Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-10-30

nations of Butler, though Stokes himself ISL
shrewd and indefAtigable eanvasser who ooesn
mind inconsistency Of logic or statement ana ma
plenty Of "chssk." For instance, during the las
campaign, one Of his strong cards was Brownlowi
health" aWhy,n be used to say he'll live ten
wears vet ts fight the rebels" But within the las
ten DAYS he changed his tune, and urged with great
earuestness that if Brownlow should be elected &c
the Senate he would die on the hands OF the party
MAYNARD worked for himself exclusively. Mnen
ha ;ibdrew he refused to take his strength, if h
corld have converted ii, over to any one else de
was sorsly disappointed and angry but will retire
On the line of the Southern Pacific Railroad, o
which he is President, we hope, in "good order"
There we're many arguments made against Brown.
low. His health his grasping averice for powers.
present position. Senator Norman was against MIN
because he thought that Brcwnlow nsd been ioI
Senter Senator Keith was against MN tnrougL
sheer dread of Stokes. But the principal argument
against Brownlow was that the Conservatives were
for him. -
This last charge we admit. And Why were the
Conservatives for Brownlow2 Simply because ne
is the best qualified of all the candidates for the
place He is the Radical King Bee, and we prefer
red him to any Of the gallinippers ana norsenle;
that buzzed after senatorial honorS. we VIII KEEP
him in the Senate as a model of Radicalism ana
warning voice As we had to have Radical, We
preferred him.
The Union and Dispatch, Of Nashville, says;
Holding the Governorship of great State, with
foreclosed mortgage upon the United states Sen
atorship for six years from the 4th OF March, 1907
which will carry him TO 1875, Gov. Brownlows am
btion should be fully satisfied. There are but two
offices above and these he should not pother his
mind about for the present
As the editor Of partisan newspaper, ana as the
Governor of State emerging from the bloody
clouds of civil revolt in which the people were
all actively arrayed, and to great extent against
each other, some latitude of passion was natural,
and vehemence of denunciation to be expected
That time has passed, and the occasion has arrived
for the chief person in the State to exert his infu-
ence to permanently paciy the late conflicts upon
the broad views of the true statesman. Every sur
rounding condition invites him to this course and
beckons him away from tbs paltry considerations of
party. His age and his health admonish that if his
ambition aspires to permanent fame, which is al
ways based upon the adnintion and gratitude of a
benefited people he must Aow turn his attepton to
the work of making all hi people contented and
happy He must know that the fame of the mere
partisan is ephemeral; and continuously exerted
in opposition to the rights AID welfare of any con-
siderable portion of the people will heap Goals of
fire upon his head while living, and call forth
crations upon his memory wien dead
The Governor told US in his last message, deliv-
cred on the 9th inst, that No people have greater
reason to be thankful to an over-rulng Providence
than the people of our own State The earth has
yielded plentiful harvest the signs of the devas-
tation of are fast disappearing before the re-
newed energy and enterprise of our peoples bust
ness is prospering, of ever kind; indications Of
improvement and progress are to be seen in every
section of the State our bonds are advancing in
value" ETC., etc. Here is & beginning point for
craftsmanship that the ablest and best might envy
How shall the "devastation of wal" be made to
wholly disappear? How cal the energy and en-
terprise of our people be simulated TO a perfect
Development How shall the indications of i'm
provement and progress b, made to pour out their
full fruitaoR in glorious neality2 How can the
credit of State be restored to an equality with
the best, and even reach premium? Can these
things be accomplished by means of petty bicker-
ngs over q few offices Can they be brought to
pass through policy that would rob energy and
enterprise of their hopes ofreward or deprive the
taxpayer of every incentive to industry and ex er
ton
If we had the ear of the Governor, we would tell
him the answer 10 these qusstions We should ad-
wise him to reconstruct" tennessee We would,
occupying his own standpoint, advise him to send
special message TO the legislature at an early day.
of which this should be tn, substantial outline
Here follows Document written by the rebel
editor, the substance of which he recommends the
Governor to transmit to the Legislature as a mes
sage, and the substance of which is a recommends
ton for the repeal of all statutes imposing civil
disabilities upon the late de7otees of the c. S. A
ED. WING
The Dispatch concludes IS follows:
Throwing himself in this elevated atmosphere
the Governor with all his PHYSICAL feebleness would
build for himself monument more enduring than
brass He would concentrate the admiration and
even the individual affections Of all the good around
himself He would thus se1arate the bad from the
good, and become the centes figure among people
rising from the ruins and desolations Of blood
washed conflict; around his person would the holy
reconciliation of estranged peoples take place. st
his feet would the reign Of a material prosperity
unexampled be poured out the songs of rejoicing
would swell upon his ears snd at last the blessings
of Heaven would descend AID gorify his last earth
ly moments.
Another Nashville paper the Gazette, sort of
mud-turtle rebel sheet, thuaspeaks of the result;
1t will be seen from the proceedings elsewhere,
that the Devils Rump has elected Brownlow U. s.
Senator according to programme. The dead-heat
in the State Senate is something of surprise.
Every one imagined thai Old Proc. was much
stronger. But it is to be explained in some measure
by the industrious wirepuling of his opponents,
who labored incessantly, day and night, for three
weeks, while he remained die, relying securely on
his claim, Arch Demon, to the suffrage of all his
imposes.
Having thus gloriously achieved the "highest
honor that the State cCnfor upon a CITIZEN his
internal majesty ought to le satisfied.