Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-09-24
A-arscn EsrOSyEaioyg on What
tsac People Demand,
from the Constitutional Union

tERc People DaEIand.''
From the Constitutional Union
In the Pres of yesterday Is to be found
long letter from that notorious humbug
and pretcn,ier, Pa.sUn Brownlov. headed.
= " hat the people demand" The first
question that enters :he mind on reading
this ePistl, from the ParSon i. what RIGHT
has 4 str0llimg moJntcbank and blasphc-
nous insu!tcr of the Christian ministry.
from a State now in arms against the
Govcrnment, TO speak in behalf OF the
patriotic, intelligent and decent men OF
the loyal States! Who gave this life
long Stigma upon the American public =
right TO enunciate what the people OF the
NORTH desire with reference TO the conduct
OF the war on the part OF the General
Government Ii the advice OF this man
was wise and prudent and patriotic. still
Al would he open TO the serious objection
OF beng given uHaSkcd, unsolicited: but
as ii Is rrhash OF the usual Abolition
ideas, spjcod with the blasplemv. vulgari-
ty and inleconry which constitutes the
especial stock IN trade of this r,gdR Cl5-s-
tlR. 1t Is doubiv insulting and offensive at
this time and In this section The Par
son should be conten; 10 pocket the thou
sands OF dollars which he has received
from. the sale OF a book made up OF stale
editorials, poi:iti->s Jokes. and i.T-evcl,ent
anecdotes. taken from the columns of the
dciunct Knoxville IIHiy, and not push the
patience and iurbeaTancc OF this commu-
nifty fGu far Silch Il course might rr,-
vent the loyal and patriotic men OF this
City AMI elsewhere from asking WHY il i
that the " lighting Par~on' Is not at
home defending his State from the rebels
,-d0 are there. instead OF cow;lrllv iurkircs
III the Northern States whore the 5,c5sls are
mt, AMI from this Salj. retreat cxtern,in5-
ting them on ygp.F,
la truth, it i high time that stop
should be put to the umpudence OF this
man Brown'ov We have the creates;
sympathy for tho~, true men who have
been driven from ;hsir homes and exil. 4
from thcir native States by the armed
.1rcc ot invasion. But not - with the
preteu.l-r- and iahh,rS. mi-chi.f-,nakers
AMI schemes. ih,.y ln not deserve syIn-
i:,.l!y ur assistance. There i no man in
this Union Who has done more 10 produce
the III feelings which exists between The
people o:' the North and South than this
swearing ParSon. Low, vulgar and bru-
tai in his instincts. tastes and associations.
he carried the SIIuc spirit INFO al his
speeches and paper writings. No man
was safe from tha malice OF his tongue.
the venom OF his pen. The pure and
lofty and COOL, The men oi real pietv. The
politicians Of ~po;loss character and purity
and diSinterIslcdncSS of motive and action.
were the special victims oc this Christian
minister. In this way he bccot strife and
bitterness in the locality of his residence
AMI III aiI sections which could be reached
and poisoned by his infu-n,e. To-day.
the friend and supporter OF sIaveIy--to-
morrow, dcnouncing the most bitter curses
and malelictions upon The heads Of those
who even dwell in the slave States: he is
in turn the advocate and the accuSer. the
champion and The foe. No wonder. then.
that when the contest came this man. who
had played tha traitor to an parties, should
be Stunned by alI, and compelled to leave
State over the destinics III which his
doctrines had exercised % fatal an iniIu-
cnce.
When such a man as this talks of the
'.North being full of traitors the loval
masses will know What weight to give To
his assertions, and how to treat the author,
of them . What the people demand =
of the Government and al those in au-
7 thority Is 10 turn n deaf car To the brutal
and unchristian suggestion of this man
Brownlow, and thus rebuke alike his want
( OF, courtesy TO those who have giyen him
home when wandering homeless in Il
/ strange land, and the insult heaped upon
the patriotism and loyalty of the very men
who are ROW in arms in support Of the
/ Union and the Constitution. s.lIe that
/ takes the sword shall perish by the sword, :
is the teaching of holy writ, and if Parson
Brownlow is now rcaping the bitter fruit
of the seed he planted in Tennessee, it Is