The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-05-03
SPEECH OF PARSON BROWNLOW
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I LADIES' AND GESTLEMEN: l may say that
for some twenty-five years / have, been ac-
fcustomned to speaking in public, much Of
1.-THE time In the open air. The time has
cen when thought that could make my
voice distinctly heard at a greater. distance
than any other man, But those days. have
passed away. and are numbered with those
/ beyond the flood. Without egotism may
| say to you thus much concerning myself.
am native of the Old Domi1ion. Twas
born 10 the same country that produced
John B. Floyd p We have known each other
vel !. and known each Ctltr lorg. Hell
co ntinually grown rich. He started steal
ing early and has continued in that way of
working all along. have been an, honest
man, al the time, and, as q consequence,
am poor Applause. Ny, parents, were
Virgin ians, l allude to this, that probably
for the first time in your lives you may look
upon member of one of the Second FAM
lies of Virginia-you have heretofore only
been privileged 10 see those caimiDg'to be
one of the F. F. V. Laughter. / never
made any such pretensions for myself "a
We are In the midst of rebellion, for
which there is no just cause under Heaven
"a revolution brought on by Southerners
THOSE God forsaken. hell deserving rebels
of the, South--for which there is no excuse
under the sun. A short time since we were
in the midst of Presidential canvass, in
hich there were four tickets up for the
sutfrages of the people, Douglas and John
son, Lincoln and Hamlin, BreckinEidge and
Lane-the meanest combination OF the whole
packard Bell and Everett. Imysef went
for Union-for Bell and Everett, the entire
strength Of our ticket as I;have before re-
marked to-day, lying like kangaroo's, in,
the hinder part. Edward Everett is worthy
of1the patronage and support of any people
in the universe for any office In that peo-
pies gift. Bell, whom / fought, seemed
to be weak in the knees. He faltered, was
overcome by the secession fever, and as l
came up on. my way here I heard that he
was itineratingi ia Northern Alabama for
the rebel cause.1s '.The old man is joined to
his idols ! aLst7him alone. f The Breckin-
ridge and Lane ticket was never nominated
to be elected, but to assail, distract, and
eventually dissolve this Union. Lincoln
and Hamlin were elected by majority Of
the legal voters of the United States. It at
once became the bounden duty of every cit
iaen to abide and stand by that administra-
ton and its acts. I have, and always pro-
pose to do it,. And I have faith to believe
that we can crush out this rebellion now
agitating the North and the South. The
leaders of this rebellion have made the peo-
pie believe that the Northerners are going
down into their midst TO rob, murder and
ravish, and settle there forever. You must
know that for five long, weary months we
have seen no Northern papers. They are
considered incendiary. Even Brownlow's
Knoxville Whig was considered incendiary
and yet it was the only religious paper
in the South. The rebel papers said your
soldiers were coming to steal the slaves,
send them away, and settle in their places.
[ gave this assertion the lie on all occasions.
They knew better, To-day l visited Camp
Douglas, and made few remarks to the pris
oners there from Tennessee. Let me tell
you they are fair specimen of the entire
secession army. | dare say there is not a
man among them that ever owned a slave,
or CHANGED even to be ever so distantly re-
lated to one who had owned one. But these
men are made to believe that the war is a
war upon slavery. do not believe it.
have no great interest in the institution.
The Alabama cavalry came along one day
and pitched into me and stole all the slaves
l had--two house servants that were need
ed about the place-for there you can find
no white man who does the Enenial labor.
They stole. away my black lad. took him
away to Memphis, and he is TO this day
dressed in the Confederate uniform, waiting
upon their officers. We are told that the Lin
colnites steal our slaves; let me tell you there
are regular trained bands of negro stealers
following up every movement of the South
ern soldierv, and they have stolen more ne
groes than the whole North has stolen in
forty years. Talk of underground railroads
they are nowhere
/ am in favor of the General Government
guaranteeing to every loyal man all the right
and title to all the property he has: but at
the same time, l am in favor of extinguish-
ing the title to all negroes and lands and
other. property of all rebels who may be
seeking to overthrow the Government
[ Applause. hope in God that it will be
done, and that it will go to make up the
losses of the loyal people of the North and
South
Give US the Union, at all events ! Let |
every other Institution 60 to the. deviI-or
any other. individual = Applause. This
may seem like saying good deal, and like
taking a strong position for Southern
man. But have said nothing / have not
said before to Southern audiences IN the |
Southern States. - s
have fought Andrew Johnson of Ten
nessee, Systematically. perseyeringlya and
for the last twenty five years of
my somewhat eventfur life. 8 He has scored
me on every stupplin the State Of Tonnes
see, and baye paid him back to the best
of my ability. But honors with us are easy.
| Laughter. We take each other by the
hands now as brethren. Applause. Now