Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-04-12

:. "Go on, go on y shouted the crowd, "she
darent shoot ~
She instantly drew from her pocket one
OF Colts revolvers and cooking il, lcyclled il
at the officers head. "Nevcr mind her
she's only woman" cried the mob. "By
God, look at her eve" said the officer" as
he made low bow, scraped the ground and
toddcd of, followed by the whole crowd.
The gentlemen addressed me. expressing
his regret that my paper is stopped and nv
office Is closed, and | reply to him that all
my ambition is to 20 back to Knoxville and
resurrect my old paper. To 90 back with
new presses and new type, and with soul
renewed and revived by a baptism in the
glorious liberty of the Northern States. And
also want to go back there, and repay a
debt Of gratitude | owe to about one hundred
and fifty of the most unmitigatcd scoundrcls
that can be found on the face of the earth
To liberate people oppressed and Cefrau,icd
by the most Satanic conspiracy ever consum
ated.. Dcfrauded and drpcd by the Southern
Confederacy bonds, Bonds having on one
side full-lcngth portrnit of JEFF, Davis, and
picture of hcnropst on the other, bearing
on them these words ~ promise to nav.
six months ntter declaration ofpcace between
the Southern Confcdcracy and the United
States of North America, $50.
They have fixed a time that never can and
never will come. The only treaty of peace
which we can have will he ACCOMPLISHED
with powder and ball and river gunhoats.
There is nothing which fills Rebel with so
much horror rs gunhoats They would
rather meet old Nick" horns and all. than
meet our gunboats. But this is not strange.
perhaps, when we re"ullcct their ncar rcla-
tionship to that sable individual
Some time since, stood alone. amidst
1000 Rebel soldiers, and | said in my address
to them 1t is you of the South that are
to blame. The North have not prrcipitatcd'
this war on us; ii is YOU who have done il.
You complained of an infringement of
Southern rights when there was no infringe
ment. You complained of Northern en-
croachments when there were none. and YOU
have rushed into Il war of the most wicked
kind without the shadow Of reason"
But, gentlemen Of Ohio, | do not and
exonerate the North: and say in
brief to you tha, if, fifty years ago we had
taken one hundred southern firc-eaters and
one hundred Northern Ahoitionists. and
hanged them up, and buried them in Il com
mon ditch, and sent their souls to hell we
should have had none OF this war. Um-
mense applausc) | am speaking too long.
Cries Of No no ~ "Go on :" Don't allow
that talk But in looking around ON this
assembly, | notice that Time has written his
mark Enthusiastically on the countcnanccs of
large proportion of this audience. Many
're growing grey; ! am getting old myself
md know not how soon the span of our
'Nlstcncc may he shortened, and the spirit
axe its flight TO realms Of eternal iov and
happiness, or everlasting misery. 1t hehoo-
res us all, then, to see to it that we IRE pre-
Dared TOR this change, wherever and vhcn-
'vcr 1t may come, and may God in Ills
ntinite mercy bless and keep Us all.
The reverend gentleman then sat down
mid long and continued cheers, and the
meeting adjourned.