Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-17

A Loyal Methodist Minister Exposes
the VlllalaieS Of Rev. OOppUrhead
HypOcFiIe, CllSby Austin,

In the last issue of the National Union | see an
article from the Rev Casby Austin, Of Htwkins
county, in which he takes serious exec ptioH to the
spirit and expression of quite modest letter that
recently and originally published in the Knoxville
Wig We regret that the article gave ,iirar8 10
any person claiming 10 he member of our own
Church, and more especially when be claims 10 he
"a Union minister" In fall sympathy with the NJ.
E. Church. ! have this consolation, however, that
Mr.. Austin will not be held accountable for OR
sins and we most profoundly bless God that we
will not be held amenable for his. W-re such b.
be the plan o! divine economy, we should soon ex-
pect to be with Dives crying "Water, water T. For
several months, this Austin has been OCesaion-
ally engaged in writing malicious and libeoGs ar
ticles concerning Dr.. Prarne, pureF and better
man than whom We have none. He has now turned
his attsnti on toward tIS, and for few minutes, II
the subject does not revolt the mind and sicken the
heart we will turn ours upon ham. We do th 3 IN
sef.defence. We're IL not for this We would not
drag him from his merted obscurity, bat would let
the eternal judgment alone reveal his infamy We
have great respect both for age and the ministry,
but when these ara combined and used only as a
cloak for hypocritical sin then our reverence and
respect melt into diegust.
Add, now, Mr. Austin, were you as old IS Met5u-
salsh and steeped in nits hundred and slEfyzsiIie
years Of moral infsmy and pOlltcal treason, still
We should feel it "eo5sgisaeios dirty to defend
ourself and our brethren against your unprovoked
and scurrilOus sssRuiSs. And as you have "thrown
down the gauntlet We hope you will be perfectly
easy while we PROFOUND to you few plain ques-
tons And rsG Of ALL hol0 often have you been ar
7aig5lea and tried by the Church for your high
crimes and misdemeanors' Did you not once, st a
camp-meetng, sell the horse 10 three different
men and thereby forfeit three times your word and
your honor-if you had any-ss q Christian
gentleman ? Did you, while on the way TO the
graveyard 70 bury your wife meet constable,
Thereupon you alighted from the vehicle that COLI
a. e ygifa an bp
entire csytsgs until you gave out some notes for c
lection and took receipts for the same IT you did
you must have greet respect for your con panlon,
and your anguish Of heart at her dccease must have
been IMMENSE Before the death OF your wife dId
YOU not have q woman living with you whom the
poople thought to be your paraniotTF And only
fa,,r avs aftsT the burial Of your wife did yOa ot
lzy-y fkis same sConldR DID not some honest man
once cotOsids u0u in the litte town OI Rnsselvie,
Tennessee, for selling 5qItcd Sczs EdetheT SLLAH
Where we're you during the rohNtlion Were you
not down in Georgia playing tts regst aud pfaJ lng
for JEFF Davis and the Southern Confederaey p
We're YOU not q rebel all through the war, and aiteE
It closed did you not return 70 East leIesaea and
! ioin the Methodist Episcopal Church from sheer
,olie;, and klDocriSg alone Now Eir, your bosted
connection with the NJ. +. Church shall give you
| no favor from US. During She rebellion there was
3 elsss Of men behind and under the profession oi
the Federal zEmy. who claimed 70 Dc very loyal 70
/ toe country, but while they were making The nos1
earnest pro.esxtons Of drmness and ieitty % tne
country and the government, we're really banding
themselves with the knights OF the Golden Circle
and other like and infamous organizations Tor the
purpose Of assassinating pundering and uurdering
The innocent aud pescesble in haotzn OF ne coun-
trv thereby showing ihemsrivol " be alike traitors
70 the country and vlainous iugratos 10 The gov
| ernment These men were moral coloardss aoi
having courage enough 10 light On either side and
OF eli ren they are ghe most deiestaole Ihey
were very appropriately called CoppsTssaas because
like that clandsstiEe and hateiul snake, they lay
behind that they might thereby be ste IRON aaNgs'
and vet STAB l0Valtg 70 The AeUL Nov, sifr thes'
men were, in many respects, 81 e&act hsenels q
yourselE You pretend 20 be 8 7al'iister ol the ID
g. Church, and ye, you meAnly, maiieiaaaly ans
psrsstently seek every opportunity possoie'n "a u'
yu.r rslei venom inio ths hesrts Of your breihren
tVben sss are sssasd By tha bloody bufdes Of tr1i
tors tbHt swal m through this county 90 Yea taS
an vorr trenchnut blsds ia cur defense Never
Bui Hfier we hzve been psrsecuied- ha'fdi imp'i'
oned. snd some OF Us ns.rlsrod BY theo iheAFnEi
sspds Of rebellion, II nov say oniy one |or'
against these principal sselIors oi tsason tLen y0i
Clsby Austin, AZ once sppesr ~ the to9 AID atto'
nav Of = class with which you are - closely Ail'e
bv instinct passion, and bad HABITS, that you ca
/ hut r4lsh 70 their support Yea, SIR, are Judas
.he camps Of loyal Methodism, snd boot1 IN "a
theatre Of political honesty II you would only
ono respecL st le&st initiate the example ot yoe
3 illusri9us father, by goiag 70 your ' osn piace
and ttayine there e might be equally gcil Ter bo'
3 the Church and country.
1 Leaving you 20 ycEE esn meditatiOns, RENAL
Youn for The fight
: JosATHAN J.. MASN
1 eEesnsviils Tenn, April Is, lsss.