Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-10-30
Isham Harris's spooch---A Rich Reporr


y the State, inaugurating Isham G. Harris
rebel Ex-Governor, as provisional Govern
or. The Nashville Union gives the follow
: ing rich report Of Of his speech on that oc
Z. casiOn, as received by their "spiritus
t medium reporter" ain advance of all CO
= tempOrsries."
d awe arrivedat MurfreesbOro, according
: to promise, at nine o'clock, A. n, precisely
and being attired in full suit Of butter.
, nut with an old-fashioned seal-skin cap
took seat on the stand without any mo-
, lestation whatever. Governor Harris an.
pesred on the platform erected for that
purpose, at half past ten o'clock; he was
welcomed with loud cheering by the crowd
which numbered about one thousand per-
sons. Most of the audience belonged 70
some military company, and the flags were
variously inscribed: sPOssom Hollow
Guards, Rutherford JayhaWkers,' Rat
tlesnske Invincibles,' and the like express
siVe and euphonious titles Goverro or
Harris wore a splendid suit Of white linssE
breeches good deal worn, adorned with a
patch Of black cloth on the left knee, and
another of green flannel in the rear, a vest
Of green curtain calico Powered with pink,
and a graceful butteraut roundabout, the
right sleeve being pieced Sut with blue lin
sey. A pair Of cow-hide shoes without
socks, leaving an interval of six inches
between their tops and the hem Of his pan
falcons, completed his classic, graceful,
and highly picturesque costume. After a
series Of bows, he began:
"Lddies and Gentlemen. In looking over
this mighty assemblage, announced but a
few days By the public press to convene at
this place, my breast sWells with emotion
which can find no adequate expression in
words. As we'll might 1 attempt TO de-
scribe in an address the wild upheavings Of
a volcano, when the chained Titan rises
from his long agony of three thousand
years, and thrusts his hand of fame
through the crater Of Mount Etns, while
Sicily trembles TO its centre, as to essay on
this occasion to do justice to the glorious
enthusiasm in the cause Of independence |
which now fires with noblerage the breasts |
Of the Southern people. Tremendous
cheering, during which the Governor took |
a drink Of old Robinson from a gourd l
bottle in the hands Of Andrew Ewing. +
We are going to reoapture Tennessee and
retake Nashville.
"Thsts so This sort Of peregrination
over hills and hollows, isn't what expect
ed, it don't agree with my constitution,
and BY -, am not going 10 stand it'll
Shout Of bully for you, old felloHP1
want to get back to that splendid CAPITAL,
and am going TO do it or burst my boiler
Loud applause. What if did take two
millions Of the School FUND.- That's moth
ing. Many a man ihas stolen more than
that and died respectable. l was out Of
funds and bound to have the money, and
I've spent it, too, but Tllpay it back when
I'm Governor Of Tennessee-Won't l, An
dy2 Yes, yes, you will, Isham II My
friend, Andy Ewing, says will and who
knows better than he7 Many is the toddy
we have swallowed together, and often as
we have walked the streets, mutually sup
porting each other, we have been forced to
exclaim with the Psalmist United we
standed, divided we fall !" Tremendous
applause, and another swig from the
gOurd.
" My enemies are always accusing me of
making "Alidnight Treaty" Well, wasn't
1 your Governor, and wasn't 1 elected to
protect your interest, and if believed it
was to your interests to make treaty with |
I 1 | i.
wer me that, Shouts of ayes yes TT dur
ing which the Governor took another heavy
pull at the guard. LaEe and gem men (hio)
Andy johnson says I made secret treaty
(hic) d-n Andy Johnson I'll make as
many Sc treaties as want to I'll make
FIVE hun cred thousand. If anybody says
shan't make Se'treaties I'll shoot him
through the head. Alright, Andy Ewing
Amt 1 constitutional 2 Exactly so Andy
Ewing says I'm right-who says Andy
Ewings liar (hic) Anyb Ody say it
[ Cries Of "Nol mol No P'l Well, you'd
better not say it, for I've got five Alabama
regiments to settle you if you dare say it.
I'm for for free principles, free discussion,
free stealing, free religion, and free whis-
kyl Pm running my constitution and my
health forever by exposure to the weather
and lying out. Bill Stokes's jsyhawkers
keep me lodging like didappsr all the
time. Last night slept in tobaeoo-barn,
the night before that in q sheep-pen, and
three nights before that among the hazel
bushes. Your folks are grumbling about
losing little forage. What's that, I'd like
10 know, to the loss of my salary, my posi-
tion, my rank, my official Importance, my
wine parties and Whisky7 1 used to be
drunk all the time and now 1 think I'm
lucky if 1 can press whisky enough to get
drunk once q week. My suffering is in
as a great man once said.
want to see Nashville. want to see her
beer-shOps, and grOggeries, and billiard
rooms, and Forests farobank, and the
rsoe-track, and those jolly old cusses Of the
Methodist Publishing House, who offered
to publish Confederate Bible for me that
hsdn't the Ten Commandments in it. They
told me the Ten Commandments were play
ed out, a long time ago / want to see the
stately places on the Square, looking like
big houses, which had come out from Gin
einnati on bust, and the little shop around
them, which look like delegates that had
come up from the country towns to per-
suade them to settle and make themself at
home. Another tremendous drink, which
emptied the gourd. Andy Ewing, you've {
been drinking (hio) out Of my gourd you
re q id Lincolnite. LaEe and gem men
I'm fer free religion Lincolnites have
locked up all my preachers in Nashville '
and eonshequently religion is all played
out. It's awful to think (hic) NashVilIe's
got nc religion. Peller-citiEens, no place is
worth id unless it has the benefit Of
free religion, (hio). Let's 60 and give
Nashville more religion Just here q
cloud Of dust was seen in the distance, out
Of which bare-headed courier soon burst
at full gallOp, and dashing up to the crowd
announced that Colonel Stokes was ap-
with ten thousand cavalry, all
riding horses bigger than elephants The
militia tumbled over the benches and scat
tered in all directions, several young Ia
dies who sat on the platform representing