Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-26

Of the selfssme newspapers, are crying slcu1 The
words tazaiioa And tazes" and deaoanciny Is .
tyranny The lawful demand Of reasonable 9eyenue
required for an economical administrator Of sbe
State GoveFnment The names Of ueh ought 70
be printed on the monument Of disgrace refeTred
10 and underneath wolild not be Inappropriate The
lines:
+" Oh fai tongue % curse ths tnsyes.
Whoss treason likt deadly blight
And blasts them Il their hoar q night
My lies nshl 80. CUP io5 shs ss a..
with hopss thai but alone 30 ~,
LiRe desd.ssa ffnit thsi tempt the eye.
Thsir oountry's euras, their childiens shame
out-easts q virtue, peace and isns'
o. i sbs fpsrchs5 asssTt thirstsE die
While lakes that shine IN mockery nigh,
Are fading Of untouched-untastedi
Tx he once glorious hopes they blasted.
And when from Earth their spirits ~
lust prophet, let ths dsu'd ones dwell {
Fuii h The light e Paradise,
Bsholding Heaven and feeling He'll
aut how Of the second-lhe NEXT period OF four
years for which The Radical party is responsible 90
executive and administrative actors Bear in nina
6rrt. that the State wss field Of Fains-i's roass
destroyed-ils public buildings as wrecks and is
funds sousndered and stolen-and the entire civil
machinery out Of gear and badly broken. Insietd
of an essy and open Geld Of plenty ard promise, as
n 1861. All was broken bankrupt and confusion in
1865. Executive and administrative had to go in
concert with ereatDs energy. The lost ends had 10
be gathered Up, the broken bands united and nav
ones made and 10 fact reformation and general
reorganization required. The public debt had al
the while been growing, and The public credit silk
ing lower and lower
Asa frst and vital nitiatory step, interest long
accumulated on the public debt must be provided
for and paid 10 revive The public credit and secnd
the arteries and veins Of commerce-our railways
and rivers must be repaired.
These were but the FIRST steps on the Threshold
Of progress. They and others in their order we're
taken The credit Of the State restored and ts c'm-
mercial relations placed in sn active and healthy
condition.
In addition TO the ordinary civil machinery Of
the State, military arm was necessary TO aid in
the enforcement Of law and protect the citizens
from lswlessneas and violence. In addition 70 the
ordinary legislation, new order Of things required
large revision Of and addition TO organic and
general laws.
An this has been effected with a measure Of sue
cess beyond the most sangune expectations, and at
cost of about 100000 perannum, making an ag-
gregate Of about 100000 The impartial histO-
rian will write the chapter Of this period with ex-
pressions Of astonishment taat so much in SO short
q time has been effected with so limited an amount
of means.
What We haze said OF our State may be said OF
our General Government, AID what we have writ
ten Of the consequences Of the acts of The Projec-
tors Of the rebellion in our State may be recorded
of them and their associates in the aggregste of
States rebeliing.
We have felt il our duty 20 send the sin of taxa
ton home 10 roost the proper tree-thS shoulders
of the authors of the rebellion and we're it5 wings
and tail armed with doubepointed scorpion stings,
We would not, if we could, shield the necks and
faces Of those 90 guilty but would add whip with
triple tbrongs in The hand OF every honest man to
lash the culprits round the world.