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Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-15
An IgnOmInIOus Assassin. ,

the Pres md Hcrald Of THE ety Of yesterday
the lab inst, contains lengthy and dsgustihgl y
fulsome eulogies upon the killing Of The rebel bully
Ashby Beside these endorsements Of Ashby Thai
paper for several days has teemed with misropre.
-entstions and slanderous abuse Of e G. Camp than
whom more gallant and generous gentleman can.
rot be found in Knoxville
From one Of these communication, dated "KnoA-
--rille sth July, 1865, and signed T. n. t. we
extract the following
Upon few occasions have the citizens Of Knox
Vile been called upon 10 mourn 50 terrible tragedy
~ that enacted upon Friday last by which our
highly csieemed and beloved companion Colonel
Henry NJ. Ashby, was by the cooardly bullet Of al
glonuIioVs assassin 'erc'tod from rs.
We know not nor do we care 10 know, 10 Tar ~
coHsegueaces are concerned who the KnoKyitiian
is signing himself 7 L. 7 Be he Highland
or Lowlsnd, Prince or Peer, we say Lord Angus
thou hast lied IT. X I. or any other msn
who ssys that Camp acted cowsrdly is himself =
ccward slanderer and villain. Since Cain slew
Abel no human being bss committed homicide an
der circumstances more iasli6shle than those under
which ne bully Ashby losi bb life
II was not Until be Camp had been THREE
times assaulted that he attempted hurt his sntsg
ouist and not then until Ashby drew hs pistol
when The chivalrous Camp with hts Ioit hand seized
the wrist Of Ashby's hand holding the revolver and
cody, deliberately shot him through bis cowsrdly
trstorous heart
Il is evident that that clsss Of Knoxville rebels
who still swear they VII establish Southern Con
federacy, and their more Infamous associates who
yall themselves Conservatives are bent upon fur
thar trouble and bloodshed
Hitherto we have counselled peace rs have all
men Of the Radical party These ssssssins have
construed our course 70 mean eowsrdice We no
longer counsel peace War is what they evidently
desire, and in God name we say let it come On
Gay street they the Ashby symPathiSers) hsye The
majority. In the country We the Radicals have
the majority. Our friends in the sountry tell US
they are all armed and prepared to march into
Knoxville on short notice
Let the sghl come snd that speedily and We viii
gut Snd clean out the Internal traitors and esssssu
who back Ashby Camps Gght is oar Eight it Is
The fsht Of every Union man in Knox county, and
We will stand by him TO the desth Because and
solely because Of his devotion to Republican rrin-
cples, = vile conspiracy has been entered into TO
take bis life The Republican who win not stand
by and defend him is a constitutional COWARD
Cowsrdee i marrow 10 bic bones and eireelstes IN
his blood
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-15
Six Reasons for the UmanImity OF Gen.
Grants Nomination, and the NeCeSsI-
ty and Probability of His Election.

10 the Editor Of TIE Nel0 York EUaai1tg Post:
The unsnimity Of General Grants nomination by
so large body as the Chicago Convention, is a
thing which seldom happens to arr candidate for
Office much less TO candidates for the highest Office
in the gift of the people Its significance can nei-
Their be explained away nor its force Iessened by
conjectures and suggestions The delegates were
but the mouth pieces 20 express tho strong popular
preference, and good and sufficient reasons can be
given FOR that preference
]. The test questions Of Thomas Jefferson can in
this case, be answered in the Affirmative General
Grant is honest he is capable
?. 10 man living has rendered sucu great and
important services TO The nation as he
5. He did not seek the office rsre thing in these
times.
1. He is eminently practical man fair minded
and moderate in his views, but firm and determined
in the discharge Of his duties
3. The election Of such men will not only give
peace and assurance at home, but will elevate the
credit and prestige Of the nation abroad and remove
all doubt among foreign people CT The stability and
permanence of our financial slstem and of the com
plete restoration Of civil authority
6. The conflicting views and angry feelings en-
gendered by civil strife not having entirely sub
sided, II Is Of the last importance that the President
TO be elected, should be a man Of high character,
having the confidence, love and gratitude of the
people.
Could any man except President Washiuton have
prevented the United States from drifting into the
maelstrom OF the French revolution
The above reasons, and many more which might
be urged, will account for the entire unanimity Of
Gen. Grants nomination, and also, God grant, for
his triumphant election w
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-15
Andrew JOhnsOm...DemOcratIc IngFat.
itUde.

