The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1862-05-30
Number D.

Adams against Andrew jackson. In the
next election l was for Clay. (Great ap-
plause.) You may well applaud that name.
| propose when this war is over and q ma
tional convention Is held, to put in nomina-
ton for the presidency the last suit Of clothes
that Clay wore before his death. (Cheers.
At first the leaders Of secession approached
me with money. They.had bought up the
editors Of the South TO the last devil ot them.
l held out until stream Of secession fire rs
red and hot as hell itself commenced pouring
along that great railroad line leading to Ma
nassas, Yorktown, &c. The soldiers used to
stop at my town and rest over for day and
anuse themselves by riding Union men on
rails, and by committing every kind Of out.
rage upon their persons aud property. They
were instigated by all the secessionists round
about to do ito come there and give old
Brownlow a turn. They would come before
my house and call for the d-d Lincolnite to
come out. would appear on the portieo.
| would say, "men what do you waht with
mc?' l was select in my words. l took
particular pains never to call them gentle
men. Laughter.) They would say, 1--WE
want speech from you. We want you to
come out for the southern confederacy."
told them 81 have no speech to make to you.
am thoroughly and irreconcilably opposed
to this rebellion you are engaged in. hope
If you are going on to kill the Yankees in
search Of your rights that you will get your
rights before you get back" Finally they
crushed out my paper. Then the Legislature
passed law to take all the weapons from
the Union men and they paid visit to every
Union man in the State for the purpose
They came to my house three times. Being
u doctor of divinity was not largely sup.
piled. They took away two muskets had
the rest under my clothes concealed. Soon
after this, and II was all by accident, at pre-
clsely ii o'clock one night. all the railroad
bridges for three hundred miles from Chata-
nooga to the Virginia line took fire and
burnt uI. That was purely accidental
(Great laughter.) | happened to be out
from home that time, collecting some bills,
and as these bridges took fire Us was out,
they affirmed that was the bell wether and
ring. leader of all the dovilment going on
They wanted pretext to seize upon me-
They had filled every Jail in East Tennessee
with Union prisoners. Finally they seized
inc on the 9th day OF December and marched
me up to miserable, uncomfortable, damp,
and desperate Jail. where, when was usher
cd in. found $50 Union men. As God is
my Judge, there was not in that whole jail u
chair or ben,h or stool or table or any piece
Of furniture that you could think Of except
u bucket and pair of tin dippcrs to drink
with. knew them all and they rallied
around me. "Are you here" said i, "lor
stealing or manslaughter or any crime? No,
you are here because you adhered to the tlag
and Constitution of your country" Tire
mendous applause.) i look upon the sixth
day Of December, 1861, MS the proudest day
of my life. never will rcnounce my prin-
ciples
They were in the habit of coming every
day to see II any of the terrified inmates
would take the oath to the bogus confeder-
acy, and they had generally found somc to
volunteer to do it but after came the tax
ing the oath ceased. (Applause.) They
had me in Jail for three dreadful winter
months. One of their brigadier-generals
paid visit to me. He came in and bowed
and scraped, and he was dressed within an
inch of his natural but drunken life. Said
he:
"Brownlow, you ought not to be here"
al think so too" said |.
snow, SIR" said he, 81 have got to in.
form you that II you take tho oath of ale
glance to the southern confcderacy, Judge
Humphreys is on the bench in the court
house-we will turn you out instantly. and
guarantee your protection and safety, and
the protection OF your family"
Rising up several feet in my boots at that
time. Hooked him full in the eye. "Why
SIR" said |, al intend to lie here and rot Of
disease, or die OF old age before take the
oath to your conlederacy. ldeny your right
to administer such an oath. ldeny thatyou
have any government other than big south.
orn mob. You have never been recognized
by any civilized power on Gods earth, and
you never will be. And, preacher as am, !
will see the southern conlcderacy, and you
and on top Of it, in the Internal regions be-
fore | will do what you ask. !" "Well,
sir" }" said he. "thats damned plain talk
"Yes, sir, and that's the way to talk in rev.
olutionary times"
Things went on, and they frightened, and
grew tighter and still more tight. Many OF
our company took sick. There was not room
for us all to liz down mt a time. and Ne
would spell one another saying, "You lie
down and warm the aoor and then get up and
Give me n chance" Uaughter.) A mum.
her of them died. and have died since, from
sickness contracted there. ! shall never Tor
get some of the scenes passed through in
that mil. There was venerable Baptist
clergyman there, whose only offence was that
he had prayed for the President Of tho Unit
ed States. They gave me the favor Of al
lowing nv vile to bring mo three meals u
day, and had her put enough in to give
him his meals too. When the basket came
in the guard would search through the has.
ket for some billet that might be sent into
me, and then, when il went out, searched
again. One day POOR wife, with her babe,
wanted to come in and see her husband.
plead with them out Of the window that was
opened to yeniilate the place, anda last they
allowed her fifteen minutes. The man was
down on the floor sick and weak. She came
in and saw him there, and saw her iainting
and caught her child; and held the babe
until the fifteen minutes were over. Then
the guard came in in an insulting man
ner and told her the time was up. and she
lett hun. This is the spirit Of secession.
The soldiers brought with them from the
battle Of Manassas the heads OF Union men
that were killed, and held them by the boards
and waved them, and showed them as the
heads of the damned Yankees they had cap
tured. This is the secession spirit OF the
South. The spirit of the vile untutored say.
age. The spirit Of murder, ofassassination,
II l. the spirit of hell. and yet you have men
nt the North who sympathise with these
murderen. If wanted TO buy Satan out
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