The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-05-17
GREEN MOUNTAIN FREEMAN, MAY - 1862.

have never been recognized by any civilized
Power on the face OF the earth, and you nete,
will be. applause will see the Southern
confederacy, and you and ! on top OF it, III The
Internal regions before will do it. " 9 Well,
said he, i" that's damned plain talk. daughter
and appause) Yes replied, " thai S the
way to talk in revolutionary times.
But few weeks prior to the last Presidential
election they announced in their papers that the
great bull of the whole flock was to speak in
Knoxville-a man, the two first Letters of his
name is w. |. Yancey-a fellow that the Gov
ernor Of South Carolina pardoned out OF the
State prison for numbering his uncle. DR.. Earl
lie was announced to speak, and the crowd was
two to one Union men. | had never spoken
to him in all my life. Ilo called ont in an in
solent manner, Is Parson Brownow in this
crowd !" The disunionlsts halloed out, " Yes,
he is here s" hope" said he g the Par,on
Will have the nerve to come upon the stand ana
have me catechise him. No." said Bre,kin-
ridge secessionists Yes Gentlemen, we had
four tickets in the field in Che last race-Lincoln
and iIamlin, Bell and Eyerett-tha Bell and Ev-
crett ticket was IA kind of Kangaroo ticket,
with all tine strength in the legs--(great laugh
t"r)-and there was a Douglas and johnson
ana a breckenridge and Lane ticaet. AS God
Is my Judge, that was the meanes' and shabbest
ticket OF tie four that was in the field Lin coin
was elected fairly and squarcly under the forms
OF law aud the constitution, and though | was
not a Lincoln man, yet give IN to the will of
the majority, and it is the duty Of every patriot
and true man 10 bow to the Will Of the ma lori
ty. (Ch9ers.)
The Parson then resumed his story )--but
the crowd hallocd to Yancey, 8. Brownlow is
here. but he has not nerve enough to mount the
stand where you are > rose and marched up
the steps and said / will show you whether
have the nerve or not. - Sir said he--and he
Is beautiful speaker and personally very fine
looking mai,--'' ore you the celebrated Parson
BroWnow! " am the on y man on earth"
replied, /" that fills The bin. U.ughter) -
g Don't you shlnk,' said Yancey, = you are
badly employed AS a preacher, Il man Of your
cloth, to be dahbins IN politics and meddling
with State afflirs"' mo Sir, said . dis
tlngu'shed neiuber of the party you are acting
with once took Jesus Christ UP upon Il mount,
(uproarlous laughEer)-and said to the Savior,
look at the kingdoms of the world All this
will | give thee if thou vii fall and worship
me. Now, sly, ! said " His reply to the
c"'i !" NY i'fif w YOU, 'bcl lbcc DoIllnu me,
Satan (Rencwed laughter and applause |
rather expected to be knocked down by him
but stood with my right side to him and IA
cooked Dtlngcr in my brooches pocket
intended If | went off the scatfold that he
should 90 the other way. (Cheers } Now, sir,
| said, II you are through would like to make
Il few remarks Certainly said Yancey.
Well, sir, you should 'read lightly upon the
toes VI preachers, and you should get these dis
unonlsts to post you up before you launch out
in this way, against preachers. Are you aware,
sir, that this old gray headed man sltitg here,
Isaac Lewis, the President of the meeting, who
has welcomed you, is an old disuniun Methodist
preacher, and Bucaanan's pension agent IN this
town, who has been mcddlng in politics all MS
life tlme? Sir, said !, are you aware that
this man, James ID Thomas. on my left, is a
Breckenridge eiector for his Congressional dis
trict! he was turned out Of the Methodist
ministry Tor whipping his wife and s!andering
hls neslbors. ar, sad |, are YOU aware
that this young man sitting in front of us, Col.
Loudon T.. Haynes, the eiector OF the Breck.n-
ridge Ticket Tor The State OF Tennessee a large.
was expelled from the Methodist ministry Tor
lying and cheating his neish bor in Il measure of
corn? Now,' said |, IS for Gods sake say no.
thing more about PREACHERS until YOU know
what sort OF preachers are in your own ranks"
And thus ended the colloquy between nc and
Yancey, have never seen him since