Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-11-06

all Union men. [Choers.l | lay in the
Knoxville Jail with some Of the best and
lnoblestA hearted Germans who ever breathed
Union men put there for their principles.
| left them there in July. Some escdped;
some died; some followed me into Ohio, and
are at Cincinnati now. The Dutch are all
right. lApplause. & &
BRowNLow's PRIVATE ADVICE TO QUEEN
VICTORIA. -.
.A.', %ss9 as KS * 81. ss 'si si slI
with 200, 900 or 500, 900 of the best drilled.
hardened, seasoned, best fed and noblest
hearted fellows that ever constituted an
army on the earth. Having our hands in,
aad having little experience 10 the way of
fighting, il the Queen of England and Ter
advisers are not satisfied with the way we do
business, We will give them q turn. ITaughs
ter am in favor ofthrashing her ans how.
Continued laughter England has been
acting the dog from the word 20. HSpoc
risy, deception, falsohood, smugglne-that
has been her neutrality. | AM in favor of
declaring war against her whenever this
thug is wound up, giving her tho devil
and rubbing it in. Laughter [ sent the
Queen of England mossage the other day
private and confdential--by a merchant
going abroad to London. I told him TO 90
to Windsor Castle give her my respects. and
tell her that / bad known individuals in
America, and whole neighborhoods. to max e
a comfortable living ly just minding their
own business. Much merrilnent. Itod
him to give the Queen the anecdote of the
Dutcbman the battle of New Orleans, as
itexactly covered the case. -, .t.f
!, Thsy had q Tennessee Dluchman stthe
batsts New 0rleans--an honest man. not
professor of religion, not a Christian by
profession, but he had learned from his
parents that General Washington was a
man offaith and prayer, and never went
into battle without making it the subject of
prayer; and he thought he would do like
Washington. So the boys, hearing some
one praying away terribly iu the chapparel
one day, just before the battle, they followed
him into the bushes, and there they found
the Dutchman on his marrow bones-on his
hunkersi with uplifted hands and streaming
eyes, and he was praying. Mind, the ap-
pcation is to the Queen. He was praying:
oh, Lord Gott, come down dis one time
and help us fight on de side Of America;
but so be- Oh Lord, ifyou can't come on
our side, Oh Lord don't help the British;
but, Oh Lord, you stand off and say nothing.
and you see one of the damnedest fights
you ever heard Of" Roars of laughter. |
| told him to ask the Queen of England
for one to stand off and say nothing, but
occupy neutral position, quit smuggling
ships and guns, and ammunition and all
that sort of thing through to the rebels,
quit lying u Falsely pretending to be neutral
but stand Oft and we would show her as
the Dutchman said, "one OF the damnedest
fights she ever heard Of" laughter |
L find myself suffering so much from
hoarsencss that | can only speak few min
utes longer and will hel o dismiss nv main
speech.
HE REPEIs A TINES LIBEL.
But before closing, | will mention little
matter ratherO a personal character Here
the speaker drew forth copy of the Chicago
Times. don't know the names of yoIr
papers here. This reads the "Chicago
Tlmes." Derisiyo laughter. And il is
dated "Chicago, Wednesday, October 22d,
1862" Here is an editorial desire to read
for your edifcation
"Parson Brownlow is coming to Illinois in
the pay OF Aboltionists to make stump
speeches in favor Of the Abolitionists When
he came North few months ago, his rem.
cdy Tor rebellion, was to hang all tho leaders
OF Secession and abolition on the same tree.
The difficulty with the Parson, now, is the
same as that with which an ancient parson
named Judas Iscariot was afflicted. He
loves money. 1t is silver that brings him to
Illinois. After he shall have received il he
should make the same disposition of him.
self as did that other parson. He is now in
Michigan in the pay Of bloodletting Chand.
lar IN whnt ba Sn uao, Ia, ,un ,o,..,, -.
This is the editorial, gentlemen. will
not do by that Ming as the bow did in Ten.
neesseo, who was hauling gravel up hill,
when some mischievous boy got behind, and
pulled up the hind gate and let the gravel
all slip out. He came back and cursed for
about half an hour, and then said, f0The
Whole id concern may co. am not able
to do it Justice can. do this Justice to.
night, am the only man on this platform
that can do it. have been speaking in
Michigan four weeks. | have spoken in the
prominent counties and towns. | was not
speaking for money / was invited to sneak
at the State and County Agricultural Fairs.
Tho first two men who invited me were Col.
kibben, the President of the State Fair
who is Democrat, and another gentleman
who invited Inc to Jonesville, who was also
a Democrat. About half OF them were
Democrats and about half Republicans. =
Politics had nothing to do with it. They
said nothing to me about politics. They in
vited me to deliver a speech from a stand in
the incosure Of eight or ten different fairs.
They made it a paying thing for the fairs
The funds went for the use and benefit of
the fairs. Most of them were deeply in
debt. The State Fair had not been out of
debt for eight years until We held that last
annual meeting, when they paid off and had
some lett for the first time. They sold
twelve thousand tickets tho day | spoke
there, for twenty-five cents each. SO at the
different counties they sold. largely. They
paid nay expenses on the railroad and my
avern bills, and treated me very kindly. =
The funds were for the benefit Of the So.
,iety.
HE PAYS us RESPECTS To A TORY.
am not hore in tho pay of any Aboli.
ionlsts, nor was invited here by Abo.i
ionists, Now, that whole editorial from
to end Is very ungenerous, un-
manly and ungracious attack upon me, who
las not meddled with the man who wrote IL,
n with any OF your citizens, or annoying or
ormenting or slandering them in any way.
It's very ungracious act. do not know
whether the man who wrote il ia here mr.