Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-10-14
Brave Words from a Loyal Tennessean

AZ a war meeting at Cooper Institute, Nav
York, recently, Rev. Nj Carter, OF Carte
County, East Tennessee, made the primer 4
speech, which was continually and rap,uloo y
apTlauded Mr. Carter thus spoke ofshin,ta,
and Of the portion of Tennessee from which he
came
address you as my elow-citizens, not as a
mere matter OF form, hut because clam, not
withdrawing the reasonable action oi my
State, to be one of you still. (ApPlause) /
claim to have no part or lot in tins rebellion.
(Applause) Though have lived in the WILD
est Of IL though have seen ii grew day after
day, week after week, month after month
though have seen the 1Ig of my country torn
down, though have been forced 10 gaze upon
the dag of treason, yet while have been travel
Ing have uniformly tasted, rather than dine.
or breakfast or sup beneath It's accused folds.
tlrameneous aIpiause) And may tell Yea
also that 1t my good fOrt0ne TO come iIom
Las. Tennessee, where last l)ated the lis Of
our country though Tonnessea pretended to
secede lrOM this OnI0n ON the 9Th day Oh June
lS6l, the old Alg loa,ed IN my town Ga,l No
ycmoer lS6l (Applause.) Aud when they
took that flag down, it required . whole resl-
ment Of soldiers TO do 1t. And when they
put up the flag OF Rebellion i remained only a
lew hours. That night the flag of treason dis
appeared and has never been seen there 90 this
day. tGreat applause | live in county,
lellow-cltizens, that is more loyal tonight than
the City OF New York. tremendous applause
am proud that county bears my name
MS VIEWS OF SLAVERY AND EMANCIPATION.
We hear in these days, much about what lies at
the cause OF this abominable Rebellion. do not
believe that it is slavery, Mark you am a
slave holder, and it is nobodys business Ap-
pause.) | believe in what Andrew Jackson
wrote TO the Rev. Mr. Crowiord in his celebrated
letter, that Slavery would be made the pretext
for the overthrow of the government. [" Down
she goes lIlsses and applause. slavery,
not the Government Yet never had any
hesitation in saying, at home as well as here,
that regard the Union OF these States IS Of in
tntel y more value than all the negroes n Amer
lea, .nd Africa and Europe. loud applause. J
Therefore have uniformly said, th1t if in
the progress of this war it should become abso-
lutely necessary understand me) in order TO
save this Government, that Slavery should die,
IN the name of my insulted and injured eoun-
try, let it perish IGreat applaus. " The
time has come Renewed applause. say,
like hw-aoiding citizen, leave that to the
authorities Of tins Government. e. Good. y
Better, far better, that that institution and all
our commerce, and all these vast cities, perish
in one common ruin, than that the nag Of our
country cease to aoat in triumph IRON ibe lakes
TO the Gulf, and IRON the Atlantic 10 the Pa
ciic Ocean. tGreatapplauso.) Better far bet.
ter, that every house In the land he t.ed with
mourning than that this Government OF our
fathers should die in our day. (Ranowed APP
phose.) But though say am STAKEHOLDER,
did you suppose in 10 king at me--id you do
me The great injustice to believe loved woolly
head more than u fathers hands Did you
suppose VIXEN yonder mother gave her son sac
rhce to her country, that could net sacrifice
the works OF my negroes to save my country