The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-04-08
PARsoN BRowNLow.


The Parsaa had an enthusiastic recep.
tion At Cincinnati We quote the close
Of the speech he made on the sccasion
No enc can tell of the saaerings snd
harlships that the Union men q Eastern
Tenasssea have hai n uslesE>. so ho'
many innocent men, without hearing or
trial, have been put to death. Sqads OF
cavalry are rowing about the country COM
miIting all manner Of crimes, and shooting
down ali suspected Of treason to the South
ern Coniedcracy. II was only necessary
20 have finger pointed 10 man and some
one was ready 10 shoot him down, This
was the case with poor Pierce. He bad
committed no act Of treason, but was sup
posed 10 sympathize with Union men,
Walking across one Of his fields one day,
some one said there goes traitor, when
one Of squad Of cavalry fired, aud he was
stuck with a Minnie ball.
The jails in the South are literally full
Of Union men, many Of them taken from
East Tennessee. Never was a people so
broken down. The Government owes il
TO the people, if they 60 anywhere else, to
take care Of East Tennessee. They have
sood firm.
There arc no Union presses lett in the
South, and not Union editor but one, and
that is myself. They have all been bonght
up. They offered me large sums Of money,
but my reply was, "rhy money perish
with thee. | will see you 10 the devil
first"
They took my paper, my press ava ny
type, and gave me notice that should not
publish any more papers. took the al.
vice Of my friends and family, and stopped
the Wig. It was the only time in my
life that ever gave in, for, like Hollin's
ram, always had head Of my own
Laughter.
They took my building which was SIXTY
feet long, and two stories high, and trans
formed it into an arsenal TO repair the guns
which Floyd stole from the United States
Government.
And this was not all. An Alabama
regiment came along one Sabbath day and
stole from Inc my only niger, q young
man Of whom / thought very much. |
might have expected this from Northern
army if had believed all that was said
of it, but did not expect that The chival-
ry and flower Of the South would be gull
ty Of such an act, after all their Boosting.
] tell you to-day, npon the honor Of
man, that the Southern army and its hang
ers-on have stolen more negroes in Virgin
ia, Tennessee and Kentucky, during the
past six months, than the Abolitionisis
have enticed or aided away in the last forty
years, and to-day, 50 helpme God, one half
the soldiers in the South never owned
slave or we're ever related by The ties Of
consanguinity with any one that ever did.
Cheers. They are the ohscouriDg ofthe
lowest order Of society, the meanest set OF
towards on the face of the earth. Look
how they fled at Fishing Greek, and every.
where else when the Union army got after
them. When they started out they said
"one Southcrner could whip five blue-bel-
lied Yankees" and here let me relate an
incident that happened in Knoxville few
weeks since:
A Union lady met on the sidewalk, one
day, Colonel Of a regiment stationed at
Knoxville, and she said to him, Colonel,
how is it that | notice the Northerners
have been getting the better Of us at Fort
Henry, Fort Donelson and Fishing Creek.
! thought one Souherner could whip five
Yankees" "Oh,' replied the Colonel,
~you zee these troops were from Ohio, In
diana and Illinois. They are the descsn-
dants of Kentuckians and Tenneeseeans,
wh0 removed from these States across the
Ohio years ago. They are of our own
stock, and ale as good fighters as our own
soldiers"
"Well how was it about Burnsidc's VIC
tory at Roanoke Island We're these Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois soldiers too r.
To the interrogatory the Colonel re-
piled that he did not know, and hastily
bidding the lady good day, left her.
This is my first effort at speaking in
four months, and find that am getting
hoarse and must stop. Thank God can
now see daylight. This wicked rebellion
is about played out all that is needed to
finish the work 10 "a little more grape
Captain Bragg"
Grape for the masses, and hemp for the
leaders Is my motto.