The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-11-08
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The Uo.on meeting p Metropolitan Hall
on Saturday eysnipg VAS one Of the largest
and mess, soshuajastie Of tho campsjgp--
At an early hopr The scrords eeommsnced
pouring iin.o. the Hall, and long before the
Lime of opening. every available inch Of
room VAS occupied, and hundreds upon hun
dreds could aps gain iugress, Peter Page,
Esq.,, .pgssidsd sud insroduesd Parsou
|Brownlov. The Parson spike az follows !:
PARsoH saowNLow's srEEcH. y,
LADIES AND GsNrLEsAN: From much
public speating recently, | find pyself TO-
night so worn in body and 80 hoarse in voice
that do not know how long shall bs able
to address you on this occasion but ] will
attempt to interest you for while if | can
make myself heard. | never appeared be-
fore i Northern audience in my life without
some degree Of embsrrass uent, ,owing to the
difference between the manner Of warfare on
the stump 10 the North and that which 10
used At the South and il 10 what shaIl
say Of the authors Of this infamous rebeliop
and their most contemplate svmpatbizers 10
the North, / shall deal with them roughly
and handle them without gloves, the audi
80 win credit it to my manner and educa.
tion. 10 the N nth, l understand, when 10
speech man meets a false statement in .
speaker Or writer. he says, sthat statement
il not exactly 10 accordance with the facts p
but 10 tie country IN which was raised ve
are 10 the habit Or using little different
phrase; We brand tho statement as vile
and the man Eho made it is an un.
misigased lisr.t daughter and applause
/. grs ID WHO ISAuGURATsD rBs wAR. sdF
!, 4 believe, as lhave believed from she frat,
that We srs ip the midst of = Var iosugura
ted b. the Southern fcon.pifators. l deny
that this j. sp Abolition war ,inaugurated BY
Aholiti Anists. [Applause.l But the men Of
South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Geor-
gia and all the powers Of hell inaugurated
this bellish war. [Greas applause 10 1t
in the South, with the worss men
that ever God Almighty permitted to breathe
the air of Heaven, and if you have State
prison in Illinois, aae.se,sa..i aag
A Voice-Yes, . strong. one. nra s-s.,
Mr.. Brownlow-A gentleman says yon
have q penitentiary 10 Ihinois. i Of course
must be . stranger to the inmates Of that
[L,ughter.] but declare in the
fear Of God to.night, that one-half, yes
two thirds of the men 10 the Illinois peni.
Eentisry are better men than any Of the
leaders Of the rebellion at the South,
Cheers and II 1 were not afraid, to-mor-
row being Sunday, Of bringing upon my
head . controversy with some Of the cler.
gymen, maj y of whom are no doubt 10 this
large assembly, would give it as my hon.
ess conviction, chat there are better men 10
lieli to. night tbsn the leaders Of this rebel.
lion. [fmmenss cheering and laughter i
Then, gentlemen, take the ground that
We are in the midst Of . wicked rebellion,
for which there is aud never has been, any
just Or suf6cien ground !; and / 60 further
than this-I make my statement still strong:
er and more empbatic-we are in the midst
Of rebellion for which there 10 not, and
never has existed, even the shadow Of pre-
text. Why DO ! say 500 ,.i ,4a,;azs al
Who HAS RULED THE COUNTRY.
This government of. onrs, 10 lts present
form, and under our most excellent Consti
tuition, has existed little over seventy Eve
yeats. During that time We have held in
this country nineteen presidential elections,
10 that period, We at the South [don't for.
get my figures and dou't forget my facts)
We at the South, with half the States and
Territories you have at the North, with half
your population, With half the electoral
votes you have east ID 4 presidentiai con
test, have elected the Precedent thirteen
times W. have gracioosly Sondescehded to
allow you TO elect six times. Not only 90,
bet W reelected, to 8ll ! second term, Eve
Of our men at the South. Those ave men
occupied the chair ss long as forty years
With rs down at the South, il has been q
settled policy during all this time, never to
permit or tolerate any man north Of Mason
and Dixon's line in filing the Office second
tmsa Not content With having occupied the
chair twice 60 your once-noS oonssot with
having controlled the patronsge aud power
Of the Goveruneos swiee to your once, We
seased upon, appropriated and used, for the
msaness and dirtiess purposes, two or three
Of sbs six you had elected, who turned ods
to be s'Northern men with Southern princl-
ples.';' tChssrs asd laoshser.J f4' e =
jill TsbuSHs OLD PuB suNc. =" s1,'s
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