Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-03-29

Delirered in front Of the St. Cloud Hotel, Nash
vile on tie ereninn ofhe 17M

Deltrered in front Of the St. Cloud Hotel, Nash
vhe, on the evening oftte I'm.
Genhemen:-I am in a sad plight to say
much OF inlerest-too thoroughly incapacita.
ted to do justice to you or myself My throat
has been disordered for the past three years,
and have been compelled to almost abandon
public speaking. Last December l was
thrust into an uncomfortable anu diaagrpeabIe
Jail-tor what? Treason! Treason to the
bogus confederacy and the proofs Of that
treason were articles which appeared in the
knoxville Wing in May last, when the stale
OF tennessee was member of the imperisha
bic Union. AT The expiration of four weeks
became victim of the typhoid fever, and was
removed to room liz decent dwelling. AID
guard ct seven men kept L company. |
sa0seq ienily became SO weak that l could not
tn'n over IN my ted, and the guard was in.
creased to twelve men, for fear should sud
denly recover and Iun away 10 Kentucky.
BScOm'pg cOnTalescent in measure, | was
removed TO my former place ui confinement.
One day was visited BY some contt derate OF
tces, who remarked, "BrOwnlow, you should
not he lere. Take tile oath OF aileg iance 10 tie
confederate government, which will not omiy en-.
titie you 10 speedy RELEASE, bat insure your
protection" SRI" said |, before [ would
take the oath TO support such he'll lorsaken
Institution, would suffer my sell To rot Or die
with old aye"
why, my friends. these demagogues actual
~ boast that the Lord is upon Their side, and
declare that Cod Almighty is assisting them
in the furlherdnce OF their nefarious n ois ct.
In Knoxville and surrounding localities,
sholt time since, daily prayer meetings were
he'd, in which the Almighty was heseeched
10 raise Llncolns blockade, and to hurl de.
slrnctlon against the Burnside expo ditiOn.
lhelr pray ers were partly answered The
blockade at Roanoke Island vas most ttitctual.
~ raised; reciprocal of their sacriiege divine
ly rendered.
Gentlemen, am no abolitionist; ] applaud
no sectional doctrines am a southern man,
anu all my relations and interests are thorough
ly identified with the south and with southern
institutions. Twas born in the Old dominion.
my parents we've born in Virginia, and they
ana Their antecedents were all savehudng
Let me assure you that the south has suffered
no infringement upon her Institutions the
slavery question was actually no pretvxt Tor
TINS unholy, unrighteous conflict. Twelve
senators from the cotton states, who had
sworn to preserve inviOiate the constitution
framed by our toretathers, plotted treason at
night-a tit time Tor such crime end
telegraphed 10 their states dispatches ad
vlslng them TO pass ordinances oil secession.
les, gentlemen, Twelve senators swore
CIV S'"hGC III inc udy Tune, anu ullSWOre II at
night.
~ short time since was called upon BY a
little jew, who, l believe, is the secretary Of
war OF the bogus onttderacy. He threatened
to hang me, aud l expected no more mercy
from him than was Shown by his ilustrious
predecessors toward Jesus Christ / entered
INTO long correspondence with this specimen
OF eXpirng humanity, but from mercy ur Ior-
getiulness on their part, was permitted to
depart with all my documents in my little va
Use, which hope to publish at no distant day.
Gentlemen, when l started on my prrIlous
journey, was sore distressed in MUD, aud
exceedingly so in body But the moment nv
eyes caught the pckets of the fed, raj amy
my oppression deer, ased, and returning health
seemed suddenly 10 invigorate my ply steal
constitution.
Gentlemen, secession is played out-the dog
is dead-the child is born, and his name is
jeff Davis, Jr. My throat dlstresses me to
SUCH an extent that l must decline further re.
marks this evening, but shall make myself
heard upon the next convenient occasion.
which will probably be ere the termination 1t
the present week
The Nashville papers publish this speech
on successive days, the demand for it being
so great that they could not supply it in one
day.