The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1868-10-07
BPOVNLOWS KINGDOM

= | cal party. lenneSseGj uuuS' hlo Ni".E
and cruel rule, is the only one OF the
rebel States which has been recon
structed in conformity to the views o.
the Radical leaders. His kingdom Is
the anticipation, the fore runner OF that
empire of peace which the Radical hoTa
to establish under Grant. Tennesse
foreshadows the sad fate of every othtr
State it Radical rule shall be conhrme' d
in the coming elections.
Before the breaking out Of the rebe!-
lion this high priest Of the Radical part ,
was a fanatcal Methodist preacher oL
the slaveholding ana slavehunting type
As pulpot politician and editor OF
gnost religious paper, Brownlow far SUI
passed the most virulent of his sect IL
the malice and spite which he exhibitea
towards the Northern people in his ser
mons and editorials. He was a mos
violent and indiscreet defender of hu.
man slavery, hated the negro cordially
and never condesconded to spell his poor
name without two g's. In his Knozyillc
newspaper on the secular days Of il
issue, and in his pul pit, 60 drum eclasias.
tic " on the Sabbath, he never tailed tJ
conSign the abolitionist of the North tg
the hottest corner of the Tartarcan re.
gions. But in spite of his abuse of the
Republicans and his Jealous defence Of
slaveholding, his writings and his spcecl-
es failed to secure their author the res,
| pect or good will of the Southern pee.
pie. His gross and indecent assaults on
the Northern people, his grotesque ard
blasphcmous TRADES were only used by
abolition agitators to fill the mind OF
the reader with adherence of an III
stitution which employed such a de-
fender.
In 1860 he sailed forth from hi
Tennessee village, Bible in hand, to
meet an anti-slavery champion il
debate in Philadelphia. His speech
es in that debate with their strange
minging of the Bible texts and bias
phemous scurrility, disgusted all who
heard them.
The breaking out of the war found
Brownlow violent secessionist, aud he
suggested in his newspaper the most
cruel punishment of all Yankee inva~
ders who were captured. But he after.
wards found it his interest to espouso
the cause of the Union, and employed
the same Scripture texts and the SAINT
violent abuse against the secessonists
which had formerly been so convenient
-, l-;orr . H., hol = .l
Southern pcope. lie became Il truly
loyal servant Of the LORD, aud pounded
the pul pit as soundly for the Union,
as he had before done for human
slavery.
But when the war began to rage
iercely in his State this fiery parson,
instead of initiating the manly part of
Andrew johnson, Emerson Etheridge.
and other true friends of the Union,
sought security in the North, aud in-
trading himself on the public as a mar
tyr, went about the county gathering
together, by begging, much Of the filthy
lucre after which the heart of tie pious
and truly "loil" sometimes bankers
With the close of the war, Brownlow
returned to Tennessee, and devoted
himself to the work of Radical Recon
struction and negro domination. He
became Governor and is now absolute
dictator. His government is one of he
bright posies il the Radical chapl.e of
reconstruction. Behold it This day
his rule is sustained by the bayonet Of
the soldier and system of craft and
violence, unknown elsewhere in the
civilized world, surprising the worst
which the carpet bagaers have been
able to accomplish in other reconstruct.
ed States. But in spite of all, with the
eutranchisement Of the negroes, with the
distranchisement Of very large portion
Of the whites, the tyranny of Browu!ow
is opposed by great majority of the
people Of the State, and they watch for
the first opportunity for its overflow.
The most odious and proscrptive regis
try laws, and the establishment of
negro militia, accompanied by vigilant
spy system, have utterly failed to effect
ually silence the people, But for the
plCoouN DlONulOM iS luaSlCr. lie MONS
mates to all county Offices which were
formerly elective, ahd reserves to him
self the power of setting aside all elec-
tions which do not meet his wishes. To
control the elections, he has organized
an army of negroes, otliccred by North,
crn adventures. lie is empowered to
place districts under martial law, on an.
plicatiou Of few citizens, and ne will
use this power to surround the places of
election with his soldiers, to defeat the
will Of the people and perpetuatc his in
famous usurpatiOn. Besides all this, he
has brought the State to utter financial
ruin Desolation and misery are wide.
spread, and the people cry aloud for de-
iiveranco from their oppressor.
This is the first attempt to establish
monarchy within the United States. 1t
ioreshadows the coming empire with
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