Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-03-28
Speech of Parson RrownIow.
Delivered IN front Of the st. Cloud. ash
viLe on the eUeninQ Of the 11h

Delivered IN front Of the st. Cloud, ash
vtle on the eUenlng Of the In.
Gentlemen: / am in a sad plight to say
much of interest-too thoroughly ircapi-
tated to do justice to you or myself My
throat has been disordered for the past
three years, and have been compelled to
abandon public speaking Last December
l was thrust into an uncomfortable and
disagreeable jail-for what? Treason =
Treason to the bogus Confederacy and
the proofs of that treason appeared in the
Knoxville Wig in May last, when Ten
nessee was member of the imperishabe
Union. At the expiration of four weeks
| became victim of the typhoid fever,
aud | was removed to room in decent
dwelling, and a guard of seven men kept
me company, subsequently became so
weak that could not turn over in my bed,
and the guard was increased to twelve
men, for fear | should suddenly recover
and run away to Kentucky. Becoming
convalescent, in measure, I was removed
to my former place of confinement. One
day l was visited by some Confederate off,
GERS, who remark, d, Blownlow. YOU
should not be here Take the oath of al
legiance TO the Confederate Government,
which not only entities you to speedy re-
lease; but insure your protection" .'Sir !"
said ], ''before | would take the oath to
support such hell-forsaken institution, |
would suffer myself to rot or die with old
age"
Why, my friends these demagogues &C
tually boast that the Lord is upon their
side, and declare that God Almighty is
assisting them i'll the furtherance of their
nefarious project. In Knoxville and sur
rounding localities, short time since, dali
ly prayer meetings were held, wherein the
Almighty was beseeehed to raise Lincoln's
blockade. and to hurl destruction against
the Burnside expedition. Their PLAYERS
were partly answered-the blockade at Ro
anoke Island was most effectually raised;
reciprocal of their sacrilege divinely ten
dered.
Gentlemen, am no Abolitionist; I
applaud no sectional doctrines I am
Sout bern man, and all my relatives and in
terests are thoroughly identified with the
South and Southern institutions. Twas
born in the old Dominion, and my parents
were born in Virginia. and they and their
antecedents we're all Shareholders Let
me assure you that the South has suffered
no Infringement upon her institutions =
the slavery question was actually no pre-
text for this unholy, unrigbteeus conflict.
Twelve Senators from the Cotton States.
who had sworn to inviolate the Constitution
framed by their forefathers. plotted treason
at night-a fit time for such crime-and
telegraphed to their States dispatches ad-
vising them to pass ordinances of Secess-
ion. Yes, gentlemen, twelve Senators
swore allegiance in the day time, and I'M
swore it at night. A short time since
was called upon by little Jew, believe, be
is the Secretary Of war of the bogus Con-
federacy. He threatened to hang me, and
| expected no more mercy from him than
was shown by his illustrious predecessors
towards Jesus Christ. | entered into
long correspondence with this specimen of
expiring humanity, but from mercy or for
getfulness, on their part. | was permitted
to depart with all my documents in nv lit