Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1862-05-01

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uncle lived and died in the service o.
his country, and, thank God, thcil
graves are still in possession OF the Fed.
erals. Ny mothers relatives also shed
their blood at their country's call al
Norfolk, aud yet l am called traitor,
and by such despicablc men as compose
the Southern Confcderacy.
Mr. Eggleston alluded to the crushing
out of my paper. Yes, gentlemen, the
Office from which came the last sheets in
defence of the Union ever published in
Knoxville, was cleaned out and convert
ed into workshop for repairing and al
tering all the arms stolen by that ac-
complished thief and runaway, Floyd.
All my ambition now is, to 60 back once
moro to establish another Office; once
more to spread aproad the glorious
truths of the Union; and once more
take from drawer in my house the flag
which so long waved defantly in the
breeze, while these hell hounds were
longing, and yet not daring, to tear
down and trample it in the dust.
I would never have taken down that
flag, but for the females in my own
house, who besought and entreated me
to do so, lest the house should be torn
down about their cars.
| One day crowd surrounded my house
and threatened to tear down my flag ;
but warned them that they would have
to co it in the face of six loaded mus
kets, which would be used by men who
would never finch from their duty.
They took sober second thought. and
marched away, but presently about ff-
teen came back again, drunker than
ever, led by a young officer, who was
desirous to tear the ID thing of flag
down. In the meanwhile, had left
my house and gone to the Office, leaving
my wife in charge. She came forward
and expressed her intention of shooting
the first man who attempted to haul
down the flag The officer was slightly
scared, and said
Madam, you won't shoot, will you 2
Go on, 60 onp shouted the crowd,
| she daren't shoot y
She instantly drew from her pocket
one of Colts revolver's, and cooking it,
levclcd it at the officers head.
Never mind her, she's only woman
| cried the mob.
BY Cd! look at her eye said the
officer, as he made low bow, scraped
the ground, and toddled off, followed by
the whole crowd. The gentleman who
addressed me, expressed his regret that
my paper is stopped and my Office is
closed, and I reply to him that all my
ambition is to 60 back to Knoxville and
rcsurrect my old paper. TO go back
with new presses and with new type, and
with soul renewed and revived by bap-
tism in the glorious liberty of the North
orn States.
And / also want to 60 back there and
repay debt of gratitude eve to about
$50 of the most unmitigated scoundrels
that can be found on the face Of the
earth. To liberatc people oppressed
and defrauded by the most Satanic con-
spiracy ever consummated-defrauded
and duped by Southern Confederacy
bonds-bonds having on one side the
full length portrait of jeff. Davis, and
a picture of hen-roost on the other,
bearing these words; I promise to pay,
six months after the declaration of peace
between the Southern Confcdcracy, and
the United States Of North America,
$50
Some time since, stood alone amid
1000 rebel soldiers, and I said in my
address to them : 1t is you Of the south
that are to blame. The North have not
precipitated this war on US, it is you !
who have done it. You complained of
an infringement Of Southern rights when !
there was no infringement. You COM
planned ofNorthern encroachments when
there were nouo. and you have rushed
into a war Of the most wicked kind,
without the shadow of reason
But. gentlemen of Ohio, I do not and
cannot exonerate the North, and l say
in brief to you, that if, fifty years ago,
we had taken one hundred Southern fire
eaters and one hundred Northern abo-
litionists, and hanged them up and bur-
led them in common ditch and sent
their souls to hell, VIC should have none
Of this war. Immense applause. l.. ,
am speaking too long. fCries of mo . J.,
no p 'Go onr Don t allow that
.alk II But on looking around on tL;s r