, 1862-03-24
NASHVILLE NEWS
PARSON BROWNLOW:S. SPEECP.
Andy JohRsen'S Proclamation.

fspeech Of Parson FroWnlow, delivered in front |
ofthe St. Cloud, Nashville On the evening Of The
17th.l
Gc74tleznen: an in a sad plight to say mich
Of 5ntercst-ioo thoroughly iucapitated to do I
Justice to you or myself My threat has been
disordcred for the past three years, and hare |
been compelled to abandon pnblie speaking.
Last December was thrust into IN uncom-
Portable and disagreeahle jail--tor what 1'rea-
SON. Treason to the bogus Confeaeracy; and
the proofs Of that treason were articles which !
appeared in the Knoxville WAig IN May last,
when Tennessee YRS member OF the Hn-
perisha11e Union At the expiration Of four |
weeks, I became victim OF the typhoid
cent dwelling, and guard of seven men kept
me company. I subsequently, became so weak |
that I could not turn over in my bed, and the |
guard WIS Increased to twelve men, for fear 1 |
should suddenly recover and run away to Ken
tucky. Becoming conyasescent, IN measure,
ment. One day I was visited BY some Confed-
crate officers, who remarked, tBro Tn!pW,
you should not be here Take the oath of al
lcgiance to the Confederate Government,
which win not only entat1e you toa speedy
release, hut insure your protection" 'Sir!''
said I, before would rake the oath to sup
port such a hell1orsakeD institution, I would
suffer myself to rot or die with old age.n
Why, my friends. these demagognea actn-
ally boast that the Lord Is upon their side, and
4E&4d4C tAiAk 1tA Ii A5S1SL4LF L4Euk
in the furtherance Of their netarious project.
In Knoxville and surrounding localities, 3
Ehort tune nince, daily prayer meetings were
held, wherein the Almighty WIS beseeched to
raise Linc0ln's blockade, and to hurl destru:-
tion agzirst the Burnside expedition. Their
prayers we're partly answered blockade at
Roanoke Island Was most efectQally raised;
= reciprocal Of their sacriege diyinely ten
dered - ~
Gentlemen, am no Abolihoni5t; I applaud
no sectional doctrines; am Southern man,
and all my relatives and interests are thor
orgh1y identified with the South aud Southern
Institutions I wns born in the Old Dominion,
INV parents were born in Virginia, and they
and their auteccdents were all shareholders.
Let me assure sou TINT the South has suffered
no Infringement upon her institutions; the
slavery question was actually no pretext for
tbs unholy, unrighteous conf1ict Twelve Sen
atorr from The Cotton States, who had sworn
to preserve inviolate the Constitution framed
by our forelather6, plotted treason at night
1T time for such a c1ime-and telegraphed to
their States dispatches advising them TO pass
ordinances Of Secession. Yes, gentlemen,
twelve Senators swo1e allegiance Ia the
day time, aud unsWore 1t al night. 4 short
time since I was called upon by little
Jew, who, believe, Is the Secretary Of War
Of the bogus Cenfederacy. He threatened to
bang me, ard expected no more mercy from
him than Was shown by his tilustrious prede-
cessors towards Jesus Christ. entered into
. long correspondence with this specimen OF
expiring humanity, but from mercy or forget,
part with all MY documents Ia my little valise,
which l hope to publish at no distant day:
Gentlemen. when 1 started On nv pe1ilous
JOURNEY. YVES sore distressed In mind; and
exceedingly SO in body. But the moment
my eyes encountered the piekets of the Fed:
e1al ar1nF my depression decreased and re
turning health seemed suddsa1y to lnvisuratt
nv physica1 constitution :-;-e ..@...:, -
Gentlemen, secession is played out-the do.
is desd-the child Is born, and his name i
JeT. Daris, j.:
that must decline further remarks this evt
ping, but ehall make myself heard upon tn
next Convenient occasion, which will probE
biz be exc the Termination Of the preseu
week.
AxDREw JoHxBoN's APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE o
TENNESSEE.
FELLOW CITIZENS: Tennessee assumed tn
form Of q body polite as one ofsthe Unite
States Of America, In the year seventeen hur
drcd md ninety six, at once entitled to d
the privileges OF the Federal Constitution
and bound by al It's obhsntions. For nearl
eiKty-ive years she continued in the EMO,
snce Of al her duties, one Of the most 10y
and devoted Of the sfsterhoed Of States. 81
had been honored By the elevation Of ia
Of her citizens to the highest place
the gift Of the American people, aud thi
had been nominated for the same high ofic
who received liberal though ineffective eu
port. Her population had rapidly and 1REge
Increased, and their moral and material iate
ests co11espondingl5 advanced. Never Was
people more prosperous, conteuted and hapI
than the people q Tennessee under the %
little burdened for the support Of the authori
By which they we're protected They f
their Government only in the conscious e
5oyment Of the benefits it conferred and I
blessings It bestowed
Such was our enzilble condition until vii
in the yem Just past, when nnder what ba,
ful Influences it is not my purpose now to
quire, the authority Of the Gorernment n
set At de6unce, aud the Consultation q
the Laws condemned, by q rebelious arm
force. Men who, in addition to ortinl
cd largely the bounty and official patronage
the Government, and have by repeated o2t
obligated themselves to It's support, with s,
den ingras1tude for the bounty and disrega
for their solemn obligation, engaged, d=lib
ately I'D y i. os:ente1ioas1y, 10 the accomplt
defer to their opinions and to accept tn
guidance, and Others, carried axay By excl
ment or overa~ed by eeditious cl4mor, an
Cd themselves under their baanefs, thrs :,
Ean.1hn& hna tseassoeaols - power, xhich. fora
ty Of the Federal Gosernment.
In this co0altaon Of af1airs 1t degolyed IN
the President, bound b. Ibis o1elaI oaMts
Peserve. protect and defend the Consni
Of supp1eaad1R,-daz z5us1ecta and. dosnes
violence. to, fesastt and xepea this frbellI,
force by the military arm Of the Goyernme
and thns to; IL ttsabll1EEh The Federal aufh
y. Congress, assembling at ~ early
1onnd him s7agsEa& ATae xAeases 1tseha
AIhat hfaAv N,nn.n n+sasuhk5r tn ,hih. nd 4