Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-04-12
iAhNlicr Speech from Pursoy
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"a emmittee of the Ohio Legislature
""i'e" n Parson Brownlow, in Cincinnati,
on honty last, and invited him to visit the
state 'sRol. In reply, he made the follow.
ing addrcA:--
HENI'EMS Il feel called upon to r spond
20 'he Soc'ncnt read by the honorable
secretary an also to the address of the
Seh''elnah Yen the General Assembly who
mas just atei his seat authorize tho
eeh'icihan adj the honorable Secretary TO
say that shlh he proud and happy to visit
Tue LaP''al ashc guest OF the General As
S"noi!' ou' cannot say when ! shall hc
able to accept cir kind Invitation Jwont
u "'''o 'he ichinations and refutc the
SAYINGS ci ee'in bogus nephew Of mine
Mnon' ., !: zoo u" not know anything more
a''out MN IMAM 70. will be inevitably and
'rretr'evaoly @ iost u coming day.
Ms niihu mas IN variousy exercised
WINE nave peeh ting here. This is not
society 'l !ounanen and boys. but a
socic,! oiu men III who are true 10 the
backhone-loyal, faitul natriot;c mon v.hn
old as they are, wouldsv down y.itb oo',,,
JOY life almost worilit nnder ,Lo lonae
cient protection of the ct Cov,.rn,,a,,, n,'.
established on Gods b1tirpl .o,,h Tl,,,,
are honest mcn--none Com r,oo,, ,,;,:r,i
swindling. God-forsakei rascsIIr Lin'a',' "'
CUES, who have used a str.,n,,,h C2'l
endowed them with to enc yor ~ ,,,.,,t,,.' nn
his most sacred institution mr. ,,nror,,,,'.
| am no candidate for pop,. favor n'ant
no office, although did ia ~, ,,";r'. 49,.
Isham Harris. OLaughter) ar ~, not tsa1nn' odan
ted for an Office. and, as Hi h.fnra r
'o; -. """'' VI, GUY c al. dcral, and !
has the power, and the ability. J -. ,s'
gy TO put down treason-to ,,a,, w..
traitors, and, in ct'er words, ,,,ia,,,n u'
TO take care of itself think thia,n'
sent Government is the right kind r.:
crnment, but still not entirely so. fa,
rs it is hardly in earnest enough, u,n
stupcndous work it is now occupied hmt
| hope and believe that, with Coda, ,
and our lacking, this Government WIFI ,
put down the most diabolcal treason .,
has ever been seen in any part of the w,d |
| have fought many battles -religIs
battles, political battles, and every OF.
kind of hattles-and have encountered {.
devil, Tom Walker and the Southern Coz.
iedcracy, daughter and applause,) and il ia.
gone hard with one TO be called after, ald
pointed at so long, as a traitor, by all IL,
miserable, sneaking, cowardly rascals VIII
have torn and rent this glorious Union apal,
My father was volunteer in his country
army, and my uncle lived and died in til
service of his country, and thank God thei
graves are still in possession of the Federal:
My mothers relatives also shed their bloot
at their country's call, at Norfolk, and vet
4 M called trnifnr onA nv stnl, A
compose the Southern Confederacy.
Mr.. Egglcston alluded to the crushing ou
of my paper. Yes, gentlemen, the Offic
from which came the last sheets in defenc
of the Union ever published in Knoxyill
was cleaned out and converted into work
shop for repairing and altering all the arm
stolen by that accomplished thief and runa
way, Floyd. All my ambition now is to z,
back once more 10 Knoxville 10 establisl
another office; once more to spread abroa,
the glorious truths OF the Union, and ono
more TO take from drawer in my OWN hous
the flag which so long waved de6antly il
the breeze, and which these hell-hounds wer
longing, and yet not daring, to tear dow
and trample in the dust.
! would never have taken down that fla.
but for the females in my own house, VIII,
Dcsougnt ana entreated me TO do so, les
the house should be torn down about thei
ears.
One day crowd surrounded my hous
and threatened to tear down my flag; but
warned them that they would have 10 do i
in the face of six loaded muskets, whicl
would be used by men Who would neve
finch from their duty, They took sobe
second thought, and marched away, bu
presently about fifteen came back again
drunker than ever, led by young officer
who was desired to tear the ID thing o
flag down. In the meanwhile had lief
my house and gone to the Office, leaving m,
wife in charge. She came forward, an,
expressed her intention of shooting the frs
man who attempted to haul down the flag
The officer was slightly scared, and said ;
Madam, you won't shoot, will you I"
You had better try the experiment, - ssi'
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