Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-07-01


crowded audience OF the most distinRuis he'd f1p-
zens OF Warrington. The ladies turned out In
full force and the entrance Of the parson was the
signal for enthusiastic applause. He wts intro
sused TO- the Audience by Representative may
nard, Of Tenhessee.
Mr.. Brownlow said he did net come there TO
figure before Washington audience he oesi1ea
rest but would aid In the cause In which ne nao
been asked TO speak He had been long suneflng
with bronchitis, and several years ago his pnysl-
clan advised him to go into the WOODS ana ae-
claim to beasts and birds az means OF recovering
his voice. But he did not think that audlsnce
sufficiently intellectual and he therefore took 70
featuring on temperance Being prizes he occa
sion1lly made sermons and preached mem. lh'
this moment Re observed member standlng In
the aisle, and said "Come up here, gentlemen,
with you. II they are Union ladies. lApplause
But don't introduce any secession ladies here
The secession ladies down South are possessed OF
more devils than ever were cast OUT OF mary
In reply TO a Question as to what church he be-
Ionged to, the lecturer replied, "The, mean,
miserable, good for nothing Methodist church
South. I've followed that church a long whiiei
but do not intend to follow IL hellwards. When
get back TO Tennessee, will set upa church OF
my own.n IApplause.l To advocate the doc
trine OF the Bible and the Gospel is good work;
but It could not give Mr. b back his voice. But
this Infinitely internal rebellion, he could speak
distinct enough to be heard mile. (Applause.
Since then he had spoken In all the northern
states except vermont; He had no occasion 70
Democratic ticket. tLHughter and applause 1t
was great misfortune that he had not been COM
missioned before this rebellion broke out to arrest
about three four hume red OF the abolition agi-
tators of the North, and The same number OF In
fernal secession agitators Of the South, and to
bring them to the District Of Columbia, and,
hanging them az high al Haman, dig common
uen b, and embalm their internal bodies win
dog fehnel and gymsum weed. Applause and
he was a native of the Old Dominion. His
father was STAKEHOLDER, and he was raised In
the mi6s, VI snc Institution, aud had ever ad-
vocated It. But he was nota fool on ID,eot
daughter ] There might be many Virginians
present, but he believed he was the only one who
would acknowle dge he was descended from the
second families. GLaughter.l F. F. V. could
now have new dedaitioni that OF effect Footed
Vlrginians - Laughter and applause The
speaker was free to admit that this rebellion was
brought on by the South. But this Uovernr1ert
10 now pursuing course OF leniency with this
internal, wicked rebellion which do not ap-
prove OF Tremendous applause Until we
pursue different and more vigorous enc we shall
never end this febellion In Gods world. fAp-
pause Ii is time the haltr was put to Its legiti-
(applause;l and IL the Government fails to hang
Them the war will be failure. IApplausel
Enthusiastic auditor-"Hang the id traitors
Excuse me, ladies, but am ercited."J
The speaker said that In 1850 four pames were
rotted out FOR the race He sup ported Bell and Ev
erett, because he believed 1t the best ticket But
he always considered It a Kangaroo ticket with
Its greatest strength In Its hind legs. Laughter
and applause The head Of the ticket did not
lack courage, but a whisky, drunken secession
rabble frightened him. Others supported Doug
las and Johnson, and that was the speakers Sec
ond choice. Douglas was noble little fellow,
and II now alive would have the straps on his
shoulders, and be battling for his country. ZAP
pia Use Johnson went to the Devil with the
Southern Confederacy. Others went into the
canvass In support Of the meanest, most contempt
IDLE ticket that could be scared up In the whole
universe-that Of Breckenridge and Lane. Hiss
es ] Well, you may hiss as much as you please.
The speaker said he was a Western man, and had
encountered reptiles, adders and geese before.
Laughter They all Missed and all belonged to
the Breckenridge party. Applause ] The fourth
was the Lincoln and HamGin ticket. Il was
elected. [Laughter.l Forty-eight hours after
Lineoln's election VIDE announced, | came out In
my paper, the ROCKVILLE Wing, and insisted that
IL was my duty the duty Of every patriot, to sus-
tain his administration | have sustained him
ever since. | am no Office seeker. 1 desire no
office under the Government. 1 aspire to one
Office only. / want, and intend to edit the Knox
Vile Wing al Knoxville and no where else. Zap.
plause
The speaker said he lived in South Carolina in
1882, and fought notification there. They threat
ened to hang him then; and he told them, as he's
told the vile dogs in Tennessee, TO hang away.
Applause ] He was ready to look up a rope.
Applause and Laughter. He supported Jackson
yet never was a Jackson man. was Federalist,
and have been ever since. l am tonight In favor
OF strong Central Government. Applause IL
my voice could only wake the dead to life,
would like to have resurrected old Andrew Jack
son little over a year ago, and placed him In the
seat OF that vile, sneaking, superannuated old
devil, James Buchanan-(applausel-t 1.-The old cut
butt Of the meanest stick In creation a regular
old scavenger. GApplause ] Many Of you sup
ported him In the canvass, and held office under
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ter and applause Iappeal to the ladies: Can
you ever expect anything good out Of man who
would live to be seventy years old and never at
tempt to court or marry a woman? daughter
He was hardly At for wolf bait. Loud laug hter.1
The Rebels were determined to plunge the
country into rebellion. Pryor, little over year
ago, telegraphed from this city to the South that
we can get the Crittenden compromise, IL we
want IL, but II Is best not to have IL; and Mason
] mean the beef-headed, whisky. rotted Virginia
Mason-said that he intended to listen to no COM
premise. A Southern Confederacy or nothing,
was his watchword. He and Slideil-that other
mean man-when God made him he put mark
in lis face, giving him such an Internal mean
cast Of countenance that he never should be mis-
taken for an honest man. Laughter He had
seen Slidell once, and he always reminded him
OF an Ourang Outang. (Applause and laug hter
Every State except South Carolina was rushed
out Of the Union against the wishes of the people
The Parson then gave his opinion Of that State
in characteristic language, He would emanci-
their internal necks, desolate the whole State,
burn Charleston to ashes, and pass a law that II
should never be rebuilt, sink the whole State, and
make a Dead Sea Of IT. 81 have no sympathy for
South Carolina" daughter
He then proceeded to describe the manner of
exit of the other Stttes from the Union, exposing
and denouncing In scathing terms the fraudulent
manner In which they were dragged out against
the viii of the people.
Georgia was taken out, an the Dutchman said
Of his wife's getting into heaven, "mit a tam
tight squeeze" North Alabama, he said, was
still loyal. fApplause And he knew Tennessee
was. Prolonged applause.) Give her an old
fashioned election, and she will vote herself back
by so 200 majority. (Appiause-
The speaker referred to q class Of preachers
who sym pathized with the rebellion. Those
who would not pray forthe President for fear OF
offending one Of their congregation, prayed for
their breed and meat simply. The case Of Rev.
Mr. Hume was instanced. Mr. II was an .Epis-
copal preacher In Nashville, and was dismissed
because he would not pray for JEFF. Davis and his
ga pretty object to pray for, God
know" Laughter There were also ladies IN
w ashinRton who sympathized with secession,
and men too, In office under the Government.
The man who would ho,d office for ten minutes
under Government ne disliked, had no principle
Of honor, [applause,l but was a mean, sneaking,
devil. (Appause
The speaker gave an eloquent history Of his
own Incarceration und sufferings In the loathsome