieh Use result of The late election
/ is well characterized The fr.t is the Brawnow
booster vita betl er.rt atli pinned bod ana 80
Lutte lie bas come out gt tbs eapgs inserted, and IS
ready for another Ggbt This the ,coek thas erowed r
The morn geEi aasRialIo y ber'lse and lha se1i-
ton party,