Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-05-23

have him released ii he would take the
oath of allegiance. Rising up several
feet, and having all bis Irish aroused, he
told him he would rot before he would
take that oath; that he denied their right
to administer an oath that they had nc
existence that they had never been rec
ognzed; and he believed they never
would be. Preacher as he was, he
would see them down in the internal re-
gions before he would join them
"Well," said the brigadier, "that's id
plain talk" EYES," was the reply, "but
it's the talk for revolutionary times.
Well, the times were frightened up
They grew tighter and still more tight.
There was not bed in their Jail. II
they wanted to realize it, let them lie
down while and warm the floor for
sombody else. During the Imprisonment
number died from various diseases con-
tracted. He would never forget the
scenes which he passed during that fear
full time. He remembered two venera-
BILE men, ministers, who were harshly
used By Tho corrupt jailor, whom he had
frequently denounced as a scoundrel in
his paper. OF these two old baptist
preachers, one was iucarcerated becaue
he prayed for the President of the United
States that was all his offense. The
other was imprisoned merely for throw
ing up his hat and cheering when Union
troops passed. The jaiIer constantly
examined between pie and plate, to see
whether there was any treason being sent
in paper bilets from Union men without
to those within. One of the men had
been imprisoned for no other crime than
that of being Union man. He lay on a
piece of carpet on the floor scarcely able
to turn over. His wife, leaving five chill
dren at home, brought one child five
weeks old to see him die. But they re-
fused to let her see her dying husband
until he mad put bis head out the window
and besought them for Gods sake 10 let
her in. They finally did, and when she
saw her husband she was so weak as to
be unable to stand, and her husband was
not able to embrace lis wife-neither
could speak. He held the babe during
the interview. lie never beheld but one
sight that excelled it, and hoped it would
never be witnessed again. This was the
spirit OF secession, not only in fences
see, but all over the South; it was the
spirit of murder, of assassination it was
the spirit Of hell, and yet we had men at
the North to sympathize with it. If be
owed twelve of the most revolving and
deprayed wretches the world ever say
to his satanic majesty, be would make
tender of twelve Northern men sympa-
thizing with secession. They might
deem him severe and b;,tar in bis de,,o-
citation of Nor,hern traitor. bo, ,bor
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