Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-04-25
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btt~E, ~ ~'Sf ".'c'Io' W tslO IGblIG ~ .
cantanrd l,:T.-t or nors Tei;I:ai sSsembissr =
Of ouv cilisoNa thar "n isst evening. nn II
occasion Of lie wv.cGus 10 tu: city Of III
:!iGa:rioui Hats%.:'sas patrio!. PnmaH RroGu
Iow.
Hsf5rr hr doors ws:s opaned, The crow
aei r;',ntnsucrd % esther tin F5urth street
and ha!oce hsli rist o'clock 10; vacant see
ga; &c TO found n the house, and TIC aisle
and ocerc available spot occupied. Many, W
loaT1, TeTa unable 10 obtain even standing
room, aud left the houas. The turnout. cor
slGerirs that ihe s.iG. sson iTc was ilty ceh,s
fnuat haGa ncen vrss gratifying 10 th- p.rsor
Alter being introduces 10 thg audience, NJ
3. u;,tis Characteristic speecE, CT which Ia,
following repar; i. given:
LADIES AED StSfLEMkN: | sppca1 bs',r;
yuil Z" Elsut IN accofianca T:lh aiI arr,ns.a-
rsnt made hg 8 .:1sa committee 0. lntsi!: gen:
aad influential ci.Zeili ri yru: ..nwa, s:i,i
am not here for tba patpr,a oi making IN ei-
fort, ni With snJ wish t. .Gscilss,, o. cnstul
yoa. sppear here SIMPLY t. r=is;o a :ea
tacts, aac 10 s:Sc you iue iuctiitrs aub n6m;q
Sf perann5 IN tic south w.io inTs sliirrei 81
tnanner u prosecutions ;ur no c:!irT r,s-.,f,
tl.sn tha. they were u.ini ineu
| atse iae!, aiTta h.rn !.ael in y..il. i::.:.
10: isw Intelligent i-s.s0n1 sno har. Ia.
quirad, in it irue that they hang ..c shoot
ueu Tor being Unionl5ta They lid no. seen
M though they colid ies!i2o IL III Thai Gay
say to high; shall deal III nothing but ia> -,
nothing bat ! know 5i personally, s.l =:
sun5lsntsso If ;Eo qarsiiva .a r"iseI.
/ have seen the Guf Wien | was y@unr
lnau. ard admit. ladies, :ha! that vas sGl.r
| tuna asn, for haze wife who i; uv: koiy ta
Iis aoon, laughter, and h.vo seai. tre i-;
when could make my7rlf heard at s::y u:d.-
| nar7 distance, when, ior ionr Ur tive hcurS
hsvo bcan heArd On stretch il the avcn s.r;
81, tEoss days have gone by.
You viii hasT With Ho fer few l26men.a i
! shall IaGk. C few remarks, by r,sy e: pru:.so.
which Is personal 10 myself U:rcuussancre:
illTa t11us@tsd Dag nauIa with the rebellion i:
!hs South. on native Gi the Old Dolni1
i5:i, bofi. AID fslac,i III tie Stats 81 VIgini;.
Lsa:oa csd gsntlelaeH, you hive Il mia u1w
Lst9ro yon who iE sn acknowledged descend.
ant Of oHs oi the ss;9nd !ntnilies Of Tlrg :aia.-
Laughter sud cheers, My nsTenls beio7c u,a
Oh both sides gers TirsiniA1s, ard on oo,I
eides they Ters shareholders, 81 most .? ii.,,
c!ii1e1s woro, ard though hava bncn blaE4l1
et The South, sinco the breaking Gilt g! ,i.;a
ico..!iop, with bong an hnt: slaShry ui.a uD,i
: i9snshden: Of lories, take gees; pt,.sute
bTd pride in announcing tha; MI f.ih,r 49,
volunteer ia ,b5 revolution unier Oil ii chorE.
and ! have ta3 uEcits F.-h0 died nj Na7soi;
ard New Orleans, IL tho cau;a 81 tba Uaicn.
On ny Ioo.anr's aida | Gs7s hst rY!s;ir-, e ne
hare los! ;a:ir iiTas in deiehliGg tho Suiv:o
:;:ates nos tho sWamps Of LayiI;1a. nrt
M.asiaa,Pp, bu! every particulAr St.sa
mag as we'll make q rera'H aeGe o. p7t'.
tics. l AIN not here to ie7i7s Old party ptt;l
.ca=. II TelpesS,oa thnDk God. We have
merged all party ques .ons !cto one, and that
il oas OF tho UGon; aud in sll :.Ua u con,:,
although have hoen WLiE gill not 7ot9
fur aLg man, | Gre ;,.t |h.: tc his politics,
WHO III rot g UGion u,eE. vii! sco Mi aucu
lnsn, when grsvtatic1 turns tho Other wav,
even ncllHa-d, before | would vote ior thcil.
nave fought Anare9 johnson, CT Tanr"s-
see, systematically, poss17orinS'T, .uf tho last
tTeoty Eve years. lie has scorsi ln3 OF every
stunp in Tenneasee. Eonors sCo cas-; nng.-
ha1n now jained nanss with hiIo sr,l vii!
