Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-04-11

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SLAVERY MAY GO TO THE DOGS. '.t
His parents were born in Virginia SO was
he. Although stakeholder, he had no hesi-
fancy in saying that, when the issue is pre-
sented, as it may be, "The Union and no
slavery, against slavery and no Union" he is
for the Union, and slavery may 60 to the dogs
He is for the Union above slavery or any
other institution. .,,l p; ii tga... a ..a.f.
.--E ..a HE LIKES FREMONT. .- .n, .G17. .
When the army goes to East Tennessee he
wishes to go with it. Knoxville is in Free
nonts department, and he was glad of it
Fremont was his sort Of man, and he wish
cd to be with him ON visiting East Tennessee
A great deal of hanging had been done on
one side and he would like to superintend
some on the other Without profanity, he
could say that the Federal army would be
received in East Tennessee with Joy une
qualled by the hosannahs of the angels when
Christ was born.
HIS CORRESPONDENTS wirn BENJAMIN.
7, however, entered into learned diplo-
matte correspondence with a little, miserable
Jew, named Judah p. Benjamin, the so-called
Secretary Of War of the bogus Confcderacy.
In that correspondence have the vanity to
believe that got the better Of him This
correspondence has never been printed, al
though, now thai am at the North, shall
take the opportunity to lay it before the pub
lie. .' o. ...' '''" '"#'
In that correspondence he stipulated to let
me out. He said | was bad man, and IA
dangerous man to the Southern Confederacy il;
and, sad he. "l have directed Major General
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the lines to the people youscrvc." "Agreed,"
said | "fit out your escort, and will accom-
pany it. propose to do for the Southern
Confederacy what the Devil never did--qut
the country Cheers. ~ ~ ..'" %.
HOW HE ANSWERED THE BROADER GENERAL.
The Brigader General commanding at
Knoxville came TO see me one day.. The pris-
oners all rallied around to hear what was said.
lie said: Brownlow, you ought not to be
here" 81 think so, too" said T. Now"
SAYS he, "come along with me and we will
make it all right. We will go up to Judge
Humphrey, at the Court House, and you can
| take the oath of allegiance to the Southern
Confcdcracy" I turn round to him at this
| insulting proposition. "Sr,' said ! "beforo
| will take the oath ofallegiancc to the South
ern Conrederacy, to obtain my freedom, Twill
| rot in Jail with disease, or die with old age
| Nay, moro deny that you have govern.
ment; deny that you are authorized to ad
minister the oath of allegiance to your rotten
mob government, which no power on earth
will ever recognize Before will do so,
will see the entire Southern Confcdcracy in
hell, and you and on the top Of it, Great
| cheering Sir" said he, that's id plain
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| his hat, made bow, which returned, ant
we parted. | hope to meet him ngain,' ant
that will be when the Federal army takes
possession of Knoxville. ..f-, ... .
... UNION MEN HUNG.
When | came away, the Jail Of Knoxvill,
was full Of Union men. | was there in .jai
| when they took my companions out and hung
them. did not see them hung, because this
was done over the hill; but saw them gt
out, with the black poplar cofliins, and tn,
soldiers would turn round, and pointing tt
| Brownlow, would say" You will swing next
My reply was, am ready to be hung, ant
all want is one hour under the gallows, t.
give the pedigree Of these men," ...... l..
expected to be hung, and had made NJ
my mind to it. was told that the drum
head court MARTA! lacked but one vote O
confirming my doom, and that was the vot'
of a sccesslonist. Norman ever came so neal
being hung and was not. One of my com
pan ons, A. c. .Ilawn the gallant Hawn. on
Of the most mora and upright men in Knox
was sentenced to be hung by this court-nar
tial, and he had but one hours notice to pre-
pare himself. He asked for minister of on,
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but the reply of the jalor was, :" No ID
traitor in the South has the right to be pray
ed for, and God does not hear such prayers.
Poor Hawn was placed on the scaffold, an,
a miserable drunken chaplain Of one of tht
Southern regiments was sent to attend him
just as they We're about TO launch IIawr
into eternity, the chaplain said This poo
unfortunate man desires to say that he wa
led into committing the acts for which he il
now to atone with his life, by the Union men
and he is really an object Of pity" se .
Hawn rose, and in stentoian voice replied
81 desire TO say that every word that MAJ
has said is false. am the identical man tha
put the torch to the timbers Of that bridge
and am ready to swing for it. Hang me AZ
soon as you can" He said he would do i
! again if he knew this was to be his fate for it
TIE coSFEDERATEs STOLE HIS SIGGER.
An Alabama regiment came along one Sab
bath day and stole from me my only nigger
a young man Of whom thought vesy much
l might have expected this from the North
ern army il | had believed all that was sal,
Of it, but did n3t expect the chivalry an,
4 flower of the South would be guilty of sucl
an act, after all their boasting. le W.
tell you to-day, upon the honor of man
that the Southern army and its hangers OF
have stolen more negroes in Virginia, Tennes
see and Kentucky during the past six months
than the Aboitionists have enticeG or aide,
away in the last forty years; and today, s
help me God, one-half the soldiers i'm tn
South never owned slave or were ever rela
ted by the ties of consangnnity with any on
that ever did Cheers $3.50
ONE soUTnE.SEg EQUAL TO FIVE YANKEES.
When they started out they said ''on
i Sontherner could whip five blue -bellied Yam
4 kees," and here let me relate an incident tina
happened in Knoxville few weeks since:
A Union lady met on the sidewalk, one day
a colonel Of a regiment stationed in Knoxville
and she said to him, "Colonel, how is it tina
notice the Northerncrs have been gettin
the better of us at TT. Henry, Ft DoneIso
and Fishing Greek thought one South
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