The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-06-19
speech Of Es-covernor Brown Or Ten. .

meeting was held at Lebanon, Tennessee
which wss addressed by Ex. Governcs
Neil 8, Brown, and Governor Andy
Johnson. 81
Governor Brown dselsred that she
was not, never had been. and never could
be Secessioniss', He argued the hope.
lessness Of Secession, pictured the DARK
days Of the past and the gloomy future,
We copy from the Nashville Union a
part. Of his remarks: .
'Letus stop this wanton, hopeless var.
I would say this now, even though | had
been in the habit Of eating fire Eve times
q day. It is running US. The rebels are
burning the cotton. Why. IN the name
ofreasOn, why! Don't it impoverish the
people and the GOVERNMENT? Don't i,
kill their credit and the banks? Don't
il ruth our hopes abroad? Then this
conscription law. l will not swallow II
until ] swallow aloes. gall and wormSood
Il is base frsrd Upon those brave bows
who had enlisted for year, and who
were packing up the dear mementoes d
home. in their kuapsaeks. Wlieii this In
famous tyranniral law came 10 arrest
them On the eve Of their departure. and
drive them back, in-vioia.ion Of all faith.
into the hardships and sufferings Of col.
disr's life. /, binds our boys hand and
footagainst their will. It seises tipon the
poor soldier who has been dreaming for
nights Of returning to his wife and chill.
dren, aud dashes his visions Of bliss cru
oily to the ground. IL placed The allab:
Tennessee volunteer on q level with the
conscripts ofFranoe and Austria: This
whole policy was unjust aud ruinouS.
Now look at things just as they are.
and not a. you nigh. wish them. If !
was the Tankest secsssionist alive, cod
not resist the conviction that this rebel.
lion cannot be successfully managed with
Southern resources. Will You wait until
an overwhelming force drives you into
the ground? Win you struggle agains,
hope? When one eye is gouged out and
the other is about to follow. it's time 10
cry enoughl You we're deceived in this
matter, and facts show themselves in a
strangely different light from that which
E0lUted them year ago. Now, If | am
employed as your lawyer, and you make
me a highly favorable fiction OF your case
and Sddt evidence, and l tell you you
can gain il; but It turns out on investiga.
tion that the facts are wholly different
from your representations Of them. and
then 1t is my duty. as an hottest counsel
or. to tell you to desist' l commit franc
il spur you on to YOUR ruin, This il
the greatest lawsuit in the world. On,
aide says.we will be independent; the 9th
er says you shall net. Suppose you even
ge, your independence, oh at what cost
Il has cost Tennessee already S5.o00,00O
in treasure. and 10000 of her active
young men, the jewels and hope of the
commonwealth, who have been hurried
from home to engage in war, Have we
right 10 oIoB tie nett generation Of ,hsst
young men? Old men die and their plA
ces are soon filed with others, but @ha
fearful chasm does the death of an army
Of noble young men make in society
Who does not love and admire young
men-their frankness. their manly i'm
pulses, their araor, their self sacrificing
naturesP And ihall these continue to b.
swept away from us to The untimeiy
graves Of the battlefield? To vary ,
little the beautiful lines of Goldsmith;
"Prinee and King may flourish or may fade,
breath can mako them as breath has made,
Buttho bold youth, their country's hope and pride
When once destroyed can never bo supplied"
! Yes, you see the workings Of this war
You will lose your young men, the flowe
ofyour pOpulalion-you will lose you
commerce, your cotton, your tdbacco.-
The sif Is thick with their smoke an
|. the waters of the Mississippi are sweOten
ed with youf sugar. This ruin will ie
on your credit, and your banks when 20
are dead. II will tell on your friends an
kindred. l congratulate myself that
never urged a'maa TO go to war. But
) Ieproved no one for doing so. / fs,
|, more like weepingt than uttering reproacl
Z es, but l feel II 10 be my duty to sto
the wiongs Of this war if ! can for Il
A future. 4i', t-rt.
. There was another question Of dec
. Importance 10 be considered. The Pre-
ident nud Congress have both said en-
: phatically, that they have no wish to il
: ierfsfe with slavery, or to disturb Il
rights Of property. But at the same tin
Q the President has inIinhsted that he r
d served himself to judge what might be
8 military necessity In future. ifthe Soul
b persisted in wsgiug this Var, with stul
|; born opposition. And my word fer
n rather than allow'the negroes to contin,
!, giving aid to the Southern army, he vi
Q emanOipate every slave in the South.
IS will become what is called military n
n cessity, ,and the question will be. whetl
10 er the Union or slavery shall perish. I
!. will be certain to cay the latter. Suppo
N however, he never does do this--I dor
d say that no WiIl+-but suppose this war
y fought on 10 the bitter cpd. what will b
!. come Of our slaves? or what value W
they be2 They are. running of eve
= day. When the var gets 10 The C6tt'
re States where are large distriG,ps dense
10 psopled yith blacks almost ezclusivel
sr then Slavery will bo ruined The slay
ID will run looss over the lard, and th
( who that loves his family would live
al pong a savage population rosming abo
4, in search Of food and Elundor9 T
ID white population viii be expelled or ra.
el self.exiled. The question is traug
10 WIN trouble, Whether The Governme
ID wills il or not, emancipation will heooI