Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-07
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Hon. ID. NJ. {. Senler. Republican biyto ~.
the State agreeable ~ RppOinlmrhL sP-ho -, H.
placo on Yesterday. When u was Know - NJ
,.ss ~ H. here some eight or ten days By 80 -
,.l-ro,s ,,.ye ont ihat Etberdgo would De mere "
80, bi,8 After that On attempt was maze a. w
learned 70 have Colvar b. come. bus he'sn9I ~
var Ftberidee nor any one cife camei az SY,,ou9l
isonter regroited the failure oh heir Pal1 - 49,
como one rreaent % reply. For iho OH.'0' ~
-. 4, roires soroelhinR % bring him Oul-a great
-,.5 -. ir,portaot occasion, or an antagonist Wof-
a., "a - sieo Mr. S IS one Of the ablest minds
oftbe STATE. and there are but few, u any, better
breakers ia the state. E--., ia -; b.
III spes,sh here was one Of the most withsflhg
rpostons "a the c0rruptncss and base treaehory OF
~ Democratic party both anterior TO ana since
~ -. ,bst We have had the good fortune TO hear
nj yyss lie Che mountain tornado leyeling every
,tipg before H. lie showed il up in al IFS rotten
ness H. treachory and is treason, sending barDcu
arrow 10 The very core Of lis corruption. And we
bnve never yet seen the Democrats vince so under
4 speoeh They were nstles-periecily madi 80
much 30 that several Of the 6d rusty fellows we're
out forward 10 interrupt the speaker by THROWN
out vile nsinualons proposing irrelevant questions,
SO a. though by concert Of action agrecd upon
they took il by turn and when one was through,
another one would throw out something and dart
out of The crowd. AN in al il was a perfect storm
Of hail. shot ard she'll poured in broadsid0 and On
each aank making The old sinner writhe and
squirm under b.
Whom the speech was concluded, 10 Cliff came
forward nj the call Of few of his friends and pro-
posed 10 reply. II reminded az of an occurrence
which took place al Cookoville, when Gen. Stokes
spoke there BE ore be commenced speaking,
STRIPPING Of n lawyer sent him message proposing
% reply 10 him. The General, with his usual cool
ness returned answer Chat he did not wish to be
"nibblod by insects
Instead Of attempting 10 reply 10 the speech, 30.
commenced in what we regarded an abrupt, not TO
Say unciyi attitude toward Mr. Seuter shaking bis
Gst in his face in bullying manner denouncirg
the course Of Federal officers during The war the
course Of which be asserted, Of his own knowledge
that Gen. MIlfSy bad Eve prisoners taken out and
shot at Tullahoma, without even a trial By drum
head court martial and that their dead bodies we're
left lying add exposed eve days Nbereupon Capt
Mohlor arose and stated that he was an officer on
The Generals staff and that the charge 50 made was
untrue; and for moment there were indications o.
something in the shape OF fight but friends inter
fored and the affair ended.
II was very plain, however, that the Democrats
present were ripe for a row. They rallied hurrah-
ing for Cliff, like drunken men 1T muster fight
And the men who were iarthest from the ield Of
battle during the war we're ioremo7t in this affair
IL h. becoming more and moro evident that the
inaammatory speeche1 that have been made here
by Democratic speakers both in and out Of the club
have 30 wrought upon t-e disfranchised that a row
is imminent here on every public occasion. Had
there been a little more whisky N the crowd, one
would have been on this occasion, and it is pretty
plain there viii be demand for the militia before
the esction is over. We have earnestly hoped such
would not be the case. but the events of the past
few days arc Of such a character as 10 shake our
hopes In this particuar-M clIiRHpiHc Enterprise
Scpt 26h, 1865