Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-04

editor Of She Press and Hsrsd hss an article pur-
porting 10 be in reply to mine in the WEIa, Of the
ssms date IN which be calls me fellow" hum
bug" and such epithets doubtless for the purpose
Of displaying his superior rehnement-I will not
say the superiority Of his youthful culture for he
was reared by good womar-and the elegance Of
his language his genslemAnly department and high
moral standard must ell be attributed TO the habts
and ctdtivGtion Of his late years.
His article is 90 naHdEin pettish in its style,
that ii hardly deserves notice ard if the final result
to She editor Is second attack Of "nale Mysteries
the public need not bs surprised. &c IS subject TO
such fts. BE says. aThis Brooks Is the same man
herstOfoEs suspected and proclaimed BY his Radical
friends Is dsfsulter 70 the stAtsH In his usually
soUe manner, he is trying TO develop the ISSUE but
II eonnos be done. have not heard of decent
Radical Conservative or out-and-out friend Of the
late COnfederacy, that had anything 70 do with the
matter. hsve only heard Of the eoicardlg mali
ciOls ard malignant lie, being circulated by few
essassas like him, who try to Kill men morally ard
socially when Ebsent-who stab at character in the
dark and, true 70 their I0tO instincts, play Arrant
towards in general
Here ara three quotations from his paper
lst them be looked at compared, and the public
viii judge sshO lies in print If he does not admit the
fact as he did every material fact in my last, By
lodging the issue. He says, u never charged him
with any such thing that is, with being de-
fsater. In his issue Of February lst be says; ut
lie rumored on the streets that Capt Brooks is de-
fAuiter;" and in the Press and Messenger, Of the
18th, nearly q week sfter came home, be Gays
again aIt ID said that the Governors Paymaster Of
militia is absent from the State with his pockets
wen lined with State tnds and does not intend to
return" Car the editor tell he truth, if he tries
] ask for information.
BE says am ian imPostor and mo lawyer. =
I viii prove him TO be humbug, an impostor, or
what have proven him before by his own acts
he take either horn Of the dilemma he chooses.
In Aagut, 1865, he came 70 me and asked me 10
60 into business with him, and said be had heard
was lawyer, DC. told him was a goasls lao.
ger had seen little practice, and intended to settle
in Knoxville. A month later, he appeared before
court martial, of which lsGs Judge advocate, de-
Tending some important cases that was prosscu-
ting. Later still, he proposed bis own terms Of
partnership, and accepted them.
BE hoped would be able to keep up the Office
work. have done it, Tor hs has not been inside
the Office one hour in thirty days, on an average
for two years; and ell the business of importance
that we have secured here got, and Jtrsns those
0hO could not employ him because Of hts kOivH ne
gEect of tstsiaesa BE WA going to practice in lad
jacent counties and have attended three-fourths
of the Courta in those counties, and done three
ourths Of the labor Of the firm, of all kinds from
the day the partnership wss formed. he called for
me- on the slst of January, lses, and said Court
wss to sit st MAryville, and OhAnoery Court here
on the following Monday, and he wanted me 10 at
tend one Of them" J. did not come, and he did NOT
attend either Court, az an informed. In all this
time he had nss discovered that was humbug
II be Says be had his eesicss sivs Tie lie to his cords
In fact, be did not make the discovery until ]
placed his base, sansassy, Soisardly and itfaDtoS
conduct before him In such light that he had to
dodge the issue or own his own baseness, and the
most contemplate Of earth seldom do that--why
should he be an exception to the ruler Whether
or not am lawyer, time viii prove expect
10 practices at the bar and hope TO be respected at
least for my integrity after he s outside Of is pals
and has found BIS proper lsses ssith others Of his
kind If am no lawyer, he win And " stick clio.
ser than BROTHER ! will say 70 him that he Is
non-aecountant for money received belonging TO
the firm, and unless he accounts for what know
hs has received, win be tempted to call him a
THIEF.
To save the public aay further inhiction in re-
gard to our matters, IS he Is sore on that point,
having waited to see what further shape his equi-
table dssk-brsakisg remedies would take, have
fled bill in Chsncery for the settlement Of part
nership accounts enoining further collection on his
part, AID when 1 sm through with it 1 expect to
ges my portion of the firm funds arising from bust
ness that hare dens if he does say It was his prac
tice, which, up to the present time have not sue
ceeded IN doing, behave as he is dligent in
collecting than In his practice at the bar of justice
In the last issue of the WHIG but one, I charged
him with publishing base falsehoOd, when he knew
it to be false, both in the public well the pri
vate charges that be circulated against me- contra
~ TO all manly principles and the dictates of friend
ship and gratitude that ought to have governed
him. he admitted my charges by not denying
tdem, and changed bis base. Like coward, he
lodged the issue, and attempts to drag me into a
discussion where bar room slang, with which he ia
more Misunderstanding mo-e-than with the con-
versation of respectable men, shall take the place
of facts. There he cannot drag me. shall deal
in facts and shall not atterapt to 6orrol0 rew him
the poeabHlary that belongs to him. BE published
a faIsehood when he said was q non-accointant,
and he knew IT, and bis lsst article IN Al its parts
more base, cowArdly ungentlemanly and false than
those that went before.
Up 10 this time kavs only been vindieating
my character against his wilfuly false attacks, and
attempting to characterize his actions they de-
serve have, as al can see acted only upon the
defensive. / now warn the gentleman that if he
desires continuation Of the discussion Of our rsla
tive merits, as man or isxysr shall be aggressive
and may aearry the war into Africa in such 3
manner, and ask him sts,h questions as viii make
him wish that the discussion had not been provoked
BY him. know bis record as q man, a lawyer and
politician, and if he courts an airing by pressing
the discussion, shall NOS publish fAlsehoods con-
corning him that have no foundation, as he did in
my case, but shall deal in facts, however severe
they may be- Hsissbs sggressor--let him choose
e. j. BRooxs.
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