The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1862-04-08

was eenIeuCeu 10 Do Dun2 Dy tnl5 court mar
tia, and he had but one hours notice to pre-
pare himself. He ked for one minister OF
one OF the churches 10 Knoxville to be sent
for but the reply Of the jailor was, "No id
traitor in the South has the right to bo pray
ed for, and God does not hear such prayers y
Poor Hawn was placed on the scaffold, and a
miserable drunken chaplain Of one Of the
Southern regiments was sent to attend him.
Just as they were abont TO launch Hawn
into eternity, the chaplain said: "This poor
unfortunate man desires to say that he was
led into committing thu acts for which he il
now to atone with his lie, by the Union men
and he is really an object of pity"
Hawn rose, and in stentorian voice 70.
piled, 81 desire to say that every word tha,
man has said is false. l am the identical
man that put the tor,h to the tinbers of tha,
bridge, and l am ready to swing for it,
Hang me as soon as you can" He said he
WOULD do it again if Ee knew this was to jc
his fate for it.
No one can tell of the suffsrngs and hard
ships that the Union men Of Eastern Ten
nessee have had TO undergo, nor how many
innocent men, without hearing or trial, have
been put to death. Squads Of cavalry arr
rowing about the country committing all man
ner Of crimes, and shooting down all suspect
ed of treason to the Southern Confederacy
Ii was only necessary to have finger poin cd
10 man and some one was ready TO shoo
him down. This was the case with poo
Pierce. He had committed no act Of Treason
but was 'u1posod TO sympsthize with thc
Union men. Walking across one Of his fields
one day, some one said there goes traitor
when one Of a squad Of cavalry, fred and h,
was stuck vi h a Mimic ball.
The jsis in the South are literally full o
Union men, many Of them taken from Eas
Tennessee. Mover was n people so broker
down. The Government owes il to the peo
pie, It they never 60 anywhere else, to TAX
care of East Tennessee. They have stooC
firm.
There arc no Union presses left in th
South and not Union editor but ono, ant
that is myself They have all been bought mp
They offered me large sums Of money, but mJ
reply was, "Thy money perish with thee.
will see you TO the devil first
They took my paper, my press and my
type. and gave mo notice that ] should no
publish any more papers. | took ho advice
Of my friends and family, and stopped th'
Whig. 1t was the only time in my life tha
I ever gave in. for, like Collins ram, l alway'
had heal of my own. Laughter
They took my building, which was sixty
feet long and two stories high, and transform
ed IL into an arsenal to repair the guns wbicl
Floyd stols from the United States Govern
mcnt
And this was not all. An Alabama regi
ment came along one Sabbath day and stol
from me my only niger, young man o
whom | thought very much. | might hav'
expected this from the Northern army If
had believed all that we said Of il, but die
not expect that the chvary and flower Of th,
South would be guilty of such an act, aft.
all their Boosting,
| tell you to da", upon the honor OF maj
that the Southern army and its hangers.ol
have stolen more negroes in Virginia, Ten
nessee and Kentucky during the past si'
months. than me Aboltionist have cn,iceC
or aided away in the last forty years, and To
day, so help me Col one-half the soldiers il
the South never owned n slave or were eve
related by the ties Of consanguinity with any
one that ever did. [Cheers. They arc The
otfscourings Of the lowest order Of society
tho meaneSt get of towards on the face Of th'
earth. Look bow they fed at Fishing Creel
and everywhere else when the Union arm
got after them When they started out they
said Zone Southerner could whip five blue
bellied Yankees" and here let lie relate al
incident that happened in Knoxville fe'
weeks since:
A Union lady met on the sidewalk, on
day, Colonel of Regiment stationed il
Knoxville. and she said to him, "Colonel hov
is it that notice the Nor,herners have bee'
getting the better Of US at Fort Henry, For
Donelson and Fishing Creeki though
ono Southern could whip five Yankees. -
"Oh," replied the Colonel, "you SEQ thes
troops were from Ohio, Indiana aud Illinois
They are the defendants Of Kentuckians an
Tenncsseans, who removed from these State
across the Ohio years ago. They are Of on
own stock, and are as good fighters as on
own soIliers.'
"Well then, how was il about Burnside
victory a, Roanokes Hand Were these Ohio
Indiana and Illinois soldiers t'o?'
To this interogatory the Colonel replie
that be did not know, aud hastily bidding tn
lady good day, left her.
This is my first effort at speaking in fou
months, and f ID that I am getting hoar,
and must stop. Thank God can now SC
daylight This wicked rebellion ia sbou
played out AL that is needed To finish tb
work is "a little more grape Captain Bragg
Grape for the masses, and hemp for tn
leaders is my motto.
Parson Brownlow, who is still very weak
was much fatigued by his effort to speak. but
still he shook hands with all who desired t.
do SO, and many avaicd themselves OF tn
opportunity to take tho patriot By the hand
A Tardy Acknowledgment.