Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-10-17
upIon nIen Hunted from lhelr Hames..In-

Union Men Hunted from their II5mes.-In-
furual Outruges.
In his recent speech at Columbus, Ohio,
Andrew johnson thus describes the horrors
of secession in Tennessee;
awhile Jet bVseeching them to act upon |
their own doctrine, and let US alone, the |
hoofs OF their cavalry were indenting our
plains, and the tramp Of their troops was
about our homesl And yet there are those
who set up the pulling cry, Let there be no
coercion 2 What a secessionist declaring
against eoercionl Why, God bless you,
friends, they never got anything except by
coercion. They coerced Tennessee, Georgia,
Alabama and Virginia out Of the Union
They attempted il in Maryland--the gov
ernmeut stopped il; they ore now attempting
it in kentucky, and there the people viii
stop itl Their whole career has been one Of
coercion, of outrage, insult blssphemy and
crime Detachments OF their myrmidons,
who were sent, as they said, to protect rs
from the despotism of Abe. Lincoln (O
would pass through cur country, in Tenncs-
see, on the railroad.
AS they went they saw the flag Of our
country, the glorious old Stripes and Stars,
floating from the gable OF an humble school
house, where the little boys had placed It IS
an emblem OF their pure and dawning love
for the Union. What did these miscreants
do2 They stopped their train, and with
hootings and ribaldry, with menances and
execrations and blasphemy, they tore it from
4 "a - = 4t,,
They would enter private houses, and under
pretence Of seeking for ammunition, would
rummage drawers and desks, robbing the
family of the money, and the females of
their jewels and heir looms. They would
order their meals and lodgings in tone of in
science and in terms of insult. They would
feed their horses with wastefulness, aud scat
ter the food recklessly on the ground. And
after eating to the fill of their insatiate appe-
tites, and rioting and rummRging, they
would mount and, with oaths and obscenity,
would tell the family TO charge it all to jeff.
Davis. And this, my friends, is secessionl
"They came into my own county; they
called at my house. Some of their number
came forward and demanded OF my family
whether vas at home, saying that If was
they had come TO take me and hang me-
Pleasant intelligence this, for gentlemen % to
communicate TO wife and children But my
daughter, indignant at their conduct said
No, my father is not at home; he is absent
in another county, where he is making q
speech for the Union; and this presume yor
kuew, or your cowardly crew would not have
dared to show themselves at this house.. They
then sullenly withdrew. As they passed OF
through the neighborhood they came upor
the house of a Union family; the husband
was not at home, but his wife, stout-heart
ed woman, had her Union flag at the gait
post. They insolently COMMANDED her to re
move il; she would not. They attempted t.
seize it, and she seized it; they struggled TO
it, but she kept her flag. They then wen
into the woods cut a hickory withe, and re
turning, scourged her person with it.
"This, my friends, is secession, and thest
are the men you are TO 'compromise' with.-
Some of these same demons, Eve OF them
fends in hr man shape, stopped at the hous
of man named Markham, who, seeing then
approach, and fearing insult and outrage 4
himself, if be remained, and thinking tina
they would not be so likely to provoke
quarrel with the family if he were not pres
ent, took his rife from its resting place ant
retired unobserved by them, into a littl,
thicket hard by the house, in order to be a
hand in case they offered any abuse to hi
family. he had an amiable wife and tive
daughters, the youngest girl of about /.
years, and the other, Just blooming into wo
manhood, about l6, as beautiful as the morn
ing and pure as the deWdrop. The seces
sionists entered and insolently demsnded din
ner for themselves and feed for their horses
The wife told them there was the crib anC
the fodder, and they would give them thei
dinner. They took the hay and the corn anC
scattered it about the ground, and ordered
the ladies TO hasten their dinner.
'In due time the meal was prepared, and
soon greedily devoured. After sating theil
appetites at the table, they began to address
rude remarks TO the wife and daughters
One attempted to make love to the young
lady, when her young sister seized the tin
horn or trumpet which is kept in almost all
rural homesteads to make summons to din
ner or sound an alarm to the noighbors in
case oGsn- -aecideRt, ts Iifee1fTsfi ueu166
turned, drew pistol from his girdle, fired a
bullet through her BRAIN and with one wild
Shrek she tell in agonizing death at the feet
of her screaming mother. The blast, the
shot the shrek and scream, pierced the ear
Of the waiting father. He sprang from his
retreat he stood at his door-one glance re-
vealed all; and, taking deliberate aim, he
sent his rifles bullet straight through the
villains heart The other four, alarmed at
the trumpet blast and knowing that the
whole neighborhoOd would soon be upon
them, mounted their horses and fled. The
outraged father, finding them beyond his
reach, turning to where the slay er of his
little daughter lay, seized his axe and cut
his brutal body into quarters and threw them
out as only fit for the dogs to devour
''Such. my friends, is secession at home.
1t is robbery, rapine and murder. And it is
marching towards you. You must arm for
your own defence. These things occurred
not in a remote country, but right over there
in Tennessee. seem even yet to hear the
shrek that went up from that young and
innocent heart as it took leave of life, so
wild, 80 clear, so agoniEing, that even angel
ie spirits might come TO listen and avengel
viii you not then, rush to the support of
your government and the rescue of your
country from the reign of terror that has no
parallel in the history of civilized man ?"
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