Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-11-06
THE GREAT QUESTION SETTLED.
The COIOred Man an American Ui'IAeH'

The lOI0reO Man an
IT, recent decision of Chief Jussiee Onase Das
-,.dicatea tbe right of the colored man to Amer
- citizenship, fan, broad and uneonditlonsi-
m. s-oso5nd and eminent Judge, with wisdom
,rortbv and typical of the advanced liberalism OF
,be age. has, by this decision, forever expunged
from, the statute book the words, trace, color, and
preyious condition !" and forevermore hereafter the
eolored man, born or naturslized within the limits
or Jurisdiction Of the United States, may lawfully,
proudly and boldly announce himself an American
citizen, and assume all the rights privileges and I'M
munities incident to such citizenship The ChleI
Justice declares the Civil Rights Bill constitutional
and the law of the land.
The Rebel Conservatives Of Maryland had de-
vised wicked scheme of apprenticeship, whereby
colored children were ensaved without the consent
of themselves or parents. By means of this Con-
sentative scheme nearly all of the colored children
in MARYLAND we're made slaves under the name Of
apprentices Behold, coored citizen Of Tennessee,
from what dreadful bondage the great Radical par
ty has delivered your own little ones.) a poor col
ored widow has her child forcibly taken from her
by the late save-lords, and apprcnticed to negro
| hating Conservative She hears that the great
Radical Congress has enacted a law giving equal
rights to every person in the United States with
out regard to race color or previous conditen She
has confidence in Radicalism She comes, poor,
lone negro woman, before the Chief Justice OF the
United States, and asks for her child "Pictue 1t,
think of itn A poor lone negro woman appeal
ing for Justice in United States Court and before
United States Judge But Radicalism is a thing
of deeds as well as words Rsdicalism does not say
one thing and do another. Thereupon the Chief
Justice of the United States Supreme Court says to
this freed woman: "You shall have justice-the
same Justice that the Presidents wife should haye
in like case. restore you your lOng-ost child
The law that forced that child from your arms is
contrary to the Constitution of the United States
and is a dead letter and void. Tho Civil Rights
Bill is the law of the land and all distinctions based
on race or color things of the past and in force
no longer The Constitution has wiped involuntary
servitude from every American statute book, and
Justice hereafter shall be administered TO all men
alike
Such is the substance of this memorable decision.
| Well NAV the colored men idolze Abraham Lin
coin. Lincoln first made him a free man. and Lin
coins appointee Chief Justice Chase, frat pro-
nounced him, by formal judicial decision free cit
izen The spirit of the Great Emsncipator still
walks abroad in our midst, and breathes and speaks
| in the person Of Radicalism. Radicalsm is free
dom, is justice is equal rights for ALL is righteous
ness. Then, let the poor and the down-trodden
take hope. Right shall yet rule supreme through
out the land, and wrong shall be avenged. And
the triumph of Radicalism is the triumph of Right.
|
JAMES W. WILLIAMS lawyer of holly Springs,
Mississippi, is & candidate for the Convention in
that State on the Radical ticket. During the en-
tire war Mr. Williams was thoroughly loyal and
in the early part of 1862 in the latter part of the
year 1861, was exiled from his adopted home and
took refuge from rebel persecution in this his native
State. He spent several months in this county, du-
ring which time he was the welcome guest of his
relative Col John Williams, and Gov Brownlow.
! Mr. Williams has recently written us to know where
his cousin John stands at this time the great
issues of the day. Fearing letter may not reach
him, and supposing he will see the WING, we re-
peat here the substance eff our reply.
1t was that Col. w. is q High Priest in the Con-
sentative menagerie. That like Ephraim of old,
he is joined to his idols. In word, that he is given
over to hardness of heart and reprobacy OF mind"
The erratic course of Col Williams, in politics. is a
of deep regret to his loyal relatives. From
this class of his kindred we doubt not prayers daily
ascend to Heaven that he may become loyal citi-
zen, in the proper acceptation of that term. God
grant their prayers be answered.
Tga h thG lamp Hs holds out to burn