Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-04-10
PLAIN TALK.

Parson Brownlow arrived at Cincinnati on
Saturday March Goth, where he was cordially
welcome by the Union Committee. With a
s,ammering voice and eyes filled with tears, he
gave a brief outline of his political record, a
touching narrative of his suferings, and the
barbarities of the rebel soldiers. We make
the following extracts:
"He had been for Clay in 1886, for Harrison
in 1910, for Webster in 1852. fer Fillmore in
1886, for Bell and Everett in 1860. Speaking
of Bell always reminded him of "pty he sor-
row of poor old man." lie Qhe Parson) had
never had any sympathy with Secesson,ls.-
He had been offered large brides to sustain the
rebellion; but, though he was a poor man, he
was not for sale. He gave an account Of his
correspondence with Judah p. Benjamin, all ut
which he had preserved and would publish in
his forthcoming book. He could not express
the joy he felt in finding the old Union flag at
Nashville. When the army went to East Ten
nessee he wanted to 80 along. 1t was FIRE.
monts Department and he was glad of ii.
Fremont was his sort of man, and he wanted
to go with him to East Tennessee. There had
been q eat deal of hanging on one side, and
he wished to superintend it on the other He
could say. and without profanity, that the Fed
with JOY only equalled by the hosannahs of the
angels when Christ was born. He never had
any sympathy with Dsunionists, Seces>ionists
or Abolitonists. He was born in Virginia, and
his parents before him. He is shareholder
Out he Ind no hesitancy in saying that lcLen Ht
question come, as it pW, "Me Union and no
Siarey,' against "Sloray and no Union," h,
tcdS for the CHion and let Siareiy % to til,
dogs, or 'cherc else ii may pc sent. He tcas 70,
| the UHiOn, d6Ore that or ann other institution
| The wick ed rebellion, he ielt confident, was or
| its last legs. 1t is almost played out. Wher
! the rebel Crittenden's army passed him. The
men were literally baretooted and almost naked
The blockade has played sad havoc with them
They were preparing to make desperate fgh
at Corinth. II whipped there, their cause wa
gone. He hoped they would be pursued
through the Cotton States to the Peninsula
and then driven into the sea, as were the devil
driven from the hogs into the sea of Gailee
The niger never was in this reb lion. He wa
never intended to be. Other causes had pro
duced it, but the guilty were reaping their re
ward"
"The ParSon said it might astonish them
but the greatest negro thieves in he world wer,
the Confederate soldiers. He spoke ieelingl,
on this subject. They had stolen from him
likely negro boy, fourteen years old, and wort
a thousand dollars. lie had never heard from
| the boy since he was taken away, and never ex
pected to see him again or to get a cent 70
him. 1t was solemn fact that the Confeder
ate soldiers had stolen more negroes durini
this war, Than all the Abolitonists had stole
for forty years. These soldiers were the of
scourings of The earth. Not one-half u
them had ever owned negro, or were con
nected by any degree of social affinity or con
sanpuinity with anybody who ever did own
negro. Not only Gid they steal negroes, bu
they entered houses and took the clothing fror
the beds, broke open the drawers, and took al
me money aud jewelry they could lay thei
hands upon. They were. emphalically, thieye
as well as traitors.