The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-05-27

pages. backlog 81 aslainins Oil
ilick0rg and atgane "a lhe nuili6crs
---aud lhsy ihnaleae b hang me
then. have been Onion maa all
my life. (Applause.) ! have never
bern a sectional man. commenced
my political career IN Tennessee 10
ihe memorable year Of 1928, ard ]
was one, thank God. Of che corporal's
guard Who got up the electoral ticket
for John Quincy Adams against An
drew jackson. Ia tie next contss, !
Nas for Clay. (Grea, checriag.) loa
and and all OF Us cheer AND applaud
the mention OF the name Of Henry
Clay. J purpose 10 move, when this
rebellion is over, that We shall hole
National Convention, and | will pot
IN nomination for the Presidency The
the last suit OF clothes that Clay wore
before his death. tGreat laughter and
applause.) When the rebellion fairly
opened, they saw the course my pa
per was taxing aud they approached
me as they did every other editor ola
Union paper IN tie country with mon.
ey, They knew ! was poor and they
supposed il would have the same IN
iluenee over me that IL hid over al.
mos all the Union editors OF the South,
for they bought up The last devil OF
them all throughout the South
daughter and eleersI | told them
as Que did 81 old Thy money perish
with thee. ! pursued the even tenor
Of my way until the Stream rose high
or ana higher with secession dre, as
red and hot as hell iiself, aad CONE
menced pouring along the great artery
of travel, thai great railroad % Maua,
sas, Yorktown, Richmond, and Peters
burg. Then it was iha,, wanting n
transportation, wanting III rolling Took
wanting in locomotives, they had 50
lie over by regiments in our town, a8d
then they commenced 70 ride Union
men upon rails. / have seen that done
in the streets, and have seen them
break into stores and empty their con-
tents; and coming before my house with
ropes in their hands they would groan
ont, Let Us give old Brownlow a turn,
the damned Old scoandrel; come out,
and we will hang you 10 the first limb.
would appear, sometimes, on tie
front portlco OF my house, and would
address them in this way :--"Alen,
what do you want with me !! iar
was very select ~ my words. / ,o :
particular pans 10 never say
men. { (Laughier) Men what W.
you want witu me Z" I'VE aauf
speech from you; we want you d
come atior the Southern conlederacy.
10 which replied - have 40
speech to make to you. You know
me as well as | know yon; am ut-
terly and irrcconela1iy opposed to
tins internal feUeilon in winch YOU
are engaged, and / shall fight ito The
butter end. | hope that if GU are go
ing in TO kill the Yankees il search oi
| your rights, that you viii Get your
rights before you get back" These
threats towards me were repeated
every day aud every week, uatil IL
nally they crushed Out my paper, de.
sroyed my office, appropriated the
building to an old smith shop 10 re-
pair the locks and barrels OF oil musk.
els that Floyd had stolen from lhe
federal government. they hnaly en-
acted law IN tie Legislature OF Tenu-
essee authorizing an armed force tu
take all the arms, pistols, guns dirks
swords and everything oithe sort ,rom
all the Union men, aud they paid a
Visit to every Union house ia the State
They visited NINE three times in sue.
cesslon upon Tie business, and they
got there i couple of guns and one
pistol. Being an editor and preacher
myself was not largely supplied, ant
had the balance concemed under my
clothes. (Great laughter.) Finally
after depr wing Us oi all our arm,
throughout the State, and after taking
all the fine horses Of tile Union mer
every where, without iea or reward
ior cavalry horses, and seizing upon
the tat hogs, corn, fodder and sheep
gong into houses and pulling the bed.
of the bedstead IN the daytime, seiz
ing upon all the blankets they couic
had tor the army; after breaking opef
chests, bureaus, drawers and every.
thing OF thar sort---in which iIley were
eounlenauced and tolerated by til,
authorities, civil and military -oui
! people rose up in rebellion. uuarmeC
as they were, and by accident.
know j. was from Chattanooga to th,
I Virginia line--a distance of 800 mile.
--one Saturday night il November
at eleven O'clock, al lie rairoad bridg
es took fire al one time. (Cheers anc
applause.) IL was purely accidental
happened TO be away from home al
that time. Laughter.) had really
gone out OH horseback Las they haa
suppressed my paper--to collect tie
fees which the clerks Of the different
counties were owing me, which they
were ready aud wiling TO pay me,
knowing ,hai needed them to liyc
upon; and as these bridges took Grc
While was out Of town. they snofe
that was the beilwealuer aIa na.
leader Of AL tic derAmcni tAat Wa.
going on, and hence li.st | must a4re
had a hand init. fh-y wanted i 5rr.