Andrew johnson has been treated very shabbily
by the democracy-a great deal worse than John
Tyler or Fillmore or anybody else that we can re-
member. Whether true or not that from the mo-
ment he was sworn into the White House Mr.. John.
son became a candidate for another term on the
democratic track it is certain that he has done
TO keep the party in the field and supply it with
arms ammunition, rations and clothing than any
ten or ten thousand men who were stranded with
Mcclellan and PendletOn on the Chicago peace
platform Since the beginning of his conflict with
Congress in December, 1866, Mr.. Johnson's policy,
Il is charged, has been directed 10 three results
FIRST the reconstruction and restoration of the rebel
States on the johnson platforms second the demon
alizatOn and reduction to s minority of the repub-
lcsn party in the Northern States and thirdly the
employment of the johnson States of the South as
the balance OF power with which TO control the
democratic President-making convention. Mr..
johnson says he has been all this time simply fight
ing for the constitution. 1t is enought to know,
however that since December, $685. he has kept the
democratic party on its legs and made himself the
recognized official embodiment of democratic prin-
ciples, and that the party we're thus placed under
obligations TO him, for which the democratic nOmi-
nation would have been the only proper equivalent
they could offer. Instead Of this they pass him an
empty vote of thanks ( fine words butter no pal s.
nips Z" and they whistle him down the wind He
has thus learned at last the selfshness ereediness
impudence, hypocrisy, ingratitude and trcachery of
party politicians But he is al last a free man. He
can now take his own course He is thrown out of
the Presidential fight of 1862 and that of 1917 is
too far off for any calculation of the present day
he is at liberty to brush away the hungry flies that
have been buzxing their batteries into his ears for
some time past and free 10 consider the policy OF
quiet time during the remnant of his official term
He ought 10 have known from the first that the
democratic politicians wanted Presidential candi-
date upon whom they look as their servant and not
AS their masLe5-Nel0 York Herald.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-15
Beeeber for Grant.

II viii be remembered Thai upon the appearance
Of the WorIds "ioaccurate' assertion that Henry
Ward Beecher wss for Chase and not for Grant, We
promptly exposed the fallacies Of the allegation
Mr. Beseher has since put the question TO rest very
emphatically He says in letter printed in the
Boston Advertiser
have never been Chase man, / have for
years, as leader in public affairs deemed him, Ike
bis greenbacks, promising more on the face than
they are worth in gold.
he is a splendid man TO look upon, but poor
man TO lean upon Ambition lifts some men To-
wards things noble and good makes them large
and generous, Other mems ambition blurs the
sharp lines and distinctions between right and
wrong and leaves them, in the eagerness OF over
selfish desires, TO become q prey TO bad men. /
have for years felt that Mr.. Chasels ambition was
consuming the better elements Of his nature.
| have liked Grant from the first. Solid, uBpTe
tentious Straightforward, apt to succeed and not
spoiled by success wise in discerning men, skilful
in using them, with the rare gift which Washing
ton had in an eminent degree of wisdom in getting
wisdom from other mems counsels-I confidently
anticipate that, great as his military success has
BEEN he will hereafter be known even more favor
ably for the wisdom Of his civil administration.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-15
Celebration Of the Fourth in Monroe
County,

The ninety second snniverssryof our national in
dependence was cordially and heartily celebrated
at Hopewell Church, in Monroe county, about six
miles east Of Msdisonviile The attendance was
not large, but composed of very few, either la
dies or gentlemen, who had dehled their garments
or bowed Tie knee TO Bsal during the rebellion
The esguers had the occasion the immortal stars
and stripes, upon two poles waving freely and tri-
umphantly TO the breeze, marched around and
placed them, one each side Of the stand The
Declaration was read, after which General Cooper
addressed the assembly in plain sensible and prac-
tical discourse, Of about hour and half in
which he showed up the wiles and workings Of
Andy johnson, Forrest & Co.. in manner TO please
the whole crowd
One fact was very sensibly demonstrated by the
non-attendance Of the rebels in the vicinity, that
they do not love 10 honor The national and time
honorcd day Of all days that gives JOY and gladness
10 all true American patriots. The speaking and
the meeting this occasion has left good impress
sion on the minds of the loyal community sroun6
Hopewell. SPECTATOR.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-15
Comparative Strength or Grant and
Lee

