Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-11
How They Talk About IL.

We have been interested to see how the rebel
Conservstive-Cop perhead- Democratic journals take
the late election Wesgive few specimens from
the Louisville Journal, with comments sabioined
Forney's Chronicle wants to know why the
Democrats poll comparatively more votes than the
Republicans in stormy weather.? Probably it is be-
cause they are not "under the weather."
! If the Democrats are not "under the westhe r.
we should like to know what they call sunshine
We should think it right smart sprinkle of storm
that covered party with six hundred thousand ma
10 rity. E.. #tss+EfEa
Our country retains the name of a republic, and
is the viest despotism upon the face of the earib
Names are prostituted not less than principles.
/" The CALLED jade vince" None but rebels and
rebel sympathizers regard our government as a
'despotism." 1t would be a very fine government
indeed, for the Louisville Journal and its admirers
4 they could be permitted to manipulate it instead
Of them. But,
No oulprit felt the halteridraw ta.
With good opinion Of the law 80
Why do the Office holders call for peace? Can't
they steal in war as well as in peace7
They cali for peace because the country needs
peace; because a million men, one-third of them.
are sleeping in premature graves fought for peace
and conquered it. but for such restless dsturbers as
this one Because they are entitled to peace, and
peace they TO have peaceably if they can, for
chilly If they must" Is it because the rebels and
Democrats cannot steal except in war, that they are
so bellcose2 Why, indeed
Grant is an ass and his friends intend 70 mako
the White House a stable. ... a.rH
We cannot do justice to this extract We apollo
gse TO our readers for inserting it. 1t is done to
show them the temper Of the unreconstructed rebes
who will not leave tho country for their countrys
good But we remind our naughty contemporary
Of an old saw be may have seen. It runs thus:
Indecent words admit Of no defence
For want of decency is want Of sense"
Forney wants 10 know why all the blacklegs vote |
for Seymour and Blair. What is the color of the
legs of the freedmen
The color Of s loyal freedman is much whittier
than the color Of a rebels corrupt soulI
The people may be compelled to repudiste the
public debt. But let them first repudiate the pro-
ligate party that has contracted it Further repu-
iiation may be unnecessary.
II 'the people were as corrupt as your counsels |
would teach them to be, they ,gouJd rspudiats But
hey are not down to the level Of your debauched
mind by over six hundred thousand majority and
o they will not repudiate
We would not have our name recorded for Grant
nd Coliax TO wear the ring Of Gyges, or to be the
ead-centre Of whisky ring, or to own the ring Of
aturn though it be solid circle of silver
There is no manner of danger of your ever being
'und in such good company as Grant and Collar {
hey will probably survive your absence especially
more than half million majority Of better men /
willing 10 have their names recorded for Grant
nd Colfax" b
Peace in tho United States under Radical rule is S
ore terribly disastrous than war in any other |
untry-aye, than war in our own. l.
Hence you were consistent with your theory, at b
asst when you preferred Seymour and Blair with b
ar to Grant and Colfax with peace T
No political crime can be too low down in infa- Il
y or too trem ondous in magnitude TO be commit
by the Ra dical wretches placed in power
roughout the South by fraud and villainy. How |
n any man, be his political position what it may,
ink or even imagine, that, whilst Radical power
kept up and continued in Congress and through
the country by such accursed means, any other .
ling than disgust and resentment and rage and al
tnirst for retribution il not for vengeance can OF
or psevsil among the better portion Of the people -
our land Have the people forborne so long -
II the Radical functionsries and leaders have ID
me at last to think them spFitless as sick cats
How he raves and ro8rs How be cayortsl He
ms to be spelling for a fight Won't some one
ID his nst2 There, gentle reader, al the above th
tracts are from a single issue or the Louisville IN
MY journal, and they do not half exhaust the w
: After so much vomiting the patient must be sa
y muchly empty and PROSTATE He needs lie,
le We would remind him Of the six hundred ha
'usand majority against his miserably corrupt in
defunet party, bat we fear 1t would be tou ao 70,
= and we refrain. #E.a .tj.
Seriously, Is it any wonder the Eu KluI cut
oa< are so relentless and biooithinty when set pe
and lnstigated by such violent aud and iuflam- me-
tory harangues? It was high time that Grant "a,
80 = 'o u0s NOT nay lOo RESTRAINTS OF lar
vernment upon such violent dealers out Of trea-
and villAiny, be win .scarcely come up to the snl
ol Of his duty. fSESIsR EsITsz. ~,