Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-22
Che Anoxuille aeAia.
Knoxville, Tenn, July p, 1853.
HOralio seymour.


haa been The deadliest mo-t alp'aeable epctIy
Throughout OF t5e ideas which tiemphcd in DE \
abolition 81 slavery and discontinue oi The rebel \
Icon. De Was open advocate aud champion ol 4
that Nebrsssa bill whereby slavery ameessly re-
pudatcd "a Folcmn compact whereof sbe bad renVcd 4
toe fun advantage, end strove TO wre-t from free .
labor vaft region which she haG quitclarnad for 4
valuable consideration in hand. For the yic,iu- .
ln kanfas ol barber rutan arsop, outrage and uur.
der De had never word of cheer or sympathy - .
be was for Buchanan against Fremont, when luif 1
state gave the Pathfinder plurality Of 81 600 Ue
wss for anybody against LinC0la DO 1860. wheH
New York gave The latter a clean majority Of 81
goo. Nj Lincoln being elected, be insisted that 1
The Republicans should give 40 their cardinal prin-
cple Ol extension n slave territory. on be held
accountable for the rebellion hat the stakeholder
would otherwise initiate he attended Che lived
die Hall Convention, ~ Albany, January 81 1867
and thcre-because the Republicans In Congress
kept quiet, and did not SIX pardon Of The slave
power for having elected President-assaied them
thus abusvely:
WHIST spectacle DO we present to-day Already
FIX States have Withdrawn from tns C0nfedoracy.
Revelation has actually begun. The term 'scces-
sion divests % Of none 81 90 tefrora nor % argH-
meuts % prove secession irc1nalstHht with our con-
s,itutiou stay Is pfogfcs4 mitigate u evils. ATT
virtue, patriotism AID intelligence seem ~ have
fed from our national capitol II has been well Do
kcned o. The couhaKrat3on oi an asylum Tor mad
men i1ue look on With dIotIc MbgClIlV- some in
sHllen silence and some scatter the hTcbrauds which
consume the fguric tovc them, and bring upon 80
"a common Destruction is there one -evolIug as
poet 10 This scene which hhs not IT, parallel tho
,apitol OF your country Do you % Zee there The
-enseltss mbeciiay, She garruous idiocy, the mad
jcued rage displayed wiih regard TO petty per-onal
passions ard party purposes. while the glory, The
honor md the safety ol the country ire a forgot
ten The samo Tcryaaing anaticsm has brought
evil upon ail the Institutions 81 our band. Our
.hurches atc torn asuuder and llsCcrateI ID uart-
..rf rtrrF.aHa urauve of ar local I..sf-Iaffrr
ihc growing burdens of debt and taxation The grad
ua} destruction Of the African iB the free States
which g. marked by ouch recurring census. are a.'
due So the neglect D our own duties, caused bg ins
complete absorption Of the public mind by % sense
icss uuross0niug lanatictsm. The agitation OF The
question Of slavery hi thus far brought greater 500
cIal moral and legislative egil- upon The people of
thc free States than has upon Che Institution ol
those against ehom DO bias been excited. Tho wis.
dom of Franklin stamped upon tho frst coin issued
by our Government Mind your tusnes- The
violation of this homely provcfb which lics H' The
foundation Of the doctrines Of local right has thus
far proved more huriful 10 the meddcrs in the uf-
fairs of other. tIan 90 tbo.c against whom this prac
matte altion Is directed
" We are advised by The Conservative States 81
Virginia and Kentucky that 81 force s CD De H.eI
% must bs exeHed against The united South. li
would Doc au act oi folly and madHe-s. boo entering
upon ihis contest 10 uudorrate our opponents. and
l6u subject ourselves % tbo disgrace Of drfssl ln au
e
,rcon hy Che North Is less revolutionary than sue
r.-.fl secession by the South Shall we prsgsuL
rryoGtiou by beng foremost in overth wing tha
principles ~ oar government and all that make. 70
valuable 10 our people and dIstugrishes j, omons
the nations of Che earth
GOV Seymour proceeded 10 demonstrate afrr
hia fashion, that he South waa strong .o earnest
.a united That sbe could never D. pat down and
that we bad no question 60 decide but This:
"ShalI We compromise after war or e.mpr,mi-o
.r,tio,a war ~
which, you see vasn the resl question at an. at
all.
A few week Inter, Mr. Seymour. meeting Judge
Charles n Ruggles, asked him Judge. havc you
rcad The Confederate Montgomery Constitution
q ] have; and Il as better than ours lthr Fed
.fral) Iben Why nos' he continual, "obviute all
difficulty, by simply ad,ytMg that (touiederntrl
Coustituton That Is 10 say boy giving zap tho
Union. Joining the southern Conieieracy and thus
making every State slave State and lll our tnr.
ritory slave territory evermore. Such is The man,
aud such the Ideas which have directed bis political
course Naturally he kept or milling more and
more nercsly gs President Lincoln was constrained
to strike directly Ht slavery the core and handspring
Of the rebellion each blow 20 the bideous ustitu-
ZION evoking his decided, vigorous protest When
st lpusth GTEnta long phute before NickshHrgi and
Uuulrrs failure 90 Charlottesville, had been tpi.
