Litchfield enquirer., 1862-04-10
WHOLE NO. 1eae.

PARSON BROWNLOW ON SECESSION.
 At the recent meeting at Nashville, as which
 Andy Johnson made speech, rarson Brownlow
 spoke. We give his speech in falI.2 3HT | GENTLEMEN: l am in a sad plight to say
 much of interest-too thoroughly incapacitAted I to do justice to you or myself. ., My throat has been disordered for the past three years. md | have been compelled to almost abandon nublic speaking. Last December was thrust into an uncomfortable and disagreeable jail-for what | Iseasonl Treason to the bogus Confederacy.; and the proofs of that treason were articles which appeared in the Knoxville Whig in May last, when the State of Tennessee was member of the imperishable Union. At the expiration of four weeks, I became victim of the typhoid fever, and was removed to . room in . decent dwelling, and guard of seven men kept mo company. subsequently became so' weak th1t l could not turn over in my bed, and the guard was increased to twelve men, for fear I should suddenly recover and run away tc Kentucky. Becoming convalescent in a measure, l was re- moved to my former place of confinement Ono day was visited by some Confederate officers, who remarked, Brownlow, you should not be here. Take the oath of allegiance to the Con federate Government, which will not only entitle you to speedy release, but ensure your protec- tion." "Sirl" said I, "before would take the oath to support such a hell-forsaken institution, would suffer myself to rot or die with old age"
 Why, my friends, these demagogues actually boast that the Lord is upon their side, and de- clare that God Almighty is assisting them in the furtherance of the nefarious project. In Knox vile and ndsurrounding localities short time since, daily prayer meetings were held; wherein the Almighty was beseeched to raise Lincon's block. ade, and to hurl destruction against the Burn. side Expedition. Their prayers were partly an. swered. The blockade at Roanoke Island was most effectually raised, a reciprocal of their sa- crilege divinely rendered.
 Gentlemen, am no Aboltionist; applaud 1 no sectional doctrines. am Southern man, and all my relatives and interests are thoroughly identified with the South and Southern institu- tions. was born in the Old Dominion, my pa- rents were born in Virginia, and they and their antecedents were all shareholders. Let me as. sure you that the South has suffered no infringe. ment upon her institutions. The slavery ques- tion was actually no pretext for this unholy, un- righteous conflict Twelve Senators from the Cotton States, who had sworn to preserve iuvio. late the Constitution framed by our forefathsrs, plotted treason at night, fit time for such a crime, and telegraphed to their States dispatches advising them to pass ordinances for secession. Yes, gentlemen, twelve Senators swore aileei- ance in the daytime, and unswore it at night. short time since, was called upon by little Jew, who, believe, is the Secretary of War of the bogus Confederacy. He threatened to hang me, and expected &o more mercy from him than was shown by his illustrious predecessors toward Jesus Christ, I entered into a long cor. respondence with this specimen of expiring hu- manity; but, from mercy or forgetfnlness on their part, l was permitted to depart with all my documents in my little valise, which hope to publish at no distant day. Gentlemen, when I started on my perilous journey, was sore distressed in mind, and exceedingly so in body but the moment my eyes encountered the pick cts of the Union army, my depression decreased, and returning health seemed suddenly to invigo- rate my physical constitution.
 Gentlemen, secession is played out; the dog is dead; the child is born, and his name is Jeff. Davis, Jr. My throat distresses me to such an extent that must decline further remarks this evening, but shall make myself heard upon the next convenient occasion, which will probably be ere the termination of the present week.