The democratic papers seemed determined 70
never TO get cut Of the wilderness Since Gen.
Grants nomination for the Presidency these papers
are persistent in making disparaging comparisons
between him and Lee. In order TO make out tbeir
case they are compelled to put the estimates of the
Union forces at The highest figure and of the Con.
fedeFate forces at the lowest figure Allowing them
at their own figures, correspondent of the Brook
Ign UHioN, who served through the war and fought
under both Grant and Mcclellan, proceeds 70 dis.
pose Of their sophisms ss follows
L. Is well known fact that the Federal official
returns of effective forces contain all the noncom
battsnts and supernumeraries of The army. which
are never less than thirty per cent Of its Strength
Indeed, an army Of 100000 rarely fights 5O,OO6-I
mean no more tnan That proportion pull trigger and
pTope bullets Gen. Lee estimates on the contrary
only the actual lighters Of the army. He does moi
even include officers, die cIosers much more unpsi
clans, aad the other numberless supernumeraries
and Gtoehs5 at the different headquarters, Of which
tnere were under Lee probably, seven or eight han.
bred reginental and a hundred and fftT corps. di
visions and brigadCs. Probably from ten to twenty
non'ehectives Though soldiers) were at each Of
these headquarters, doubtless more. II have scan
uhoel MCCLELLAN regime as many as 500 Hnarnsd
men at corps headquarters alone. Besides. Less
army OF $4,000 men does not include his cavalry
tt1Ap~ Wv istVu1 n NOMINAL Strength Of
neatly 5000 men, though only an effective 6ghting
strength Of $500 mounted, 1900 dismounied Ne
actual strength Of Lees &rmy in Tie Wilderness
therefore as compared with Grant's was .O0e n,
Ssniry and about 1000 cavalry, or nearly 10000 il
all He was REINFORCED afterwards BY 1pwards Of
z4o0o instead Of $4,000, not including two or tbrea
snsli companies Of negroes-raiscd in Richmond
jnst before Lee himself wss raised at Appomsttox
Aiter the WILDERNESS fights Of the 5th and 9Th OF
M May, Lee remained entirely on the defensive. In
DIS stustion this was The only possible method Of
psrrying the fearful lunges made BY the army Of
me Potomac And all good soldisTs know tina; 10
attack an enemy situated behind such entreneb-
ments as Lees soldiers could make at five minutes
notice required properly much greater proportion
q troop: Than Grant ever had Suppose That Grant
starts with l25O0o men, continually attack lee
WIN $4,000, and keeps him peFpesually on The DE-
iensye, while Sheridan with 1900 well mounted
cavalry lsooo effective strength only assumed, Cts
loose from the ponderous infantry, and draws San-
arr sunwittingly) with bis diminished forces of i.
SvV' skirmishing toward Rcknond-thus for The
mist time putting cavalry to their proper work Of
hgnsng cavalry, and infantry 10 fight Infantry.
making the problem Of supply an easy one. Were
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-15
Trip 10 the Country.

During the past week. we took trip into the
country, on wheels, ~ far ne ten miles North Of our
town. We Travelled on The Knoxville and Jacks
borough Turnpike The road s new and corse.
quentiy very rough. The grading does very well,
but The stones are not broke up as small as they
should be With one thing we we're forcibly i'm
pressed aud Tia. is that several miles Of this pike
are mscadsmzed with DiarJlc and with marble Of
. superior quality, susceptible Of fine polish
Only think Of East Tennessee mscsdamizing her
roads with ine msrble
The object Of our visit TO the county was 10 see
meeting Of the several Union Leagues, which
took place in the 9Th Civil Distric.. Those who
hsaer Themselves that the Leagues have died out
ought TO have been present. and seen the masses on
on horseback and on foot, with banners fying.-
Speeches we're delivered by Messrs Houk, WIZ.
liams and Cooper. All was order and good cheer,
and all we're for Grant and Collar.
SENIOR EDIIoB
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-15
RraIado.

