Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-06-27

were not permitted even to put their ears TO
the keyhole, or to look through crevice in
the doors, to ascertain what was done. A
league with the southern contederacy has been
formed, and the state has been handed over to
that southern coniederacy, with jeff. Davis at
it's head. We, the people of Tennessee, haze been
handed ouer to this cOntederdcy, say like sheep
in the shambLes, bound hand and foot to be dis.
posed OF as Jefferson Davis and his cohorts
may think proper.
This ordinance was passed by the conven.
ton with provisio that it should be submitted
TO the people. The governor was authorized
to raise 90, 900 men. Money was appropriated
to enable him to carry out this diaboical and
nearious scheme, depriving the people OF their
rights, dsposing OF them as stock in the mar
ket-handing them over completely, body aud
soul, to the southern confederacy. Now you
may talk about slavery, but in most instances
when slave changes his master even he has
the privilege of choosing whom he desires for
his next master, but in this instance the SOW
eregn people of tree state have not been al
lowed the power or privilege of choosing the
master they desired to serve They have
been given a master without their consent or
advice. No trouble was taken to ascertain
what their desires were-they were at once
handed over to this southern confederacy.
THE UNION MEN OF TENNESSEE.
But while this contest has been going on, a
portion of our fellow citizens have been stand
ing up for the constitution and the Union, and
because they have dared to stand upon the
great embatiement of the constitutional liber
ties, exercising the freedom and the liberty of
speech, portion of our people have declared
that we are traitors they have said that our
fate was to be the fate OF traitors, and that hemp
was growing and that the day of our execution
was approaching-tliat the time would come
when those who dare stand by the constitution
and the principles therein embraced, that the
expiation of these deeds would be upon the gal
laws. We have met all these things. We
haze met them in open day. We haze met them
face to fdce-t0e TO tOe-at least in one portion
OF the state. We have told them that the con
sttut0n detes treason and that definition is,
that treason against the United States shall
consist only in levying war against the gen
eral government OF the United States. We
have told them that the time would come when
the. principles of the constitution and the law
defining treason would be maintained. We
have told them that the time would come when
the Judiciary Of the government would be suS
tanned in manner that it would define what
was treason under the constitution and the law
made in conformity with it, and that when de-
fined, they ould ascertain who were the trail
tors and WhO 1t that 10Ould stretch the hemp
Hdt Heg h0d prepared JoF US. lApplause
THE WARRANT FOR MR.. JoHNSoN's ARREST.
know that in reference to myself and 9TH
ers rewards have been offered, and it has been
said that warrants have been issued for our
arrest. Let me say to you here to-day that
am no fugitive, especially no fugitive from
justice. Ii | were fugitive, | would be a
fugitive from tyranny-a fugitive from the
reign of terror. But, thank God, the county
in which live and that division OF the state
from which l hail. will record a vote of $4,000
against the secession ordinance. The county
in which live gave majority of 2007 against
this odous, diabolical, netarious, hel-born and
hellbound doctrine.
The speaker continued in strain similar to
the above for about fifteen minutes longer.
He made many humorous illusions to the
bravery of the secession soldery, and
wound up with heart stirring appeal for the
preservation of the Union.