Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-11-29
ParsOn BrOwnlow in Nashville.
His speech At aIeKendree DIethodIst
\ Church.
tFrom the Na.hviIle union, Nor. ~


Church.
tFrom the Nashville Union, Nov. ~
The crowd which assembled on last
Friday night in the spacious chapel of
the McKendree Church to hear the mimi
table Parson, whOis the terrorand scourge
of treason In Tennessee, may be briefly
characterized as BrownloW gathering,
which is short way Of saying il was
large, eagerly attentive, enthusiastic, rap
turOus, and, at times uproarious with
merriment Long before the appointed
hour for speaking, every nook and corner
of the house was crammed and jammed,
and hundreds went away, after vainly
trying to force an entrance ut the door.
The appearance Of the speaker was gree
ted with loudand prolonged acclamatiOn,
which was deafeninG enough to frghten
away forever the legion of the devils of
treason, who we're invoked there by Bishop
McFerrin-it any of them remained.
M'kESDREp CHURCH AND THE CLERGY. =
The speaker said that he had occupied
this pulpit in former days on very dife-
rent topics, and amid very different cir
cumstances from the present There is
no house more appropriate than this one
for harangue against God defyiDg re-
bellion. Erected us a temple of God, it
has been nabandoned by its coWardly clergy.
who on the approach Of the Federal army
to Nashville went not "the way of all the
earth," but what is far worse, the way of
all the South. l, said the speaker, still
remain true to MethOdism and to Repub-
lican Government, while, my clerical
brethern are dodging in terror from town
to town as the Union army advances,
living on short rations, and dOuble-quick-
ing their fight at the sight of our flag. /
want to drive them still further, into the
Gulf, and baptize them anew by INNER
sion!
WHO Is RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REBELLION.
We are in the midst of fearful and
wicked rebellion; the most uncalled for
that the world has ever known, or history
recorded; thrust upon Us by the worst
class of men in modern times God never
permitted more corrupt, unmitigated
band of scoundreIs to live The rebellion
they concocted was forced upon us with
out excuse, and without even the shadow
of pretext whatever. As have said ut
the North, before not less than five thou
sand people, say here, this rebellion is
not the work of AbolitiOnists, but of God
forsaken Southern demagogles. / have
always been a prO-slavery man, and OPP
posed to Abolitionism, but must say that
this rebellion is not the work of Abolition
lists, but of a corrupt South, and these
rebels who oriSinated it to obtain their
rights, have but two rights-the right 70 be
hanged, and the right to be damned. The
Government, under its present form has
existed nearly eighty years. During this
period we have held nineteen Presidential
elections, in which the South, with but
half the States, population and electoral
votes Which the North has, has elected
thirteen Presidents, and the North has
elected six The hlre-flected Ave Of
her Presidents, who. held the GoFernment
forty years, while she made it point to
allow no Northern President to be re-elec-
ted Not satisfied with this, she seized,
appropriated, kidnapped and used as cats
paws one half Of the northern Presidents
The last the Appropriated. sonl, body and
breeches, was Buchanan, that old public
functiOnary,
SLAVERY ABOUT PLAYED OFT.
have cauvassed every Eastern and most
of the North western States tor the last
eight months and while have changed no
opinion, must say that the North never
eoutsmPlated iateIteriug with Southern iu-
stitutious. think now, in consequence of
the criminal conduct of the South, that
slavery is pretty well played out, and the
South may thank herself for it. II her me-
groes are emancipated or rpp OF, it will be
HghteOls retri6uton.A The present state
6fSlaTery mdy be pretty well illustratedlBy
an anecdOte; "a sportsman. who was not
a very experienced hunter, sailed out one
morning, and at last walked up n skunk
We call the animal by another name in my
country, but permit me 70 say, that
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet
YEks hunfsman not knowing the peeuIE
arities-of the essence peddler, took after il
with a sharp stick. He did not operate
long before he retired in disgust. a neigh
Dor, who knew precisely what was in the
wind, from the state of the atmosphere, ran
up, explaimiug: 'fT0mS have you killed
hinf' J IlKilIea theld devil" replied the in-s
dignaut hunter. TTust let the d--d thing
alone, and itl viii stink iself to death ~
And say to this army, go on with the
war, aad let slavery alone, aud it will stink
itself to death.
THE PARs0N CHALLRHGED TO FIGHT.
lived iu..Sddth Carolina ID 81 and ,s2,
and fought nulli6eation and sustained Old
Hickofy. Then we had man at the helm
-o1e who, from the crown. Of his head to
the s6IeS Ofhis feet was every inch man.
Had he been in Buehandn's place, be would
have straighteued himself mp about ten feet
IN his boots, aud Selling that annoinlea
thief old Floyd, by the throat, would have
exclaimed; 'tBY the God of, Noses, this
thing must stop n, And WhGn,, Jaeksoh
said q thing had TO stop, II did stop, and
all the people said ameni What did Wig
mllnud Pryor sayf PFyos, who thought