On The day before Asbby Wss ughteousy slsinr
he said by God viii teach al the DID Rsd
iesls in Knoxville that sm the cock Of the
walk This was bic ambition. He had no brains
Never -eSd book 10 he life and dda even resd
the current news OF the day. His only ambition
wss 70 bully and be pointed 70 Che most danger
Ca, man in the community When he startd 10 Kill
Camp, and insisted upon Camp going 10 the river
with him, he then had horse in readiness with
wpich he Was prepared 70 Zee The country after IS.
shssiuaiing his victim. TIE raorning Of bis death
he said q eesiH would be needed BY the Radicals
before dark
Il mas he said thrl nothing III should be said Of
the dead. Te his We reply that ipstiss should he
done the living and 10 this end Il Is proper that
che visinous traits Of Ashby should be beld an 70
view, especially 10 view Of The SANDERS heaped upon
ibe gallant mar who terminated The career of lbi.
rebel bully aud outlaw. On The third Page Of oar
paper We puhlish dslsiled stssemen, of ;b- fstsl
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-15
The BrOWnIOw Bug,

The Press and Herald gives description Of thin
monster bug, which It has captured snd holds un-
der glass tumbler IN is office In particular
description Of the bug be says it bears the marks Of
rsseslity We suppose the bug has been collect
ing claims for other bugs and appropriated the pro-
ceeds 10 10 own use or forsooth It. hss been Der
rowing money IN confidence way, without any
intention Of repsying il. II no doubt spOnges upon
The other bugs FOR It's liquor. Il is doubtless with
oGs credit in any bug store in Knoxville This be-
ug 40 there Is 10 more suitable place in which to
imprison and hold il thar the Office OF the Press
and Herald aforesaid II this bug shall conclude TO
Jake trip, with IL family 70 Washington, and
while there borrow several hundred dollars from
General Hszsn, and clip "a home without paying
The debt We shall petition the Legislature to change
IT. name snd style it the Fleming bug.
SERIoR EDITOR
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-15

to Camps Office, the editor took his seat al the
Franklin House in plain view of tile scene Of what
must have been the expected dificulty-and under
the Circumstance, who can say It was not to sec
Ashby kill Camp that he was tbere--but The result
did not justify the conclusion
Possessed Of more courage and coolness than hi,
would be assassin, the boosted Ashby, Camp
waited his attack waited until Ashby's pistol was
aimed at his breast and then striking up the would
Re n'urderers pistol Gang in manly courage, shot
biz antagonist dead
He did right. No jury in the world can convict
him. All honest men acquit him, and none but
theose who arc would be partiesps cri1ainis can
speak Of Camp as an assassin
Camp killed Ashby in HE necessary self defence
and it Is Unstable homicide
II Ashby bad killed Camp it would have been
wiiul, deliberate, premeditated murder-murder in
the first degree These are the facts.
Republicans Of Knox county when further dif-
bculty CONES, remember that the long-legged ban
dy-sbsnked white-livered scoundrel John NJ
Fleming Is the chief Of the conspiriiors ineiting
Ashby bullies to murder you. Don't forget this,
though the miserable poltroon keeps At a safe dis
lance from the scene Of bloodshed
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-15
A Foreign ODInIOn OF Grant.

The London Nel0s says Of Grants nomination
There are some circumstances which render the
nomination Of Gen. Grant singulsrly opportune.
He is not politician and the nation is tired OF pol
ticans He is soldier, with soldiers idea Of duty,
but with civilians respect for legislative author
ity and the national will he has probably no def
mite policy Of bis own but it is Of President
with policy that the republic is suffering. be ID
accustomed to obey, as well IS to rule and II
is President who will do its work-obey Us be-
hests, whom The nation needs. The very fact tnss
after By turns exciting the suspicion, he has won the
confidence OF all parties proves his fitness for ire
highest post in the Commonwealth. A president
should be q practical statesman, not tneorist-a
mau Of deeds rather than Of words; the executlve
Of The national WILL not the apostle Of his own set
will. he has no right TO policy which IS not tCe
policy Of the nation, and in his ONCE ne peiongs
neither to his party nor to himself but to the naIol
which has elected him TO its temporary neaasnP
II is the best recommendation OF Gen. Grant tnAs
he viii probably make a national, rather tnan .
party President and should his election once more
lift the Office ever so little above the seifasserton
OF Mr.. Johnson's administration, or the party mar
rowness of so many Of his predecessors, It may re-
store the waning influence Of the Presidency ana
begin an era Of peace and reconciliation to the na-
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-15
Tom CorEIn on Noah,s FamII,

