Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-05-22
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PARS0N BROWNLOW
HIS ACCOUNTS OF REBEL DisBlRITIES,
IN NEW YORK.

The public reception Of Rev W. G.
Brownlow, at the Academy of Music,
was an ovation. The house was packed
with an enthusiastic audience, who gave
the heroic Tennesseean their undivided
lattention. William NJ. Eyarts presided.
After a brief review of the origin and
progress of the rebellion, Mr. BrownloW
proceeded to describe its effects upon
Tennessee, and gave detailed and highly
interesting account of his personal ex-
periences, concluding with an earnest ap-
peal in behalf of the suffering loyalists
of Tennessee. We give the leading points
Of his speech
MP. BRowNLow's ExPEBIENCEs
When the rebellion fairly opened they saw
the course my paper was taking, and they
approached me, as they did every other edi-
tor OF Union paper in the country, with
money They knew | was poor, and they
supposed it would have the same influence
over me that it had over almost ell the Uniou
editors of the South, for they bought up the
las; devil Of them all throughout the South.
Laughter and cheers / told them, rs one
did Of DID, Thy money perish with thee. /
pursued the even ten,r OF my way IN il The
stream rose higher and higher with secession
fire. as red and hot as hell itself, and COM
menced pouring along that great artery OF
travel, that great railroad TO Manassas, York
town, Richmond and Petersburg. Then II
was that wanting in transpor 'ation, wanting
in rolling stock, wanting in locomotives,
they had 10 lie by over regiments in our
town, and then they commenced to ride
Union men upon rails. | have seen that
done in the streets, and have seen them
break into the stores and empty their con-
tents; and coming before my house with
ropes in their hands they would grOan out
tLet us give old BrownloW a turn, the
damued old scoundrel; cone out and we
will hang you to the first imb.' ] would
appear, sometimes, on the from! p0rtico Of
my house, and would address them in this
way "Men, what do you want with me ~
for | was very select in my IDS. took
particular pains to never say gentlemen.-
Laughter Men, what do you want with
me?' "We want a speech from you; we
want you to come out for the Southern Con
federscy." To which replied: II have no
speech to make to you. You know me rs
well as ! know you; ] am utterly and ire
concilably opposed 10 this Internal rebellion
in which you are cngaged. and shall fight
| it to the bitter end. hope that il you are
going in to bill the Yankees ia search Of
| your rights that you will get your rights
before you get back
Thcs. threats towards me were repeated
every day and every week, until finally they
| crushed my pap r, dosSoyed my office, ap-
propriated the building to an old smiths
| shop to repair he locks and barrels OF old
muskets that Floyd had stolen from tbs fed
| eral government. They inaly enacted law
! in the legislature Of Tennessee authorizing
| an armed force TO take all the arms, pistols,
! guus, dirks, swords and everything OF the sort
from all the Union men, and they paid Wis
! il to every Uuion house in the State. They
visited mine three times in succession upon
| that business, and they got there a couple
OF guns ard Que pistol. Being an editor and
| preacher myself was not largely supplied
! and had the balance concealed under my
clothes. [Great laughter.l Finally, after
depTiying as Of all cur aEms throughout the
State, and after taking all the hne horses Of
the Union men everywhere, without fee or
reward for cavalry horses, and selling upon
the ia. hogs, corn, fodder aud sheep going
into houses and pulling the beds oil the bed
sleads in the daytime, seizing upon all tho
blankets they could fnd for the army after
breaking open chests, bureaus, drawers and
everything Of that sort--in which they were
countenanced and tolerated by the authori
ties, civil and miitary--our people rose uI
in rebellion, uuarm,d as they We're and by
! accident
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