Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-13

cured and that at our nezt meeting all should be
suitably clothed. The meeting then dispersed the
members disappearing two at time, at intervals of
i've minutes. During this meeting much hard Ian
gunge and threats for the future in regard 70 get
ting away with several obnoxious individuaIs was
INDUCED in, in which took my full share, being as
bitter If not more So than any of them and not a
word OF protest made by any of the rsliqioasly
nurtured young men against the objects Of the or
ganizstion, A. @. Ferguson, in particular being
most bloOd-thirstily inclined.
AT the next meeting the Thursday following
about twenty-five members we're present, and again
A. G. Ferguson, the protsge Of the Appeal, doomed
up. and moved the appointment of the celebrated
Assassination" committee q nice sppendage for
base ball or glee club, truly.) His molten wss
seconded and against my protest. and the protest Of
most Of the older-headed members, it was carried,
some OF the religious natured youths actually cheer
ing. Ferguson's motion was that the committee
should consist of seven. This was lost but tho mo-
ton was again renewed, and after had submitted
It TO the members called Mr.. T. L. Risk to the
chair, spoke 20 the question: and told them that if
such thing Ess carried through at all, that the
COMMITTEES was too large, that the men selected
would not feel like placing their lives in the hands
OF more persons than was necessary and that when
the selection was made, that It should be done, by
placing the numbers of all the members in hat,
and that the hrst three drawn out should be the
men, insisting however, that if such a thing was
DONE that should be placed ct the head of it, for
the purpose of controlling it, snd saving the hot
headed fools, who were bent upon their own distruc-
ton. This done, and N. T. Reeves, +. M. Fla
ley, and J. w. Dashies selected as said COMMITTEES
the 'regiously nurtured' Mr.. A @. Ferguson insist
ing that when any work was 10 be done that he
should have q chance, and volunteering to take the
place Of any man. He could get no chance, not q
man on the committee being willing to trust him.
motion was then made that the organization
should 60 into an election FOR candidates for assas-
sination. The first man nominated was Judge VIM.
Hunter, and this was also done by the "religiously
nurtured" Ferguson. The Judges name pro-
tested against being entered in the rac stating that
my position and feeling towards him had been mis-
construed, and any Interference with HIM would
consider personal" and that they had no business
to modest the Judge This saved the sold lady
and her name was allowed to be dropped. could
not slow any such attempt upon the venerable
dame In quick succession the names of Barbour
Lewis, Col. Beaumont, p D. Beecher, NJ. T. Ryder.
a. P. Burditt, Reuel Rough, Wickersham, T. w.
Louis, Judge Waldran, Bob. Church and Ed Shaw,
we're placed in nomination. Had l not shut down
on the nominations there Is no telling how many
more would have been made Barbour Lewis,
however, beat them all. They had 70 chance when
the vote was counted the following official figures
will ahorv