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PARS0N BROWNL0W'S DEATn
IENNESSEE'S NOTED PREACHER QOTs
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| The Career that ssnx. ,t,, :. 49, ,,,,.
out A,.r,c, ~. s, H""e Ihro"sh-
M,n.rn, =, s""nde.t Kind OF Unioa
The Rev. William aorr.. ,,-
,o,,,, -. ". -" '''''a""y browniow.
day afternoon at his rcsidcncc In Knox,,,,,,.
Tenn. Un ,yns horn Au,u., 90 ,oas f.. ,,.'.,
county. va. ana was the eldest son OF Joseph A.
BrOwnlow, who cultivated n fnrm thrrn anL
was n private in Tennessee ,r,r, con,ama a'.
the Parson were priyatrs under Con Jaclson
anu .wo others were Officers in the navy. Tho
p"rsont father died in 1876 and hs mother.
wom,hn ,opmGrg ., oa,norins Gannaway. died thrco
da,,,h,a a W"'u. lohvihg mroe sons and two
daughters to the care Of relatives. William was
obargs hy NE ~ o' 'no ,c ana was taken in
Ss, Wy nis n,U'hcr lanlly' who bred him 10
farm work until he was eighteen. aud then ap-
prenticod him to "A cnrpcntor of Atin,,lo, W.
His education casna,ly oh,oino, nSron, '' a,' va
schools. had boen very imperfect. md
ns soon as his trnde was Icornad
inriv S,tsndi ~ din,rcase nis knoWledgr by rocu-
Methodist min 7strv in i95r io M oh'ered =, % tle
preacncr ana 0nntad i7S s41sinEa. nE him'Irsn, i Isnt
delegate 10 the general conirr.ncs In Philn1ei'
phia. and duing the same year iraveii"d a
took strong ground against nullin q,tinn and
drew upon himself fur.ous animtIversion.
period ltaNufpn an.
gagged with clergyman oil nnothrr d.nomi.
nation upon slavery and in A uumnhi,t said
tiat it would one day shakc thS G G',Vrrnmcnf IN
its foundation. d" eNpe.t" ne amid 10 ae.,
that day nnd not 10 be- an Old man al that III"
tariff question now th rrnteus thn ovcrfh royx ~
the Government. but the slavery question ia one U
h. be dreaded While sIaI adv" .ai, H., o,yn'
ing of men, women. and chii iron. / shail wHnn
the haitle comes stand by INV Governm"nt ma
the Union formed Dy our fathers" ~ ""u
Mr. Brownlow hrpan bis nnli;;coi oorocr 4.
Tennessee In 1928. Ty siding with John Ouincy
Adams against Andrew JanEsnn H., NV
Gated a strong ana ronrcntrHfsd Feinrni ton"rD.
ncnt and. as nm ardent WhiS r'iard"d Clny
and Webster us Lis n"Iiii,I "atnnJ'rJs Tx Tx
1877 he b"ra,nn odif,rp 0f ha EnH,iii,s IN
and from tha vigorous md I.d ,1t styi, y, y, hy:
.r,i.,ls at,,i'.S. ~ w. "'l'ni S.le u MS
~ tNicS; opui,u'u ul' thc tltle Ol lho llHhtinx
Parson.' He engaged also In religious
cohtr"NtrSleH. ana wrote several religious
books In 1898 he hold "A public debate in Phil
Mlelphla upon slavery with tho Rev Abram
Payne OF New York. and defended the institute
ton, Al the outset OF the secession movement,
IN lSbo Mr.. Brownlow advocated IN hs news
paper AN unconditional adherence 10 tho
Union. as II was tho hest safeguard
oi southern institutions. On account of
tlis no experienced much persecution.
and ceased publishing tina WIZ in . tober
lsGl. He announced that he would not again
print the newspaper until the State had become
Cleared Of rebels. and aVOwci his dcterminn-
tan never to take the oath Of allegiance to tho
'onfederacy. i shall go to jail =" said he Il" for
my principles. | shall 20. because 1 havo
iail"d To recognize the hand of God in the