Gsht Icr hiIa against ihj ccu'mo1 fue,
base llways been Unioo I1hn 2oia-
!narcsd lDy political career in 1928, and re-
mark, ladies, that All 10! a young r,>a, End
confess the fsct, for never err4c: 90 "a
wito#er Laughter
70 1928 WAS ons OF q accrpcrals guard wha
got up ticket in East Tnnness5o for Jotr
Quincy AdaG,R, assio=. ArdreT Jackson.--
although oproaed Old Hic4orv and fought
ior A''sms, | wouli ha7s prs7ed .ha! he might
hsre 5een ruEad Up during It's rsigr O! Jamea
Buchanan, tnat he. might have sunk South
carolina III sone aca Ike ;hs Desd Ses, W!.s7,
i, will ultimately go.
aezt supported Hciry Glsy. | nave inmP
rl higher, shouted loude:, ana fell ist,cr :iIsG
aiInGat aDJ othar man, in csnyassiry f0r him.
have ewung ooonskins aud water gonrd5
high nnd low. arcuId tho log caA!ns ri East
TsnE1ESee.
next supported Taylor, and then Fillmore
hnd Dobelson- supported the Bal and
E71rntt ticket The tail of ine ,cka: ~ doing
Ecli in Massachusetts,. aid is aterGiEg s'cc:.
Laughter lhs !alt5r e:ii vii! 30 70 lie to
yet hrt ei io ho ifoEtisP;eca, all cs7 a:? Is,
PITY tt.a saiToSi of poor lid rra."
GIB To,d 6T the subject oi slavery. haze
no sediments in tho South that ! have not
hero, ard nc s,ltirnenta here tig. ! dc not
express st the Sohih.
If the issue shsil he .asau uy !he SS;;5ii d
slaTsry and 10 UnihG, II Union and III slave
rg, am for the Union. hs7s tod them 81
at bomu On the stur5p time and asoia.---
| will slTsJs stand by the Union rniess the
question should he the Federal Union III liz
Christian religion then, and in uo e!hsr cssc,
au against the Union.
About twelve months ago stream Of seces-
sion fIe; Ted and argry, aud sltaost rs bot ss
he'll, CAME along lrulh the S0lit:: through
Knoxville. Then It wsa that the rebel SOL
diers made uial by bad Fhiahe7. yisls: The
housfs OF Union Non iG Knoxville, aud rot
bed thsn Ct everything. iosu!!ea sn.l abused
the inmates, and my humble dwelling we
ho1o-ed, if homo: i. bs. by these soid!a;s
AT the ssne time vas resdi7s in rns eA-
changes from Mobile end Charleston tha: they
had bean complied to send the f,wer cf tho
South 10 defend the border stetea | ssid 10
ny vie, if these soldiers Se the flower Of the
South, God deliver us ffcm the r.bel. TneJ
became m5Te and more insulting, unit! in I"r
th1y commenced shooting down sad hanging
the Union men. Ono mao, named Douglas,
r,iscd pole end run up the stars and stripes
il front Of bis dwelling, md hs wcs sho,
611n for this. | Was thao in tho street, ard
on demonstrating With them, proPosition was
made to shoot me down. The work Of nuT-
Ger aua slaughter went on, and thoE becsue
SO over bearing that a number CT us had to
| Gee to tho ulouateina.
cannot boast of mr. courage, but tc!!cTe
was ns7er accused CT psrsonai :;oTardic.. =
ThaJ took ny building to repair old muskc'a,
which tho thief Ficyd stole from tee govern
nant. After taking possassion OF my o1ica,
vas ou. Of eDplymsnt Uoo regiment iocssed
in the town mad ti,ssidsd to tear down ny
dwelling, ana the plans weTs all Tesdy. Gen.
ZollicG1itr Ess informed Of the facts. and il
suad orders fo7bidding any Of his soldiers %
20 outside their lines. ds also sel.s dats2::i
rusut Of two hundred men to surround Ed
protect my houao. Aany said be had dons
an &c! Hor!hy OF great credit, bu: I believe be
done TO moro than bs duty. kpew him
for twenty ivo years, and be WAS bish-i2"sd
honest ard brara man. De never stooraii te
anything low, and ,hs only mean thing tia:
he ever did, that am aware Of, vas II hSh;
l., such cause As tLat ir which the ScI.h is