Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-05-17
ParsOn Brownlow in New York.

L
(iESTLEMEN thank you Tor the rerep.
tIon you have given me, and for ynlr DEM
onstratiOns of esteem and rega, d. am
here bricfy-only to pay yon II visit, upon
the tnYitation of two or three of yonr mem
beEs this morning. have no speech to
make to you, | may say. however, in re-
| ply to the compliment paid me by the May-
or, ihat have never felt-and in this l de-
sire to say, exactly what is trne-in the ex.
preston Of my opinions, | never felt that
deserved any consideration, whatever. for
anything that / have done. have done
my duty to the best of my ability, at the
risk, to be sure, of my neck, but. that is a
small matter when compared with the in
/ terest of our glorious country. Applause. I
The man, North or South, who wonId not
risk his property, his life, and, hal liked
TO say, his hope of heaven, to put down
this Infinitely internal rebellion and as
sSults upon the flag Of our country does
not deserve to be an American citizen.-
| lUprOariOus applause.
The Apostle Paul tells ua-and | pre-.
sumo you are all familiar With mis- writings
that he. fought with beasts at Ephesms
l'aughter. That was Il terrible enemy.
have done little more than that with
out claiming superiority 10 the Apostle,) L
have fought the devil and Tom Walker or
JEDI Davis and his Iegious. daughter aud
applause. l never expected to see New
York again. have visited this city on
many occasions, and, Travelled al. over the
North, but,I never expected, three months
ago to see this City again. expected to
be looking up rope. lfaugbter,l was
cOulined in u prison where there were onH
hundred and fifty others, whose only crime
or offence was that they defended the AAg
| of our country. None OF them deserved.
hanging fol that more than did, for had
hit tile rebels harder and oFteuer, and called
them harder names than anybody else.-
Through my tri weekly poured no, shot
into them, from JEFF, Davis down to tue
lowest reptile in their ungodly Coufederacy.
Laughter and applause. II WAS marv-
slous ~ my friends thai they li1 not
execute me. They sent me tu iail, where
l was confined during the months of De.
cember, JanHaryand February. They came
to the gates sometimes With cottius, hrist.
ling with bsyonels guarding Them. We
knew that somebody was TO he hung, but
we did not Know which one. You NAV
imagine our feelings. | often tLought my
time had come, and said 30 frequently. /
took the precautiou, far had pencil and
paper, 10 draft speech which intended
TO ssk leave to deliver under the gall0ws,
before swinging oH. lshughter.
Bur, gentlemen, by their not hanging
me, the world has lost an exceedingiy rare
production in the way Of speerb.-
Laughter and Gpplause.l IL was enl0.
" upon JEFF. Davis and The whole concern
down through to little BeniSmin, wh0 used
to steal at Yale College. would have
poured hot shot into the whole nf them.
Laughter. When Beniamiu said should
be sent among the people with whom |
sympathized, told him accepted his offer
gladly, and that would do for the ConEed.
eracy what the devil never did and left
it daughter and applause.1 have
been most kindly trented at every point
since my arrival in the North. During my
incarceration, and while on ms way out Of
their lines, ! saw and heard numerous
statements as to the suffering of the North,
owing TO the emitting off of Southern trade
Their newspapers abOunded with such
statements. But ], who had been con-
uected with the Press, would not believe
them. They stated that the grAss was
growing on both sides of Broadway. Il have
been looking for the grass this morning. I'm,
could only see few blades in the Park.
Even those few nIe down-trodden BY the
busy tramp of merchants. They say your
working classes ara at the point of stalrYa
tiOn, and that you are on the point OF hhv.
ing bread riots But intelligent, reading
men know better, We can hope now for
the lermiuation OF this wicked and God
forsaken rebellion. Applause. l think
il is coming to q close. There is one bait
tie yet to come Off-I suppose there is no.
thing improper in alluding to 1.-THE battle
of COrinth. There are 10000 men there
came through there on my way North,
was rearrested by lInrdee and kept ten
dayE. They contemplated hanging me, or
imprisopingf me till ;he end of the war
Some. said it would be \ shame and dis
grace To the COnfederncy when l had mass
in my pocket. Bnt did mot think the
GouGederaCy conld be disgraced. TLangh.
ter They have l2O. 900 men there nom
Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, LOnisiana
and Alabama, but our army is more nu.
merous aud better drilled. They have
given up the idea that they can whip us
i've 10 One. They, will be content to Eight
Us upon even terms. An anerdote will H.
lustrale this, of u Union lady in the South
talking to a rebel Colonel:
Tie Colonel--We suffered at Fishing
Greek, when the brave Zollicnfer was
killed, and they gave il 10 US at Fort Dom
elsOu. 5us - ~ -z4t.-5.-5., s
The I.aiy-I was not looking for, such
,resnlts, and sthoqght We conld whip them
nHe 10 our one. aat- 4y ae 81.
The oelonel-oa, these are NOrthWest-
era nlen. Their predecessors went from
Kentucky. North Carolina, Virginia and
Tennessee. They nIe our stock, and that
is lbe reason they fight just ss well as we
do. @
The lady-TelI me What kind Of stock
were the men under Burnside at Roanoke
and Sewhtrn2 ~ asah
The GoloneE-Oh, l don't know anything
about that. CLaughter aud applauss, dur
ing which Parson BroWnloW sat doWn.1
HIS SPEECH BREORK TlEl NEW ESGLASD SOL
DIERs' Kelley ASSOCIATION.
GESELEMRN Riliimakeian outside re-
imark, Rs coming from another section of
the icountFy-frDm away down South, ain
| Dixie.'b Twas horn aud raised Southern
manu.. i was born and raised the same
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