Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-04-22
From the Memphis Post.
Governor BrOWnlOw and his ReyiI ers

1t is rarely that we can take up a Conssrv at;yo 90 -
De IN IN rs state that we do not find it teeming
WIN the most bitter vituperaons and calumnies against
he loyal Governor and government of the State Of Ten
nessee The Governor is the mark which every rebel
got hufied as he IS the dread and terror of eyerv
democratic traitor IN the State. If we were to take mn
any one OF those papers that advocated treason M The
Union IN 1861, and substituted thu term Porsoo Rro,r
Low ana uoVernor BroWnloW, we could scarcely tell the
aerence IN the editorial articles in those paDers then
! and now In the Memphis argus of Nav 25tb 1881
there IS an editorial article headed old Parson
na would be fair specimen Of the rebel pross through
out the State in 1885, Then there was no entbet fo
Vie no eaumny too oppobrious 10 he annliad ~ .I
present dovernor Of Tennessee Now we know that The
Te9es have ansaeked the whole vocabulary of the En
Ior words sumcienty bitter to express their
nate OF the name of BrOwnlow. The whole bnrdsn ~
tae abuse heaped on the Governor and the oval Gs,n
OF tennessee by the rebels is that those rebels have
Of the power OF repeating what they at
tempted IN 1901. The acknowledgements of rebeIs ona
placing the State government in loval hands ave b E
npardonable acts in which the Governor Of Tennssss
s clPated, and for which the ex rebel can nave
~ ioIBiEe NM 1t Is we'll known fact to anv ono -
Ved IN the South during the rebellion that II the I
nal succeeded in their nefariOus purposes and cot
Confederacy, they would not only not rive
n men the privilege Of citizenship in their Confsda
racy, but that they would not even allow ,bep, 10 r;
IN Inc country, and indeed this was their ofon sx
purpose 10 allow none who differed with them in on;n;o
uNel WITHIN their borders can be easily ssen -
the southern papers of those times Their who's 49,:
anu anmus show that it their purpose to evcInJ
rom participation IN their Government when estabI;sbsd
-,
wards the Union. II is not our purnose IN ,oaLo - :.
tempt TO keep alive the recollectops of tboSs unb
ZINES "hen our friends and the friends Of the Union ~
Aken out and hung in cold blood for entertainin |
opinions loyal to the Union. We vould oIs5i Ls
al past FEELINGS IN regard to these matters and E
peace were we allowed to do so, but VIC can mot tL ~
80 pP1l whose ieadng article has not something IL
cay ABOUT the inEutice Of the Radicals in keenn d.
State government out Of the hands Of rebels All :ne
aoes not ngri the same denunciatous against Norb
men that they did in 1851. -'it"oih
We have ALWAYS thought and .t;ll H. a, -,
PeoPle Of tennessee acted very wisely IN evcI;. al
oels rom participation in the iIoyernmsn. ,h 10
~ a, WIN what leniency the rebels intended
1t Chlen men, We may in some degree infer En-
the foloWing The 18th section Of an set snii,Ia % an
G. ~ ans organize and equip provisional force ard
gs,olP passed BY the rebel Legislature Of
As e. May 8, 1851, reads as follows
ne "Jurther enacted That the counts eo,-.s 81 "a.
- az authorized and empowered to appoint and raise
- annually home guard Of Minute ben rboss t
% service shall be three months, in their respecti,
aes 10 consist Of companies Of not less Thar e.
oiFl district, whose officers when elected bv ~.
na shaH be commissioned By the COUNT
nom some justice Of the peace and aryesf oU -
pes9"s an" erag then 6efore he ojs1 qa,6orss. -
II y web known fact that those MINI, n
went 70 the trouble Of getting out ear,,,, never
,ns tneu victims before the civil autbor;,; PING
.ephis 1sataHeAs Of about this date We sd ~ tns
~ 1Sat q the manner IN which those same -
aid their work. Il Is as foIews. H0 @''Hafs Ten
IT,. AZ tAtoLifiosisI ~ AsAFHrs.-The letisr -hft-
-ssI N another column reveals what We e. - We
,,ssrtea that there are abolitioniss In aFe long
t.'s1s re" were yesterday the track ~ ~ me
1i ~ alluded TO- and If thew 6ss
- presume neg ell aail Aim 70 he fgiI, - Hsu
yot Square for 'As purpose faf s, .lss ia
III ~ 9a.1. soag poe l'e dead eareass Of ero~
n. tIe Apafaaehe was quito familiar with ne -,
,,9sS ., - = LUZ Aea ala their work The Letter Al
.sr - va written to Troy n. y and published 4,
49, ia. cry ~ Eas dated from Memphis and az
I,1 a Q, iis offending that the vrissy 80 -
~. ne North vas right aaa that The Rsn1bIi.
sy 80 eventually succeed. Is Il probabIs In
@ sould give political privileges 10 h la
y Nantsa 20 aait % hs falisst bee - Co.., S nuPln
he onIy b. =, ,s issnk not But Memphis was not
ne Macon tsa cs Of Juns T. Issi we A., acne ,
otttN AZ AhoLiTTomsr.-The peopls Of es,,..s !
orsyth county, Ca, hays pubiIshsd cara - s
ssA.nat ne ineendiaFy sehsmss Of one Dr.
ieheis late resident Of that town Buf sr5siiJ n e
ron on account Of he Northern prosliVif3ss !,
% I seems L was crime in the State Of faorv J. h
, 1851 to have NortksrH pgocllrities - Il
Again, in the Memphis Argus, May 81. 1881 4. N. a
blowing; 4' e