Hen Tom Corwin used TO tell the following story
JEFF. Davis has the bearing aud address Of 8
Southern gentleman, but has not the mental grasr
OF statesman. He is shallow and never originated
any great measure remember the Hrst speech BIT
made in Congress Il was on the slavery question
He dwelt at length on the accounts Of Ham, Hagar
and Onesmus and to his own satisfaction, nj least.
proved American slavery had divine sanction
Well like myself, he liked glass Of wine, and he
and ! met few minutes after the debate in a So.
Icon Said Davis, do you believe that Ham
was niger Yes was the reply. "And
Shen one Of these red fellows, with long black hair
and high cheek bones like some Of tho red fellows
you find out in the prairie 2" Said he Yes. l
do" And Jsphet had regular features and fair
complexion like members of Congress, for instance,
with perhaps some exceptions ?" pointing to my
SELF The reply being in the affirmative, | re-
marked +" You give very poor opinion Of Mrs.
Noah, Such lady would soon lose caste on Tur-
tie Creek
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-15
COlfaX VS.. CnlEaY

a dispute having arisen between some persons in
Des AOines, Iowa, relative to the proper pronun-
citation Of the name Of the Republican candidate for
Vice President, one Of them addressed him letter
OF inquiry, portion commended that il was pro.
nounced COlfax, others claiming that it was Coal
fax The Speakers reply reads as follows
WAsHIEsToS, May &C.
My first name is pronounced as if written Skylsr.
and the last as if written CoalfaX. The "a" doubt
less cropped out in crossing the ocean
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-15
The Cnnsnlrae,.

The Pres AID Hsrald ssnee, q. before the desth
d Ashby, has bc',n teeming with article. intending
10 stir up a strife ~ tbe commpaily and bring
shout collisions between private parties which
lnast result 10 blo0dshed ~ ceurse the editor. OF
shat paper do nos expect g take public part ~
these difdcultes, much AZ they may Dc 10 str them
up We desire % call the attention Of the public
y their conduct belers-hasld that De he result
q it may, tlle blame shall rest with the orgiaators
81 the difficulties
One Of the last men with whom Ashbs uonYersed
Aelore hia death was John NJ Fleming editor Of
- Pres and Herald. They separated Al Loves
AEON Ashby going dewn Hill stree, and thence
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-15
go from Calonel Powell.

]. POWELL is q candidate for Congress IN Tie Isl
Congressional District of Tennessee on he score OF
qualifications and personal merit eJsne-dealres no
support or any ether Prinoiple--wil not stump The
District under any circumstances, nor recognize
any competitor in the canvass unless he be man
Of unsullied grion record and character for truth
If elected will do as he may deem is right without
regard 10 party in restoring equal rights to aIl-'s
for the colonization Of the freedmen, and white
mans government out and out-snd admoniahes
s that unless you Ike these principles to Be certain
not 70 cote for nc, ps viii have no desire to serve
vou ]. POWELL
GBEENEvILLE, TESE, June %, sos.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-15

TIVE Philadelphia Press thinks that out Of cour-
tesy complimentary vote for the Presidential
nomination should have been given in the Demo
cratic Convention to poor little Senator Ross, Of
Kansas, few men having made greater sacrifices for
Democracy than he. What greater sacrifice could
man make than bis--character.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-15
More Bribery.

The New York Nsos an intensely Democrat,
sheet thus speaks Of the patriotic work Of buying
delegates at the late Kuklux gathering
PURCHASE or DELEoATEs.--Ths influence in
Wall street has commenced the work Of buying del
egstes. portion Of the Wisconsin delegation has
been bribed 10 vote against Pendleton II is the
intention Of these monsyed men 10 cruelty Mr. Pen.
dleton between the thieves Of bondholders and Re
publicsns. The public shall coon know who Of the
delegates have been bought and the amount paid
for each
Are We TO understand that The bondbolders have
really debauched the poughholders Have The
followers Of Young Greenbscks fallen too willing
victims 10 The groenbsck wiles Of Wall street il
seems at least tolerably clear that unlike Cesar's
wife they arc not above suspicion
We are not giving ourselves much uneasiness
about the nominee Upon the platform ratified by
the Convention we could run tCoodcH man and
beat Grant on the Radical plstform.-Press ana
Herald Of the Oh.
You can have a fair trial Of the sort you propose
You have tcoo@ea man to al3 intents and pur-
poses and you bsves paper platform satpra ted ,oi
whisky This gives The platform more strength than
the candidate has The scent Of Che platform will
attract thousands whe will never hear Of the can
didsic The chief editor of the. Press aud Herald
snuGs the platform in every breeze
SENIOR EDITOR