Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-07-17
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IL any one imagines that Republicans are not re-
specters Of persons let him read the walls of some
tender-hearted journals over the execution of Maxi
milan, an Austrian Archduke, brother OF the En-
peror of Austria cousin of the Queen of Spain and
the Kings Of Italy and Sweden, and relative, near
or far removed, Of most of the Emperors and Kings
OF Europe, and having read these walls and lauda-
tions and fierce denuncations, let him turn TO the
hles Of the same journals in 1859 and read what
they said about the hanging of John Brown related
TO no crowned heads, with no royal or aristocratic
blood in his veins. The comparison in some cases
at least will be instructive
Or let him hunt over the more recent files of
these journals for walls and lamentations over the
execution Of several Mexican Liberal Generals and
other officers, by order Of Macmillan. He will
have TO hunt good while and will find very little
War, as General Sherman wrote to the Mayor of
Atlanta, is necessarily cruel and brutal thing 1t
is no joke. he who begins a war must not complain
if he suffers by it. Macmillan appears 10 have
been brsve-going fellow; il is not recorded that
he whined about his fate; he met il manfuliy. He
had committed terrible error, and grave crime.
His ambition was excited by the crafty French En-
peror, and we have heard that something moro than
ambition was at the bottom Of bis eonfederscy with
Napoleon. II is said that Macmillan was heavily
IN debt ana that ne was promised his debts should
De paid n he went TO Mexico in the interest of the
Jecker bond spectators. Those wretches could az
ford 10 pay large sum for the chance of having
their bonds recognized and paid It is pleasant 10
think that they at least have lost
The execution of Macmillan is one of the sever
est blows Napoleon has received since he became
Emperor 1t is slap in the face. It shows his in
competence, and emphasizes his failure before the
monarohs of Europe, the very class whom he has
most sssiduously courted, and whom he has this
Year for the first time been able 10 gather in his
SspllaL He had caused them 10 forget for = time
euat ne was an adventurer, but they will now re-
member II again. 10 his bitter modification
AtneFicsns viii do well 20 remember when their
- u'Psthes are appealed 70 in behalf of Maximil-
. 80 sa' lhe plot in which he was engaged AS chief
un0e5 Napoleon was plot sgeiEs. our own
onSsry M; nc conquest of Mexico was but the sec
desnoisn, 49, OIL this great conspiracy of Ruropeon
limited S,s, was conceived in hostility 20 the
Ns,in,iiisr y was begun when NAPOLEON and
broI,or 4, 1910; VIZ sure that our Union would no
a. ana H. II was understood from beoinniny
~ :! ooH' Jaws, 10 be Diversion, in bfs r,5
49, 80. opohoed with Maximilisn on5 AZ
Sbsh@ intrigued with Napoleon Co.1r.I 60 ne
always ciear-h headed, declared tbs, ,S a. Gt'i't
MaAimilan was only branch 90 ~ !. P,4i'ioh OF
beuioni aud that The best way q, -, Hy"eueIh re-
Mexican question, unon the s,,rro,aa- - WIN the
johnson, was 20 mach an American . :, Lee ana
the Rio Grande and drive the French "a ~ across
ian out of the country. Al SA''h'l-
The execution Of Macmillan was nasaaa -,
Ioyal adventurous against such attempts 40 III; go
snls continent and 70 make the adherents ~ ~
,i-A pa Europe understand that their schemes ~,
49, extend to America, and that they have no bsi