Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-09-11
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Knoxville, Tenn, September q, 1867.
The Divine Right Of Kings to Murder.

The Divine Right Of Kings to Murder.
The righteous execution of the law OF
Mexico against foreign invader who hao
desolated her lands and oppressed her peo.e
pie called forth an immense amount %
what Thaddeus Stevens sentcntously ne
dominates @putrid humanity Inc uas
tionary was ransaclIed to find epithets sum.
GENTLY forcble to characterize inc oEl.S- !
OF President Juarez. he was o'',lo oa,5
butcher, a murderer, an assassln = -
Robespierre, a savage. we uiu ~. - o1.e- -
that he was at any time cohnp'1loe - 10y
tho monarchs of Europe "no05 lIyios %
were baptised in blood ~ d"lSi9 - -
A,,st.;a for instance. Oh OF the minnie
Ausel'", , III occasionally brings to the
sag, w. the dark deeds Of bloody
puDilo IN references to kingly murders
t@chsIu have fallen into disuse- Even
aPpeIna .obacIxed monsters strongest point
.le !, lu .,-ercise of his kingly prerogative to
I'm : -" Notbing takes better in the play
than
.oa with bis head Sc much for Buckingham -
The sentiment of humanity and the ex-
,,,ossions of honor seem to be very much
modified by two facts, viz: Uh0 kills and
rho IS killed. Some time ago, when a GER
tain William Walker was outIawed by
proclamation for filibustering in Nicara-
qua and shot, the verdict of the world was
that it served him right. He was a mere
citizen Of republic. Lopez was garroted,
yet the whole civilized world did not 20
into mourning. These 6oiled freebooters
were not scions of royal houses, who had
inherited the right to rob and murder and
overthrow Governments. So the Christian
kings Of Europe and the moral Republic of
the United States appIauded the death
scene Just as they would that of bloody
Richard on the stage.
Why was the last tragedy of this descrip-
ton not greeted with similar applause
Simply because the executioner was a plain |
republican and the man executed was a |
royal prince Macmillan, the illibuster, /
the murderer, the plunderer of Mexico, the /
tvrant who issued the infamous decree of !
October, 1865, which condemned to death |
within twenty-four hours every patriot |
caught by his foreign mercenaries had in |
herited the divine right Of kings to murder /
Hence all Of the advocates of monarchy 1
upheld his atrocities and denounced his |
execution. The press in the old world is
permitted to exist by the complaisance Of
the throne. It therefore exalts the centre
of power that thrift may follow fawning
The king determines to kill; "All right
says a subserivent press. The king de-
termines to pardon; All right" says the
same, "iust as his most sacred majesty |
pleases." When the Emperor Of Austria
in cold blood the betrayed
leaders, who surrendered as
prisoners of war the same crowned heads
and supporters thereof that have found no
lifting terms to express their horror of his
brothers. death, approved his course
We have heard a German Republican ;
ay, with indignant eloquence: Mr.. Sew :
Ird's response to the Emperor Of Austria B
when implored to interfere for maximilian's .
ife, should have been couched in single
word" "What word is that2' we asked.
ARAD!" was the reply. Then there came
ack TO us the remembrance of that terri
10 day of imperial vengeance, the 9th
october, 1849. That was not many years
go quite recent enough to be covered by
hat is termed "modern civilization" As
modern civilization" was recently so much L.
ltraged by the execution of Macmillan in
Lexico, what sensbility did this same
modern civilization" display in reference
, the terrible massacre at Arad? The .
mperor Of Austria, brother of Maximil-
~ was the royal executioner on that oc-
lsien. 1t was made a wholesale massacre. VI
as to glut the vengeance of the imperial
onster. The names of the Hungarian = !
,nerals who were hung in Arad on the 9Th or,
October, l849, were: Damianics, Lazar. q Ola
elsey, Knezich, Poctenberg, Lahner, iso
lexander, Macy, Anlich, Leiningen, (cou- Ca
n of the Queen Of England) On the
me day were shot, in the same place. Nil
enerals Kiss, Torok, Schweidel, Dessefy. Ter
n the same day there were hung in Pesth. ton
lrons Perenyi, Csanyi, Sacsvay There ,.
as one other gentleman, not royal prince, Az
is true, but gentleman and a patriot. y,
no was sentenced to be hung in Pesth on r.
e same day. This was the Hungarian
ime minister, Count L. Bathyani. Hav-
G been wounded, he was too weak from Q
IS Of blood to ascend tho scsffold, so the
perial executioner compromised with his La
nscienee by hduiag him shotl
This is the Austrian fashion II is not
be wondered at that Macmillan should Z,
we followed it by shooting the Republi- '
ms in Mexico as soon as captured; but an
ere arc numerous axioms in all countries =,
hich teach men to beware of resorting TO az,
oh measures, lest the spirit of justice s e.,
ould overtake them Washington CBron- on
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