The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-06-19
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| Kew. w ,lIiam u. DroHnlow, the sturdy
patriot of Tennessee, net With most cor
dial reception at the hands of the people
OF Philadelphia on Friday evening last.
In addition TO speeches being delivered by
Ex-lov. Pollock, Gen. Wabridge, Hon.
Horace Maynard, Hon. Caleb &. Salitk,
Secretary Of the Interior. and Gen. Cary,
Union Flag was presented 10 the brave
daughter Of the farsoa, Mrs. Sawyer, by
f. Hon. WA d. Lewis, in acknowledgement
Of her devotion to that glorious ensign
The editor Of this paper was present on
! the occasion, and is constrained to say
that the proceedings, all in all, we're .
| splendid and fitting ovation to the hero
/ patriot. Mr.. Brownlow spoke at consid-
cradle length, handling the monster Sc
cession without gloves. TIE following
are his concluding remarks-we are sorry
we have not room for the entire speech:
Mr.. Browniow next proceeded to show
| how by fraud and violence the bogus
Contederaey had elected their President
and Vice President-how the election
was forced in Tennessee. The rebels
determined. by an act of the Legislature,
to rob all Union men of their arms and
all means by which they could defend
themselves. This was well carried out
throughout. the whole South. In spite of
ali these wrongs imposed on good people
he was sorry TO say that here In the North
were many who sympathiZed with this in
fernal rebellion. He would say to them
that they were the most heil-deserving
and God-forsaken wretches, and verse
than those of the same sort who arc
South. [Applause.l When the speaker
was thrust into Jail, he found there one
hundred and fifty true Union men, guilty
Of nothing else on Gods earth but wish
ing to sustain the old flag. One or two
OF them were old Baptist ministers, who
were only charged with voting for Lincoln.
When he was placed there these men
expressed their regret, and said they new
er expected to see him in such bad sit
uation. He made them a speech-told
them to cheer up they were not there
for any crime, but only because they were
loyal to the best Government on earth
He was there for the same offence, and be
told them that there he would rot before
he would denounce his creed There we
lay in prison, day after day, until they
commenced hanging us. The rebels were
accustomed to drive up to to the priso
with collins in carts-we knew some one
was to hang, but not which one We all
trembled in our boots How do you think
your humble servant felt for if any man
in that jail, under their law, deserved the
gallows, [ claim to have been the man. |
knew it, aud they knew it. [Applause.l
They came sometimes with two cofins,
one in each cart, and they took two men
at a time and marched them out. He af-
terwards learned that at a drum head
court-martial he lacked one vote of being
hung, and this vote was so given for fear
that otherwise it might damage the Con-
federacy. The speaker narrated the case
Of an old man and his son, who were hung
one after another. They made that poor
old man, who was Methodist class-ieaier,
sir by and see his son hang till he was
dead, and then they called him damned |
Lincolnite Union -shrieker aud said, ''Come |
on ; It's your turn next" He sank, but |
they propped him up and led him to the |
halter, and swung both off on the same
galloys. During this horrible scene the !
wives and daughters of Secessioni.ts were
enjoying the sight at a distance. He |
thought that when once the spirit of Sc |
cession possesses female South, she has |
within her more devils than ever went out |
of Mary Magdalene. Laughter In that
miserable jail lay a number of sick, nigh |
unto death, and some of them died after /
his DISCHARGE One case he WouId never 1
torget-that Of the son of an old minister |
of his, James Madison Cate,
a most exemplary and worthy member of
the Baptist Church, who was there for
having committed no other crime than
that Of refusing to volunteer, and who Law
stretched upon the foor, with one thick
ness of piece Of carpet under him, and
an old overcoat doubled up for a pillow,
in the very agonies of DEATH unable to
turn over, only from one side to the other
His wife came to visit him, bringing her
youngest child with her, which was but a
babe, but they refused her admittance. |
put my head out OF the Jail window, and
entreated them for @ od's sake, to let the
poor woman come in, as her husband was
dying They at last consented that she
might see him for the limited time of fif-
teen minutes. As she came in and looked
upon her husbands wan and emaciated
face, and saw how rapidly he was sinking,
she gave evident signs of fainting, and
would have fallen to the floor, with the
babe in her arms, had he not rushed up
TO her and cried, "Let me have the babe
and then she sank down upon the breast
of her diving husband upabIe at first to