lowed by Lees determined advance into Prnu,yl-
vauia the hopes Of the Capperheadl seemed on thc
very brink ot realization, Horatp Seymour then
Governor Of the State hither to deliver 90 hs
cronic fourth Of July orstion wherein he eyuItod
ln their frightening prospects thus openly.
when / accepted the invitation To- speak, with /
athers nj tins meeting We were promised the down.
t,I of NrksbIrg, Tho opening 1i thc Mississippi, /
f rr.lgIe capture &c The Confederate capital. and
rhr rs aau.tiou al Che rebellion. by common CON |
s-nt uIl parties had fixed upon Tho day whom Tho /
r-uIt, oI Che campaign should Doe known, Co mark F.
oa, thst ae 81 policy which they loIt That our ca"o
a., should pursue. But la the moment oi expected
,i,f.rp there came The midnight cry ot help from /
p.uns, lgauia. 3D. save its despood folds FROM The /.
invading Zoe; and almost within sight 10 ta- great
commercial metropolis Che ships of your merchants /
w.rr burned b. Che waters edge
Had be but read The Tribune OF Ont morning in-
siesd of trusting lo tbc World and the Hcrolh be-
would have learned that General Lsn bad Na"n de- /
fated at Gettysburg the day before, and was mo-" /
in Ddl retreat; uhile % iew days brought uings |
thri Gen Grant wa. Warchiug lnto Nlcb-bJr- al /
tI,st n,auIcnt and thaa Femberton and hi5 10000 |
.urn bad surrendered and were tacn pr.aHeIs oj |
uNr Gardaer surrendered Port Hudson tu banks /
900 receiving news of the iaIl of Nichsh3Ig but /
Srymour-thgs badly informed, HHd suppo."E Lee /
lrrj paramount in Ponnsylvauia -7eai on pouring /
Hot Shot iaio lbe Lincoln dcspot'sm uum tHa /
North b. he supposed hs m1ulier oon.gier'Jh Ice I
was -tiI doing from Che So1th Here is % part 60. /
hs srrsignmcut. every paragraph wh.r"". would /
have elected applaudns -ho1t rom every rebel DO
Dixie bad they been pre-eni o. bear h.mE
"a few wears ago. Ne stood before lhia camwuri-
"a to warn them ol the dangers of sectional -irie
bad our fears were laughed a. Al later day. when
aha cla4ds ol war oveThuug our country Na im-
DIsrel those iu rulgar % comprout' 'h.L di1.-Iy
sr $40 bad been told ay that great eItt. ana states
man. Burke that there never yei was revolution
that might ROT have been prevouie4 IY ''mpI'.
mise opporiuuey and grnclousIy made -N.'hI Ai
plauscl Ou prayers were UNDECIDED. AAl "nel
ice contest WAS opened. We invoked ti.-' WI" OBJ.
b, conduct oi affair, not o. underule the power ".
f..rH5 o.
resources. rni endurance of our own s'-,el 9,'t.+
This warning was treated as sympathy WIN l'''-
son You have Che results of these unE0'3"' warn
in.s and UNDECIDED prayers; ihcy nave f.''.,'
soil with blood they Lavs carried mourning 'i,'
thousands oI homes; and to-day lb'Y have If'u-".
i,r ,,,rtr, to tls very verge of distraction. On.'
more ] couo before you, 81 oder "g''n NH '"'I.@'
t,rsNer and beg fuu t1 tl~iru 60 q Warning ~.
country Is not only q this time l"fa el v'' 90
bloodicst wars that bias ever raNaEed ih' 7.' '' '
earth: but If We turu uur faces io cur CIV" ''A I"
Statos how is DO thCe You hh1 the '''.'"''N
divided into political partcs strongly "rfH1s'. ''4
sip,, with rs.,srd Ia each other terms "l rep''''
and defiance IL Is ssid hy those VINO '"If'. g ,
r,srticplsrlv the Administration ihal we "'' ''''.
b.nes,ly. patriotcally. sincerely from ltem WIN
regard % the line 81 duty are men 90. .i''.,'''',
,,,irnoFes and oneues 90 cur country. near near
on The other hand the Democratic organization 'o'A
lp,n this Administration cas- hostile ." th'f iiG'N
and liberties They lcok upon Their opponents HF
men W lrp would DO them wrong D" regard i' lh'i
most sacred franchises need not eaii your "l.,n
ton 10 the tone Of the press or o. he tome q" IH'.'
feeling 10 show you how, at thls moment parties
are thu. eAasperated sud stand in dehHnt 'lll.A
10 each other. few years ago. We were t''' .'..'
etioual strife warcd Do words like these would 600
no harm 10 our country bus you have seen cue saa
and bloody results. Let us be Hdmonishei now DID
time and take that this irritation tlis feeling
which is growing up in our midst shall Hot aI-''
ripen into CIVIL troubcs tbal shalt carry tbe evils "i
war into our own home
50 Upon one point all agreed and that ir th'
until We have = united Nerth wo can have no ,ae-